Eric Gill (1882-1940) was an English engraver, sculptor, typographer, and writer who lived and worked in and near London.

To designers, Gill is primarily known for his popular type face designs. Eric Gill designed Gill Sans in 1927, Perpetua and the companion italic Felicity in 1925, and Joanna in 1930. The majority of his type designs were done for Monotype Typography, a company still producing type designs today.

To sculptors, Gill is known for his many sculptures and memorials. Gill's professional early career began by carving letterforms in stone for numerous tombstones and memorials within and around London. This work led to a series of stone sculptures exhibited in galleries as well as many architectural sculptures on the BBC Headquarters, London Underground, and other locations.

Theologians are aware of Gill because of his writings and lectures on workers' rights and community living. Gill and his associates banded together to not only work together on creative projects, but to live together as a community of faith. One of Gill's early mentors was Fr. Vincent McNabb, the prior of the Dominican house of theological studies. Fr. McNabb introduced Gill to the writings of the well known French philosopher Jacques Maritain, which greatly influenced Gill's ideas on art and philosophy.