Famous People with Name Gil

Gil ScottHeron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gil ScottHeron: is an American poet and musician known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word performer.

Gil Scott-Heron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gil Scott-Heron: is an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word soul performer and his collaborative work with musician Brian Jackson.

Gil Elvgren            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gil Elvgren: born Gilette Elvgren, was an American painter of pin-up girls, advertising and illustration. Elvgren lived in various locations, and was active from the 1930s to 1970s. Today he is best known for his pin-up paintings for Brown & Bigelow. Elvgren studied a

Gil Vainshtein            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gil Vainshtein: is a Canadian association football player who plays for the Italia Shooters of the Canadian Soccer League. In his junior year at Alderson-Broaddus College, Vainshtein was named to the NCAA Division II men's All-Appalachian second team. In 2009, Vainshtein was named to the Canadian football squad competing at the 2009 Maccabiah Games in Israel.

Gil H. Rowntree            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gil H. Rowntree: is a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner. One of the most successful trainers in Canadian Thoroughbred racing history, Rowntree embarked on his racing career as a jockey in his native Toronto, riding from 1949 through 1951. As a

José Vicente Castaño            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

José Vicente Castaño: was the founder of the Peasant Self-Defense Forces of Córdoba and Urabá (ACCU), an extreme right paramilitary organization in Colombia. Castaño and his brothers Fidel and Vicente founded this group (and its previous incarnations) after their father was kidnapped and killed by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), in association with other enemies or victims of the guerrillas. The ACCU later became one of the founding members of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC).

Carlos Lizarazo            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Carlos Lizarazo: is a Colombian footballer who plays for K-League side Gyeongnam FC in the South Korea. Jordán joined K-League side Gyeongnam FC on 1 July 2011.

Greidys Gil            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Greidys Gil: is a Cuban beauty queen, reality television contestant, and actress. Gil became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina. After weeks of competition and eliminations, Gil won the grand prize of $200,000 and a contract with Univision and earned the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2009. She won the challenge of the "50 Mas Bellos" and formed part of the 50 Mas Bellos of the People en Espanol magazine. In 2010, she made her acting debut on Univision's first telenovela: "Eva Luna".

Dulce Margarita García Gil            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Dulce Margarita García Gil: is a retired female javelin thrower from Cuba, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She set her personal best (67.90 metres) in 1986.

Lesyani Mayor Gil            Origin/Culture/Country: Jamaican

Lesyani Mayor Gil: is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the high jump. Her personal best for the event is 1.93 metres, set in 2011. She was a World Junior bronze medallist in 2008 and won a senior bronze at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics a year later. Mayor was the gold medallist in the high jump at the 2011 Pan American Games.