Gilpin (surname)

Gilpin is an English surname, and may refer to:

• Betty Gilpin (born 1986), American actress
• Bernard Gilpin (1517–1583), English theologian influential in the emerging Church of England
• Charles Gilpin, multiple people
• Diane Gilpin, developing shipping that uses sustainable energy sources
• 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, son of Joshua Gilpin
• 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
• Joshua Gilpin (1765–1840) American paper manufacturer
• Laura Gilpin (1891–1979), American photographer
• Peri Gilpin (born 1961), American actress best known for her work on the television show Frasier
• 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, son of Joshua Gilpin
• 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