# Ellis

Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis. It has also been noted to be a Jewish surname.
People with the surname include:
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## A

* Adam Ellis (born 1996), British speedway rider
* Adrienne Ellis (born 1944), American-Canadian actress
* Albert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alexander Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Allan Ellis (disambiguation)
* Alton Ellis (1938–2008), Jamaican musician
* Andrew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Anita Ellis, Canadian-born American singer and actress
* Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician
* Arthur Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Atom Ellis (born 1966), American musician
* Aunjanue Ellis (born 1969), American actress

## B

* Ben Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Bill Ellis (1919–2007), English cricketer
* Boaz Ellis (born 1981), Israeli fencer
* Bob Ellis (1942–2016), Australian writer and journalist
* Bobby Ellis (1932–2016), Jamaican trumpeter
* Boogie Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
* Brad Ellis, American composer and musical director
* Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American novelist
* Brian Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

## C

* C. P. Ellis (1927–2005), American Ku Klux Klan leader turned civil rights activist
* Caroline Ellis (born 1950), American actress
* Carson Ellis (born 1975), American artist
* Charles Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Chris Ellis (disambiguation), multiple 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 (Australian rules footballer) (born 1974), former Australian-rules footballer
* Craig Ellis (gridiron football) (born 1961), former Canadian football player

## D

* Dale Ellis (born 1960), retired American basketball player
* Dana Ellis (born 1980), Canadian pole-vaulter
* Daniel Ellis (disambiguation) or Dan Ellis, multiple people
* David Ellis (disambiguation) or Dave Ellis, multiple people
* DeGoy B. Ellis (1876–1949), American politician and lawyer
* Diane Ellis (1909–1930), American actress
* Dick Ellis (1895–1975), treacherous intelligence officer
* Dock Ellis (1945–2008), American baseball player
* Dock Ellis (born 1955) American radio DJ
* Don Ellis (1934–1978), American jazz trumpeter
* Dorothy Ellis (1935–2018), American blues singer
* Doug Ellis (1924–2018), English entrepreneur and chairman of Aston Villa Football Club
* Drew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Duke Ellis (born 1998), American baseball player

## E

* Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923), US Marine Corps intelligence officer
* Edgar C. Ellis (1854–1947), American politician and lawyer
* Edith Ellis (1861–1916), English author and women's rights activist
* Edmund Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Edward Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Edwin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Eleanor Joan Ellis (1904–1989), English artist
* Eliécer Ellis (born 1945), Panamanian former basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics
* Ellen Deborah Ellis (1878–1974), American Professor of history and political science
* Ellis Bell (1818–1848), pseudonym of Emily Jane Bronte
* Emory Ellis (1906–2003), American biochemist
* Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
* Eric Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ernest Ellis (1885–1916), English footballer
* Evelyn Ellis (1894–1958), African-American actress

## F

* Felix Ellis, Australian politician
* Francis Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Frank Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Fred Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Francis Whyte Ellis (1777–1819), British civil servant in the Madras Presidency and scholar of Tamil and Sanskrit

## G

* Gary Ellis (born 1968), American BMX racer
* Geoff Ellis (born 1950), Welsh cricketer
* Georgia Ellis (1917–1988), American actress
* George Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833), British politician
* Gerry Ellis (born 1957), former American football player
* Gordon Ellis (1920–1978), British maritime artist
* Grant Ellis (born 1993), American television personality
* Greg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

## H

* Harold Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Harry Ellis (born 1982), English rugby union player
* Harvey Ellis (1852–1904), American architect, perspective renderer and painter
* Havelock Ellis (1859–1939), English sexual psychologist
* Henry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
* Herbert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae artist
* Hunter Ellis (born 1968), American television personality

## I

* Izzy Ellis, animator for Looney Tunes cartoons

## J

* C. Jack Ellis, former mayor of Macon, Georgia
* J. Delano Ellis (1944–2020), American Pentecostal bishop and writer
* Jack Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* James Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* James Ellis Humphrey (1861–1897), American botanist and mycologist
* Jan Ellis (1942–2013), South African rugby union player
* Janet Ellis (born 1955), English television presenter
* Jason Ellis (born 1971), Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, radio host and actor
* Jay Ellis (born 1981), American actor
* Jeff Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jerry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jill Ellis (born 1966), English-born American soccer player and coach
* Jim Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jimmy Ellis (disambiguation), multiple 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 (disambiguation), multiple people
* Joseph Ellis (born 1943), American professor of history

## K

* Kaden Elliss (born 1995), American football player
* Kai Ellis (born 1980), former CFL defensive end
* Kate Ellis (politician) (born 1977), Australian politician
* Katharine Ellis, British musicologist and academic
* Katherine Ellis, English singer-songwriter
* Kathleen Ellis (born 1946), former American swimmer
* Keith Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Keon Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
* Kerry Ellis (born 1979), English singer and stage actress
* Kevin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

