Ellen

This article is about people with the given name. For people with the surname, see Ellen (surname). For other uses, see Ellen (disambiguation).

Ellen

Pronunciation	/ˈɛlən/
Other names
Related names	Elena, Eleni, Helen, Helena, Eleanor, Helene

Ellen is a feminine given name. It was the 609th most popular name in the U.S. and the 17th in Sweden in 2004.

People named Ellen include:

A

• Ellen Scheel Aalbu (born 1968), Norwegian footballer
• Ellen Adair (born 1988), American actress
• Ellen Adarna (born 1988), Filipino actress
• Ellen Wetherald Ahrens (1859–1935), American artist
• Ellen Ahrndt (1922–2009), American baseball player
• Ellen Ainsworth (1918–1944), United States Army nurse killed by German artillery
• Ellen Akins, American novelist
• Ellen Alaküla (1927–2011), Estonian actress
• Ellen Alemany, American business executive
• Ellen Alfsen (born 1965), Norwegian politician
• Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893), American poet
• Ellen Allgurin (born 1994), Swedish tennis player
• Ellen Allien (born 1969), German electronic musician and music producer
• Ellen Altfest, American painter
• Ellen Ammann (1870–1932), German politician and activist
• Ellen Anckarsvärd (1833–1898), Swedish feminist
• Ellen Holager Andenæs (born 1947), Norwegian jurist
• Ellen Andersen (1898–1989), Danish museum curator
• Ellen Damgaard Andersen (born 1939), Danish physician and teacher
• Ellen Alice Anderson (1882–1978), New Zealand district nurse
• Ellen Anderson (born 1959), American politician
• Ellen Andrée (1856–1933), French model
• Ellen Angelina (born 1976), Indonesian badminton player
• Ellen Arkbro, Swedish composer
• Ellen E. Armstrong (1914–c. 1979), American stage magician
• Ellen Arnold (1858–1931), Australian missionary
• Ellen Arnstad (born 1965), Norwegian magazine editor
• Ellen Arruda, American mechanical engineer
• Ellen Arthur (1837–1880), wife of Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States
• Ellen Arthur jr. (1871–1915), daughter of Chester A. Arthur and First Lady Ellen Arthur
• Ellen Asher (born 1941), American science fiction editor
• Ellen Atkinson (1894–1965), Australian Aboriginal community leader
• Ellen Atlanta (born 1995), English non-fiction writer
• Ellen Auensen (born 1944), Norwegian illustrator
• Ellen Auerbach (1906–2004), German-born American photographer
• Ellen Auster, Canadian professor and author

