Ellen is a female

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, a diminutive of

Elizabeth Elizabeth or Elisabeth may refer to: People * Elizabeth (given name), a female given name (including people with that name) * Empress Elisabeth (disambiguation), lists various empresses named ''Elisabeth'' or ''Elizabeth'' * Princess Elizabeth ...

Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages">Provençal dialect ...

, Elena, and Helen. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: * Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress *

Ellen Alaküla Ellen Alaküla (30 April 1927 – 15 January 2011) was an Estonian stage, radio, television, and film actress and theatre teacher whose career spanned over forty years. Early life and education Ellen Alaküla was born in Kohtla-Järve in Ida ...

(1927–2011), Estonian actress * Ellen Alfsen (born 1965), Norwegian politician * Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet *

Ellen Allien Ellen Fraatz, known professionally as Ellen Allien, is a Berlin-based German electronic musician, music producer, and the founder of BPitch Control music label. Her album '' Stadtkind'' was dedicated to the city of Berlin, and she cites the cu ...

(born 1969), German electronic musician and music producer *

Ellen Anckarsvärd Anna Lovisa Eleonora "Ellen" Anckarsvärd (; 10 December 1833 – 8 December 1898) was a Swedish women's rights activist. She was the co-founder and secretary of the Married Woman's Property Rights Association (1873), co-founder and vice chairpe ...

(1833–1898), Swedish feminist * Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator *

Ellen Anderson Ellen Anderson (born November 25, 1959) is a Minnesota politician, and an advisor to former Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. Anderson is a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 66, which includes the northern portion of ...

(born 1959), American politician * Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographer *

Ellen Arthur Ellen Lewis "Nell" Arthur ( ''née'' Herndon; August 30, 1837 – January 12, 1880) was the wife of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. She died of pneumonia in January 1880; her husband was elected vice-president that ...

(1837–1880), wife of the 21st

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Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican from New York who previously served as the 20th vice president under President James A. ...

* List of children of presidents of the United States#Chester and Ellen Arthur, Ellen Arthur jr. (1871–1915), daughter of Chester A. Arthur and First Lady Ellen Arthur * Ellen Baake (born 1961), German mathematical biologist * Ellen S. Baker (born 1953), American physician and astronaut * Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress * Ellen Bass (born 1947), American poet and author * Texas Killing Fields#Victims, Ellen Rae Simpson Beason (died 1985), American murder victim * Ellen A. Dayton Blair (1837–1926), social reformer and art teacher * Faryion Wardrip#Ellen Blau, Ellen Blau (died 1985), American murder victim * Ellen Bontje (born 1958), Dutch equestrian * Ellen Burka (1921–2016), Dutch and Canadian figure skater and coach * Ellen Burrell (1850–1938), American mathematics professor * Ellen Bushell (1884-1948), Irish textile artist and political activist * Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress * Ellen Maria Carpenter (1830–1908), American painter * Ellen Cahill (1863 – 1934), Irish-Australian street singer also known as "Killarney Kate" * Ellen Carter (1762–1815), English artist * Kossoy Sisters, Ellen Christenson (born 1938), American singer * Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actress * Ellen Cobb (born 1940), retired British judoka * Ellen Melicent Cobden (1848–1914), British writer and suffragist * Ellen Corby (1911–1999), American actress * Ellen Corkrum, Liberian philanthropist politician and presidential candidate and convicted criminal * Ellen and William Craft, Ellen Craft (1826–1891), American fugitive slave and abolitionist * Ellen Craswell (1932–2008), American politician * Ellen Crocker (1872–1962), British suffragette * Ellen ten Damme (born 1967), Dutch actress and musician * Ellen F. Davis (born 1950), American theologian and Old Testament scholar * Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), American comedian, actress, and talk-show host * Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist * Ellen Dissanayake (born c. 1935), American anthropologist and author * Ellen Albertini Dow (1913–2015), American actress and drama coach * Ellen Elzerman (born 1971), Dutch swimmer * Ellen Russell Emerson (1837–1907), American author, ethnologist * Ellen Estes (born 1978), American water polo player * Ellen Foley (born 1951), American singer and actress * Ellen Fries (1855–1900), Swedish feminist and writer, first woman to be awarded a PhD in Sweden * Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), American artist * Ellen Geer (born 1941), American actress, acting teacher and theatre director * Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist, short story writer, and poet * Ellen Gittelsohn (born 1945), American television director * Nellie Grant, Ellen Grant (1855–1922), the third child and only daughter of 18th

, Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Grant * Ellen Glasgow (1873–1975), American novelist * Death of Ellen Greenberg, Ellen Greenberg (1983–2011), American suicide victim * Ellen Greene (born 1951), American singer and actress * Ellen Day Hale (1855–1940), American impressionist painter and printmake * Ellen 't Hoen (born 1960), Dutch lawyer and Médecins sans Frontières director * Ellen Hollman (born 1983), American actress * Ellen Hogerwerf (born 1989), Dutch rower * Ellen Hoog (born 1986), Dutch field hockey player * Ellen Horn (born 1951), Norwegian actress, theater director, and politician * Ellen Jansen (born 1992), Dutch footballer * Ellen Jens (1940–2023), Dutch television director and producer * Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American civil rights activist * Ellen Kaarma (1928–1973), Estonian actress * Ellen Key (1849–1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragette * Ellen Kooi (born 1962), Dutch artist and photographer, * Ellen Kuipers (born 1971), Dutch field hockey player * Ellen J. Kullman (born 1956), American business executive, CEO of DuPont * Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006), South African women's rights activist and politician * Ellen van Langen (born 1966), Dutch middle-distance runner * Ellen Liiger (1918–1987), Estonian actress * Ellen Lumpkin, American neuroscientist * Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), British yachtswoman * Ellen Manderfield (1916–1999), American industrial designer * Ellen Marlow (born 1994), American actress * Ellen van Maris (born 1957), Dutch bodybuilder * Ellen McIlwaine (1945–2021), American musician * Ellen McLain (born 1952), American voice actress * Ellen Meijers (born c.1971), Dutch video game music composer * Ellen Muth (born 1981), American actress * Ellen Torelle Nagler (1870–1965), American biologist, author, lecturer * Ellen Niit (1928–2016), Estonian children's writer, poet and translator * Ellen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actress * Ellen Nisbeth (born 1987), Swedish violist * Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), American engineer and astronaut * Ellen O'Doherty (1894–1983), Australian religious, superior general of Sisters of Charity * Ellen Osiier (1890–1962), Danish Olympic fencing foil champion * Ellen Page, former name of Elliot Page (born 1987), Canadian actor * Ellen Pao (born 1970), American lawyer, former CEO of Reddit * Ellen Parker (actress), Ellen Parker (born 1949), American actress * Ellen Perez (1868–1954), Australian tennis player * Ellen Petri (born 1982), Belgian beauty pageant * Ellen Pompeo (born 1969), American actress * Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer * Ellen Alida Rose (1843–1???), American agriculturist, suffragist * Ellen Swallow Richards (1842–1911), American industrial and environmental chemist * Ellen Roche (born 1979), Brazilian actress and model * Ellen Rockmore, American politician * Ellen Roosevelt (1868–1954), American tennis player * Ellen Sarjeant (1868 - 1939), New Zealand artist, curator, registrar and philanthropist * Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838-1916), American writer and poet * Ellen Sauerbrey (born 1937), American politician * Ellen Browning Scripps (1836–1932), American journalist and philanthropist * Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938), President of Liberia * Ellen Stevenson (née Borden, 1907–1972), American socialite and First Lady of Illinois * Ellen Tauscher (1951–2019), American politician, Under Secretary of State * Ellen Terry (1847–1928), English stage actress * Ellen Powell Tiberino (1937–1992), African American visual artist * Ellen Travolta (born 1940), American actress * Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), German photographer and director * Ellen Urbani (born 1969), American author * Ellen Van Loy (born 1980), Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist * Ellen Venker (born 1983), Dutch softball player * Ellen Vogel (1922–2015), Dutch actress * Ellen Voorhees, American computer scientist * Ellen van der Weijden-Bast (born 1971), Dutch water polo player * Ellen G. White (1827–1915), American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and author * Ellen White (disambiguation), several people * Ellen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalist * Ellen Axson Wilson (1860–1914), American first lady * Ellen Whitmore (1828–1861), American educator and missionary * Ellen Axson Wilson (1860–1914), American First Lady * Ellen Wilson (judoka) (born 1976), American judoka * Ellen Woglom (born 1987), American actress * Ellen van Wolde (born 1954), Dutch biblical scholar * Ellen Wong (born 1985), Canadian actress * Ellen Young (poet) (1810–1872), Australian poet, feminist, fighting for the rights of women and bringing attention to the lifestyle via poems * Ellen Young (politician) (born 1952), American politician, representative in the New York State Assembly * Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939), American classical music composer

