Gilmer (surname)
Gilmer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alexander Gilmer, sawmill owner
- Dixie Gilmer, U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Elizabeth Gilmer, New Zealand social worker, educationist and horticulturist
- Elizabeth Meriwether Gilmer, American columnist better known as Dorothy Dix
- Dr. George Gilmer, Sr., mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
- George Rockingham Gilmer, American politician
- Harry Gilmer, College Football Hall of Fame member and National Football League player
- Jeremy Francis Gilmer,, American soldier, Chief Engineer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- John Adams Gilmer, American politician and brother of Jeremy Gilmer
- Thomas Walker Gilmer, American statesman
- William Gilmer, American Naval officer and Governor of Guam
