Namesakes
Ellen G. White
(f) 1827-1915 
Notable Writers
Ellen Terry
(f) 1847-1928
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen Wilson
(f) 1860-1914
American First Ladies 1913-1914
Ellen Glasgow
(f) 1873-1945
Notable Writers
Pulitzer Award Winners 1942 In This Our Life
Miriam Hopkins
(a.k.a. Ellen) (f) 1902-1972
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen King
(f) 1909-1994
Olympic Medalists 1928 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 4x100 m freestyle relay (silver)
Ellen Braumüller
(f) 1910-1991
Olympic Medalists 1932 javelin throw (silver)
Ellen Corby
(f) 1911-1999
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Martha Scott
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1912-2003
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
June Havoc
(a.k.a. Ellen) (f) 1912-2010
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Vera-Ellen
(f) 1921-1981
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/dancer)
Ellen Vogel
(f) 1922-2015
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Marion Ross
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1928-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mala Powers
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1931-2007
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen Burstyn
(f) 1932-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Oscar Award Winners 1975 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (actress)
Ellen Robillard O'Hara
(f)
Fictional Characters from Books 1936 Gone With the Wind
Marj Dusay
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1936-2020
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
(f) 1938-
Nobel Prize Winners 2011 (peace)
Cass Elliot
(a.k.a. Ellen) (f) 1941-1974
Notable Musicians
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 1998 The Mamas & the Papas
Patty McCormack
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1945-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jaclyn Smith
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1945-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Naomi Judd
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1946-2022
Notable Musicians
Jeanne Collier
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1946-
Olympic Medalists 1964 diving - springboard (silver)
Judith Light
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1949-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jill Stein
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1950-
Notable Politicians and Statespeople
Ellen Foley
(f) 1951-
Notable Musicians
Jane Swagerty
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1951-
Olympic Medalists 1968 swimming - 100 m backstroke (bronze)
Chrissie Hynde
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1951-
Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famers 2005 The Pretenders
Ellen Streidt
(f) 1952-
Olympic Medalists 1976 400 m; 4x400 m relay (bronze/gold)
Ellen Barkin
(f) 1954-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mel Harris
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1956-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen DeGeneres
(f) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/presenter)
Jennifer Tilly
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1958-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen Fiedler
(f) 1958-
Olympic Medalists 1988 400 m hurdles (bronze)
Tawny Kitaen
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1961-2021
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor/model)
Nancy Garapick
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1961-
Olympic Medalists 1976 swimming - 100 m backstroke; swimming - 200 m backstroke (bronze)
Mary Ellen Clark
(f) 1962-
Olympic Medalists 1992; 1996 diving - platform (bronze)
Tori Amos
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1963-
Notable Musicians
Melissa Gilbert
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Theresa Randle
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1964-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen van Langen
(f) 1966-
Olympic Medalists 1992 800 m (gold)
Ellen ten Damme
(f) 1967-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Notable Musicians
Ellen Pompeo
(f) 1969-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Mary Ellen Walton
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1971 The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
Fictional Characters from Television 1972 The Waltons
Ellen
(f)
Hurricanes and Tropical Storms 1973 (hurricane)
Sue Ellen Ewing
(f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1978 Dallas
Ellen Estes
(f) 1978-
Olympic Medalists 2000; 2004 water polo (silver/bronze)
Ellen Ripley
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 1979 Alien
Rosamund Pike
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1979-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ruth Riley
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1979-
Olympic Medalists 2004 basketball (gold)
Ellen Muth
(f) 1981-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Chrissy Seaver
(middle name Ellen) (f)
Fictional Characters from Television 1985 Growing Pains
Ellen Hoog
(f) 1986-
Olympic Medalists 2012 field hockey (gold)
Elliot Page
(a.k.a. Ellen) (m) 1987-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Jessie J
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1988-
Notable Musicians
Emily Rudd
(middle name Ellen) (f) 1993-
Notable Actors and Entertainers (actor)
Ellen Taylor
(f)
Fictional Characters from Movies 2012 For Ellen