Ellison is a surname and given name. It may derive from "Son of Elias" in Norwegian. Ellison can also be spelled Ellisson, Elison, Elisson, Ellyson, Ellysson, Elyson, and Elysson.

• Andy Ellison, British musician
• Atiyyah Ellison (born 1981), American football player
• Brooke Ellison (1978–2024), American academic and disability advocate
• Casey Ellison, American actor
• Chase Ellison (born 1993), American actor
• Chris Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• David Ellison, American film producer
• Debbie Ellison, Playboy model
• Eileen Ellison, Grand Prix racer
• Frank Ellison, American model railroader
• George Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Glenn Ellison, American professor
• Grace Ellison (died 1935), British journalist
• Harlan Ellison, writer
• Harold John Ellison, US naval ensign
• James Ellison (actor)
• James Ellison (footballer, born 1901)
• James Ellison (motorcycle racer)
• James T. Ellison, New York gangster
• Jason Ellison, Major League Baseball outfielder
• Jennifer Ellison (born 1983), British actress
• Jeremiah Ellison, member of the Minneapolis City Council
• Joseph Ellison, Royal Navy officer.
• Keith Ellison (football), American football player
• Keith Ellison, member of the United States House of Representatives and Attorney General from Minnesota
• Larry Ellison, co-founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation
• Lorraine Ellison, singer
• Matt Ellison, Canadian ice hockey player
• Megan Ellison, American film producer
• Mervyn A. Ellison, Irish astronomer
• Paul Ellison, bassist
• Pervis Ellison, American basketball player
• Peter T. Ellison (born 1951), American anthropologist
• Ralph Ellison, Author of Invisible Man
• Richard Ellison (cricketer)
• Richard Ellison (politician) (1754–1827), British Member of Parliament (MP)
• Riki Ellison, New Zealand-American football player
• Robert Ellison (disambiguation), multiple individuals
• Scott Ellison (born 1954), American electric blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.
• Sheila Ellison, American author on parenting and relationships
• Thomas Ellison, New Zealand rugby player
• Thomas Ellison (mutineer), English seaman
• William Ellison-Macartney (1852–1924), British and Australian politician
• William Frederick Archdall Ellison, Irish astronomer and clergyman

• Ellison Barber, American journalist
• Ellison Brown (1913–1975), U.S. Olympian
• Ellison Hatfield, the younger brother of Devil Anse Hatfield, murdered by three sons of Randolph McCoy during the Hatfield-McCoy feud
• Ellison "Cotton Top" Mounts, the illegitimate son of Ellison Hatfield, whose hanging is often seen as the end of the Hatfield-McCoy feud.
• Ellison Onizuka (1946–1986), American astronaut killed on the Space Shuttle Challenger
• Ellison D. Smith (1864–1944), American politician
• Ellison G. Smith (1854–1935), a justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.
• Ellison Capers, Confederate general in the American Civil War.

• Ellison (band), an indie rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio
• Ellison (crater), a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
• Ellison Bay, Wisconsin
• Ellison Township, Warren County, Illinois
• Ellis

Surname list

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