Ellen is a female

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Eleanor Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It is the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages. The name was introd ...

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Helen Helen may refer to: People * Helen of Troy, in Greek mythology, the most beautiful woman in the world * Helen (actress) (born 1938), Indian actress * Helen (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) Places * Helen, ...

. Ellen was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004. People named Ellen include: *

Ellen Adarna Ellen Meriam Go Adarna-Ramsay (born April 2, 1988) is a Filipino actress, model, and former internet celebrity. Her family owns various hotels, condominiums and Queensland, a chain of motels in Cebu, Manila and Davao. They also own a temple in ...

(born 1988), Filipino actress *

Ellen Alaküla Ellen Alaküla (30 April 1927 – 15 January 2011) was an Estonian stage, radio, television, and film actress and theatre teacher whose career spanned over forty years. Early life and education Ellen Alaküla was born in Kohtla-Järve in Id ...

(1927–2011), Estonian actress * Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet *

Ellen Allien Ellen Fraatz, known professionally as Ellen Allien, is a German electronic musician, music producer, and the founder of BPitch Control music label. Her album '' Stadtkind'' was dedicated to the city of Berlin, and she cites the culture of reun ...

(born 1969), German electronic musician and music producer * Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833-1898), Swedish feminist * Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator *

Ellen Anderson Ellen Anderson (born November 25, 1959) is a Minnesota politician, and an advisor to former Governor of Minnesota, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton. Anderson is a former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 66, which includes th ...

(born 1959), American politician *

Ellen Auerbach Ellen (Rosenberg) Auerbach (May 20, 1906 – July 30, 2004) was a German-born American photographer who is best remembered for her innovative artwork for the ringl+pit studio in Berlin during the Weimar Republic. Early life Auerbach (born Ell ...

(1906–2004), German-born American photographer * Ellen Baake (born 1961), German mathematical biologist * Ellen S. Baker (born 1953), American physician and astronaut * Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress *

Ellen Bass Ellen Bass (born June 16, 1947) is an American poet and co-author of '' The Courage to Heal''. Life Bass grew up in Pleasantville, New Jersey, where her parents owned a liquor store. Her family later moved to Ventnor City, New Jersey. She atte ...

(born 1947), American poet and author * Ellen A. Dayton Blair (1837–1926), social reformer and art teacher *

Ellen Bontje Petronella Theodora Maria "Ellen" Bontje (born 11 June 1958 in Hilversum, North Holland) is an equestrian from The Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the Team Dressage Event at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. She did so alo ...

(born 1958), Dutch equestrian *

Ellen Burka Ellen Burka (née Danby; August 11, 1921 – September 12, 2016) was a Canadian-Dutch figure skater and coach. She became Member of the Order of Canada in 1978 and was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. Personal life Ellen ...

(1921–2016), Dutch and Canadian figure skater and coach *

Ellen Burrell Ellen Louisa Burrell (June 12, 1850 – December 3, 1938) was an American mathematics professor, head of the Department of Pure Mathematics at Wellesley College from 1897 to 1916. Early life Burrell was born in Lockport, New York, the daughte ...

(1850-1938), American mathematics professor *

Ellen Burstyn Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Em ...

(born 1932), American actress *

Ellen Carter Ellen Carter (née Vavasour; 1762 – 22 September 1815) was an English artist and book illustrator. Carter was the daughter of Walter Vavasour of Weston in Yorkshire, and Ellen, his wife, daughter of Edward Elmsall of Thornhill in the same coun ...

(1762–1815), English artist *

Ellen Cleghorne Ellen Leslye Cleghorne is an American actress and comedian, best known as a cast member of ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1991 to 1995. Cleghorne was the sketch comedy show's second African-American female repertory cast member, succeeding Danitra ...

(born 1965), American comedian and actress *

Ellen Cobb Ellen Cobb (born 14 December 1940) is a retired British judoka and a massage therapist. Career Cobb began her judo training around 1965. She competed successfully in both national and international judo competitions and primarily ran matches in ...

(born 1940), retired British judoka * Ellen Corby (1911–1999), American actress *

Ellen Craft Ellen Craft (1826–1891) and William Craft (September 25, 1824 – January 29, 1900) were American fugitives who were born and enslaved in Macon, Georgia. They escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling by train and steamboat, arriving ...

(1826–1891), American fugitive slave and abolitionist *

Ellen Craswell Ellen Craswell (May 25, 1932 – April 5, 2008) was an American politician who was a candidate in the 1996 Washington gubernatorial election. She ran as a Republican, but grew disillusioned with the party and later joined the American Heritage ...

(1932–2008), American politician * Ellen Crocker (1872–1962), British suffragette *

Ellen ten Damme Ellen ten Damme (born 7 October 1967) is a Dutch actress, performer, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Ten Damme both sings and acts in four languages (Dutch, English, French and German), and plays piano and keyboards, guitar and violin ...

(born 1967), Dutch actress and musician *

Ellen DeGeneres Ellen Lee DeGeneres ( ; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She starred in the sitcom ''Ellen'' from 1994 to 1998, which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award for " The Puppy Episode". Sh ...

(born 1958), American comedian, actress, and talk-show host *

Ellen van Dijk Eleonora Maria "Ellen" van Dijk (; born 11 February 1987) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Besides road cycling she was also a track cyclist until 2012. Van Dijk is known as a tim ...

(born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist *

Ellen Dissanayake Ellen Dissanayake (born Ellen Franzen), an American author and scholar focusing on "the anthropological exploration of art and culture". She lives in Seattle, Washington, and is affiliated with the University of Washington. Biography Dissanayake's ...

(born c.1935), American anthropologist and author *

Ellen Albertini Dow Ellen Rose Albertini Dow (November 16, 1913 – May 4, 2015) was an American film and television character actress and drama coach. She portrayed feisty old ladies and is best known as the rapping grandmother Rosie in ''The Wedding Singer'' ...

(1913–2015), American actress and drama coach * Ellen Elzerman (born 1971), Dutch swimmer * Ellen Russell Emerson (1837–1907), American author, ethnologist *

Ellen Estes Ellen Marie Estes (born October 13, 1978 in Portland, Oregon) is an American water polo player, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She also won a bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Estes scored three goals dur ...

(born 1978), American water polo player *

Ellen Foley Ellen Foley (born 1951) is an American singer and actress who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom '' Night Court'' for one season. In music, she has released five solo albums but is best known for her colla ...

(born 1951), American singer and actress *

Ellen Fries Ellen Fries (23 September 1855 – 31 March 1900) was a Swedish feminist and writer. She became the first female Ph.D. in Sweden in 1883. She was also involved in founding several women's organizations. Biography She born in 1855 at Rödsleg� ...

(1855–1900), Swedish feminist and writer, first woman to be awarded a PhD in Sweden *

Ellen Gallagher Ellen Gallagher (born December 16, 1965) is an American artist. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and is held in the permanent collections of many major museums. Her media include painting, works on paper, film and ...

(born 1965), American artist *

Ellen Geer Ellen Ware Geer is an American actress, professor, and theatre director. Personal life Geer was born in New York City, the daughter of actors Herta Ware and Will Geer. Her father was best-known for playing Grandpa Zebulon "Zeb" Walton on ''Th ...

(born 1941), American actress, acting teacher and theatre director *

Ellen Gilchrist Ellen Gilchrist (born February 20, 1935) is an American novelist, short story writer, and poet. She won a National Book Award for her 1984 collection of short stories, ''Victory Over Japan''. Life Gilchrist was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, a ...

(born 1935), American novelist, short story writer, and poet *

Ellen Glasgow Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 – November 21, 1945) was an American novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1942 for her novel ''In This Our Life''. She published 20 novels, as well as short stories, to critical ac ...

(1873–1975), American novelist *

Ellen Greene Ellen Greene is an American actress and singer. She has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actress and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many ...

(born 1951), American singer and actress * Ellen Day Hale (1855–1940), American impressionist painter and printmake * Ellen 't Hoen (born 1960), Dutch lawyer and Médecins sans Frontières director * Ellen Hollman (born 1983), American actress * Ellen Hogerwerf (born 1989), Dutch rower *

Ellen Hoog Ellen Marijn Hoog (, born 26 March 1986) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who is regarded as one of the best Dutch hockey players of her generation. Field hockey career Ellen began playing field hockey at the age of seven and in 2002, age ...

(born 1986), Dutch field hockey player * Ellen Horn (born 1951), Norwegian actress, theater director, and politician * Ellen Jansen (born 1992), Dutch footballer *

Ellen Jens Ellen Jens is a Dutch television director and producer, best known for her collaboration with Wim T. Schippers on VPRO television. She has produced and directed a large number of other television shows, especially on literature and art, and is ref ...

(born 1941), Dutch television director and producer *

Ellen Johnson Ellen Johnson (born 1955) is an American activist for the civil rights of atheists and for the separation of church and state in the United States. She served as the president of the organization American Atheists from 1995 to 2008. Early life ...

(born 1955), American civil rights activist * Ellen Kaarma (1928–1973), Estonian actress *

Ellen Key Ellen Karolina Sofia Key (; 11 December 1849 – 25 April 1926) was a Swedish difference feminist writer on many subjects in the fields of family life, ethics and education and was an important figure in the Modern Breakthrough movement. She was ...

(1849–1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragette *

Ellen Kooi Ellen Kooi (born November 7, 1962, in Leeuwarden), is a Dutch artist and photographer, who lives and works in Haarlem, Netherlands, the Netherlands. She is perhaps best known for her scenographic, theatrical imagery merging landscapes and figures� ...

(born 1962), Dutch artist and photographer, * Ellen Kuipers (born 1971), Dutch field hockey player * Ellen J. Kullman (born 1956), American business executive, CEO of DuPont *

Ellen Kuzwayo Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (29 June 1914 – 19 April 2006) was a women's rights activist and politician in South Africa, and was a teacher from 1938 to 1952. She was president of the African National Congress Youth League in the 1960s. In 19 ...

(1914–2006), South African women's rights activist and politician *

Ellen van Langen Ellen Gezina Maria van Langen (born 9 February 1966) is a Dutch former middle distance runner, who specialised in the 800 metres. A talented but injury-ridden athlete, she was the 1992 Olympic Champion for the women's 800 meters. She is now ...

(born 1966), Dutch middle-distance runner *

Ellen Liiger Ellen Liiger (26 June 1918 – 4 August 1987), was an Estonian stage, television, radio and film actress and theatre teacher. Her stage career began at age six and lasted until she died in 1987. Early life and education Ellen Liiger was born ...

(1918–1987), Estonian actress *

Ellen Lumpkin Ellen Lumpkin is an American neuroscientist and professor of cell and developmental biology and neurobiology at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. She is also co-director of the MBL Advanced Training ...

, American neuroscientist *

Ellen MacArthur Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur (born 8 July 1976) is a retired English sailor, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in Cowes, Isle of Wight. MacArthur is a successful solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005, ...

(born 1976), British yachtswoman * Ellen van Maris (born 1957), Dutch bodybuilder *

Ellen McIlwaine Ellen McIlwaine (October 1, 1945 – June 23, 2021) was an American-born singer-songwriter and musician best known for her career as a solo singer, songwriter and slide guitarist. Biography Born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, McIlwa ...

(1945–2021), American musician *

Ellen McLain Ellen McLain (born 1952/1953) is an American voice actress. She is best known for providing the voice of GLaDOS, the primary antagonist of the ''Portal'' video game series, the Combine Overwatch in '' Half-Life 2'', and the Administrator, the a ...

(born 1952), American voice actress *

Ellen Meijers Ellen Meijers is a Dutch video game music composer who worked for such companies as Apple Inc., LucasArts, Oddworld Inhabitants and Crystal Dynamics. Education * The Royal College of Art, England 1994–1995 Master of Arts: Interactive Multi M ...

(born c.1971), Dutch video game music composer *

Ellen Muth Ellen Muth (; born March 6, 1981) is an American former actress best known for her role as Georgia "George" Lass in Showtime's series ''Dead Like Me'' (2003–2004 series, 2009 film). Early life Muth was born in Milford, Connecticut, to Eric ...

(born 1981), American actress * Ellen Torelle Nagler (1870–1965), American biologist, author, lecturer * Ellen Niit (1928–2016), Estonian children's writer, poet and translator * Ellen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actress *

Ellen Nisbeth Ellen Nisbeth (born 1987) is a Swedish violist. She performed on Britta Byström’s CD, “Invisible Cities” and on Ensemble Ernst’s CD, “...BUT...” As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation's "Rising Star" program, Nisbeth perf ...

(born 1987), Swedish violist *

Ellen Ochoa Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shut ...

(born 1958), American engineer and astronaut * Ellen O'Doherty (1894–1983), Australian religious, superior general of Sisters of Charity * Ellen Osiier (1890–1962), Danish Olympic fencing foil champion *Ellen Page, former name of Elliot Page (born 1987), Canadian actor *

Ellen Pao Ellen Kangourou Pao (born 1970) is an American investor and former CEO of social media company Reddit. Pao first became known in 2012 for filing a failed gender discrimination suit against her employer, venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, a ...

(born 1970), American lawyer, former CEO of Reddit *

Ellen Perez Ellen Perez (born 10 October 1995) is an Australian professional tennis player. Perez has won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as two singles and 17 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. ...

(1868–1954), Australian tennis player * Ellen Petri (born 1982), Belgian beauty pageant *

Ellen Pompeo Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (; born November 10, 1969) is an American actress. She is best known for her role on ''Grey's Anatomy'' as the titular Dr. Meredith Grey. One of the world's highest-paid actors since 2017, she has made multiple appearances ...

(born 1969), American actress * Ellen Preis (Ellen Müller-Preis) (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer * Ellen Alida Rose (1843–1???), American agriculturist, suffragist *

Ellen Swallow Richards Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century. Her pioneering work i ...

