# Parris

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Not to be confused with [Paris](/source/Paris).

For other uses, see [Parris (disambiguation)](/source/Parris_(disambiguation)).

**Parris** is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

## Given name

- [Parris Afton Bonds](/source/Parris_Afton_Bonds), American novelist
- [Parris Campbell](/source/Parris_Campbell) (born 1997), American football player
- [Parris Duffus](/source/Parris_Duffus) (born 1970), retired American ice hockey goaltender
- [Parris Glendening](/source/Parris_Glendening) (born 1942), American politician
- [Parris Goebel](/source/Parris_Goebel) (born 1991), New Zealand-born choreographer, director, singer, dancer, actress of Samoan descent
- [Parris Mosteller](/source/Parris_Mosteller) (born 2001), American child actor

## Surname

In **arts and entertainment**:

- [Amanda Parris](/source/Amanda_Parris), Canadian broadcaster and writer
- [Edmund Thomas Parris](/source/Edmund_Thomas_Parris) (1793–1873), English painter
- [Patricia Parris](/source/Patricia_Parris) (born 1950), American voice actress
- [Rachel Parris](/source/Rachel_Parris) (born 1984), British comedian and musician
- [Rebecca Parris](/source/Rebecca_Parris) (1951–2018), American singer
- [Robert Parris](/source/Robert_Parris) (1924–1999), American composer
- [S. J. Parris](/source/S._J._Parris), pseudonym of English author Stephanie Merritt (born 1974)
- [Teyonah Parris](/source/Teyonah_Parris) (born 1987), American actress

In **politics**:

- [Albion K. Parris](/source/Albion_K._Parris) (1788–1857), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and Senator
- [Matthew Parris](/source/Matthew_Parris) (born 1949), journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
- [Pat Parris](/source/Pat_Parris_(politician)), Barbadian politician
- [Stanford Parris](/source/Stanford_Parris) (1929–2010), American politician, United States Representative, Virginia state delegate, and Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth
- [Virgil D. Parris](/source/Virgil_D._Parris) (1807–1874), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and President of the Maine Senate

In **the Salem witch trials**:

- [Betty Parris](/source/Betty_Parris) (1682–1760), nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages' reverend Samuel Parris
- [Samuel Parris](/source/Samuel_Parris) (1653–1720), Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village during the Salem witch trials

In **other fields**:

- [Alexander Parris](/source/Alexander_Parris) (1780–1852), prominent American architect-engineer
- [Eddie Parris](/source/Eddie_Parris) (1911–1971), Welsh international footballer
- [Francis Sawyer Parris](/source/Francis_Sawyer_Parris) (1707–1760), Biblical scholar
- [John Parris](/source/John_Parris) (born 1952), English cue maker
- [Kaheem Parris](/source/Kaheem_Parris) (born 2000), Jamaican association footballer
- [Mason Parris](/source/Mason_Parris) (born 1999), American wrestler
- [Nikita Parris](/source/Nikita_Parris) (born 1994), English association footballer
- [Steve Parris](/source/Steve_Parris) (born 1967), former professional baseball pitcher
- [Timon Parris](/source/Timon_Parris) (born 1995), American football player

## See also

- [Paris (surname)](/source/Paris_(surname))
- [Paris (given name)](/source/Paris_(given_name))

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