title: Tallis (name)
text: # Tallis (name)
  
  Tallis is the English variation of the ancient name Thales, most notably Thales of Miletus.
  
  Tallis may refer to the following people:
  
  ## Given name
  
  * Tallis Obed Moses (born c. 1954), President of Vanuatu
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Canon Tallis, a major character in the young adult novels of Madeleine L'Engle
  * Cedric Tallis (1914–1991), American baseball executive
  * Gorden Tallis (born 1973), Australian rugby league player
  * John Tallis (1817–1876), English cartographic publisher
     * Tallis Directory, is a gazetteer of Gravesend written and published by John
  * Raymond Tallis (born 1946), English geriatrician and intellectual
  * Sonja Tallis (born 1943), Australian actress, singer and drama teacher
  * Steve Tallis (born 1952), Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  * Thomas Tallis (1505–85), English composer
     * The Tallis Scholars, British early music ensemble named after the composer
     * Thomas Tallis School in Greenwich, London, England
  