Gilkes Explained

Gilkes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexander Gilkes (born 1979), British businessman
• Arthur Herman Gilkes (1849 - 1922), English educationalist, author, and clergyman, father of Christopher H.
• Cheryl Townsend Gilkes (born 1947), American sociologist and womanist scholar
• Christopher H. Gilkes (1898 - 1953), English educationalist, son of Arthur Herman
• Gilbert Gilkes (1845-1924), English engineer
• James Gilkes (born 1952), Guyanese sprinter
• Marshall Gilkes (born 1978), American trombonist
• Michael Gilkes (footballer) (born 1965), English footballer
• Michael Gilkes (writer) (1933 - 2020), Guyanese critic and dramatist

See also

• Ebe Gilkes Quartet
• Gilkes Wilson and Company, British locomotive engineering firm based in Middlesbrough (1843-1880)
• Gilbert Gilkes & Gordon, British hydropower engineering firm based in Kendal, established 1853
• Gilks