This article is about people with the given name "Ellen". For people with the surname "Ellen", see Ellen (surname). For other uses, see Ellen (disambiguation).
Ellen
Pronunciation
/ˈɛlən/
Other names
Related names
Elena, Helen, Helena
Ellen is a female given name, a diminutive of Elizabeth, Eleanor, 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 (born 1988), Filipino actress
Ellen Alaküla (1927–2011), Estonian actress
Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet
Ellen Allien (born 1969), German electronic musician and music producer
Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833–1898), Swedish feminist
Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator
Ellen Anderson (born 1959), American politician
Ellen Auerbach (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 (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 (1921–2016), Dutch and Canadian figure skater and coach
Ellen Burrell (1850–1938), American mathematics professor
Ellen Bushell (1884-1948), Irish textile artist and political activist
Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress
Ellen Maria Carpenter (1830–1908), American painter
Ellen Carter (1762–1815), English artist
Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actress
Ellen Cobb (born 1940), retired British judoka
Ellen Corby (1911–1999), American actress
Ellen Craft (1826–1891), American fugitive slave and abolitionist
Ellen Craswell (1932–2008), American politician
Ellen Crocker (1872–1962), British suffragette
Ellen ten Damme (born 1967), Dutch actress and musician
Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), American comedian, actress, and talk-show host
Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist
Ellen Dissanayake (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 (born 1978), American water polo player
Ellen Foley (born 1951), American singer and actress
Ellen Fries (1855–1900), Swedish feminist and writer, first woman to be awarded a PhD in Sweden
Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), American artist
Ellen Geer (born 1941), American actress, acting teacher and theatre director
Ellen Gilchrist (born 1935), American novelist, short story writer, and poet
Ellen Glasgow (1873–1975), American novelist
Ellen Greene (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 (born 1986), Dutch field hockey player
Ellen Horn (born 1951), Norwegian actress, theater director, and politician
Ellen Jansen (born 1992), Dutch footballer
Ellen Jens (1940–2023), Dutch television director and producer
Ellen Johnson (born 1955), American civil rights activist
Ellen Kaarma (1928–1973), Estonian actress
Ellen Key (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 (1918–1987), Estonian actress
Ellen Lumpkin, American neuroscientist
Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), British yachtswoman
Ellen Manderfield (1916–1999), American industrial designer
Ellen van Maris (born 1957), Dutch bodybuilder
Ellen McIlwaine (1945–2021), American musician
Ellen McLain (born 1952), American voice actress
Ellen Meijers (born c.1971), Dutch video game music composer
Ellen Muth (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 (born 1987), Swedish violist
Ellen Ochoa (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 (born 1970), American lawyer, former CEO of Reddit
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Ellen Lee DeGeneres (/dəˈdʒɛnərəs/ də-JEN-ər-əs; born January 26, 1958) is an American comedian, television host, actress, and writer. She starred in...
Elliot Page (formerly Ellen Page; born February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor and producer. He has received various accolades, including nominations for...
Ellen Kathleen Pompeo (/pɒmˈpeɪoʊ/; born November 10, 1969) is an American actress. One of the world's highest-paid actors since 2017, she has made multiple...
Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayals of complex women in dramas, she is the recipient...
Ellen M. Travolta (born October 6, 1939) is an American actress known for playing Louisa Arcola Delvecchio in Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi as well...
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film Diner, and in the following years, she had...
Ellen Muth (/ˈmjuːθ/; born March 6, 1981) is a retired American actress best known for her role as Georgia "George" Lass in Showtime's series Dead Like...
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Ellen Chan Ar-Lun (Chinese: 陳雅倫, born February 16, 1966) is a Hong Kong actress and singer who has appeared in a number of Hong Kong film productions...
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...
Ellen Bang (16 May 1906 – 8 November 1981) was a German film actress. She appeared in thirty films between 1934 and 1950. Don't Lose Heart, Suzanne! (1935)...
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...
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signature collection of career wear. The Ellen Tracy Dresses. Company by Ellen Tracy. Revlon has also produced an Ellen Tracy perfume. As a result of wartime...
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Ellen Gittelsohn (born April 12, 1945, in New York City, New York) is an American television director. She has also been credited under the name Ellen...
Ellen Sandweiss is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cheryl Williams in The Evil Dead franchise. Sandweiss was born in Detroit, Michigan...
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Ellen Woodbury (born August 10, 1962) is an American stone sculptor, former Disney directing animator and character animator who worked at Walt Disney...
Ellen Louise Ripley is a fictional character and the original protagonist of the Alien film series, played by American actress Sigourney Weaver. Considered...
Ellen C. Jaffee (born May 20, 1944) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 97th...
Ellen Hollman (born April 1, 1983) is an American actress. Hollman was born in Detroit, Michigan, the oldest of four siblings. She eventually moved to...
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