Otis is a surname of English origin and may have been a variant spelling of the English name Oates.
Notable people Amos Otis (born 1947), American retired Major League Baseball player Bill Otis (1889–1990), American Major League Baseball player Charles Otis (disambiguation) Elisha Otis (1811–1861), American inventor and industrialist, inventor of an elevator safety device and founder of Otis Elevator Company Eliza Ann Otis (1833–1904), American poet, journalist, and philanthropist, co-founder, publisher and associate editor of the Los Angeles Times newspaper Elwell Stephen Otis (1838–1909), American general who served in the Civil War, Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War George Demont Otis (1879–1962), American landscape painter George L. Otis (1829–1882), American lawyer and politician Glenn K. Otis (1929–2013), US Army four-star general Harrison Gray Otis (politician) (1765–1848), American politician and senator from Massachusetts Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) (1837–1917), a publisher of the Los Angeles Times James Otis (disambiguation) John Otis (Maine politician) (1801–1856), U.S. Representative from Maine John G. Otis (1838–1916), U.S. Representative from Kansas John Lord Otis (1827-1894), American Civil War officer and Massachusetts state senator and state representative Johnny Otis (1921–2012), American singer, musician, composer, bandleader, record producer and talent scout Mercy Otis Warren (1728–1814), née Otis, American activist poet, playwright and pamphleteer during the American Revolution Samuel Allyne Otis (1740–1814), American politician and first Secretary of the United States Senate Samuel Shackford Otis (1891–1974), American architect Shuggie Otis (born 1953), American songwriter, recording artist and multi-instrumentalist Todd Otis (born 1945), American politician William Otis (1813–1839), American inventor of the steam shovel
See also Senator Otis (disambiguation) Otis (given name) Otis (disambiguation)
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