William Ellis

William Ellis may refer to:

• William Ellis (14th century MP), in 1388, Member of Parliament for Canterbury (UK Parliament constituency)
• William Ellis (astronomer) (1828–1916), English astronomer and meteorologist
• William Ellis (cricketer) (1876–1931), English cricketer for Derbyshire
• William Ellis (engraver), (1747–1810), English engraver
• William Ellis (economist) (1800–1881), English businessman, writer on economics, and educational thinker
• William Ellis (Medal of Honor) (1834–1875), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
• William Ellis (missionary) (1794–1872), English missionary and author
• William Ellis (Secretary of State) (died 1732), English Jacobite, secretary of State to James II in exile
• William Ellis (solicitor-general) (1607–1680), English lawyer and politician
• William Ellis (writer on agriculture) (died 1758), English writer on agriculture
• Sir William Charles Ellis (1780–1839), English physician, pioneering superintendent of asylums and Methodist lay preacher
• William Craven-Ellis (1880–1959), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
• William Cox Ellis (1787–1871), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• William Henry Ellis (1860–1945), British civil engineer and steel maker
• William R. Ellis (1850–1915), United States Congressman from Oregon from 1893–1899 and 1907–1911
• William Thomas Ellis (1845–1925), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
• William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), Anglican clergyman, allegedly the inventor of rugby football
• William A. Ellis, (born 1828) member of the Wisconsin State Senate
• Billy Ellis (born 1895), English footballer
• Bill Ellis (born 1950), American folklorist
• William Ellis, 19th mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey; see List of Hoboken Mayors
• William Ellis, naturalist on James Cook's third voyage (1776–1779)

See also

• William Ellis School, a UK secondary comprehensive school for boys in Highgate, London