Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis.

People with the surname include:

A

  • Adam Ellis, American webcomic artist
  • Adam Ellis (born 1996), British grasstrack and speedway rider
  • Adam Gibb Ellis, Chief Justice of Jamaica
  • Adrienne Ellis (c. 1941–2019), American-Canadian actress
  • Albert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Alexander Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Allan Ellis (disambiguation)
  • Alton Ellis (1938–2008), Jamaican musician
  • Andrew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Anita Ellis, Canadian-born American singer and actress
  • Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician
  • Arthur Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Atom Ellis (born 1966), American musician
  • Aunjanue Ellis (born 1969), American actress

B

  • Ben Ellis (disambiguation), multiple actress
  • Bill Ellis (1919–2007), English cricketer
  • Boaz Ellis (born 1981), Israeli fencer
  • Bob Ellis (1942–2016), Australian writer and journalist
  • Bob Ellis (cricketer) (born 1940), Scottish cricketer
  • Bobby Ellis (1932–2016), Jamaican trumpeter
  • Boogie Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
  • Brad Ellis, American composer and musical director
  • Bret Easton Ellis (born 1964), American novelist
  • Bri Ellis (born 2003), American softball player
  • Brian Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

C

  • C. P. Ellis (1927–2005), American Ku Klux Klan leader turned civil rights activist
  • Caroline Ellis (born 1950), American actress
  • Carson Ellis (born 1975), American artist
  • Charles Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Chris Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rev Clement Ellis (1633–1700), English clergyman
  • Clough Williams-Ellis (1883–1978), Welsh architect
  • Colten Ellis (born 2000), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Constance Ellis (1872–1942), first woman to graduate from the University of Melbourne as a Doctor of Medicine (1903)
  • Craig Ellis (Australian rules footballer) (born 1974), Australian footballer
  • Craig Ellis (gridiron football) (born 1961), Canadian football player

D

  • Dale Ellis (born 1960), American basketball player
  • Dana Ellis (born 1980), Canadian pole-vaulter
  • Daniel Ellis (disambiguation) or Dan Ellis, multiple people
  • David Ellis (disambiguation) or Dave Ellis, multiple people
  • DeGoy B. Ellis (1876–1949), American politician and lawyer
  • Dame Di Ellis (1938–2017), English rower
  • Dessie Ellis (born 1938), Irish politician
  • Diane Ellis (1909–1930), American actress
  • Dick Ellis (1895–1975), treacherous intelligence officer
  • Dock Ellis (1945–2008), American baseball player
  • Dock Ellis (born 1955) American radio DJ
  • Don Ellis (1934–1978), American jazz trumpeter
  • Donna Ellis, American politician
  • Dorothy Ellis (1935–2018), American blues singer
  • Doug Ellis (1924–2018), English entrepreneur
  • Drew Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Duke Ellis (born 1998), American baseball player

E

  • Earl Hancock Ellis (1880–1923), US Marine Corps intelligence officer
  • Edgar C. Ellis (1854–1947), American politician and lawyer
  • Edith Ellis (1861–1916), English author and women's rights activist
  • Edmund Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Edward Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Edwin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Eleanor Joan Ellis (1904–1989), English artist
  • Eliécer Ellis (born 1945), Panamanian basketball player
  • Ellen Deborah Ellis (1878–1974), American historian and political scientist
  • Ellis Bell (1818–1848), pseudonym of Emily Jane Bronte
  • Emory Ellis (1906–2003), American biochemist
  • Ephraim Ellis (born 1985), Canadian actor
  • Eric Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ernest Ellis (1885–1916), English footballer
  • Evelyn Ellis (1894–1958), American actress

F

  • Felix Ellis, Australian politician
  • Fiona Ellis, British philosopher
  • Frampton Ellis, American designer and inventor
  • Francis Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Frank Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Fred Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Francis Whyte Ellis (1777–1819), British civil servant in the Madras Presidency and scholar of Tamil and Sanskrit

G

  • Gary Ellis (born 1968), American BMX racer
  • Geoff Ellis (born 1950), Welsh cricketer
  • George Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • George Agar-Ellis, 1st Baron Dover (1797–1833), British politician
  • Georgia Ellis (1917–1988), American actress
  • Gerry Ellis (born 1957), American football player
  • Gordon Ellis (1920–1978), British maritime artist
  • Grant Ellis (born 1993), American television personality
  • Greg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