B

• Ellen Baake (born 1961), German mathematical biologist
• Ellen Babington (1877–1956), British archer
• Ellen Baker (disambiguation)
• Ellen Balaam (1891–c. 1985), Australian physician
• Ellen Ballance (c. 1846–1935), New Zealand suffragist and community leader
• Ellen Ballon (1898–1969), Canadian pianist
• Ellen Banda-Aaku (born 1965), Zambian writer
• Ellen Bang (1906–1981), German actress
• Ellen Banks (1938–2017), American painter
• Ellen Barber (born 1997), British heptathlete
• Ellen Bard (1949–2009), American politician
• Ellen Barkin (born 1954), American actress
• Ellen Jo Baron, American pathologist
• Ellen Barrett (born 1946), American priest
• Ellen Barron (1875–1951), Australian nurse
• Ellen Barry (disambiguation)
• Ellen Bass (born 1947), American poet and author
• Ellen Baumler (1949–2023), Montana historian and author
• Ellen Rae Simpson Beason (died 1985), American murder victim
• Ellen Beaumont (born 1985), Australian football player
• Ellen Beck (disambiguation)
• Ellen Becker (born 1960), German rower
• Ellen Beeman, American fantasy and science fiction author
• Ellen Beer (1926–2004), Swiss art historian
• Ellen Benediktson (born 1995), Swedish singer and songwriter
• Ellen Ida Benham (1871–1917), South Australian educationist
• Ellen Bepp (born 1970), American artist
• Ellen Berger (c. 1920 or 1921–1997), East German artistic gymnast
• Ellen Bergli (born 1945), Norwegian politician
• Ellen Bergman (1842–1921), Swedish musician and writer
• Ellen Berkenblit, American painter
• Ellen Berliner (1920–2011), American activist and feminist
• Ellen Bernstein (1953–2024), American rabbi and ecotourism
• Ellen S. Berscheid (1936–2025), American psychologist
• Ellen Bialystok, Canadian psychologist
• Ellen Blackwell (1864–1952), British writer, botanist and photographer
• Ellen A. Dayton Blair (1837–1926), social reformer and art teacher
• Ellen Blau (died 1985), American murder victim
• Ellen Blight (1834–1850), English lion tamer
• Ellen Blom (born 1979), Norwegian ski mountaineer
• Ellen Boakye, Ghanaian pediatric cardiologist
• Ellen Channing Day Bonaparte (1852–1924), wife of Charles Joseph Bonaparte
• Ellen Bontje (born 1958), Dutch equestrian
• Ellen Scripps Booth, American businessperson and philanthropist
• Ellen Botwin, American producer
• Ellen M. Bozman (1925–2009), American community activist and politician
• Ellen Braae, Danish landscape architect
• Ellen Brandom (born 1942), American politician
• Ellen Brandt-Forster (1866–1921), Austrian opera singer
• Ellen Braumüller (1910–1991), German track and field athlete
• Ellen Bravo, American activist and writer
• Ellen Breen (born 1963), American freestyle skier
• Ellen Brekken (born 1985), Norwegian jazz musician
• Ellen Alice Britton (1874–1959), British insect collector and nursery gardener
• Ellen Starr Brinton (c. 1886–1954), American pacifist, human rights activist and archivist
• Ellen Brockhöft (1893–1977), German figure skater
• Ellen Broe (1900–1994), Danish nurse and nursing educator
• Ellen Broidy, American LGBT rights activist
• Ellen Bromberg, American dance scholar
• Ellen Brooks (born 1946), American photographer
• Ellen Broselow, American linguist
• Ellen Brown (born 1945), American author, attorney, public speaker and advocate
• Ellen Brusewitz (1878–1952), American tennis player
• Ellen Bry (born 1951), American actress
• Ellen Bryan, American journalist
• Ellen Buckley (1915–2003), American military nurse
• Ellen Coolidge Burbank (1945–2023), American philanthropist
• Ellen Burka (1921–2016), Dutch and Canadian figure skater and coach
• Ellen Coolidge Burke (1901–1975), American librarian and academic
• Ellen Bree Burns (1923–2019), American judge
• Ellen Burrell (1850–1938), American mathematics professor
• Ellen Burstyn (born 1932), American actress
• Ellen Bushell (1884–1948), Irish textile artist and political activist
• Ellen Buttrick (born 1995), British Paralympic rower
• Ellen Byron, American mystery writer

