Famous People with Name Wallis

Wallis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wallis: was the American wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. During her second marriage, she allegedly became the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales in 1934. Two years later, after Edward's accession as King, he proposed marriage.

Wallis Mathias            Origin/Culture/Country: Pakistan

Wallis Mathias: Mathias was a right handed middle order batsman and also a gifted slips fielder. He made three half centuries in his Test career, all of them against the West Indies.

Wallis Evershed            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Wallis Evershed: was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1882 and 1884. Evershed made his first-class debut for Derbyshire in an innings victory against Sussex in July 1882, when he scored 19 runs in Derbyshire's innings. He made one further appearance

Brecht "The Gentle Giant" Wallis            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Brecht "The Gentle Giant" Wallis: a professional Flemish kickboxer and martial artist, training at Siam Gym in Valkenswaard, Holland.

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis: was an English scientist, engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the RAF in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack the Möhne, Sorpe, and Eder dams in the Ruhr area in May 1943, during World War II. The raid was the subject of the 1954 film The Dam Busters, in which Wallis was played by Michael Redgrave. He was also, notably, the father of the earth quake bomb.

Shani Wallis            Origin/Culture/Country: English

Shani Wallis: an English actress and singer, who released several records in the 1950s.Making her first stage appearance at the age of four, she later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) on a scholarship, and went on to play many leading lady roles in the West End, but she is best known for the role of Nancy in Carol Reed's 1968 film production of Lionel Bart's musical Oliver! which co-starred Ron Moody, Harry Secombe, Oliver Reed, Jack Wild and Mark Lester.

Ruth Wallis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ruth Wallis: was a novelty cabaret singer.She started singing in lounges and cocktail bars, where she met her husband Hy Pastman. Eventually it became clear that her novelty songs, which relied mostly upon double entendres, were the most popular. These songs discussed

Wilson Allen Wallis            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Wilson Allen Wallis: was an American economist and statistician.He attended the University of Minnesota, Class of 1932, where he was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity. After a year of graduate work at the University of Minnesota, he began studies at the University of Chicago