Fictional characters

* Ellen, a character in the post-apocalyptic short story ''I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream'' * Ellen, one of the two main characters in the book series and animated television series ''Edgar & Ellen'' * Ellen, the main character in the American animated television series ''Ellen's Acres'' * Ellen, a character in the 1990 American comedy movie ''Ski Patrol (1990 film)#Cast, Ski Patrol'' * Ellen, a character in the 1997 American drama television movie ''Deep Family Secrets#Cast, Deep Family Secrets'' * Ellen, a character in the 2000 American fantasy-comedy TV movie ''Life-Size#Cast, Life-Size'' * Ellen, a character in the 2015 American comedy-drama movie ''The Breakup Girl#Cast, The Breakup Girl'' * Ellen, a character in the 2016 American workplace teen comedy movie ''Hickey (film)#Cast, Hickey'' * Ellen, a character in the American science fiction horror film ''Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys#Cast, Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys'' * Ellen, a character in the American TV sitcom ''List of Will & Grace characters#Supporting characters, Will & Grace'' * Ellen Ashland, a character in the movie ''Sightless'' * Ellen Bains, a character from the movie ''List of Back to the Future characters#Ellen Baines, Back to the Future'' * Ellen Berent, a character in the 1988 American made-for-television drama film ''Too Good to Be True (film)#Cast, Too Good to Be True'' * Ellen Blake, a character played by Loni Anderson#Television films, Loni Anderson in the 1984 TV movie ''My Mother's Secret Life'' * Ellen Brody, a character in the Jaws (franchise)#Principal cast, ''Jaws'' movie franchise * Ellen Foxworthy, a fictional character in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary#Main characters, ''Schlock Mercenary'' * Ellen Grant, the main character in the 1949 American comedy movie ''Miss Grant Takes Richmond'' * Mrs. Ellen Hartley, a character in the American 1947 Drama movie ''Seven Were Saved#Cast, Seven Were Saved'' * Ellen Hutter, the main protagonist in the classic silent film ''Nosferatu'' * Ellen Joe, a playable character in the video game ''Zenless Zone Zero'' * Ellen Johnson, a character in the American teen comedy drama ''Teenage Bounty Hunters#Cast, Teenage Bounty Hunters'' * Ellen Kurokawa, a character in the Japanese anime series ''Suite PreCure'' (also called Eren) * Ellen Lamb, character in the 1985 science fiction movie ''D.A.R.Y.L.#Cast, D.A.R.Y.L.'' * Ellen Lindsey, the main character in the movie 1974 American made-for-television drama ''Can Ellen Be Saved#Cast, Can Ellen Be Saved'' * Ellen Macauley, in ''One of Us Is Lying'' * Ellen Morgan, the main character in the TV series ''Ellen (TV series), Ellen'' * Ellen Powell, a character in the American sitcom television series ''Charles in Charge#Cast, Charles in Charge'' * Ellen Randall, a character in the Canadian-produced sitcom ''Learning the Ropes#Cast, Learning the Ropes'' * Ellen Reed, a character who appeared in five episodes of the American TV sitcom ''List of Family Ties episodes#Season 4 (1985–1986), Family Ties'' * Ellen Ripley, a character in the ''Alien'' film series * Ellen Rockland, a character in the 1988 American science-fiction horror movie ''Pulse (1988 film)#Cast, Pulse'' * Ellen Wilson (character), Ellen Wilson, a character from the American science fiction web television series ''For All Mankind (TV series), For All Mankind''

Fictional characters

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