C

• Ellen Cahill (1863–1934), Irish-Australian street singer also known as "Killarney Kate"
• Ellen van der Cammen (born 1977), Dutch curler
• Ellen Moves Camp (1931–2008), American Indian activist
• Ellen Campbell, American politician
• Ellen O'Malley Camps, actor, producer and playwright
• Ellen M. Canavan, American politician
• Ellen Cantor (1961–2013), American artist
• Ellen Carey (born 1952), American artist and photographer
• Ellen Carlson (1929–2022), American journalist
• Ellen Maria Carpenter (1830–1908), American painter
• Ellen Carter (1762–1815), English artist
• Ellen Cassedy, workers' rights activist
• Ellen Cassidy (1888–1960), American stage and screen actress
• Ellen Cerreta, American materials scientist
• Ellen Chan (born 1966), Hong Kong actress and singer
• Ellen Chaplin, English actress
• Ellen Chapman, British suffragist and politician
• Ellen Chapman (lion tamer) (1831–1899), British circus performer and lion tamer
• Ellen Charry, American theologian and author
• Ellen Cheeseman (1848–1928), New Zealand artist
• Ellen Cheever (1949–2021), American interior designer
• Ellen Chenoweth, American casting director
• E. Kitch Childs (1937–1993), American clinical psychologist
• Ellen Christensen (1913–1998), Danish resistance member
• Ellen Christenson (born 1938), American singer
• Ellen Christi (born 1958), American jazz musician
• Ellen Christine Christiansen (born 1964), Norwegian politician
• Ellen Christo (born 1965), American judge
• Ellen Christoffersen (born 1972), Greenlandic politician
• Ellen Church (1904–1965), American aviation pioneer
• Ellen Clacy, English writer and journalist
• Ellen Louise Clacy, English artist
• Ellen Clapsaddle (1865–1934), American illustrator
• Ellen Clark (1915–1988), Australian carcinologist, influenza researcher and naturalist
• Ellen Clark-King, British-Canadian Anglican priest and academic
• Ellen Garrison Jackson Clark (1823–1892), American civil rights activist
• Ellen Clayton (disambiguation)
• Ellen Cleghorne (born 1965), American comedian and actress
• Ellen Mary Clerke (1840–1906), Irish poet, linguist and journalist
• Ellen Cobb (born 1940), retired British judoka
• Ellen Melicent Cobden (1848–1914), British writer and suffragist
• Ellen Cohen, American politician
• Ellen Gertrude Cohen (1860–1946), British painter and illustrator
• Ellen Coleman (disambiguation)
• Ellen Maria Colfax (1836–1911), Second Lady of the United States
• Ellen Conford (1942–2015), American novelist
• Ellen Conners, American politician
• Ellen Contini-Morava, linguistic anthropologist
• Ellen Randolph Coolidge (1796–1876), granddaughter of Thomas Jefferson
• Ellen Rankin Copp (1853–1901), American sculptor
• Ellen Corbett (1954–2024), American politician
• Ellen Corby (1911–1999), American actress
• Ellen Corkrum, Liberian philanthropist, politician and convicted criminal
• Ellen Covey (born 1947), American neurobiologist and perfumer
• Ellen C. Covito, Argentine composer
• Ellen Craft (1826–1891), American fugitive slave and abolitionist
• Ellen Walker Craig-Jones (1906–2000), American politician
• Ellen Craswell (1932–2008), American politician
• Ellen Crawford (born 1951), American actress
• Ellen Crocker (1872–1962), British suffragette
• Ellen Crowe (c. 1847–1930), New Zealand homemaker and community leader
• Ellen Crowley-Suyematsu (1916–2001), American politician
• Ellen Cuffe, Countess of Desart (1857–1933), Irish politician and company director
• Ellen Currie (c. 1930–2012), American author

