People
- Alexander Gilmer (1829-1906), sawmill owner
- Dixie Gilmer (1901-1954), U.S. Representative from Oklahoma
- Elizabeth Gilmer (1880-1960), New Zealand social worker, educationist and horticulturist
- Dr. George Gilmer, Sr. (1700-1757), mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia
- George Rockingham Gilmer (1790-1859), American politician
- Harry Gilmer (born 1926), College Football Hall of Fame member and National Football League player
- Jeremy Francis Gilmer, (1818–83), American soldier, Chief Engineer of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
- John Adams Gilmer (1805-1868), American politician and brother of Jeremy Gilmer
- Thomas Walker Gilmer (1802–1844), American statesman
- William Gilmer (died 1955), American Naval officer and Governor of Guam
- Gilmer Hernandez, former U.S. border deputy
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“To-day unbind the captive,
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