Gilpin (surname)

Gilpin is a surname, and may refer to:

• Bernard Gilpin (1517-1583), English theologian influential in the emerging Church of England
• Charles Gilpin (politician) (1815–1874), (1815–1874), Quaker, orator, politician, publisher and railway director
• Charles Sidney Gilpin (1878-1930), African-American actor
• George Gilpin (1514–1602), English diplomat and one of Queen Elizabeth I's most trusted agents
• Harry Gilpin (1876-1950), British politician and businessman
• Henry D. Gilpin (1801-1860), American lawyer and Attorney General of the United States
• Jack Gilpin (born 1951), American actor
• John Gilpin, 18th century person who was the basis for William Cowper's ballad The Diverting History of John Gilpin
• John Gilpin (dancer) (1930-1983), English ballet dancer and actor
• Laura Gilpin (1891-1979), American photographer
• Laura Crafton Gilpin (1950–2007), poet, nurse and advocate for patients rights
• Peri Gilpin (born 1961), American actress best known for her work on the television show Frazier
• Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Baronet (1801-1882), MP for the Bedfordshire Constituency
• Richard Gilpin (1625–1700), English nonconformist minister and physician
• Robert Gilpin, American economist, political scientist and professor
• Sally Gilpin, English ballet dancer and choreographer
• Sawrey Gilpin (1733–1807), English animal painter, illustrator and etcher
• Steve Gilpin (1950-1992), New Zealand singer
• William Gilpin (bishop) (1902-1988), Anglican Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames
• William Gilpin (governor) (1813-1894), American explorer, politician, land speculator, soldier and writer
• William Gilpin (priest) (1724-1804, English artist, Anglican cleric, schoolmaster and author, best known as one of the originators of the idea of the picturesque
• William Sawrey Gilpin (1762–1843), English artist, drawing master and landscape designer