# John Ellis

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**John Ellis** may refer to:

## Academics

- [John Ellis (scrivener)](/source/John_Ellis_(scrivener)) (1698–1791), English political writer
- [John Ellis (naturalist)](/source/John_Ellis_(naturalist)) (1710–1776), English botanical illustrator
- [John Ellis (physicist, born 1946)](/source/John_Ellis_(physicist,_born_1946)), British theoretical physicist at CERN
- [John Millott Ellis](/source/John_Millott_Ellis) (1831–1894), American abolitionist and President of Oberlin College
- [R. John Ellis](/source/R._John_Ellis) (born 1935), British biochemist
- Sir [John Ellis (physician)](/source/John_Ellis_(physician)) (1916–1998), Dean London Hospital Medical College 1968–1980 medical educationalist
- [John Ellis (media academic)](/source/John_Ellis_(media_academic)) (born 1952), British media theorist and TV producer
- [John Ellis (physicist, born 1963)](/source/John_Ellis_(physicist,_born_1963)), British physicist at the University of Cambridge

## Business

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

## Music

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

## Politics

- [John Ellis (MP for New Romney)](/source/John_Ellis_(MP_for_New_Romney))
- [John Ellis (Harwich MP)](/source/John_Ellis_(Harwich_MP)) (1643–1738), English administrator and MP for Harwich 1702–08
- [John Ellis (Newry MP)](/source/John_Ellis_(Newry_MP)) (1812–?), Irish Member of UK Parliament for Newry
- [John Ellis (Mississippi politician)](/source/John_Ellis_(Mississippi_politician)) (d. 1808), territorial legislative council and Speaker of territorial house
- Sir [John Whittaker Ellis](/source/John_Whittaker_Ellis) (1829–1912), British Member of Parliament for Mid Surrey 1884–1885, Kingston 1885–1892
- [John Ellis (Fianna Fáil politician)](/source/John_Ellis_(Fianna_F%C3%A1il_politician)) (born 1952), Irish Fianna Fáil politician
- [John Ellis (Liberal politician)](/source/John_Ellis_(Liberal_politician)) (1841–1910), British Liberal politician, MP for Rushcliffe 1885–1910
- [John Ellis (pastoralist)](/source/John_Ellis_(pastoralist)) (1803–1873), "Captain Ellis" South Australian grazier and MLC
- [John Ellis (Australian politician)](/source/John_Ellis_(Australian_politician)) (1872–1945), Victorian state politician
- [John Ellis (Labour politician)](/source/John_Ellis_(Labour_politician)) (1930–2019), British Labour Party politician, MP for Bristol North West and for Brigg and Scunthorpe
- [John Valentine Ellis](/source/John_Valentine_Ellis) (1835–1913), Canadian MP and Senator
- [John William Ellis](/source/John_William_Ellis) (1853–1918), New Zealand businessman and mayor of Hamilton
- [John Willis Ellis](/source/John_Willis_Ellis) (1820–1861), North Carolina governor
- [E. John Ellis](/source/E._John_Ellis) (1840–1889), U.S. Representative from Louisiana
- [John Ellis Martineau](/source/John_Ellis_Martineau) (1873–1937), governor of Arkansas then United States District Court judge
- [Johnny Ellis](/source/Johnny_Ellis) (1960–2022), Democratic member of the Alaska Senate

## Religion

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

## Sports

### Cricket

- [John Ellis (English cricketer)](/source/John_Ellis_(English_cricketer)) (1864–1927), English cricketer
- [John Ellis (Victoria cricketer)](/source/John_Ellis_(Victoria_cricketer)) (1890–1974), Australian cricketer
- [John Ellis (Queensland cricketer)](/source/John_Ellis_(Queensland_cricketer)) (1914–1994), Australian cricketer

### Other sports

- [John Ellis (American football)](/source/John_Ellis_(American_football)) (1919–2000), American football lineman
- [John Ellis (baseball)](/source/John_Ellis_(baseball)) (1948–2022), American baseball player
- [John Ellis (footballer)](/source/John_Ellis_(footballer)) (born 1948), Australian rules footballer
- [John Ellis (golfer)](/source/John_Ellis_(golfer)) (born 1979), American golfer
- [Jonathan Ellis (wrestler)](/source/Jonathan_Ellis_(wrestler)) (born 1982), British professional wrestler

## Others

- [John Ellis (executioner)](/source/John_Ellis_(executioner)) (1874–1932), British executioner
- [John Ellis (trade unionist)](/source/John_Ellis_(trade_unionist)) (1939–2011), British trade union leader
- [John G. Ellis](/source/John_G._Ellis), English architect
- [John R. Ellis](/source/John_R._Ellis), American visual effects artist
- [J. Breckenridge Ellis](/source/J._Breckenridge_Ellis) (1870–1956), American writer

## See also

- [John Allis](/source/John_Allis) (born 1942), American cyclist
- [Jack Ellis (disambiguation)](/source/Jack_Ellis_(disambiguation))
- [John Ellys](/source/John_Ellys) (1701–1757), English portrait-painter
- [John Ellys (Caius)](/source/John_Ellys_(Caius)) (1634?–1716), English academic, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1703
- [John Scott-Ellis, 9th Baron Howard de Walden](/source/John_Scott-Ellis,_9th_Baron_Howard_de_Walden) (1912–1999), British peer, landowner, and thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder

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