Famous People with Name Ellis

Ellis Ferguson Deal            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ellis Ferguson Deal: (born January 23, 1923) is a former pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. Listed at 5' 10.5", 185 lb., Deal was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed

Ellis Rena Burks            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ellis Rena Burks: born September 11, 1964 in Vicksburg, Mississippi) is a former outfielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball for 18 seasons. He batted and threw right-handed.

Ellis Raymond Kinder            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ellis Raymond Kinder: July 26, 1914 - October 16, 1968), also nicknamed "Old Folks", was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher who played for the St. Louis Browns (1946-1947), Boston Red Sox (1948-55),

Ellis Eugene Gene Vance            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ellis Eugene Gene Vance: is an American former professional basketball player for the NBA's Chicago Stags and a former collegiate athlete for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini basketball team. He is most famous for leading Illinois as a member of the famed "Whiz Kids" of the 1940s. He was drafted into the NBA in 1948, and played for the Chicago Stags, the Tri-Cities Blackhawks and the Milwaukee Hawks. He and the other Whiz Kids, Andy Phillip, Art Mathisen, Ken Menke, and Jack Smiley, are regarded as some of Illiois's all-time greats, but only he and Phillip are on the team's all-century team. Vance and his Whiz Kids teammates left basketball to serve in World War II in 1943. Vance was elected to the "Illini All Century Team" in 2004.

Ellis Grace Bergeron            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ellis Grace Bergeron: is an American singer-songwriter based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She performs under the name Ellis, having found early on that her last name is frequently mispronounced.[2] Her music is generally described as folk/indie acoustic.

Shirley Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Shirley Ellis: is a soul music singer and songwriter of West Indian origin.[1] She is best known for her novelty hits "The Nitty Gritty" (1963) (U.S. #8), "The Name Game" (1965) (U.S. #3) and "The Clapping Song" (1965) (U.S. #8).By 1954 she had written two songs which w

Terry Lynn Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Terry Lynn Ellis: is an African-American R&B singer. Graduated from Worthing High School. After receiving a degree in Marketing from Prairie View A&M University, she joined En Vogue. En Vogue was planned to be a trio (a 1990s version of the Supremes), but the producers wer

Seger Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Seger Ellis: was a jazz pianist and vocalist. He also made a few brief film appearances, most notably in collaboration with director Ida Lupino.Ellis began his career as pianist playing live for a local Houston radio station (later known as KRPC) in the early 1920s. I

Gary Leo Ellis Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Gary Leo Ellis Jr.: was an American "Old School" professional bicycle motocross (BMX) racer.Gary Ellis was one of the last of the "Old School" BMX racers who careers started in the 1970s to early 1980s. His prime competitive years were from 1982-1996. Most recently, Gary Ell

James Russell Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Russell Ellis: is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in 1967 and 1969 for the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals.The 6'2", 185 pound Ellis was originally signed by the Cubs as a free-agent in 1963, and he made his big league debut with them on August 11, 1967, at the age of 22. Although he allowed one run, three hits and two walks in the 2 2/3 innings he pitched in his big league debut earning the loss, his first big league at-bat was notable because he hit a double off an opposing pitcher Jim Bunning, driving in the Cubs only run of the game. Overall, Ellis went 1-1 with a 3.24 ERA in eight games (one started) in his first big league season.