Ellis is a surname of
Welsh and
English origin.
[ Retrieved 21 January 2014] An independent
French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase
fleur-de-lis
The ''fleur-de-lis'', also spelled ''fleur-de-lys'' (plural ''fleurs-de-lis'' or ''fleurs-de-lys''), is a common heraldic charge in the (stylized) shape of a lily (in French, and mean and respectively). Most notably, the ''fleur-de-lis'' ...
. It has also been noted to be a
Jewish
Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...
surname.
People with the surname include:
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Adam Ellis, American webcomic artist
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Adam Ellis (born 1996), British grasstrack and speedway rider
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Adam Gibb Ellis, Chief Justice of Jamaica
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Adrienne Ellis (born 1944), American-Canadian actress
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Albert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Alexander Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Allan Ellis (disambiguation)
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Alton Ellis (1938–2008), Jamaican musician
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Andrew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Anita Ellis, Canadian-born American singer and actress
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Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician
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Arthur Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Atom Ellis (born 1966), American musician
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Aunjanue Ellis
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (; Ellis; born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She has received List of awards and nominations received by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe ...
(born 1969), American actress
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Ben Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Bill Ellis (1919–2007), English cricketer
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Boaz Ellis (born 1981), Israeli fencer
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Bob Ellis
Robert James Ellis (10 May 1942 – 3 April 2016) was an Australian journalist, screenwriter, playwright, filmmaker, and political commentator. He lived in Sydney with author and screenwriter Anne Brooksbank; they had three children.
Early ye ...
(1942–2016), Australian writer and journalist
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Bobby Ellis (1932–2016), Jamaican trumpeter
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Boogie Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
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Brad Ellis, American composer and musical director
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Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author and screenwriter. Ellis was one of the literary Brat Pack (literary), Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique as a writer is the expression of extreme acts ...
(born 1964), American novelist
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Bri Ellis (born 2003), American softball player
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Brian Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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C. P. Ellis (1927–2005), American Ku Klux Klan leader turned civil rights activist
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Caroline Ellis (born 1950), American actress
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Carson Ellis (born 1975), American artist
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Charles Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Chris Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Clement Ellis (1633–1700), English clergyman
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Clough Williams-Ellis
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Military Cross, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate architecture, Italianate village of Portmeirion in North ...
(1883–1978), Welsh architect
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Constance Ellis (1872–1942), first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a Doctor of Medicine (1903)
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Craig Ellis (Australian rules footballer) (born 1974), Australian footballer
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Craig Ellis (gridiron football) (born 1961), Canadian football player
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Dale Ellis (born 1960), American basketball player
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Dana Ellis (born 1980), Canadian pole-vaulter
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Daniel Ellis (disambiguation) or Dan Ellis, multiple people
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David Ellis (disambiguation) or Dave Ellis, multiple people
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DeGoy B. Ellis (1876–1949), American politician and lawyer
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Diane Ellis
Diane Ellis (December 20, 1909 – December 15, 1930) was an American actress.
Biography
A native of Los Angeles and the only child of Frank Ellis and Ida Peterson, Diane Ellis graduated from Fairfax High School,[Dick Ellis
Colonel Charles Howard "Dick" Ellis (13 February 1895 – 5 July 1975) was an Australian-born British intelligence officer credited with writing the blueprint for United States wartime intelligence agencies Coordinator of Information and Offi ...]
(1895–1975), treacherous intelligence officer
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Dock Ellis (1945–2008), American baseball player
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Dock Ellis (born 1955) American radio DJ
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Don Ellis
Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his ...
