Gist (surname)
Gist is the surname of:
- Carole Gist, first African American woman to win the Miss USA title
- Christopher Gist, one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States
- George Gist, English name of Sequoyah, Native American silversmith and inventor of a Cherokee syllabary
- James Gist, American professional basketball player
- Joseph Gist, U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Kenneth Gist Jr., birth name of Kenny O'Dell, American country music singer and songwriter.
- Mordecai Gist, Continental Army general during the American Revolutionary War
- Nathaniel Gist, American colonel in the American Revolutionary War, reputed father of the Native American leader Sequoyah, son of Christopher Gist
- Robert Gist, American actor and film director
- Samuel Gist, English-born colonial Virginia slave owner who made provisions to free his slaves in his will
- States Rights Gist, lawyer, militia general and Confederate Army general in the American Civil War
- William Henry Gist, 68th Governor of South Carolina and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina
