People
- Giles (given name), male given name (Latin: Aegidius)
- Giles (surname), family name
- Saint Giles (650–710), 7th-8th century Christian hermit saint
- Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th century companion of St. Francis of Assisi
- Giles of Rome (1243–1316), 13th century archbishop
- Carl Giles (1916–1995), British cartoonist for the Daily Express
- Giles family, a fictional family featured in work by Giles
- Herbert Giles (1845–1935), British diplomat and sinologist, co-author of the Wade-Giles Chinese transliteration system and author of the first widely published Chinese-English dictionary.
- Lionel Giles (1875–1958), a Victorian scholar, translator and assistant curator
- Rupert Giles, fictional character in the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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