# William Ellis

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'''William Ellis''' may refer to:

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==Politicians==
*[William Ellis (14th-century MP)](/source/William_Ellis_(14th-century_MP)), member of parliament for Canterbury, 1388
*Sir [William Ellis (secretary of state)](/source/William_Ellis_(secretary_of_state)) (died 1732), English Jacobite, secretary of State to James II in exile
*Sir [William Ellis (solicitor-general)](/source/William_Ellis_(solicitor-general)) (1609–1680), English lawyer and politician
*[William Craven-Ellis](/source/William_Craven-Ellis) (1880–1959), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
*[William Cox Ellis](/source/William_Cox_Ellis) (1787–1871), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
*[William Henry Ellis (politician)](/source/William_Henry_Ellis_(politician)) (1819–1858), English-born political figure in Newfoundland
*[William R. Ellis](/source/William_R._Ellis) (1850–1915), United States congressman from Oregon from 1893–1899 and 1907–1911
*[William T. Ellis](/source/William_T._Ellis) (1845–1925), U.S. representative from Kentucky
*[William Ellis (Newfoundland politician)](/source/William_Ellis_(Newfoundland_politician)) (1857–1926), building contractor and political figure in Newfoundland
*[William A. Ellis](/source/William_A._Ellis) (1828–1900), member of the Wisconsin State Senate
*[William Ellis (mayor)](/source/William_Ellis_(mayor)), [mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey](/source/mayor_of_Hoboken%2C_New_Jersey)
*[William Ellis (Massachusetts politician)](/source/William_Ellis_(Massachusetts_politician)), representative to the Great and General Court

==Sportsmen==
*[William Ellis (English cricketer)](/source/William_Ellis_(English_cricketer)) (1876–1931), English cricketer for Derbyshire
*[William Ellis (Scottish cricketer)](/source/William_Ellis_(Scottish_cricketer)) (1923–2015), Scottish cricketer
*[William Webb Ellis](/source/William_Webb_Ellis) (1806–1872), Anglican clergyman, allegedly the inventor of rugby football
*[Billy Ellis](/source/Billy_Ellis) (1895–1939), English footballer
*[Bill Ellis](/source/Bill_Ellis) (1919–2007), English cricketer

==Religious figures==
*[William Ellis (British missionary)](/source/William_Ellis_(British_missionary)) (1794–1872), English missionary and author
*[William Ellis (missionary in Newfoundland)](/source/William_Ellis_(missionary_in_Newfoundland)) (1780–1837), Irish-born Methodist clergyman, missionary in Newfoundland
*[William Webb Ellis](/source/William_Webb_Ellis) (1806–1872), Anglican clergyman, allegedly the inventor of rugby football

==Others==
*[William Ellis (astronomer)](/source/William_Ellis_(astronomer)) (1828–1916), English astronomer and meteorologist
*[William Ellis (engraver)](/source/William_Ellis_(engraver)) (1747–1810), English engraver
*[William Ellis (economist)](/source/William_Ellis_(economist)) (1800–1881), English businessman, writer on economics, and educational thinker
*[William Ellis (Medal of Honor)](/source/William_Ellis_(Medal_of_Honor)) (1834–1875), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
*[William Ellis (writer on agriculture)](/source/William_Ellis_(writer_on_agriculture)) (1700–1758), English writer on agriculture
*Sir [William Charles Ellis](/source/William_Charles_Ellis) (1780–1839), English physician, pioneering superintendent of asylums and Methodist lay preacher
*[William Ellis (actor)](/source/William_Ellis_(actor)), British actor, voice artist and podcaster
*[William Henry Ellis (businessman)](/source/William_Henry_Ellis_(businessman)) (1864–1923), born into slavery and became a Mexican millionaire
*[William Henry Ellis (engineer)](/source/William_Henry_Ellis_(engineer)) (1860–1945), British civil engineer and steel maker
*[William Hodgson Ellis](/source/William_Hodgson_Ellis) (1845–1920), British-Canadian chemist
*[William Otoo Ellis](/source/William_Otoo_Ellis), vice chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
*[William Edward Ellis](/source/William_Edward_Ellis) (1908–1982), U.S. Navy officer
*[W. H. Ellis](/source/W._H._Ellis) (1867–1948), justice of the Florida Supreme Court
*[William Wade Ellis](/source/William_Wade_Ellis) (1751–1779), naturalist and artist who accompanied Captain Cook
*[William Ashton Ellis](/source/William_Ashton_Ellis) (1852–1919), English doctor, translator and theosophist
*[William Ellis (Royal Navy officer)](/source/William_Ellis_(Royal_Navy_officer)) (1697/8—1743)

==See also==
*[William Henry Ellis (disambiguation)](/source/William_Henry_Ellis_(disambiguation))
*[William Ellis School](/source/William_Ellis_School), a UK secondary comprehensive school for boys in Highgate, London

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