Ely (surname)

Ely is a surname which may refer to:


 * Alfred Ely (1815–1892), American politician
 * Arthur V. Ely (1912–1942), United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
 * Ben Ely (born 1970), Australian musician
 * Bill Ely (1869–1957), Australian politician
 * Bob Ely (born 1958), American entrepreneur, former investment banker and 2012 presidential candidate
 * Dudley Ely (1817–1895), first mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
 * Eugene Burton Ely (1886–1911), American aviation pioneer
 * Frederick D. Ely (1838–1921), American politician
 * Harold Ely (1909–1983), American football player
 * Harry Ely, American football and baseball coach, mainly in the 1890s
 * Harry Ely (baseball), American baseball player
 * Helena Rutherfurd Ely (1858–1920), American author, amateur gardener and founding member of the Garden Club of America
 * Jack Ely (1943–2015), American guitarist and singer, best known for singing the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie"
 * Janet Ely (born 1953), American diver
 * John Hart Ely, American legal scholar
 * Joe Ely (born 1947), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
 * John Ely (disambiguation)
 * Joseph B. Ely (1881–1956), 52nd Governor of Massachusetts
 * Melvin Ely (born 1978), American basketball player
 * Michael Ely, author
 * Nathaniel Ely (1605–1675), founding settler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut
 * Reginald Ely (fl. 1438–1471), English architect
 * Richard T. Ely (1854–1943), American economist
 * Rodrigo Ely (born 1993), Brazilian-Italian footballer
 * Ron Ely (born 1938), stage name of American actor Ronald Pierce
 * Shyra Ely (born 1983), American former Women's National Basketball Association player
 * Smith Ely Jr. (1825–1911), New York City mayor and member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Sumner Ely (1787–1857), New York politician
 * Talfourd Ely (1838–1923), English archaeologist and classicist
 * Theodore N. Ely (1846–1916), American businessman
 * Thomas C. Ely, American bishop
 * Victoria Joyce Ely (1889–1979), American nurse
 * William Ely (disambiguation)