Baylis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Abraham B. Baylis (1811–1882), American businessman
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Anna Baylis (born 1976), Australian mountain biker
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Charles A. Baylis
Charles Augustus Baylis (1902–1975) was an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at Brown University (1927–1949), University of Maryland (1949–1952), Duke University (1952–1970). He was the managing editor of the ''Journal of ...
(1902–1975), American philosopher
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Edward Baylis (1791–1861), British mathematician and businessman
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Evan Baylis
Evan Luke Baylis (born November 18, 1993) is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Oregon and was originally signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2017. He has also been a member of ...
(born 1993), American football player
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Francoise Baylis
Françoise Elvina Baylis FISC (born 1961) is a Canadian bioethicist whose work is at the intersection of applied ethics, health policy, and practice. The focus of her research is on issues of women's health and assisted reproductive technologies, ...
(born 1961), Canadian bioethicist
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Frank Baylis
Frank Baylis (born November 15, 1962) is a Canadian businessperson and politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Pierrefonds—Dollard in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. He did not run for reelecti ...
(born 1962), Canadian politician
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Geoff Baylis
Geoffrey Thomas Sandford Baylis (24 November 1913 – 31 December 2003) was a New Zealand botanist and Emeritus Professor specialising in plant pathology and mycorrhiza. He was employed at the University of Otago for 34 years undertaking resea ...
(1913–2003), New Zealand botanist
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Gloria Baylis (1929–2017), Barbadian-Canadian civil rights activist
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Hank Baylis (1923–1980), American baseball player
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Henry Baylis
Henry Baylis (17 April 1826 – 5 July 1905) was an Australian police officer and the first police magistrate of the Wagga Wagga district in New South Wales. He served in that position for almost forty years and helped with the development and ...
(1826–1905), Australian police magistrate
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James Baylis
James Baylis was a theatre entrepreneur and entertainment provider in 19th century Glasgow, where he originated music halls and theatres from the 1840s until his death in 1870. One of his major developments was the Theatre Royal, Glasgow which c ...
(died 1870), Irish theatre director
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Jearld Baylis
Jearld Baylis (born August 12, 1962) is a former star defensive lineman in the Canadian Football League.
Baylis played college football at University of Southern Mississippi., where he was known as the Space Ghost. He had a 10-year career from 1 ...
(born 1962), Canadian football player
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John R. Baylis
John Robert Baylis (May 11, 1885 – October 31, 1963) was an American chemist and sanitary engineer. His career extended from about 1905 to 1963 and he is best known for his work in applied research to improve drinking water purification.
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(1885–1963), American chemist and engineer
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Keith Baylis
Keith Rodney Baylis (born 5 November 1947) is an English former cricketer who played six first-class games for Worcestershire in the 1960s. He was born at Redditch, Worcestershire.
After a number of appearances in the second team during 1965, ...
(born 1947), English cricketer
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Lilian Baylis
Lilian Mary Baylis
CH (9 May 187425 November 1937) was an English theatrical producer and manager. She managed the Old Vic and Sadler's Wells theatres in London and ran an opera company, which became the English National Opera (ENO); a theatre ...
(1874–1937), British theatrical producer and manager
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Liz Baylis
Elizabeth Baylis (born 17 July 1963) is an American sailor competing in match racing.
Baylis started her sailing career at an early age in the classic high winds venue of San Francisco Bay. She still calls the Bay her home, but she has accumulate ...
(born 1963), American sailor
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Maggie Baylis
Margaret Hilbiber Baylis (1912December 10, 1997) was an American graphic designer, illustrator, and author of gardening books.
Early life
Margaret Hilbiber was born in Tacoma, Washington in 1912. At age 16 she was accepted as an architecture s ...
(1912–1997), American graphic designer
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Marc Baylis
Marc Baylis (born 3 April 1978) is a British stage, television and film actor. He trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, where he was awarded the Stage Scholarship. He is best known for his role as Rob Donovan in ''Coronation Street'' fr ...
(born 1977), British actor
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Matthew Baylis
Matthew Baylis (born 1971), also known as Matt Baylis and M. H. Baylis, is a British novelist, screenwriter and journalist.
Early life
Baylis was born in Nottingham. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' Boys' School, Crosby, and Trinity Colle ...
(born 1971), British novelist and screenwriter
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Myrtle Baylis
Myrtle Baylis (1 May 1920 – 23 September 2014), also known as Myrtle Craddock, was an Australia women's Test cricketer and an Australia netball international. In 1948 she made her debut for both national teams, just five months apart. Betwe ...
(1920–2014), Australian cricket and netball international
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Nadine Baylis
Nadine Paula Ann Baylis (15 June 1940 – 3 November 2017) was a British stage and costume designer, who "set the standard for modern dance costume".
Early life
Nadine Baylis was born in London, the daughter of Alice (nee Down) and Sydney Baylis, ...
(1940–2017), British stage and costume designer
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Thomas Baylis (disambiguation) Thomas Baylis may refer to:
* Thomas Henry Baylis (1817–1908), English barrister and judge
* Thomas Baylis (businessman) (1823–1876), British businessman
* Tom Baylis (born 1996), English cyclist
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, several people
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Trevor Baylis
Trevor Graham Baylis (13 May 1937 – 5 March 2018) was an English inventor best known for the wind-up radio. The radio, instead of relying on batteries or external electrical source, is powered by the user winding a crank. This stores energy ...
(1937–2018), English inventor
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William Baylis (born 1962), American sailor
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