D

• Ellen Lawson Dabbs (1853–1908), American physician, activist and writer
• Ellen Dahl (1886–1959), Danish writer and philanthropist
• Ellen Dahrendorf, British historian and translator
• Ellen ten Damme (born 1967), Dutch actress and musician
• Ellen Dannin, American law professor
• Ellen Wordsworth Darwin (1856–1903), British academic
• Ellen Datlow (born 1949), American editor and anthropologist
• Ellen David, Canadian actress
• Ellen Davis (disambiguation)
• Ellen Davitt (c. 1812–1879), English-born Australian writer
• Ellen Dawson (1900–1967), Scottish-American activist
• Ellen DeGeneres (born 1958), American comedian, actress, and talk-show host
• Ellen Demming (1922–2002), American actress
• Ellen Louise Demorest (1824–1898), American publisher and businesswoman
• Ellen Demuth (born 1982), German politician
• Ellen Desailly (1857–1939), Australian charity worker
• Ellen Dickson (c. 1819–1878), English ballad composer
• Ellen Battelle Dietrick (c. 1847–1895), American suffragist and author
• Ellen Diggs, American anthropologist
• Ellen van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist
• Ellen Dissanayake (born c. 1935), American anthropologist and author
• Ellen D'Oench (1930–2009), American art historian and curator
• Ellen Dolan (born 1955), American actress
• Ellen Dougherty (1844–1919), New Zealand nurse
• Ellen Douglas (1921–2012), American novelist
• Ellen Albertini Dow (1913–2015), American actress and drama coach
• Ellen Mary Patrick Downing (1828–1869), Irish nationalist, poet and nun
• Ellen Drew (1914–2003), American actress
• Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, American rabbi
• Ellen Driscoll (born 1953), American artist
• Ellen R.M. Druffel, American oceanographer
• Ellen Dubin, Canadian actress
• Ellen DuBois (born 1947), American historian
• Ellen Duncan (1862–1937), Irish art gallery director and critic
• Ellen Dunham-Jones (born 1959), architectural educator and urbanist
• Ellen Griffin Dunne (1932–1997), American actor and activist

E

• Ellen Eagle, American painter
• Ellen Eglin, African-American inventor
• Ellen Ehni, German journalist
• Ellen Einan (1931–2013), Norwegian poet and illustrator
• Ellen Eischen, American mathematician
• Ellen Ek (born 1997), Swedish diver
• Ellen Ekkart, Belgian dancer and choreographer
• Ellen van Eldik (born 1960), Dutch footballer
• Ellen Elias-Bursać, American scholar and translator
• Ellen Ellis (disambiguation)
• Ellen Elzerman (born 1971), Dutch swimmer
• Ellen Russell Emerson (1837–1907), American author and ethnologist
• Ellen Emilie (born 2001), Danish politician
• Ellen Eriksen (born 1972), Norwegian politician
• Ellen Estes (born 1978), American water polo player

F

• Ellen Hackl Fagan, American artist
• Ellen Fairclough (1905–2004), Canadian politician
• Ellen Falkner (born 1979), British bowls player
• Ellen Fanning (born 1967), Australian journalist
• Ellen Birgitte Farbrot (born 1984), Norwegian dressage rider
• Ellen Farner (born 1941), German actress
• Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840–1907), American painter
• Ellen Faull (1918–2008), American operatic soprano
• Ellen Favorin (1853–1919), Finnish painter
• Ellen Fechner (1895–1951), German novelist and screenwriter
• Ellen Feld, American writer
• Ellen Feldman, American novelist
• Ellen Aline Fenner (1889–?), American botanist
• Ellen Fetter, American computer scientist and chaos theory researcher
• Ellen Fiedler (born 1958), East German hurdler
• Ellen Fife (born 1997), Australian lawn bowler
• Ellen Thayer Fisher (1847–1911), American botanical illustrator
• Ellen Eliza Fitz, American inventor
• Ellen Fitzhugh (1942–2023), American musical theatre director
• Ellen Fitzsimon (c. 1805–1883), Irish poet
• Ellen Foley (born 1951), American singer and actress
• Ellen Forney (born 1968), American cartoonist
• Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler (1860–1929), English writer
• Ellen France, New Zealand jurist
• Ellen Francke (1943–1990), Norwegian poet and novelist
• Ellen Frank (disambiguation)
• Ellen Frankel, American writer
• Ellen Franz (1839–1923), German pianist and actress
• Ellen Sulley Fray (1832–c. 1903), British-American social reformer
• Ellen G. Friedman, American author, editor and professor
• Ellen Fries (1855–1900), Swedish feminist and writer, first woman to be awarded a PhD in Sweden
• Ellen Frothingham (1835–1902), American translator
• Ellen Fullman, American classical composer
• Ellen V. Futter (born 1949), American museum administrator

