Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth,

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 ...

, Elena and 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 ...

(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 I ...

(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 Anna Lovisa Eleonora "Ellen" Anckarsvärd née ''Nyström'' (10 December 1833 – 8 December 1898), was a Swedish women's rights activist. She was the co-founder and secretary of the Married Woman's Property Rights Association (1873), co-founder a ...

(1833-1898), Swedish feminist *

Ellen Andersen Ellen Dorothea Johanna Andersen (1898–1989) was a Danish museum curator who specialized in folk costumes and the history of textiles. In 1929, she joined the Danish Folk Museum where she was the curator from 1936 to 1966. She is remembered for h ...

(1898–1989), Danish museum curator * Ellen Anderson (born 1959), American politician * Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographer *

Ellen Baake Ellen Baake (born 1961) is a German mathematical biology, mathematical biologist who works as a professor of biomathematics and theoretical bioinformatics at Bielefeld University. Her research uses probability theory and differential equations to s ...

(born 1961), German mathematical biologist * Ellen S. Baker (born 1953), American physician and astronaut *

Ellen Barkin Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress and a producer. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film ''Diner'', and in the following years, she had starring roles in films such as ''Tender Mercies'' (1983), '' Eddie and the ...

(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 atten ...

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

(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 daught ...

(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 Danitr ...

(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 Ellen Hansen Corby (June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999) was an American actress and screenwriter. She played the role of Esther "Grandma" Walton on the CBS television series ''The Waltons'', for which she won three Emmy Awards. She was also ...

(1911–1999), American actress * Ellen Craft (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 Ellen "Nelly" or "Nellie" Crocker (1872–1962) was a British suffragette, and a cousin of Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. Life and activism Ellen Crocker (known as Nelly or Nellie) was born in 1872 in Stogumber, Somerset. Her father was a doctor, a ...

(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". S ...

(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 time t ...

(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 (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 duri ...

(born 1978), American water polo player * Ellen Foley (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 (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 ''T ...

(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 Ellen Day Hale (February 11, 1855February 11, 1940) was an American Impressionist painter and printmaker from Boston. She studied art in Paris and during her adult life lived in Paris, London and Boston. She exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Ro ...

(1855–1940), American impressionist painter and printmake *

Ellen 't Hoen Ellen F. M. 't Hoen (born 1960) is an international medical activist. She is an expert in medicines policy and intellectual property law and has been a consultant to a number of countries and international organisations. In 2005 and 2006 she was l ...

(born 1960), Dutch lawyer and Médecins sans Frontières director * Ellen Hollman (born 1983), American actress *

Ellen Hogerwerf Elisabeth Wilhelmina "Ellen" Hogerwerf (born 10 February 1989) is a Dutch rower. She is a three time Olympian and an Olympic silver medalist in the coxless four at Tokyo 2020. Hogerwerf placed eighth in the double sculls at the 2012 Olympics ...

(born 1989), Dutch rower * Ellen Hoog (born 1986), Dutch field hockey player *

Ellen Horn Ellen Horn (born Ellen Stoesen, 1 February 1951) is a Norwegian actress, theatre director, and politician for the Labour Party.Rossiné Career Horn started as a puppet actor at Oslo Nye Teater (1969–70), and was educated at the Teaterhøys ...

(born 1951), Norwegian actress, theater director, and politician *

Ellen Jansen Ellen Jansen (born 6 October 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Primera División club Valencia CF and the Netherlands women's national team. International career On 12 December 2010, she made her debu ...

(born 1992), Dutch footballer * Ellen Jens (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 a ...

(1849–1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragette * Ellen Kooi (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 (1914–2006), South African women's rights activist and politician * Ellen van Langen (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, 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 (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 (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 Ellen Niit (born Ellen Hiob; Ellen Niit since 1958) (13 July 1928 – 30 May 2016) was an Estonian children's writer, poet and translator. Over her lifetime, she penned more than forty books of both prose and poetry for children. She also wrot ...

(1928–2016), Estonian children's writer, poet and translator * Ellen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actress * Ellen Nisbeth (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 Shu ...

(born 1958), American engineer and astronaut *

Ellen O'Doherty Ellen O'Doherty (1894–1983), known by her religious name as Sister Mary Alphonsus, was an Australian religious who became the superior general of the Sisters of Charity of Australia. She was a skilled nurse and hospital administrator, and w ...

(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 Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Elliot Page, various accolades, including an Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award nomination, tw ...

(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, née Preis, (6 May 1912 – 18 November 2007) was German-born Austrian Olympic-champion foil fencer. In 1949, she was named Austrian female athlete of the year. Fencing career Preis was born in Berlin, and was Jewish. Sh ...

(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 in ...

(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 1 ...

(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 20 ...

(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 Monr ...

(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 201 ...

(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 (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 (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 Ellen Ann Willmott (19 August 1858 – 27 September 1934) was an English horticulturist. She was an influential member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and a recipient of the first Victoria Medal of Honour, awarded to British horticulturi ...

(1858–1934), English horticulturalist * Ellen Axson Wilson (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 (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, ne ...

(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 ''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scot ...

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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 remains h ...

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

Fictional characters

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