Famous People with Name Gilles

Gilles Perrault            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gilles Perrault: is a left-wing French writer and journalist. He attended the Collège Stanislas de Paris and then studied at the Institut d'études politiques, eventually becoming a lawyer, a profession he worked in for five years. After the success of his essay 'Les Parachutistes', inspired by his military service in Algeria, he became a journalist and wrote articles about Nehru's India, the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the problems of African Americans in the United States. He then investigated less known aspects of the Second World War.

Gilles Bernheim            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gilles Bernheim: is a French philosopher and rabbi, currently Chief Rabbi of France. On June 22, 2008, he was elected chief rabbi of France but his seven year mandate began on January 1, 2009. Until then, he had been rabbi of synagogue de la Victoire, the main synagogue in Paris, since May 1, 1997.

Gilles Gaston Granger            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gilles Gaston Granger: is an analytic philosopher. His works discuss the philosophy of logics, mathematics, human and social sciences, Wittgenstein, Aristotle, and Jean Cavaillès. He produced the authoritative translation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus into French. He has published more than 150 scientific articles.

Gilles Lipovetsky            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Gilles Lipovetsky: is a French philosopher, writer and sociologist, professor at the University of Grenoble.

Gilles Jaquet            Origin/Culture/Country: Swiss

Gilles Jaquet: is a Swiss snowboarder.

Graham Gilles            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Graham Gilles: is an Australian sprint canoer who competed in the mid 1970s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.