H

  • Harold Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Harry Ellis (born 1982), English rugby player
  • Harvey Ellis (1852–1904), American architect, gfgte perspective renderer and painter
  • Havelock Ellis (1859–1939), English sexual psychologist
  • Henry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Herb Ellis (1921–2010), American jazz guitarist
  • Herbert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Hortense Ellis (1941–2000), Jamaican reggae artist
  • Hunter Ellis (born 1968), American television personality

I

  • Izzy Ellis, animator for Looney Tunes cartoons

J

  • C. Jack Ellis, American politician from Georgia
  • J. Delano Ellis (1944–2020), American Pentecostal bishop and writer
  • Jack Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • James Ellis Humphrey (1861–1897), American botanist and mycologist
  • Jan Ellis (1942–2013), South African rugby player
  • Janet Ellis (born 1955), English television presenter
  • Jason Ellis (born 1971), Australian skateboarder, mixed martial artist, radio host and actor
  • Jay Ellis (born 1981), American actor
  • Jeff Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jerry Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jessica Ellis (born 1987), British actress
  • Jill Ellis (born 1966), English-born American soccer player and coach
  • Jim Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jimmy Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Jo Ellis (born 1983) English field hockey forward
  • Joanne Ellis (born 1981), English field hockey player
  • Job Bicknell Ellis (1829–1905), American mycologist
  • John Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Joseph Ellis (born 1943), American historian
  • Justin Ellis (born 1990), American football player
  • Justin Ellis (soccer) (born 2007), American soccer player

K

  • Kaden Elliss (born 1995), American football player
  • Kai Ellis (born 1980), Canadian football player
  • Kate Ellis (politician) (born 1977), Australian politician
  • Katharine Ellis, British musicologist and academic
  • Katherine Ellis, English singer-songwriter
  • Kathleen Ellis (born 1946), former American swimmer
  • Keith Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Keon Ellis (born 2000), American basketball player
  • Kerry Ellis (born 1979), English singer and stage actress
  • Kevin Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

L

  • LaPhonso Ellis (born 1970), American basketball player and analyst
  • Larry R. Ellis (born 1946), American general
  • Lauren Ellis (born 1989), New Zealand cyclist
  • Lee Ellis (born 1942), American sociologist
  • Leonora Beck Ellis (1862–1951), American educator, author, poet and social reformer
  • LeRon Ellis (born 1969), American basketball player
  • Leroy Ellis (1940–2012), American basketball player
  • Lester Ellis (born 1965), English/Australian boxer
  • Lindsay Ellis (footballer) (born 1935), Australian football player
  • Lindsay Ellis (media critic) (born 1984), web video creator
  • Lionel Ellis (1885–1970), British military historian
  • Liz Ellis (born 1973), Australian netball player
  • Luther Elliss (born 1973), American football player

M

  • Magen Ellis (born 1986), American beauty queen
  • Marc Ellis (rugby) (born 1971), New Zealand businessman, television presenter and rugby player
  • Marc H. Ellis (born 1952), American author
  • Margaret Dye Ellis (1845–1925), American social reformer
  • Mari Ellis (1913–2015), Welsh writer and women's rights activist
  • Marion Durbin Ellis (1887–1972) American ichthyologist and entomologist
  • Mark Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Martin Beazor Ellis (1911–1996), British mycologist
  • Mary Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Mary Beth Ellis (born 1977), American triathlete
  • Matt Ellis (disambiguation) or Matthew Ellis, multiple people
  • Max Mapes Ellis (1887–1953), American ichthyologist
  • Merrill Ellis (1916–1981), American electroacoustic composer
  • Michael Ellis (disambiguation) or Mike Ellis, multiple people
  • Monta Ellis (born 1985), American basketball player

N

  • Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (1926–2021), American political activist
  • Nick Ellis, American psychologist
  • Novalyne Price Ellis (1908–1999), American schoolteacher

