Hilail Gildin (November 28, 1928 – March 3, 2015) was an American scholar and editor. He served as professor of philosophy at Queens College, City University of New York. He was also the editor-in-chief of . He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1962 by the University of Chicago, where he was a student of Leo Strauss, with whom Gildin collaborated closely in the establishment of the journal .