Ellis

Ellis is a first name and surname of Welsh [1] [2] origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881 [3], its relative frequency was highest in Merioneth (9.2 times the British average), followed by Flintshire, Denbighshire, Caernarfonshire, Montgomeryshire, Anglesey, Devon, Kinross-shire, Shropshire and Yorkshire. The name Ellis may refer to:

• see Ellis (singer-songwriter) for the musician who performs under this single name.

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abe Ellis (Stargate), a fictional character in the TV series Stargate Atlantis
• Albert Ellis (1913-2007), American cognitive-behavioural therapist and psychologist
• Albert Fuller Ellis (1869-1951), Australian prospector
• Alexander John Ellis (1814-1890), English philologist and music theorist, inventor of the cents' system in music intervals
• Alton Ellis (1938-2008), Jamaican musician
• Andrew Ellis (b. 1984), New Zealand rugby union player
• Annette Ellis (b. 1946), Australian politician
• Arthur Edward Ellis (1914-1999), English football referee
• Arthur Ellis (politician) (1890-??), Canadian politician
• Arthur Ellis, the pseudonym of Arthur B. English, Canada's official hangman
• Atom Ellis (b.1966), American musician
• Aunjanue Ellis (b. 1969), American actress

B

• Bill Ellis (b. 1950), American folklorist
• Bob Ellis (b. 1942), Australian writer and journalist
• Bobby Ellis (b. 1932), Jamaican trumpeter
• Brad Ellis, American composer and musical director
• Bret Easton Ellis (b. 1964), American novelist
• Bruce Ellis (b. 1960), Australian computer scientist

C

• C. P. Ellis (1927-2005), American Ku Klux Klan leader turned civil rights activist
• Carol Ellis, American author
• Caroline Ellis (b. 1950), American actress
• Carson Ellis (b. 1975), American artist
• Charles Ellis, deceased American soccer midfielder
• Charles Ellis, 6th Baron Howard de Walden (1799-1868), British peer and politician
• Sir Charles Drummond Ellis (1895-1980), English physicist and scientific administrator
• Clough Williams-Ellis (1883-1978), Welsh architect
• Constance Ellis (1872-1942), first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a Doctor of Medicine (1903)
• Craig Ellis (b. 1974), former Australian rules footballer
• Craig Ellis (Canadian football) (b. 1961), former Canadian footballer

D

• Dale Ellis (b. 1960), retired American basketball player
• Dan Ellis (b. 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player
• Dana Ellis (b. 1980), Canadian pole vaulter
• Dan Ellis (cyclist) (b. 1988), Australian sprint cyclist
• Daniel Ellis (Unionist) (1827-1908), Captain in the Union Army during the American Civil War
• Daniel Ellis (footballer) (b. 1988), English footballer
• Dave Ellis (b. 1965), American game designer
• David Ellis (d. 1978), British television writer
• David R. Ellis (b. 1952), American film director
• Dock Ellis (1945-2008), American Major League baseball player
• Don Ellis (1934-1978), American jazz trumpeter
• Doug Ellis (b. 1924), English entrepreneur and chairman of Aston Villa Football Club

E

• Earl Hancock Ellis (1880-1923), US Marine Corps intelligence officer
• Edith Ellis (1861-1916), British author and women's rights activist
• Edward F. W. Ellis (1819-1862), American politician and lawyer
• Edward Robb Ellis (1911-1998), American diarist and journalist
• Edward S. Ellis (1840-1916), American author
• Edwin Ellis (Edwin John Ellis, 1848 – 1916), British poet and illustrator
• Ephraim Ellis (b. 1985), Canadian actor
• Ellis (London cricketer), 18th century English cricketer

F

• Francis Ellis, 17th-century administrator of the East India Company
• Frank Ellis, several people
• Fred Ellis (1885-1965), American cartoonist
• Fred Ellis (racing driver) 1889-1958), American racecar driver
• Fred Ellis (footballer) 1900-1970), English footballer

G

• Gary Ellis (b. 1968), American BMX racer
• George Ellis (b. 1939), South African mathematician
• George F. Ellis (1903-??), American pioneer cattleman
• George Henry Ellis (1875-1898), sailor in the US Navy during the Spanish-American War
• George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797-1833), British politician
• Gerry Ellis (b. 1957), former American football player
• Greg Ellis, several people

H

• Harold Ellis (b. 1970), retired American basketball player
• Harry Ellis (b. 1982), English rugby union player
• Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), British sexual psychologist
• Henry Ellis (governor) (1720-1806), explorer, author, and governor of Georgia in North America
• Sir Henry Ellis (librarian) (1777-1869), librarian of the British Museum
• Henry Augustus Ellis (1861-1939), Australian surgeon
• Herb Ellis (b. 1921), American jazz guitarist
• Hortense Ellis (1941-2000), Jamaican reggae artist
• Hunter Ellis (b. 1968), American television personality

J

• C. Jack Ellis, former mayor of Macon, Georgia
• Jack Ellis (actor) (b. 1955), British actor)
• Jack Ellis (rugby player) (1912-2007), English rugby union player
• James Ellis (1843-1930), Australian politician
• James Ellis (actor) (b. 1931), Northern Irish actor
• James H. Ellis (1924-1997), British mathematician and engineer
• James Ellis (musician)
• Janet Ellis (b. 1955), British television presenter
• Jim Ellis or Jimmy Ellis, several people
• Jo Ellis (b. 1983) English field hockey forward
• Joanne Ellis (b. 1981), English field hockey midfielder
• John Ellis, several people
• Joseph Ellis (b. 1943), American professor of history

