{{Infobox name | name = Ellison | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|l|ɪ|s|ən}} | gender = Unisex | language = English | languageorigin = English or Norwegian | origin = Ellis + son | meaning = "Son of Elias" or "Son of Ellis" | region = England and Norway | variant = {{Plainlist| * Ellisson * Elisson * Elison * Ellyson * Ellysson * Elyson * Elysson }} | related names = Alison, Ellis, Elias, Ellie }}
'''Ellison''' is a surname and given name. It may derive from "Son of Elias" in Norwegian. Ellison can also be spelled Ellisson, Elison, Elisson, Ellyson, Ellysson, Elyson, and Elysson.
== People with the surname == * Andy Ellison, British musician * Atiyyah Ellison (born 1981), American football player * Brooke Ellison (1978–2024), American academic and disability advocate * Casey Ellison, American actor * Chase Ellison (born 1993), American actor * Chris Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals * David Ellison, American film producer * Debbie Ellison, ''Playboy'' model * Eileen Ellison, Grand Prix racer * Frank Ellison, American model railroader * George Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals * Glenn Ellison, American professor * Grace Ellison (died 1935), British journalist * Harlan Ellison, writer * Harold John Ellison, US naval ensign * James Ellison (actor) * James Ellison (footballer, born 1901) * James Ellison (motorcycle racer) * James T. Ellison, New York gangster * Jason Ellison, Major League Baseball outfielder * Jennifer Ellison (born 1983), British actress * Jeremiah Ellison, member of the Minneapolis City Council * Joseph Ellison, Royal Navy officer * Justice Ellison, American football player * Keith Ellison (football), American football player * Keith Ellison, member of the United States House of Representatives and Attorney General from Minnesota * Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation * Lorraine Ellison, singer * Matt Ellison, Canadian ice hockey player * Megan Ellison, American film producer * Mervyn A. Ellison, Irish astronomer * 'Omar Ellison, American football player * Paul Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals * Pervis Ellison, American basketball player * Peter T. Ellison (born 1951), American anthropologist * Ralph Ellison (1913–1994), American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer, known for ''Invisible Man'' * Richard Ellison (cricketer) * Richard Ellison (politician) (1754–1827), British Member of Parliament * Riki Ellison, New Zealand-American football player * Robert Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals * Scott Ellison (born 1954), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter * Sheila Ellison, American author on parenting and relationships * Thomas Ellison, New Zealand rugby player * Thomas Ellison (mutineer), English seaman * William Ellison-Macartney (1852–1924), British and Australian politician * William Frederick Archdall Ellison, Irish astronomer and clergyman
== People with the given name== * Ellison Barber (born 1989), American journalist * Ellison Brown (1913–1975), U.S. Olympian * Ellison Capers (1837–1908), Confederate general in the American Civil War * Ellison Goodall (born 1954), American long-distance runner * Ellison Scotland Gibb (1879–1970), Scottish suffragette and chess player * Ellison Hatfield, the younger brother of Devil Anse Hatfield, murdered by three sons of Randolph McCoy during the Hatfield-McCoy feud * Ellison Harvie (1902–1984), Australian architect and advocate * Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts, the illegitimate son of Ellison Hatfield, whose hanging is often seen as the end of the Hatfield-McCoy feud * Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), Asian-American astronaut killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger * Ellison D. Smith (1864–1944), American politician * Ellison G. Smith (1854–1935), a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court
==See also== * Ellison (band), an indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio * Ellison (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon * Ellison Bay, Wisconsin * Ellison Township, Warren County, Illinois * Ellis
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