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Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gilani (1841–1927), first Prime Minister of Iraq in 1920 •
Abderrazak Kilani (born 1954), Tunisian politician and lawyer •
Abdul Qader al-Keilani (1874–1948), early 20th century Syrian statesman and religious authority •
Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166), 12th century Muslim Saint, Scholar and Author of books on spirituality •
Abdulfattah Al-Zoubi Al-Jilani (1840-1935), Lebanese Muslim jurist and writer •
Abdulhaleem Al-Kailani (born 1957), mayor of
Amman from 2012-2013 •
Abdullah Awn ibn Yala al Hashimi al Gilani (c. 1028–1099), medieval Persian Sufi preacher and religious scholar •
Ahmed Gailani (1932-2017), Afghan politician •
Ali Hassan Gilani (1974–2024), Pakistani politician •
Ali Shah Geelani (1929-2021), Kashmiri
separatist leader and member of the
All Parties Hurriyat Conference •
Basil Kilani (born 1960), Jordanian long-distance runner and
Olympian •
Bahadur Khan Gilani, officer of the Gujarat Sultanate in India •
Benjamin Gilani (born 1946), Indian theatre and television actor • Daood Gilani, pseudonym of
David Headley, Pakistani−American convict for the 2008 Mumbai attacks •
Fayyaz Gilani, retired Pakistani naval attaché and vice admiral in the Pakistan Navy and the former vice chief of the naval staff. •
Feras Kilani (born 1976), Palestinian-British journalist, film-maker, and
BBC Arabic's special correspondent •
Faleh Al-Kilani (born 1944), Iraqi scholar, poet, and writer •
Fatima Gailani (born 1954), Afghan political leader and women's rights activist •
Fauzia Gailani (born 1971), Afghan politician •
Haifa Al Kaylani, founder and president of the
Arab International Women's Forum •
Haji Gilani (died 2003), participant in the 2001 Afghan war •
Hakim Ali Gilani (died 1609), 16th-century physician in Mughal India •
Hamid Raza Gilani (1936-2004), Pakistani politician and ambassador •
Hikmad Zaid Al-Kilani (born 1945), Palestinian politician •
Ibrahim Zeid Keilani (1937-2013), Jordanian Muslim cleric and politician •
Iftikhar Hussain Gillani, Pakistani Former Federal Minister for Law and Justice •
Imtiaz Gilani (born 1947), Pakistani engineer and academic •
Ishaq Gailani (born 1954), Afghan Politician •
Jamila Gilani (born 1960), Pakistani politician and leader of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement •
Kamel al-Kilani (born 1958), minister in the Iraqi Interim Council •
Kamel Keilany (1897-1959), Egyptian writer •
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr (1938-2019), Iraqi archaeologist •
Leïla Kilani (born 1970), Moroccan director, screenwriter, and producer •
Majed Kilani (born 1997), Tunisian tennis player •
Manazir Ahsan Gilani, Indian Muslim philosopher from Gilan, Bihar •
Mian Ghulam Jilani (1914–2004), critic of the Bhutto government •
Mohammad Kilani (died 2016), Jordanian politician and Minister of Water in 1989 •
Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani (born 1928), Iranian cleric and religious authority •
Mohammad Rasoul Al-Kailani (1933–2003), founder and first director of the
Jordanian General Intelligence Department. •
Mubarak Ali Gilani (1936-2021), Pakistani Sufi leader •
Mumtaz Alam Gillani (born 1940), Pakistani lawyer and politician •
Musa Zaid Kailani (1939-2019), Jordanian diplomat and academic •
Naguib al-Kilani (1931-1995), Egyptian poet and novelist •
Nevine El Kelany (born 1964), Egyptian academic and current Minister of Culture •
Nezam al-Din Ahmad Gilani (1585 – c. 1662), philosopher and physician during the Deccan Sultanate in India •
Ouided Kilani (born 1982), Tunisian handball player •
Rashid Ali al-Gilani (1892–1965), Prime Minister of Iraq in 1933 and 1941 •
Reem Kelani (born 1963), British-Palestinian musician •
Sarwat Gilani (born 1982), Pakistani actress and model •
Wafaa El Kilani (born 1972), Egyptian television presenter •
Yousaf Raza Gillani (born 1952), Prime Minister of Pakistan from March 24, 2008, to April 26, 2012 •
Zahed Gilani (1216–1301), 13th century leader of the Zahediyeh Sufi order •
Zaid Kilani (1938-2019), Jordanian physician and founder of Farah General Hospital ==See also==