(1934–1978), American jazz trumpeter
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Dorothy Ellis (1935–2018), American blues singer
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Doug Ellis (1924–2018), English entrepreneur
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Drew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Duke Ellis (born 1998), American baseball player
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Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923), US Marine Corps intelligence officer
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Edgar C. Ellis (1854–1947), American politician and lawyer
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Edith Ellis (1861–1916), English author and women's rights activist
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Edmund Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Edward Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Edwin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Eleanor Joan Ellis (1904–1989), English artist
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Eliécer Ellis (born 1945), Panamanian basketball player
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Ellen Deborah Ellis (1878–1974), American historian and political scientist
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Ellis Bell (1818–1848), pseudonym of Emily Jane Bronte
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Emory Ellis (1906–2003), American biochemist
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Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
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Eric Ellis (disambiguation) Eric Ellis may refer to:
* Eric Ellis (journalist), Australian journalist
* Eric Ellis (politician) (born 1942), former Australian politician
{{Hndis, Ellis, Eric ...
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Ernest Ellis (1885–1916), English footballer
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Evelyn Ellis (1894–1958), American actress
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Felix Ellis
Felix Ashton Ellis (born 22 January 1990) is an Australian politician, who was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 17 August 2020 in a recount to fill a vacancy for the division of Braddon. A member of the Liberal Party, Ellis is a me ...
, Australian politician
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Fiona Ellis, British philosopher
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Francis Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Frank Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Fred Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Francis Whyte Ellis (1777–1819), British civil servant in the Madras Presidency and scholar of Tamil and Sanskrit
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Gary Ellis (born 1968), American BMX racer
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Geoff Ellis (born 1950), Welsh cricketer
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Georgia Ellis (1917–1988), American actress
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George Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833), British politician
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Gerry Ellis (born 1957), American football player
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Gordon Ellis (1920–1978), British maritime artist
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Grant Ellis (born 1993), American television personality
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Greg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Harold Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Harry Ellis (born 1982), English rugby player
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Harvey Ellis
Harvey Ellis (October 17, 1852, Rochester, New York – January 2, 1904, Syracuse, New York) was an American architect, perspective renderer, Painting, painter and Furniture, furniture designer. He worked in Rochester, New York; Utica, New York; ...
(1852–1904), American architect, perspective renderer and painter
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Havelock Ellis
Henry Havelock Ellis (2 February 1859 – 8 July 1939) was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, Progressivism, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook in English on h ...
(1859–1939), English sexual psychologist
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Henry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
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Herbert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae artist
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Hunter Ellis (born 1968), American television personality
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Izzy Ellis, animator for Looney Tunes cartoons
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C. Jack Ellis, American politician from Georgia
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J. Delano Ellis (1944–2020), American Pentecostal bishop and writer
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Jack Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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James Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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James Ellis Humphrey (1861–1897), American botanist and mycologist
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Jan Ellis (1942–2013), South African rugby player
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Janet Ellis (born 1955), English television presenter
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Jason Ellis (born 1971), Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, radio host and actor
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Jay Ellis (born 1981), American actor
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Jeff Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jerry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jill Ellis (born 1966), English-born American soccer player and coach
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Jim Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jimmy Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Jo Ellis (born 1983) English field hockey forward
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Joanne Ellis (born 1981), English field hockey player
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Job Bicknell Ellis (1829–1905), American mycologist
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John Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Joseph Ellis
Joseph John-Michael Ellis III (born July 18, 1943) is an American historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the Founding Fathers of the United States. His book '' American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson'' won a Nation ...
(born 1943), American historian
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Kaden Elliss (born 1995), American football player
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Kai Ellis (born 1980), Canadian football player
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Kate Ellis (politician) (born 1977), Australian politician
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Katharine Ellis, British musicologist and academic
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Katherine Ellis, English singer-songwriter
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Kathleen Ellis (born 1946), former American swimmer
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Keith Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Keon Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
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Kerry Ellis
Kerry Jane Ellis (born 6 May 1979) is an English actress and singer who is best known for her work in musical theatre and subsequent crossover into music. Born and raised in Suffolk, Ellis began performing at an early age before training at La ...
