Gilchrist (surname)
Gilchrist is an English language surname of Gaelic origin. In some cases it is derived from the Gaelic personal name Gille Crìosd. An Irish form of the surname is Mac Giolla Chríost. Scottish Gaelic forms of the surname include GilleChrìost, and GilleChriosd. The Gilchrists are descendants of the Scottish Clan Gilchrist, a sept of Clan MacLachlan.People
- Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
- Albert W. Gilchrist, governor of Florida
- Alexander Gilchrist, British biographer
- Alfred J. Gilchrist, New York politician
- Andrew Gilchrist, former UK ambassador to Iceland, Indonesia and Ireland
- Anne Gilchrist, several people
- Augustus Gilchrist, American basketball player
- Brent Gilchrist, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bruce Gilchrist, Notable figure in modern computing
- Charles W. Gilchrist, Montgomery County, Maryland politician
- Cameron Gilchrist, Scottish footballer
- Connie Gilchrist, American stage and screen actress
- Connie Gilchrist, Countess of Orkney, once a child actor and artist's model
- Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
- Craig Gilchrist, South African basketball coach and former player
- Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist
- Garlin Gilchrist, lieutenant governor of Michigan
- Gordon Gilchrist Scottish Artist
- Gordon Gilchrist, Canadian politician
- Grant Gilchrist, Scottish rugby union player
- Guy Gilchrist, American cartoonist
- James Gilchrist, tenor
- Jim Gilchrist, founder of the Minutemen Project
- John Gilchrist, disambiguation
- Joyce Gilchrist, forensic chemist
- Kirk Gilchrist, Canadian television producer
- Keir Gilchrist, British-Canadian actor
- Lara Gilchrist, Canadian actress
- Marcus Gilchrist, American Football Player
- Percy Gilchrist, British chemist and metallurgist
- Robert Murray Gilchrist, horror writer
- Rosetta Luce Gilchrist, American physician, writer
- Roy Gilchrist, West Indies cricketer
- Steve Gilchrist, Canadian politician
- William Gilchrist, American composer
- William Sidney Gilchrist, medical missionary to Angola
- Harald Gilchrist, the 19th/20th king of Norway during the Civil War Era
Given name
- Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, British inventor
