John Ellis may refer to:

Academics

  • John Ellis (scrivener) (1698–1791), English political writer
  • John Ellis (naturalist) (1710–1776), English botanical illustrator
  • John Ellis (physicist, born 1946), British theoretical physicist at CERN
  • John Millott Ellis (1831–1894), American abolitionist and President of Oberlin College
  • R. John Ellis (born 1935), British biochemist
  • Sir John Ellis (physician) (1916–1998), Dean London Hospital Medical College 1968–1980 medical educationalist
  • John Ellis (media academic) (born 1952), British media theorist and TV producer
  • John Ellis (physicist, born 1963), British physicist at the University of Cambridge

Business

  • Alfred John Ellis (1915–2020), Canadian banker
  • John Ellis (businessman) (1789–1862), Director of the Midland Railway in the UK and MP for Leicester 1848–1852
  • John Devonshire Ellis (1824–1906), English steelmaker
  • John Prescott Ellis (born 1953), media consultant and first cousin of U.S. President George W. Bush
  • Dr. John Ellis (Valvoline founder) (1815–1896), founder of the motor oil company, Valvoline

Music

  • John Ellis (guitarist) (born 1952), founding member of the 1970s punk band The Vibrators
  • John Ellis (saxophonist) (born 1974), New Orleans jazz musician
  • John Ellis, member of the South African band Tree63
  • John Ellis, English pianist, composer, A founder member of The Cinematic Orchestra

Politics

  • John Ellis (MP for New Romney)
  • John Ellis (Harwich MP) (1643–1738), English administrator and MP for Harwich 1702–08
  • John Ellis (Newry MP) (1812–?), Irish Member of UK Parliament for Newry
  • John Ellis (Mississippi politician) (d. 1808), territorial legislative council and Speaker of territorial house
  • Sir John Whittaker Ellis (1829–1912), British Member of Parliament for Mid Surrey 1884–1885, Kingston 1885–1892
  • John Ellis (Fianna Fáil politician) (born 1952), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
  • John Ellis (Liberal politician) (1841–1910), British Liberal politician, MP for Rushcliffe 1885–1910
  • John Ellis (pastoralist) (1803–1873), "Captain Ellis" South Australian grazier and MLC
  • John Ellis (Australian politician) (1872–1945), Victorian state politician
  • John Ellis (Labour politician) (1930–2019), British Labour Party politician, MP for Bristol North West and for Brigg and Scunthorpe
  • John Valentine Ellis (1835–1913), Canadian MP and Senator
  • John William Ellis (1853–1918), New Zealand businessman and mayor of Hamilton
  • John Willis Ellis (1820–1861), North Carolina governor
  • E. John Ellis (1840–1889), U.S. Representative from Louisiana
  • John Ellis Martineau (1873–1937), governor of Arkansas then United States District Court judge
  • Johnny Ellis (1960–2022), Democratic member of the Alaska Senate

Religion

  • John Ellis (theologian) (1606?–1681), English priest
  • John Ellis (antiquarian) (1634–1735), Welsh priest, rector of Llanbedr-y-Cennin
  • John Ellis (religious writer) (1598/99–1665), Welsh priest
  • John Tracy Ellis (1905–1992), Catholic Church historian
  • John Ellis (chaplain) (born 1963), Chaplain in Chief of the Royal Air Force

Sports

Cricket

  • John Ellis (English cricketer) (1864–1927), English cricketer
  • John Ellis (Victoria cricketer) (1890–1974), Australian cricketer
  • John Ellis (Queensland cricketer) (1914–1994), Australian cricketer

Other sports

  • John Ellis (American football) (1919–2000), American football lineman
  • John Ellis (baseball) (1948–2022), American baseball player
  • John Ellis (footballer) (born 1948), Australian rules footballer
  • John Ellis (golfer) (born 1979), American golfer
  • Jonathan Ellis (wrestler) (born 1982), British professional wrestler

Others

  • John Ellis (executioner) (1874–1932), British executioner
  • John Ellis (trade unionist) (1939–2011), British trade union leader
  • John G. Ellis, English architect
  • John R. Ellis, American visual effects artist
  • J. Breckenridge Ellis (1870–1956), American writer

See also

  • John Allis (born 1942), American cyclist
  • Jack Ellis (disambiguation)
  • John Ellys (1701–1757), English portrait-painter
  • John Ellys (Caius) (1634?–1716), English academic, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1703
  • John Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden (1912–1999), British peer, landowner, and thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder