Parris is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

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Parris Afton Bonds Parris Afton Bonds is an American historical romantic fiction novelist. She is the co-founder of Romance Writers of America. Bonds started her professional writing career in the early 1970s with her first sale to ''Modern Secretary'' magazine, a ...

, American novelist *

Parris Campbell Parris John Campbell Jr. (born July 16, 1997) is an American football wide receiver for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Ohio State and was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the seco ...

(born 1997), American football player *

Parris Duffus Parris Bryan Duffus (born January 27, 1970) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender. Playing career Duffus was drafted 180th overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft and played one NHL game for the Phoenix Coyo ...

(born 1970), retired American ice hockey goaltender *

Parris Glendening Parris Nelson Glendening (born June 11, 1942) is an American politician and academic who served as the 59th Governor of Maryland from January 18, 1995, to January 15, 2003. Previously, he was the County Executive of Prince George's County, Mary ...

(born 1942), American politician *

Parris Goebel Parris Renee Goebel (), also known professionally as Parris, is an Emmy Award winning New Zealand Choreographer, Dancer, Singer, Director and actress. She is the Founder and main Choreographer of the Dance School, “The Palace Dance Studio", ...

(born 1991), New Zealand-born choreographer, director, singer, dancer, actress of Samoan descent *

Parris Mosteller Parris Hank Mosteller (born July 5, 2001) is an American teen actor who is best known for playing his role of Stink in ''Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer''. Mosteller was born in New York City, New York (state), NY. The youngest of five chi ...

(born 2001), American child actor

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In arts and entertainment: *

Amanda Parris Amanda Parris is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. An arts reporter and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she hosts the CBC Television series '' Exhibitionists'', '' The Filmmakers'' and '' From the Vaults'', and the CBC Mus ...

, Canadian broadcaster and writer * Edmund Thomas Parris (1793–1873), English painter * Patricia Parris (born 1950), American voice actress *

Rachel Parris Rachel Sarah Parris (born 27 May 1984) is an English comedian, musician, actress and presenter. She hosts the satirical news show '' Late Night Mash'' (formerly ''The Mash Report''). Early life Parris attended Loughborough High School. She holds ...

(born 1984), British comedian and musician *

Rebecca Parris Rebecca Parris (December 28, 1951 – June 17, 2018) was an American jazz singer. During her career she appeared with Count Basie, Buddy Rich, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Burton, and Dizzy Gillespie. She performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, North ...

(1951-2018), American singer *

Robert Parris Robert Parris (21 May 1924, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 5 December 1999, Washington, D. C.) was a composer and professor of music. He was born in Philadelphia, attended the University of Pennsylvania, then the Juilliard School in New York. Amon ...

(1924-1999), American composer *

S. J. Parris Stephanie Jane Merritt (born 1974 in Surrey) is an English literary critic and writer who has contributed to publications including ''The Times'', ''The Daily Telegraph'', the ''New Statesman'', ''New Humanist'' and ''Die Welt''. She was Deputy ...

, pseudonym of English author Stephanie Merritt *

Teyonah Parris Teyonah Parris ( ) is an American actress. Her first prominent career role was playing secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2012–2015) and starring in the 2014 independent film ''Dear White People''. Since that, Parris st ...

(born 1987), American actress In politics: * Albion K. Parris (1788–1857), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and Senator * Matthew Parris (born 1949), journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom * Stanford Parris (1929–2010), American politician, United States Representative, Virginia state delegate, and Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth * Virgil D. Parris (1807–1874), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and President of the Maine Senate In the Salem witch trials: * Betty Parris (1682–1760), nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages' reverend Samuel Parris * Samuel Parris (1653–1720), Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village during the Salem witch trials In other fields: * Alexander Parris (1780–1852), prominent American architect-engineer *

Eddie Parris John Edward Parris (31 January 1911 – 27 February 1971) was a Welsh international footballer, who played for Bradford Park Avenue, Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, Luton Town, Bath City, Northampton Town and Cheltenham Town. He was the firs ...

(1911–1971), Welsh international footballer *

Francis Sawyer Parris Francis Sawyer Parris (1707–60) was an English biblical scholar. His textual corrections, italicisations, marginal notes, column headings and cross-references played a major part in updating and standardising the 1611 Authorised King James Versi ...

(1707–1760), Biblical scholar *

John Parris John Parris (born 1952), of Forest Hill, London, England, is one of the most renowned manufacturers of handmade snooker cues in the world. A large number of professional players use John Parris' cues, including Ronnie O'Sullivan, Steve Davis,< ...

(born 1952), English cue maker * Nikita Parris (born 1994), English association footballer *

Bob Moses (activist) Robert Parris Moses (January 23, 1935 – July 25, 2021) was an American educator and civil rights activist known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on voter education and registration in Mississippi ...

(1935–2021), Harvard-trained educator who joined the civil rights movement and later founded the nationwide US Algebra project *

Steve Parris Steven Michael Parris (born December 17, 1967), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for four teams from 1995- 2003. He played for 14 years, including his time in the minors. Amateur career Parris attended Joliet West High School in Joliet, ...

(born 1967), former professional baseball pitcher * Timon Parris (born 1995), American football player

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