K

• Kate Ellis (b. 1977), Australian politician
• Katherine Ellis, English singer-songwriter
• Kathleen Ellis (b. 1946), former American swimmer
• Keith Ellis (1946-1978), British musician
• Kevin Ellis, several people
• Kerry Ellis (b. 1979), English stage actress

L

• LaPhonso Ellis (b. 1970), former American Basketball Player, National Basketball Association
• Larry R. Ellis (b. 1946), commander in the US Army (2001-04)
• LeRon Ellis (b. 1969), former American professional basket ball player
• Leroy Ellis (b. 1940), retired American basketball player
• Lester Ellis (b. 1965), British boxer
• Liz Ellis (b. 1973), retired Australian netball player
• Luther Ellis (b. 1973), former American football player

M

• Magen Ellis (b.1986), American beautyb queen
• Marc Ellis (rugby) (b. 1971), New Zealand businessman and television presenter and former rugby player
• Marc H. Ellis (b. 1952), American author
• Mark Ellis (baseball) (b. 1977), American Major League baseball player
• Mark Ellis (writer), American novelist
• Mary Ellis (1897-2003), British stage actress
• Matt Ellis (ice hockey) (b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
• Michael Ellis, several people
• Mike Ellis (b. 1936), former English hammer thrower
• Monta Ellis (b. 1985), American professional basketball player

N

• Nick Ellis, American professor of psychology
• Novalyne Price Ellis (1908-1999), American schoolteacher

O

• Osian Ellis (b. 1928), Welsh harpist

P

• P. W. Ellis (d. 1929), Topronto Transportation Commission chairman
• Patrick Ellis, brother of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools and president of CUA (1992-98)
• Paul Ellis, New Zealand record producer
• Pee Wee Ellis (b. 1941), American saxophonist
• Perry Ellis (1940-1986), American fashion designer
• Peter Ellis (architect) (1808-1888), English architect who designed the revolutionary Oriel Chambers in Liverpool in 1864
• Peter Ellis (CHP politician), a candidate of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada
• Peter Ellis (Green Party candidate), a candidate of the Green Party of Canada
• Peter Berresford Ellis (b. 1943), English historian and literary biographer
• Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis (b. 1958), a New Zealander who was convicted of child molestation in 1993 and served seven years in jail
• Powhatan Ellis (1790-1863), US senator from Mississippi

R

• Ralph Ellis (artist) (1885-1963), English painter and designer
• Ray Ellis (1923-2008), American record producer and composer
• Ray Ellis (American football) (b. 1959), former American football player
• Raymond Ellis (1923-1994), British Laboyr Party politician
• Richard Ellis (astronomer) (b. 1950), Caltech professor and director of Palomar Observatory.
• Richard Ellis (biologist), marine biologist at the American Museum of Natural History
• Richard Ellis (politician) (1781-1846), 19th century Texas legislator
• Rick Ellis, several people
• Robert Leslie Ellis (1817-1859), English polymath
• Robin Ellis, several people
• Robinson Ellis (1834-1913), English classical scholar
• Rod Ellis, linguist
• Rodney Ellis (b. 1954), African-American politician from Texas
• Romallis Ellis (b.1965), former American boxer
• Ronald Ellis (b. 1953), American businessman
• Ron Ellis (b. 1945), retired Canadian ice hockey player
• Ross Ellis (1915-1983), Canadian politician
• Rowland Ellis (1650-1731), Welah Quaker
• Rowland Ellis (bishop) (1841-1911), Welsh clergyman
• Royston Ellis (b. 1941), British writer
• Ruth Ellis (1926-1955), last woman to be executed in the UK
• Ruth Ellis (activist) (1899-2000), American gay rights activist

S

• Samuel Ellis (disambiguation), includes Sam/Sammy/Samuel
• Sedrick Ellis (b. 1985), American football player
• Seger Ellis (1904-1995), Amewrican jazz pianist
• Shaun Ellis (b. 1977), American footballer
• Shaun Ellis English animal researcher
• Shirley Ellis (b. 1941), American soul singer
• Simon Ellis, English graphic designer
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor (b. 1979), British pop singer
• Steve Ellis, several people
• Susan Williams-Ellis (1918-2007), English potter designer

T

• T. E. Ellis (1859-1899), Welsh politician
• T. S. Ellis III (b. 1940), U.S. federal judge in the trial of William J. Jefferson
• Terry Ellis (b. 1963), African-American R&B singer
• Terry Ellis (manager) (b. 1944), English record producer
• Thomas Ellis, various including
  • Thomas Ellis (Irish politician) (c. 1774-1832), Irish politician
  • Thomas F. Ellis, American lawyer
• Timo Ellis (b. 1970), American musician and record producer
• Tinsley Ellis (b. 1957), American blues/rock musician
• Tom Ellis (actor) (b. 1979), English actor
• Tom Ellis (UK politician) (b. 1924), former British politician
• Tommy Ellis (b. 1947), former American NASCAR racing driver
• Tony Ellis (b. 1964), former English professional footballer

V

• Vivian Ellis (1903-1996), English musical comedy composer

W

• Walter Ellis (b. 1946), Northern Irish writer
• Warren Ellis (b. 1968), British comic book author
• Warren Ellis (musician) (b. 1965), Australian musician and composer
• Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip (1713-1802), British statesman
• Wes Ellis (1932-1984), American professional golfer
• William Ellis, several people , including:
  • William Ellis (missionary) (1794-1872), English missionary
  • William Webb Ellis (1806-1872), man who is said to have invented rugby

See also

• Elles

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