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.

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 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
 * 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