G

• Ellen Gabriel, Canadian activist and artist
• Ellen Galford (born 1947), American-born Scottish writer
• Ellen Galinsky (born 1942), American writer
• Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), American artist
• Ellen Garwood (1903–1993), American philanthropist
• Ellen Maria Huntington Gates (1835–1920), American poet
• Ellen Geer (born 1941), American actress, acting teacher and theatre director
• Ellen Gerstein, American actress
• Ellen Gerstell (born 1954), American voice actress
• Ellen Gethner (born 1960), American mathematician and computer scientist
• Ellen Gilbert (1837–1900), American chess player
• Ellen Gilchrist (1935–2024), American novelist, short story writer, and poet
• Ellen Githmark, Norwegian female curler
• Ellen Gittelsohn (born 1945), American television director
• Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945), American novelist
• Ellen Gleditsch (1879–1968), Norwegian radiochemist
• Ellen F. Golden (born 1946), American nonprofit executive
• Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, American television and film producer
• Ellen Goodman (born 1941), American journalist and writer
• Ellen Lakshmi Goreh (1853–1937), Indian poet
• Ellen Gorman (born 1955), American judge
• Ellen Gottschalch (1894–1981), Danish actress
• Ellen Graber, American-Israeli research scientist
• Ellen Louise Graham (born 1943), American journalist
• Ellen Granberg, American academic administrator
• Ellen Grant (1855–1922), the third child and only daughter of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th president of the United States
• Ellen Greenberg (1983–2011), American teacher, died either of suicide or homicide
• Ellen Greene (born 1951), American singer and actress
• Ellen Greenwood (1837–1917), New Zealand teacher and social worker
• Ellen Grimshaw, Australian actor
• Ellen Grindvold (born 1946), Norwegian basketball and tennis player
• Ellen R. Gritz (born 1944), American psychologist and cancer researcher
• Ellen Gronemeyer (born 1979), German painter
• Ellen Gruenbaum, American anthropologist
• Ellen Gulbranson (1863–1947), Swedish operatic soprano
• Ellen Gustafson, American businesswoman
• Ellen Gwaradzimba (1960–2021), Zimbabwean politician

