Famous People with Name Ellis

Ellis "Cat" Clary            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ellis "Cat" Clary: (September 11, 1916 - June 2, 2000) was a professional baseball player in the 1940's.

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.

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.

George William "Rube" Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

George William "Rube" Ellis: was a professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from 1909-1912. He would play for the St. Louis Cardinals.

James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Albert "Jimmy" Ellis: is a retired boxer from Louisville, Kentucky. He fought in what some consider to be the greatest heavyweight era of all-time, which included Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, and George Chuvalo.

Romallis Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Romallis Ellis: was an American boxer, who won the Lightweight Bronze medal at the 1998 Olympics.

Rosell Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Rosell Ellis: plays as an import in the Philippine Basketball Association and the Australian National Basketball League. He is currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Alaska Aces. He played two years for McNeese State in the NCAA Division I.