Ellis
Appearance
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.
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 (born 1984), New Zealand rugby union player
- Annette Ellis (born 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 (born 1966), American musician
- Aunjanue Ellis (born 1969), American actress
B
- Bill Ellis (born 1950), American folklorist
- Bob Ellis (born 1942), Australian writer and journalist
- Bobby Ellis (born 1932), Jamaican trumpeter
- Brad Ellis, American composer and musical director
- Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American novelist
- Bruce Ellis (born 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 (born 1950), American actress
- Carson Ellis (born 1975), American artist
- Charles Ellis, several people
- Rev Clement Ellis (1633–1700), English clergyman
- 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 (born 1974), former Australian-rules footballer
- Craig Ellis (Canadian football) (born 1961), former Canadian footballer
D
- Dale Ellis (born 1960), retired American basketball player
- Dan Ellis (born 1980), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Dana Ellis (born 1980), Canadian pole vaulter
- Dan Ellis (cyclist) (born 1988), Australian sprint cyclist
- Daniel Ellis (Unionist) (1827–1908), Captain in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Daniel Ellis (footballer) (born 1988), English footballer
- Dave Ellis (born 1965), American game designer
- David Ellis (died 1978), British television writer
- David R. Ellis (born 1952), American film director
- Dock Ellis (1945–2008), American baseball player
- Don Ellis (1934–1978), American jazz trumpeter
- Doug Ellis (born 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 (born 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 (born 1968), American BMX racer
- George Ellis (born 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 (born 1957), former American football player
- Greg Ellis, several people
H
- Harold Ellis (born 1970), retired American basketball player
- Harry Ellis (born 1982), English rugby union player
- Harvey Ellis (1852–1904), American architect, perspective renderer and painter
- 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 (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
- Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae artist
- Hunter Ellis (born 1968), American television personality
J
- C. Jack Ellis, former mayor of Macon, Georgia
- Jack Ellis (actor) (born 1955), British actor)
- Jack Ellis (rugby player) (1912–2007), English rugby union player
- James Ellis, several people
- Janet Ellis (born 1955), British television presenter
- Jaris Ellis (born 1893-2093), Trinidad Tobaggo Martial Artist
- Jason Ellis (born 1971), Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, radio host and actor
- Jim Ellis or Jimmy Ellis, several people
- Jo Ellis (born 1983) English field hockey forward
- Joanne Ellis (born 1981), English field hockey midfielder
- Job Bicknell Ellis (1829–1905), American mycologist
- John Ellis, several people
- Joseph Ellis (born 1943), American professor of history
K
- Kate Ellis (born 1977), Australian politician
- Katherine Ellis, English singer-songwriter
- Kathleen Ellis (born 1946), former American swimmer
- Keith Ellis (1946–1978), British musician
- Kerry Ellis (born 1979), English singer and stage actress
- Kevin Ellis, several people
L
- LaPhonso Ellis (born 1970), former American Basketball Player, National Basketball Association
- Larry R. Ellis (born 1946), commander in the US Army (2001–04)
- LeRon Ellis (born 1969), former American professional basket ball player
- Leroy Ellis (born 1940), retired American basketball player
- Lester Ellis (born 1965), British boxer
- Liz Ellis (born 1973), retired Australian netball player
- Luther Ellis (born 1973), former American football player
M
- Magen Ellis (born 1986), American beauty queen
- Marc Ellis (rugby) (born 1971), New Zealand businessman and television presenter and former rugby player
- Marc H. Ellis (born 1952), American author
- Mark Ellis (baseball) (born 1977), American Major League baseball player
- Mark Ellis (writer), American novelist
- Mary Ellis (1897–2003), British stage actress
- Matt Ellis (ice hockey) (born 1981), Canadian ice hockey player
- Michael Ellis, several people
- Mike Ellis (born 1936), former English hammer thrower
- Monta Ellis (born 1985), American professional basketball player
N
- Nick Ellis, American professor of psychology
- Novalyne Price Ellis (1908–1999), American schoolteacher
O
- Osian Ellis (born 1928), Welsh harpist
P
- P. W. Ellis (died 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 (born 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), candidate of the Christian Heritage Party of Canada
- Peter Ellis (Green Party candidate), candidate of the Green Party of Canada
- Peter Berresford Ellis (born 1943), English historian and literary biographer
- Peter Hugh McGregor Ellis (born 1958), 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) (born 1959), former American football player
- Raymond Ellis (1923–1994), British Laboyr Party politician
- Richard Ellis (astronomer) (born 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 (born 1954), African-American politician from Texas
- Romallis Ellis (born 1965), former American boxer
- Ronald Ellis (born 1953), American businessman
- Ron Ellis (born 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 (born 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 (born 1985), American football player
- Seger Ellis (1904–1995), American jazz pianist
- Shaun Ellis (born 1977), American footballer
- Shaun Ellis English animal researcher
- Shirley Ellis (born 1941), American soul singer
- Simon Ellis, English graphic designer
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 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 (born 1940), U.S. federal judge in the trial of William J. Jefferson
- Terry Ellis (born 1963), African-American R&B singer
- Terry Ellis (manager) (born 1944), English record producer
- Thomas Ellis, various including
- Thomas Ellis (Irish politician) (c. 1774–1832), Irish politician
- Thomas F. Ellis, American lawyer
- Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer
- Tinsley Ellis (born 1957), American blues/rock musician
- Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1979), English actor
- Tom Ellis (UK politician) (born 1924), former British politician
- Tommy Ellis (born 1947), former American NASCAR racing driver
- Tony Ellis (born 1964), former English professional footballer
V
- Vivian Ellis (1903–1996), English musical comedy composer
W
- Walter Ellis (born 1946), Northern Irish writer
- Warren Ellis (born 1968), British comic book author
- Warren Ellis (musician) (born 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