H

• Ellen Hagan, Ghanaian entrepreneur
• Ellen Hagen (1873–1967), Swedish suffragette and politician
• Ellen Day Hale (1855–1940), American impressionist painter and printmaker
• Ellen Hall (1923–1999), American actress
• Ellen Roosval von Hallwyl (1867–1952), Swedish sculptor
• Ellen Halpenny (born 1990), New Zealand netball international
• Ellen Hamaker (born 1974), Dutch-American psychologist and statistician
• Ellen Hambro (born 1964), Norwegian civil servant
• Ellen Hamilton (1889–1970), Swedish fencer
• Ellen Hamlin (1835–1925), Second Lady of the United States
• Ellen Hammer (1921–2001), American historian
• Ellen Hancock, American businesswoman
• Ellen Handy (born 1961), American art critic and historian
• Ellen Hanley (1926–2007), American actress
• Ellen Hansell (1869–1937), American tennis player
• Ellen Harley (born 1946), American politician
• Ellen Hart (born 1949), American novelist
• Ellen Hartman (1860–1945), Swedish actress
• Ellen Harvey, American-British conceptual artist
• Ellen Douglass Hatch, Australian actress
• Ellen Inga O. Hætta (1953–2023), Norwegian-Sami school principal and politician
• Ellen Hayes (1851–1930), American mathematician
• Ellen Heine (1907–1989), New Zealand botanist, photographer and painter
• Ellen Hellmann (1908–1982), South African social anthropologist
• Ellen Roy Herzfelder, American former politician
• Ellen Hewett (1843–1926), New Zealand writer
• Ellen Charlotte Higgins (1871–1951), British teacher
• Ellen Hight (born 1981), Zambian swimmer
• Ellen Hildreth, American computer scientist
• Ellen Hillingsø (born 1967), Danish actress
• Ellen Hinsey (born 1960), American poet
• Ellen 't Hoen (born 1960), Dutch lawyer and Médecins sans Frontières director
• Ellen Hogerwerf (born 1989), Dutch rower
• Ellen Lipton Hollander (born 1949), American judge
• Ellen Hollman (born 1983), American actress
• Ellen Hollond (1822–1884), English writer and philanthropist
• Ellen Holly (1931–2023), American actress
• Ellen Hoog (born 1986), Dutch field hockey player
• Ellen Sturgis Hooper (1812–1848), American poet
• Ellen Hooton, British child laborer
• Ellen Hopkins (born 1955), American writer
• Ellen Evert Hopman (born 1952), American author, herbalist, lay homeopath, lecturer and mental health counselor
• Ellen Horn (born 1951), Norwegian actress, theater director, and politician
• Ellen Hørup (1871–1953), Danish journalist and non-fiction writer
• Ellen Hovde (1925–2023), American documentarian
• Ellen Jane Hover (died 1977), American murder victim
• Ellen Clementine Howarth, American poet
• Ellen Howell (born 1961), American astronomer and planetary scientist
• Ellen Huet, American journalist
• Ellen Hughes (1862–1927), Welsh-language writer, temperance reformer and suffragist
• Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, American economist
• Ellen Kent Hughes (1893–1979), Australian medical practitioner
• Ellen Hunnicutt (1931–2003), American author
• Ellen Hunter (born 1968), Welsh racing cyclist
• Ellen Hutchins (1785–1815), Irish botanist, writer and illustrator
• Ellen Segal Huvelle (born 1948), American judge

I

• Ellen Idelson (1961–2003), American television producer
• Ellen Iden (1897–1961), Norwegian artist
• Ellen M. Immergut, political scientist
• Ellen Ingvadóttir (born 1953), Icelandic swimmer
• Ellen Isefiær (1899–1985), Norwegian actress and stage director

J

• Ellen Jaffee (born 1944), American politician
• Ellen Jansen (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Ellen Jansø (1907–1981), Danish actress
• Ellen Jeffreys (1827–1904), New Zealand artist
• Ellen Jens (1940–2023), Dutch television director and producer
• Ellen Johnson (disambiguation)
• Ellen Johnston (c. 1835–1874?), Scottish power-loom weaver and poet
• Ellen Jokikunnas (born 1976), Finnish model and television host
• Ellen Jolin (1854–1939), Swedish artist
• Ellen Jones (disambiguation)
• Ellen Jorgensen (born 1955), American molecular biologist and community science advocate
• Ellen Jørgensen, Danish historian and librarian
• Ellen José (c. 1951–2017), Australian photographer
• Ellen Joyce (1832–1924), British organizer of women's emigration
• Ellen Juntti (born 1958), Swedish politician

