Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band from 1970 to 1980.
Gentle Giant may also refer to:
- Mount Elbert, highest summit of the Rocky Mountains, called the "gentle giant"
- Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire, sometimes referred to as the "Gentle Giant"
- Claude Coats (1913–1992), American artist, animator and set designer associated with Disney
- Mal Evans (1935–1976), road manager, assistant and friend of the Beatles
- Manuel Martínez Gutiérrez (born 1974), Spanish retired shot putter
- Geoff Leek (1932–2008), Australian rules footballer
- Stuart S. Murray (1898–1980), US Navy vice admiral
- Günter Schlierkamp (born 1970), German retired professional bodybuilder
- Lee Roy Selmon (1954–2011), American National Football League player
- Lacina Traoré (born 1990), footballer from Ivory Coast
- Robert Wadlow (1918–1940), tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence
- Don Williams (1939–2017), American singer and songwriter nicknamed the "Gentle Giant" of country music
- Arthur Wint (1920–1992), Jamaican middle-distance runner and first Jamaican Olympic champion