Ellis is a given name of Welsh and English origin. Notable people with the given name include:
Men Ellis (Nez Perce) (c. 1810–1848), Native American leader Ellis Amburn (1933–2018), American book editor and biographer Ellis Bent (1783–1815), British-Australian lawyer and judge Ellis B. Bodron (1923–1997), American lawyer and politician Ellis Burks (born 1964), American Major League Baseball player Ellis Chapman (born 2001), English footballer
Ellis R. Dungan (1909–2001), American film director, best known for his work in Indian, particularly Tamil, films Ellis Genge (born 1995), English rugby union player
Ellis Hall (footballer) (1889–1949), English footballer Ellis Hall (musician) (born 1951), American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor Ellis Harrison (born 1994), Welsh footballer Ellis Hollins (born 1999), English actor Ellis Howard (born 1997), English actor Ellis Jenkins (born 1993), Welsh rugby union player
Ellis Jones (disambiguation) Ellis Stanley Joseph (1872?–1938), Welsh-American animal trainer Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), Jewish entrepreneur and philanthropist prominent in Hong Kong Ellis Lloyd (disambiguation) Ellis Marsalis (disambiguation) Ellis Merriweather (born 1999), American football player Ellis Minns (1874–1953), British academic and archaeologist Ellis R. Ott (died 1981), American statistician and educator
Ellis Paul (born 1965), American singer-songwriter and folk musician Ellis Rabb (1930–1998), American actor and director Ellis Roberts (disambiguation) Ellis Rubin (1925–2006), American attorney famous for handling lost causes Ellis Sandoz (1931–2003), American academic and political scientist Ellis Short (born 1960), American businessman, former owner and chairman of English football club Sunderland A.F.C. Ellis Simms (born 2001), English footballer
Women Ellis Avery (1972–2019), American writer Ellis Baker (1898–1984), American actress Ellis Bendix (1907–1951), Danish actress Ellis Bell (1818–1848), pen name of English novelist and poet Emily Brontë Ellis Bermingham, Countess of Brandon (1708–1789), English-Irish aristocrat Ellis Brandon (1923–2024), Dutch veteran (Engelandvaarders) Ellis Credle (1902–1998), American writer Ellis Faas (1962–2020), Dutch make-up artist Ellis Jeffreys (1868?–1943), English actress Ellis Kaut (1920–2015), German author Ellis Knight (1757–1837), English gentlewoman, traveller, landscape artist, and writer of novels, verse, journals, and history Ellis MacDonnell, Countess of Antrim (c. 1583–1665), Irish aristocrat Ellis Meng, American professor Ellis Meredith (1865–1955), American suffragist, journalist and novelist Ellis Miller (born 2002), British slalom canoeist Ellis O'Reilly (born 1998), Irish-English female artistic gymnast Ellis Peters (1913–1995), English author Ellis Powell, an actress who played the lead role in Mrs Dale's Diary Ellis Rowan (1848–1922), Australian artist and botanical illustrator Ellis Reynolds Shipp (1847–1939), American doctor Ellis Wheeler (born 2001), American professional soccer player
Fictional characters Ellis Carver, a character from The Wire
See also Ellis (surname) Ellis (disambiguation)