Ellis (given name)

Ellis is a given name of Welsh and English origin. Notable people with the given name include:

Men

Ellis Thomas Davies (1822–1895), Welsh Independent minister
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 Ellis-Griffith (1860–1926), British barrister and politician

Ellis Griffith (priest) (died 1938), Welsh clergyman
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 Johnson (defensive lineman) (born 1973), American football defensive tackle
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 Owusu-Dabo (born 2000), Ghanaian academic and Pro Vice-Chancellor
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
Ellis Taylor (born 2003), English footballer
Ellis Valentine (born 1954), American baseball player

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