(born 1979), English singer and stage actress
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Kevin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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LaPhonso Ellis (born 1970), American basketball player and analyst
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Larry R. Ellis (born 1946), American general
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Lauren Ellis (born 1989), New Zealand cyclist
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Lee Ellis (born 1942), American sociologist
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Leonora Beck Ellis (1862–1951), American educator, author, poet and social reformer
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LeRon Ellis (born 1969), American basketball player
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Leroy Ellis (1940–2012), American basketball player
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Lester Ellis (born 1965), English/Australian boxer
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Lindsay Ellis (footballer) (born 1935), Australian football player
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Lindsay Ellis (media critic) (born 1984), web video creator
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Lionel Ellis (1885–1970), British military historian
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Liz Ellis (born 1973), Australian netball player
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Luther Elliss (born 1973), American football player
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Magen Ellis (born 1986), American beauty queen
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Marc Ellis (rugby)
Marc Christopher Gwynne Ellis (born 8 October 1971) is a New Zealand businessman, television presenter, and former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. A graduate of the University of Otago, his primary bus ...
(born 1971), New Zealand businessman, television presenter and rugby player
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Marc H. Ellis (born 1952), American author
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Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925), American social reformer
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Mari Ellis (1913–2015), Welsh writer and women's rights activist
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Marion Durbin Ellis (1887–1972) American ichthyologist and entomologist
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Mark Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Martin Beazor Ellis (1911–1996), British mycologist
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Mary Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Mary Beth Ellis (born 1977), American triathlete
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Matt Ellis (disambiguation) or Matthew Ellis, multiple people
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Max Mapes Ellis (1887–1953), American ichthyologist
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Merrill Ellis (1916–1981), American electroacoustic composer
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Michael Ellis (disambiguation) or Mike Ellis, multiple people
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Monta Ellis (born 1985), American basketball player
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Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (1926–2021), American political activist
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Nick Ellis, American psychologist
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Novalyne Price Ellis (1908–1999), American schoolteacher
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Osian Ellis
Osian Gwynn Ellis (8 February 1928 – 5 January 2021) was a Welsh harpist, composer and teacher. He was principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble and a Professor of harp at the Royal Academ ...
(1928–2021), Welsh harpist
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Patricia Ellis
Patricia Ellis (born Patricia Gene O'Brien; May 20, 1918 – March 26, 1970) was an American film actress from 1932 to 1939, who then had a brief singing career until 1941.
Early years
Born in Birmingham, Michigan, in 1918 (although she gave he ...
(1916–1970), American film actress
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Patrick Ellis (educator) (1928–2013), brother of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools and president of CUA (1992–98)
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Patrick Ellis (radio host) (1943–2020), American radio show host
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Paul Ellis, New Zealand record producer
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Pee Wee Ellis (1941–2021), American saxophonist
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Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
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Peter Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Philip Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Pitts Ellis (1808–1875), American politician
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Powhatan Ellis (1790–1863), American politician from Mississippi
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Ralph Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Ray Ellis
Ray Ellis (July 28, 1923 – October 27, 2008) was an American record producer, arranger, conductor, and saxophonist. He was responsible for the orchestration in Billie Holiday's '' Lady in Satin'' (1958).
Biography
Raymond Spencer Elli ...
(1923–2008), American record producer and composer
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Ray Ellis (American football) (born 1959), American football player
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Raymond Ellis (1923–1994), British politician
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Reg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Richard Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Rick Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Rita Ellis (born 1951), American politician from Florida
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Robert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Robin Ellis
Anthony Robin Ellis (born 8 January 1942) is a British actor and cookery book writer best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in the 29 episodes of the 1975 BBC classic series ''Poldark (1975 TV series), Poldark'', adapted from a serie ...
(born 1942), English actor
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Robinson Ellis (1834–1913), English classical scholar
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Rod Ellis
Rod Ellis is a Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize-winning British linguist. He is currently a research professor in the School of Education, at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He is also a professor at Anaheim University, where he serves as t ...
