title: Richard Ellis
text: # Richard Ellis
  
  Richard Ellis may refer to:
  
  ## Academics
  
  * Richard Ellis (astronomer) (born 1950), Caltech professor and former director of Palomar Observatory
  * Richard Ellis (biologist) (born 1938), American marine biologist, author, and illustrator
  * Richard Ellis (librarian) (1865–1928), Welsh librarian and scholar
  * Richard S. Ellis (1947–2018), American mathematician
  * Richard Ellis (paediatrician) (1902–1966), British paediatrician
  * Richard Keith Ellis (born 1949), British theoretical physicist
  
  ## Politicians
  
  * Richard Ellis (Texas politician) (1781–1846), Texas legislator
  * Richard Ellis (MP), in 1417 and 1421, MP for Great Yarmouth
  * Richard Ellis (Massachusetts politician), 17th century representative to the Great and General Court
  * Richard Ellis (Dedham), 19th century representative to the Great and General Court
  
  ## Other people
  
  * Richard Ellis (English cricketer) (born 1960), former English cricketer
  * Richard Ellis (New Zealand cricketer) (born 1945), New Zealand cricketer
  * Richard Ellis (journalist), British former editor of the Sunday Telegraph
  * Richard H. Ellis (1919–1989), U.S. Air Force general and former Strategic Air Command commander
  * Richard Ellis (American photographer) (born 1960), news photographer and founder of the photo agency Newsmakers
  * Richard Ellis (Maltese photographer) (1842–1924), British-Maltese photographer
  * Richard Ellis (mayor) (1820–1895), English builder, property developer, alderman, mayor, and public benefactor
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Richard Ellis International Limited, now part of CBRE Group, real estate company
  