(1842–1911), American industrial and environmental chemist *

Ellen Roche Ellen Roche is an Irish biomedical engineer and Associate Professor at MIT in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute of Medical Engineering and Science. She has contributed to heart failure prevention with her inventions, th ...

(born 1979), Brazilian actress and model *

Ellen Roosevelt Ellen Crosby Roosevelt (August 20, 1868 – September 26, 1954) was an American tennis player. She was the daughter of John Aspinwall Roosevelt, an estate proprietor, and Ellen Murray Crosby. She started playing tennis with her sister Grace in ...

(1868–1954), American tennis player *

Ellen Sauerbrey Ellen Richmond Sauerbrey (born September 9, 1937) is an American politician from Maryland and the former head of the United States Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. She was nominated to the Bureau in September 2 ...

(born 1937), American politician *

Ellen Browning Scripps Ellen Browning Scripps (October 18, 1836 – August 3, 1932) was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California. She and her half-brother E. W. Scripps created the E. W. ...

(1836–1932), American journalist and philanthropist *

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born Ellen Eugenia Johnson, 29 October 1938) is a Liberian politician who served as the 24th president of Liberia from 2006 to 2018. Sirleaf was the first elected female head of state in Africa. Sirleaf was born in Monro ...

(born 1938), President of Liberia *

Ellen Tauscher Ellen O'Kane Tauscher (November 15, 1951 – April 29, 2019) was an American businesswoman, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician who was the U.S. representative for California's 10th congressional district from 1997 to 2009. From 2009 to 20 ...

(born 1951), American politician, Under Secretary of State *

Ellen Terry Dame Alice Ellen Terry, (27 February 184721 July 1928), was a leading English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and tour ...

(1847–1928), English stage actress * Ellen Travolta (born 1940), American actress * Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), German photographer and director, *

Ellen Van Loy Ellen Van Loy (born 16 September 1980) is a Belgian road and cyclo-cross cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged ...

(born 1980), Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist * Ellen Venker (born 1983), Dutch softball player *

Ellen Vogel Ellen Marie Elze Anthing Vogel (; 26 January 1922 – 5 August 2015) was a Dutch film, stage and television actress. Personal Born on 26 January 1922 in The Hague, Netherlands as the second child of publicist Louis Albert Anthing Vogel (1 ...

(1922–2015), Dutch actress *

Ellen Voorhees Ellen Marie Voorhees (born March 13, 1958) is an American computer scientist known for her work in document retrieval, information retrieval, and natural language processing. She works in the retrieval group at the National Institute of Standards ...

, American computer scientist *

Ellen van der Weijden-Bast Eleonora Johanna "Ellen" van der Weijden-Bast (born 29 August 1971) was a Dutch former water polo player. She was a member of the Netherlands women's national water polo team. She competed with the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics and also at Wo ...

(born 1971), Dutch water polo player *

Ellen G. White Ellen Gould White (née Harmon; November 26, 1827 – July 16, 1915) was an American woman author and co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Along with other Adventist leaders such as Joseph Bates and her husband James White, she wa ...

(1827–1915), American co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and author * Ellen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalist *

Ellen Axson Wilson Ellen Louise Wilson (née Axson; May 15, 1860 – August 6, 1914) was the first wife of President Woodrow Wilson and the mother of their three daughters. Like her husband, she was a Southerner, as well as the daughter of a clergyman. She was ...

(1860–1914), American first lady *

Ellen Whitmore Ellen Rebecca Whitmore (also Goodale; March 2, 1828 – February 23, 1861) was the first principal teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary in modern-day Oklahoma and later served as a missionary in Hawaii. Biography Ellen Rebecca Whitmore g ...

(1828–1861), American educator and missionary * Ellen Wilson (born 1976), American judoka * Ellen Woglom (born 1987), American actress *

Ellen van Wolde Ellen José van Wolde (born 1954) is a Dutch biblical scholar. In her research she focuses mainly on the Hebrew Bible, applying achievements of semiotics and linguistics. She became known to the general public mainly through her oration (2009) on ...

(born 1954), Dutch biblical scholar * Ellen Wong (born 1985), Canadian actress *

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Ellen Taaffe Zwilich ( ; born April 30, 1939) is an American composer, the first female composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Her early works are marked by atonal exploration, but by the late 1980s, she had shifted to a postmodernist, n ...

(born 1939), American classical music composer * Ellen Urbani (born 1969), American author

Fictional characters

* Ellen Foxworthy, a fictional character in the webcomic ''Schlock Mercenary'' * Ellen Powell, a character in the American sitcom television series '' Charles in Charge'' *

Ellen Ripley Ellen Louise Ripley, often referred to simply as Ripley, is a fictional character and protagonist of the ''Alien'' film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. The character earned Weaver worldwide recognition, and the role remain ...

, a character in the ''Alien'' film series

Fictional characters

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