Parris Explained

Parris is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Parris Afton Bonds, American novelist
• Parris Campbell (born 1997), American football player
• Parris Duffus (born 1970), retired American ice hockey goaltender
• Parris Glendening (born 1942), American politician
• Parris Goebel (born 1991), New Zealand-born choreographer, director, singer, dancer, actress of Samoan descent
• Parris Mosteller (born 2001), American child actor

Surname

In arts and entertainment:

• Amanda Parris, Canadian broadcaster and writer
• Edmund Thomas Parris (1793–1873), English painter
• Patricia Parris (born 1950), American voice actress
• Rachel Parris (born 1984), British comedian and musician
• Rebecca Parris (1951-2018), American singer
• Robert Parris (1924-1999), American composer
• S. J. Parris, pseudonym of English author Stephanie Merritt
• Teyonah Parris (born 1987), American actress

In politics:

• Albion K. Parris (1788–1857), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and Senator
• Matthew Parris (born 1949), journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
• Stanford Parris (1929–2010), American politician, United States Representative, Virginia state delegate, and Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth
• Virgil D. Parris (1807–1874), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and President of the Maine Senate

In the Salem witch trials:

• Betty Parris (1682–1760), nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages' reverend Samuel Parris
• Samuel Parris (1653–1720), Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village during the Salem witch trials

In other fields:

• Alexander Parris (1780–1852), prominent American architect-engineer
• Eddie Parris (1911–1971), Welsh international footballer
• Francis Sawyer Parris (1707–1760), Biblical scholar
• John Parris (born 1952), English cue maker
• Mason Parris (born 1999), American wrestler
• Nikita Parris (born 1994), English association footballer
• Steve Parris (born 1967), former professional baseball pitcher
• Timon Parris (born 1995), American football player

See also

• Paris (surname)
• Paris (given name)