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.

LeRon Perry Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

LeRon Perry Ellis: is a retired American professional basketball player.LeRon Ellis played collegiately at both the University of Kentucky and at Syracuse University. He was selected 22nd overall in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Clippers and went on to play three NBA seasons for the Clippers, Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat. His best year as a pro came during the 1993-94 season as a member of the Hornets, when he appeared in 50 games and averaged 4.4 ppg.

LeRoy Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

LeRoy Ellis: is a retired American basketball player.A 6'10" center from St. John's University, Ellis was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in the first round (8th pick overall) of the 1962 NBA Draft. He played 14 seasons (1962–1976) in the NBA with the Lakers, Baltimore Bullets, Portland Trail Blazers, and Philadelphia 76ers. Upon retiring in 1976, Ellis had amassed career totals of 10,176 points and 8,709 rebounds.

Monta Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Monta Ellis: is an American professional basketball player, who plays the point guard and shooting guard positions. He is currently playing for the NBA's Golden State Warriors.

Bret Easton Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Bret Easton Ellis: He was born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles and raised in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley, the son of Robert Martin Ellis, a wealthy property developer, and Dale Ellis, a homemaker. His parents divorced in 1982. He was educated at The Buckley School,

Albert Ellis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Albert Ellis: was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and founded and was the president and president emeritus of the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute[1]. He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and the founder of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Based on a 1982 professional survey of U.S. and Canadian psychologists, he was considered as the second most influential psychotherapist in history (Carl Rogers ranked first in the survey; Sigmund Freud was ranked third)[2].