People
- Carole Gist, first African American woman to win the Miss USA title
- Christopher Gist (1706–1759), one of the first white explorers of the Ohio Country in what would become the United States
- James Gist (born 1986), American professional basketball player
- Joseph Gist (1775–1836), U.S. Representative from South Carolina
- Mordecai Gist (1743–1792), member of a prominent Maryland family who became a general in command of the Maryland Line in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
- Robert Gist (1924–1998), American actor and film director
- States Rights Gist (1831–1864), lawyer, a militia general in South Carolina, and a Confederate Army general who served during the American Civil War
- William Henry Gist (1807–1874), 68th Governor of South Carolina from 1858 to 1860 and a leader of the secession movement in South Carolina
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