## L

* LaPhonso Ellis (born 1970), American basketball analyst and former National Basketball Association player
* Larry R. Ellis (born 1946), United States Army general
* Lauren Ellis (born 1989), New Zealand cyclist
* Lee Ellis (born 1942), American sociologist
* Leonora Beck Ellis (1862–1951), American educator, author, poet and social reformer
* LeRon Ellis (born 1969), American former basketball player
* Leroy Ellis (1940–2012), American retired basketball player
* Lester Ellis (born 1965), English/Australian boxer
* Lindsay Ellis (footballer) (born 1935), retired Australian rules football player
* Lindsay Ellis (media critic) (born 1984), web video creator
* Lionel Ellis (1885–1970), British military historian
* Liz Ellis (born 1973), Australian retired netball player
* Luther Elliss (born 1973), American former 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
* Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925), American social reformer
* Mari Ellis (1913–2015), Welsh writer and women's rights activist
* Marion Durbin Ellis (1887–1972) American ichthyologist and entomologist
* Mark Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Martin Beazor Ellis (1911–1996), British mycologist
* Mary Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mary Beth Ellis (born 1977), American triathlete
* Matt Ellis (disambiguation) or Matthew Ellis, multiple people
* Max Mapes Ellis (1887–1953), American ichthyologist
* Merrill Ellis (1916–1981), American electroacoustic composer
* Michael Ellis (disambiguation) or Mike Ellis, multiple people
* Monta Ellis (born 1985), American professional basketball player

## N

* Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (1926–2021), American political activist
* Nick Ellis, American professor of psychology
* Novalyne Price Ellis (1908–1999), American schoolteacher

## O

* Osian Ellis (1928–2021), Welsh harpist

## P

* Patricia Ellis (1916–1970), American film actress
* Patrick Ellis (educator) (1928–2013), brother of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools and president of CUA (1992–98)
* Patrick Ellis (radio host) (1943–2020), American radio show host
* Paul Ellis, New Zealand record producer
* Pee Wee Ellis (1941–2021), American saxophonist
* Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
* Peter Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Philip Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Pitts Ellis (1808-1875), American politician
* Powhatan Ellis (1790–1863), US senator from Mississippi

## R

* Ralph Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ray Ellis (1923–2008), American record producer and composer
* Ray Ellis (American football) (born 1959), former American football player
* Raymond Ellis (1923–1994), British Labour Party politician
* Reg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Richard Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Rick Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Rita Ellis (born c. 1951), first woman mayor of Delray Beach, Florida
* Robert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Robin Ellis (born 1942), English actor
* Robinson Ellis (1834–1913), English classical scholar
* Rod Ellis, British linguist
* Rodney Ellis (born 1954), African-American politician from Texas
* Romallis Ellis (born 1965), former American boxer
* Ron Ellis (born 1945), Canadian retired ice hockey player
* Ronald Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998), English artist
* Ross Ellis (1915–1983), Canadian politician
* Rowan Ellis, British YouTuber and author
* Rowland Ellis (1650–1731), Welsh Quaker
* Rowland Ellis (bishop) (1841–1911), Welsh clergyman
* Roxanne Ellis (1942–1995), American murder victim
* Royston Ellis (1941–2023), English writer
* Ruth Ellis (1926–1955), last woman to be executed in the UK
* Ruth Ellis (activist) (1899–2000), American gay rights activist
* Ryan Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

## S

* Samuel Ellis (disambiguation) or Sam/Sammy/Samuel, multiple people
* Sara L. Ellis (born 1969), American judge
* Sarah Ellis (author) (born 1952), Canadian author
* Sarah Kate Ellis (born 1971), American media executive
* Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872), English writer
* Scott Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Sedrick Ellis (born 1985), American football player
* Seger Ellis (1904–1995), American jazz pianist
* Shaun Ellis (born 1977), American football player
* Shaun Ellis English animal researcher
* Shirley Ellis (1929–2005), American soul singer
* Simon Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Sophia Ellis (born 1996), record-setting British female powerlifter
* Stanley Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Steven Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

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* T. E. Ellis (1859–1899), Welsh politician
* T. S. Ellis, III (born 1940), U.S. federal judge in the trial of William J. Jefferson
* Ted Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Terry Ellis (born 1963), African-American R&B singer
* Terry Ellis (manager) (born 1944), English record producer
* Theodore T. Ellis (1867–1934), American inventor and publisher
* Thomas Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer
* Tino Ellis (born 1997), American football player
* Tinsley Ellis (born 1957), American blues/rock musician
* Todd Ellis (American football) (1967), an American football quarterback
* Todd Ellis (motorcyclist) (1994), an English sidecar racer
* Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1979), Welsh actor
* Tom Ellis (UK politician) (1924–2010), 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

* W. Ellis (MCC cricketer), English cricketer
* Walter Ellis (born 1946), Northern Irish writer
* Walter E. Ellis (1960–2013), American serial killer
* Warren Ellis (born 1968), English comic book author
* Warren Ellis (musician) (born 1965), Australian musician and composer
* Welbore Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
* Wes Ellis (1932–1984), American professional golfer
* William Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people