Challis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alva Challis Gwyneth Alva Challis, known as Alva, (25 January 1930 – 21 November 2010) was a Welsh-born New Zealand geologist who discovered the mineral Wairauite, and pioneered the use of x-rays for mineral investigation in New Zealand. Life and work C ...

(1930–2010), Welsh-born New Zealand geologist *

Christopher Challis Christopher George Joseph Challis BSC, FRPS (18 March 1919 – 31 May 2012) was a British cinematographer who worked on more than 70 feature films from the 1940s onwards. Career After working as camera operator on several films for Michael ...

(1919–2012), British cinematographer *

Ellie Challis Ellie Challis (born 23 March 2004) is a British Paralympic swimming, Paralympic swimmer. She represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Career Challis made her international debut at the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships and ...

(born 2004), British Paralympic swimmer *

George Challis (rugby league) George Challis (1889-1965) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played for the Annandale, Sydney Roosters, Eastern Suburbs and Balmain Tigers, Balmain clubs in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL) competition. Playing career Challi ...

, Australian rugby player * Gordon Challis (1932–2018), New Zealand poet *

James Challis James Challis FRS (12 December 1803 – 3 December 1882) was an English clergyman, physicist and astronomer. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy and the director of the Cambridge Observatory, he investigated a wide ra ...

, British clergyman and astronomer *

John Challis John Spurley Challis (16 August 1942 – 19 September 2021) was an English actor. He had an extensive theatre and television career but is best known for portraying Terrance Aubrey "Boycie" Boyce in the long-running BBC Television sitcom ''Onl ...

(1942–2021), English actor *

John Henry Challis John Henry Challis (6 August 1806 – 28 February 1880) was an Anglo-Australian merchant, landowner and philanthropist, whose bequest to the University of Sydney allowed for the establishment of the Challis Professorships. Early life and migratio ...

, Anglo-Australian merchant and philanthropist

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