List of Famous people named Gail

Name Gail is among the most common names in Canada. Similar names: Gayle, Gayla. Here are some famous Gails:

Gail Porter

First Name Gail
Last Name Porter
Born on March 23, 1971 (age 53)
Height 159 cm | 5'3

Gail Porter is a Scottish television presenter, television personality, former model and actress. She started her television career in children's TV, before branching out into modelling and presenting mainstream TV. In the 1990s she famously posed nude for FHM, which was projected on to the Houses of Parliament.

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Gail Halvorsen

First Name Gail
Last Name Halvorsen
Born on October 10, 1920
Died on February 16, 2022 (aged 101)

Colonel Gail Seymour "Hal" Halvorsen is a retired officer and command pilot in the United States Air Force. He is best known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber" or "Uncle Wiggly Wings" and gained fame for dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.

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Gail Zappa

First Name Gail
Last Name Zappa
Born on January 1, 1945
Died on October 7, 2015 (aged 70)

Adelaide Gail Zappa was the wife of musician and composer Frank Zappa and the trustee of the Zappa Family Trust. They met in Los Angeles in 1966 and married while she was pregnant with their first child, Moon, followed by Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva. Gail was also the aunt of model and actress Lala Sloatman.

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Gail Simone

First Name Gail
Last Name Simone
Born on July 29, 1974 (age 49)

Gail Simone is an American writer of comic books. Best known for penning DC's Birds of Prey, her other notable works include Clean Room, Secret Six, Welcome to Tranquility, The All-New Atom, Deadpool, and Wonder Woman.

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Gail Russell

First Name Gail
Last Name Russell
Born on September 21, 1924
Died on August 26, 1961 (aged 36)

Gail Russell was an American film and television actress.

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Gail Ann Dorsey

First Name Gail
Last Name Dorsey
Born on November 20, 1962 (age 61)

Gail Ann Dorsey is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician mainly on bass guitar, she is perhaps best known for her lengthy residency in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's death in 2016. Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of "Under Pressure" and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including "The London Boys", "Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)", "I Dig Everything", accompanying Bowie on clarinet, and a cover of Laurie Anderson's "O Superman".

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Gail Fisher

First Name Gail
Last Name Fisher
Born on August 18, 1935
Died on December 2, 2000 (aged 65)

Gail Fisher was an American actress who was one of the first black women to play substantive roles in American television. She was best known for playing the role of secretary Peggy Fair on the television detective series Mannix from 1968 through 1975, a role for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award; she was the first black woman to win either award. She also won an NAACP Image Award in 1969.

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Gail Omvedt

First Name Gail
Last Name Omvedt
Born on August 2, 1941
Died on August 25, 2021 (aged 80)

Gail Omvedt was an American-born Indian sociologist and human rights activist. She was a prolific writer and published numerous books on the anti-caste movement, Dalit politics, and women's struggles in India. Omvedt was involved in Dalit and anti-caste movements, environmental, farmers' and women's movements, especially with rural women.

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Gail Miller

First Name Gail
Last Name Miller
Born on October 14, 1943 (age 80)

Karen Gail Miller is an American billionaire businesswoman, the wealthiest person in Utah, the widow of Larry H. Miller, chairwoman of the Larry H. Miller Group of Companies and chairwoman of the Salt Lake Community College. She was the owner of the Utah Jazz, a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise based in Salt Lake City, Utah, from her husband's death in 2009 until selling the team in 2020. She retains a minority stake.

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Gail Johnson

First Name Gail
Last Name Johnson
Born on November 30, 1953 (age 70)

Gail Johnson is an American synchronized swimming competitor who won four gold medals at the world championships in 1973 and 1975. After retiring from competition she had a long career as a national synchronized swimming coach. In 1983, she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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