, British linguist
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Rodney Ellis (born 1954), American politician from Texas
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Romallis Ellis (born 1965), American boxer
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Ron Ellis
Ronald John Edward Ellis (January 8, 1945 – May 11, 2024) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Ellis played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ellis won the Stanley Cup in 1967, and took part in th ...
(born 1945), Canadian ice hockey player
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Ronald Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998), English artist
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Ross Ellis (1915–1983), Canadian politician
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Rowan Ellis, British YouTuber and author
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Rowland Ellis (1650–1731), Welsh Quaker
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Rowland Ellis (bishop) (1841–1911), Welsh clergyman
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Roxanne Ellis (1942–1995), American murder victim
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Royston Ellis (1941–2023), English writer
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Ruth Ellis (1926–1955), last woman to be executed in the UK
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Ruth Ellis (activist) (1899–2000), American gay rights activist
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Ryan Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Samuel Ellis (disambiguation) or Sam/Sammy/Samuel, multiple people
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Sara L. Ellis (born 1969), American judge
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Sarah Ellis (author)
Sarah Ellis (born 19 May 1952 in Vancouver) is a Canadian children's writer and librarian. She has been a librarian in Toronto and Vancouver. She has also written reviews for '' Quill and Quire''.Ellis, Sarah. ''Quill and Quire''. January 2009. ...
(born 1952), Canadian author
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Sarah Kate Ellis (born 1971), American media executive
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Sarah Stickney Ellis
Sarah Stickney Ellis, born Sarah Stickney (1799 – 16 June 1872), also known as Sarah Ellis, was an English author. She was a Quaker turned Congregationalist. Her numerous books are mostly about women's roles in society. She argued that women ...
(1799–1872), English writer
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Scott Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Sedrick Ellis (born 1985), American football player
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Seger Ellis (1904–1995), American jazz pianist
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Shaun Ellis (born 1977), American football player
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Shaun Ellis English animal researcher
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Shirley Ellis (1929–2005), American soul singer
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Simon Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Sophia Ellis (born 1996), British powerlifter
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Stanley Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Steven Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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T. E. Ellis (1859–1899), Welsh politician
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T. S. Ellis, III (born 1940), American judge
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Ted Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Terry Ellis (born 1963), American R&B singer
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Terry Ellis (manager) (born 1944), English record producer
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Theodore T. Ellis (1867–1934), American inventor and publisher
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Thomas Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Timo Ellis
Timothy Kneeland "Timo" Ellis is a multi-instrumentalist and record producer from New York City, and is frontman vocalist for the band Netherlands.
In 1997 Ellis and Sean Lennon joined Cibo Matto. As a quartet ( Yuka Honda, Miho Hatori
is ...
(born 1970), American musician and record producer
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Tino Ellis (born 1997), American football player
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Tinsley Ellis (born 1957), American blues/rock musician
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Todd Ellis (American football) (born 1967), American football player
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Todd Ellis (motorcyclist) (born 1994), English sidecar racer
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Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1979), Welsh actor
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Tom Ellis (UK politician) (1924–2010), British politician
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Tommy Ellis (born 1947), American NASCAR racing driver
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Tony Ellis (born 1964), English footballer
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Vivian Ellis (1903–1996), English musical comedy composer
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W. Ellis (MCC cricketer), English cricketer
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Walter Ellis (born 1946), Northern Irish writer
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Walter E. Ellis (1960–2013), American serial killer
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Warren Ellis
Warren Girard Ellis (born 16 February 1968) is an English comic book writer, novelist, and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-creator of several original comics series, including ''Transmetropolitan'' (1997–2002), ''Global Frequency'' ...
(born 1968), English comic book author
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Warren Ellis (musician) (born 1965), Australian musician and composer
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Welbore Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
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Wes Ellis (1932–1984), American golfer
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William Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
See also
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Elles
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Ellice (disambiguation)
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Elis (given name)
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Elis (surname)
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Elys (disambiguation), which includes people with the given name or surname
References
{{given name, type=both
English-language surnames
Surnames of English origin
Surnames of Welsh origin