title: William Ellis
text: # William Ellis
  
  William Ellis may refer to:
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * William Ellis (14th-century MP), in 1388, Member of Parliament for Canterbury
  * William Ellis (Secretary of State) (died 1732), English Jacobite, secretary of State to James II in exile
  * William Ellis (solicitor-general) (1609–1680), English lawyer and politician
  * William Craven-Ellis (1880–1959), Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom
  * William Cox Ellis (1787–1871), member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
  * William Henry Ellis (politician) (1819–1858), English-born political figure in Newfoundland
  * William R. Ellis (1850–1915), United States Congressman from Oregon from 1893–1899 and 1907–1911
  * William Thomas Ellis (1845–1925), U.S. Representative from Kentucky
  * William Ellis (Newfoundland politician) (1857–1926), building contractor and political figure in Newfoundland
  * William A. Ellis (1828–1900), member of the Wisconsin State Senate
  * William Ellis (mayor), mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
  * William Ellis (Massachusetts politician), representative to the Great and General Court
  
  ## Sportsmen
  
  * William Ellis (English cricketer) (1876–1931), English cricketer for Derbyshire
  * William Ellis (Scottish cricketer) (1923–2015), Scottish cricketer
  * William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), Anglican clergyman, allegedly the inventor of rugby football
  * Billy Ellis (1895–1939), English footballer
  * Bill Ellis (1919–2007), English cricketer
  
  ## Religious figures
  
  * William Ellis (missionary) (1794–1872), English missionary and author
  * William Ellis (missionary in Newfoundland) (1780–1837), Irish-born Methodist clergyman, missionary in Newfoundland
  * William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), Anglican clergyman, allegedly the inventor of rugby football
  
  ## Others
  
  * William Ellis (astronomer) (1828–1916), English astronomer and meteorologist
  * William Ellis (engraver) (1747–1810), English engraver
  * William Ellis (economist) (1800–1881), English businessman, writer on economics, and educational thinker
  * William Ellis (Medal of Honor) (1834–1875), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
  * William Ellis (writer on agriculture) (1700–1758), English writer on agriculture
  * Sir William Charles Ellis (1780–1839), English physician, pioneering superintendent of asylums and Methodist lay preacher
  * William Ellis (actor), British actor, voice artist and podcaster
  * William Henry Ellis (businessman) William Henry Ellis (1864–1923), was born into slavery and became a Mexican millionaire
  * William Henry Ellis (engineer) (1860–1945), British civil engineer and steel maker
  * William Hodgson Ellis (1845–1920), British-Canadian chemist
  * William Otoo Ellis, Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
  * William Edward Ellis (1908–1982), U.S. Navy officer
  * W. H. Ellis (1867–1948), justice of the Florida Supreme Court
  * William Wade Ellis (1751–1779), naturalist and artist who accompanied Captain Cook
  