Ellis Explained

Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin.^[1] An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis.^[2] It has also been noted to be a Jewish surname.^[3]

A

• Abe Ellis (Stargate), a fictional character in the TV series Stargate Atlantis
• 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 (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

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
• 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), former American Basketball Player, National Basketball Association
• Larry R. Ellis (born 1946), commander in the U.S. Army (2001–04)
• Lauren Ellis (born 1989), New Zealand cyclist
• Lee Ellis (born 1942), American sociologist
• Leonora Beck Ellis (1862–1951), American educator, author, poet, social reformer
• LeRon Ellis (born 1969), former American professional basketball player
• Leroy Ellis (1940–2012), retired American 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), retired Australian netball player
• Luther Elliss (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
• 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
• Max Ellis, Wrestling national champion (2006–present) (?)
• 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, 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 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
• 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
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 1979), English pop singer
• Stanley Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
• Steven Ellis (disambiguation), multiple 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
• 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

See also

• Elles
• Ellice (disambiguation)
• Elis (given name)
• Elis (surname)
• Elys (disambiguation), which includes people with the given name or surname

References

1. Web site: Ellis Surname Meaning and Distribution . forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2014
2. Book: Ellis, F. O.. Millwood: A Family Tree. 1909. Swampscott, Massachusetts. 4. Internet Archive.
3. Web site: Ellis Surname Meaning, History & Origin . 2023-10-08 . Select Surnames . en-US.