Welles (name)

Welles is an English locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its oldest public record is noted ca. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells. People with the name include:

Surname

 * Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397)
 * Baron Welles (disambiguation)
 * Beatrice Welles-Smith, daughter of Orson Welles
 * Benjamin Welles (1857-1935), American philanthropist
 * Chris Welles Feder, daughter of Orson Welles
 * Edmund Welles, an American bass clarinet quartet
 * Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist
 * Elliot Welles (1927–2006), Holocaust survivor
 * Gideon Welles (1802–1878), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1861–1869
 * Gwen Welles (1947–1993), film and stage actress
 * Harry Welles Rusk (1852–1926), U.S. politician
 * Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State senator
 * Jennifer Welles, American porn star
 * Jesse Welles, American voice actress
 * Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (died 1475)
 * John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352–1421)
 * John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles (1450–1499)
 * Lawson Welles (b. 1975) American film the writer, director and producer
 * Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (1406–1461)
 * Marc Welles, actor, grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, son of Rebecca Welles
 * Mel Welles (1924-2005), American film actor
 * Orson Welles (1915–1985), American actor and director
 * Rebecca Welles, American television actress, spouse of TV director Don Weis
 * Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (executed 1470)
 * Samuel Gardner Welles (1913-1981) American journalist
 * Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997), American paleontologist
 * Sumner Welles (1892–1961), U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937–1943
 * Terri Welles (born 1956), American flight attendant, "Playmate of the year" 1981, born Terri Knepper
 * Thomas Welles (1598–1660), American politician
 * Tiffany Welles, a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels
 * Tori Welles (born 1967), American porn star
 * Viscount Welles (disambiguation)
 * William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), a Californian rancher and entrepreneur
 * Winthrop Welles Ketcham (1820–1879), American politician
 * Welles, American musician

Fictional characters

 * Aaron Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
 * Justine Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
 * Wade Welles, a main character from the television series Sliders

Given name

 * Welles Crowther (1977–2001), a hero of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City