Ellison
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Ellison is a surname, and may refer to
- Andy EllisonAndy EllisonAndrew "Andy" Ellison is a musician and vocalist best known as the frontman in John's Children, Jet and Radio Stars....
, British musician - Atiyyah EllisonAtiyyah EllisonAtiyyah Ramadan Ellison [ah-TEE-ah] is an American football defensive lineman who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft...
(born 1981), American football player - Brooke EllisonBrooke EllisonBrooke Ellison was the very first quadriplegic to graduate from Harvard University. In 2000, she was selected by her fellow students to speak at the University's commencement ceremonies....
(born 1979) - Casey EllisonCasey EllisonCasey Ellison is a former American child actor best known for his role as Allen Anderson on Punky Brewster.-Career:He had a recurring minor role on Mr. Belvedere. Ellison has also guest starred on episodes of Newhart, 21 Jump Street, and The Wonder Years...
, American actor - Chase EllisonChase EllisonChase Ellison is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in Mysterious Skin and Tooth Fairy.-Life and career:...
(born 1993), American actor - Chris EllisonChris EllisonChristopher Martin Ellison , is a former Liberal member of the Australian Senate. He represented Western Australia in the Senate from July 1993 to January 2009.-Background:...
, Australian Senator - Christopher EllisonChristopher EllisonChristopher Michael Ellison is an English actor. He is best known for his role as DCI Frank Burnside in the popular ITV police series The Bill and short lived spin off series Burnside....
, English actor - Debbie Ellison
- Eddie EllisonEddie EllisonEddie Ellison was a retired English Detective Chief Superintendent of police who is famous for arguing for drug legalisation. He died from cancer on 29 January 2007...
- Eileen EllisonEileen EllisonEileen Ellison was an English Grand Prix racer.Born in Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, she was a daughter of Sidney and Theresa Ellison . She had a sister, Diana, and a brother, Tony....
- Frank EllisonFrank EllisonFrank Ellison was a famous model railroader. His layout was a free-lance system called the Delta Lines.In the late 1940s and early 1950s, he wrote a series of articles for Model Railroader on "The Art of Model Railroading", later collected into a book Frank Ellison on Model Railroading...
- George Ellison (disambiguation)
- Harlan EllisonHarlan EllisonHarlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...
, science fiction writer - Harold John EllisonHarold John EllisonHarold John Ellison , was a naval aviator and member of Torpedo Squadron 8, the whole of which was lost during the Battle of Midway.-Naval career:...
- James Ellison (actor)
- James Ellison (motorcycle racer)James Ellison (motorcycle racer)James Desmond Ellison is an English motorcycle racer. He is currently set to make a return to Moto GP for the 2012 season on a CRT bike for Paul Bird Motorsport. He is a double European Superstock champion, World Endurance champion and has previously raced in British Superbikes, World Supersport,...
- James T. EllisonJames T. EllisonJames T. Ellison , better known as Biff Ellison, was a New York City gangster affiliated with the Five Points Gang and later a leader of the Gopher Gang...
, New York gangster - Jason EllisonJason EllisonJason Jerome Ellison is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He attended Lewis-Clark State in Lewiston, Idaho, and made his major league debut on May 9, ....
- Jennifer EllisonJennifer EllisonJennifer Lesley Ellison is an English actress, glamour model, television personality, dancer and singer...
(born 1983), British actress - Keith Ellison (football)Keith Ellison (football)Keith Ellison is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Oregon State.-Early years:...
, American football player - Keith Ellison (politician)Keith Ellison (politician)Keith Maurice Ellison is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. The district centers on Minneapolis. He was re-elected in 2010. Ellison is a co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.He is the first Muslim to be elected to the...
, member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota - Larry EllisonLarry EllisonLawrence Joseph "Larry" Ellison is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, one of the world's leading enterprise software companies. As of 2011, he is the third wealthiest American citizen, with an estimated worth of $33 billion.- Early life :Larry Ellison was born in the...
co-founder and CEO of Oracle CorporationOracle CorporationOracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems... - Larry Ellison (baseball)
- Matt EllisonMatt EllisonMatt Ellison is a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who currently plays for Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League .-Playing career:...
- Mervyn A. EllisonMervyn A. EllisonMervyn Archdall Ellison was an Irish astronomer. He was recognized as a world authority on solar physics and the effect of solar flares on the Earth....
, Irish astronomer - Paul EllisonPaul EllisonPaul Ellison is co-principal bass at the Grand Teton Festivals, and is Professor of Double Bass at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. He was also on the faculty of The Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, California.Mr...
, bassist - Pervis EllisonPervis EllisonPervis Ellison is a former college and professional NBA basketball player.Ellison was nicknamed "Never Nervous Pervis" for his play with the University of Louisville. At 6 ft 9 in and 242 lb, he started all four years as the center under coach Denny Crum...
- Ralph EllisonRalph EllisonRalph Waldo Ellison was an American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Ellison is best known for his novel Invisible Man, which won the National Book Award in 1953...
, Author of Invisible Man - Richard Ellison (cricketer)
- Richard Ellison (politician)Richard Ellison (politician)Richard Ellison was a British politician.He was appointed High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1793 and was Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1796 to 1812, and for Wootton Bassett from 1813 to 1820....
(1754–1827), British Member of Parliament (MP) - Riki EllisonRiki EllisonRiki Morgan Ellison is a former linebacker, who went by Riki Gray while in college at USC as an All Pac 10 player in 1982.-College career:...
- Thomas EllisonThomas EllisonThomas Rangiwahia Ellison, also known as Tom Ellison was a New Zealand rugby union player and lawyer. He led the first New Zealand representative rugby team organised by the New Zealand Rugby Union on their 1893 tour of Australia.Born in Otakou, Otago, Ellison was the first Māori to practise as a...
- Thomas Ellison (mutineer)Thomas Ellison (mutineer)Thomas Ellison was an able seaman on His Majesty's Armed Ship Bounty. After participating in the Mutiny on the Bounty on 28 April 1789, he remained in Tahiti rather than continuing on to the Pitcairn Islands with the inner core of the mutineers, and in 1791 voluntarily turned himself in to the...
, English seaman - William Ellison-MacartneyWilliam Ellison-MacartneySir William Grey Ellison-Macartney, KCMG was a British politician, who also served as the Governor of the Australian states of Tasmania and Western Australia.-Early life:...
(1852-1924), British and Australian politician - William Frederick Archdall Ellison,Irish astronomer and clergyman
See also
- Ellison (band)Ellison (band)Ellison is an indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio, signed to Carbon Copy Media. What started as a recording project quickly manifested into a full band operation...
, an indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio - Ellison (crater)Ellison (crater)Ellison is a lunar impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon from the Earth. It is located just beyond the northwest limb of the Moon, to the southwest of the large walled plain Poczobutt. Due west of Ellison is the crater Coulomb....
, a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon - EllisEllisEllis is a first name and surname of Welshoriginal spelling. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Merioneth , followed by Flintshire, Denbighshire, Caernarfonshire, Montgomeryshire, Anglesey, Devon, Kinross-shire, Shropshire and Yorkshire...