O

  • Osian Ellis (1928–2021), Welsh harpist

P

  • Patricia Ellis (1916–1970), American film actress
  • Patrick Ellis (educator) (1928–2013), brother of the Institute of Brothers of Christian Schools and president of CUA (1992–98)
  • Patrick Ellis (radio host) (1943–2020), American radio show host
  • Paul Ellis, New Zealand record producer
  • Pee Wee Ellis (1941–2021), American saxophonist
  • Perry Ellis (1940–1986), American fashion designer
  • Peter Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Philip Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Phil Ellis (born 1981), English comedian and actor
  • Pitts Ellis (1808–1875), American politician
  • Powhatan Ellis (1790–1863), American politician from Mississippi

R

  • Ralph Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Ray Ellis (1923–2008), American record producer and composer
  • Ray Ellis (American football) (born 1959), American football player
  • Raymond Ellis (1923–1994), British politician
  • Reg Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Richard Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rick Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rita Ellis (1950–2025), American politician from Florida
  • Robert Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Robin Ellis (born 1942), English actor
  • Robinson Ellis (1834–1913), English classical scholar
  • Rod Ellis, British linguist
  • Rodney Ellis (born 1954), American politician from Texas
  • Romallis Ellis (born 1965), American boxer
  • Ron Ellis (1945–2024), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Ronald Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Rosemary Ellis (1910–1998), English artist
  • Ross Ellis (1915–1983), Canadian politician
  • Rowan Ellis, British YouTuber and author
  • Rowland Ellis (1650–1731), Welsh Quaker
  • Rowland Ellis (bishop) (1841–1911), Welsh clergyman
  • Roxanne Ellis (1942–1995), American murder victim
  • Royston Ellis (1941–2023), English writer
  • Ruth Ellis (1926–1955), last woman to be executed in the UK
  • Ruth Ellis (activist) (1899–2000), American gay rights activist
  • Ryan Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

S

  • Samuel Ellis (disambiguation) or Sam/Sammy/Samuel, multiple people
  • Sara L. Ellis (born 1969), American judge
  • Sarah Ellis (author) (born 1952), Canadian author
  • Sarah Kate Ellis (born 1971), American media executive
  • Sarah Stickney Ellis (1799–1872), English writer
  • Scott Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sedrick Ellis (born 1985), American football player
  • Seger Ellis (1904–1995), American jazz pianist
  • Shaun Ellis (born 1977), American football player
  • Shaun Ellis English animal researcher
  • Shirley Ellis (1929–2005), American soul singer
  • Simon Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Sophia Ellis (born 1996), British powerlifter
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor (born 1979), English singer and songwriter
  • Stanley Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Steven Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

T

  • T. E. Ellis (1859–1899), Welsh politician
  • T. S. Ellis III (1940–2025), American judge
  • Ted Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Terry Ellis (born 1963), American R&B singer
  • Terry Ellis (record producer) (born 1943), English record producer
  • Theodore T. Ellis (1867–1934), American inventor and publisher
  • Thomas Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer
  • Tino Ellis (born 1997), American football player
  • Tinsley Ellis (born 1957), American blues/rock musician
  • Todd Ellis (American football) (born 1967), American football player
  • Todd Ellis (motorcyclist) (born 1994), English sidecar racer
  • Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1979), Welsh actor
  • Tom Ellis (politician) (1924–2010), British politician
  • Tommy Ellis (born 1947), American NASCAR racing driver
  • Tony Ellis (born 1964), English footballer

V

  • Vivian Ellis (1903–1996), English musical comedy composer

W

  • W. Ellis (MCC cricketer), English cricketer
  • Walter Ellis (writer) (born 1946), Northern Irish writer
  • Walter E. Ellis (1960–2013), American serial killer
  • Warren Ellis (born 1968), English comic book author
  • Warren Ellis (musician) (born 1965), Australian musician and composer
  • Welbore Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people
  • Wes Ellis (1932–1984), American golfer
  • William Ellis (disambiguation), multiple people

Z

  • Zeph Ellis (1988–2026), British MC, rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer

See also

  • Elles
  • Ellice (disambiguation)
  • Ellis (given name)
  • Elis (given name)
  • Elis (surname)
  • Elys (disambiguation), which includes people with the given name or surname

References