K

• Ellen Kaarma (1928–1973), Estonian actress
• Ellen Kaisse, American linguist
• Ellen Kandeler (born 1957), German biologist and agricultural scientist
• Ellen S. Kappel, American oceanographer
• Ellen Karcher (born 1964), American politician
• Ellen Karlsson (born 1994), Swedish footballer
• Ellen Kean (1805–1880), English actress
• Ellen Keane (born 1995), Irish Paralympic swimmer
• Ellen J. Kennedy, American academic
• Ellen Kent, British theatre director
• Ellen Goosenberg Kent, American film producer and director
• Ellen Ketterson, American biologist
• Ellen Kettle (1922–1999), Australian nurse and midwife
• Ellen Key (1849–1926), Swedish feminist writer and suffragette
• Ellen Kidd (c. 1852–1932), American suffragist and businesswoman
• Ellen Kiessling (born 1968), German track and field athlete
• Ellen Y.D. Kim, South Korean film producer
• Ellen King (1909–1994), Scottish swimmer
• Ellen Olney Kirk (1842–1928), American novelist
• Ellen Kirkman, American mathematician
• Ellen Kjellberg (born 1948), Norwegian dancer
• Ellen Klages (born 1954), American writer
• Ellen Kleman, Swedish writer and women's rights activist
• Ellen Mary Knox (1858–1924), Canadian educator and school administrator
• Ellen Kooi (born 1962), Dutch artist and photographer
• Ellen Kooijman, Dutch geoscientist
• Ellen Kort, American poet
• Ellen Ernst Kossek, American academic and social scientist
• Ellen Krause (1905–1990), Danish artist
• Ellen Krauss (born 2000), Swedish singer
• Ellen Krug (born 1956), American lawyer
• Ellen Kuhl, professor at Stanford University
• Ellen Kuipers (born 1971), Dutch field hockey player
• Ellen J. Kullman (born 1956), American business executive, CEO of DuPont
• Ellen Kuras (born 1959), American cinematographer and film director
• Ellen Kürti (1903–1966), Hungarian actress
• Ellen Kushner (born 1955), American writer
• Ellen Kuzwayo (1914–2006), South African women's rights activist and politician

L

• Ellen La Motte (1873–1961), American nurse, journalist and author
• Ellen Lahn (1918–2004), Norwegian politician
• Ellen Land-Weber (born 1943), American photographer and author
• Ellen van Langen (born 1966), Dutch middle-distance runner
• Ellen Langer (born 1947), American psychologist
• Ellen Langwith, English businesswoman
• Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), American painter
• Ellen Hodakova Larsson, Swedish fashion designer
• Ellen Lax (born 1885, date of death unknown), German physicist
• Ellen Petry Leanse (born 1958), American author and businesswoman
• Ellen Lee (born 1957), Singaporean politician
• Ellen Leibenluft, American psychiatrist
• Ellen Lenneck (1851–1880), German novelist
• Ellen Leonard (1933–2022), Canadian theologian and Roman Catholic religious sister
• Ellen Lesperance (born 1971), American artist and educator
• Ellen Levine, American media executive
• Ellen Levy, American multimedia artist
• Ellen Lewin, anthropologist and professor
• Ellen Lewis, American casting director
• Ellen Liiger (1918–1987), Estonian actress
• Ellen Kate Limouzin (1870–1950), British suffragette, socialist, music hall performer, writer and Esperanto speaker
• Ellen Lipton (born 1967), American politician from Michigan
• Ellen Liston, Australian writer and educator
• Ellen Litman, American novelist
• Ellen Löfqvist (born 1997), Swedish footballer
• Ellen Lohr (born 1965), German racing driver
• Ellen Margrethe Løj (born 1948), Danish diplomat
• Ellen Longmire, American applied physicist and mechanical engineer
• Ellen Joyce Loo (1986–2018), Hong Kong musician, singer-songwriter and record producer
• Ellen Lord, American businesswoman and government official
• Ellen Jane Lorenz (1907–1996), American composer
• Ellen Lumpkin, American neuroscientist
• Ellen Lupton, American graphic designer

M

• Ellen MacArthur (born 1976), British yachtswoman
• Ellen MacGregor (1906–1954), American novelist
• Ellen J. MacKenzie, American scientist and academic administrator
• Ellen MacKinnon (1926–2001), Canadian politician
• Ellen Maggs (born 1996), English footballer
• Ellen Malcolm (born 1947), American activist
• Ellen Malos (1937–2023), Australian-British scholar and activist
• Ellen Manderfield (1916–1999), American industrial designer
• Ellen van Maris (born 1957), Dutch bodybuilder
• Ellen Markman, American psychologist
• Ellen Marlow (born 1994), American actress
• Ellen Marriage (1865–1946), English female novelist
• Ellen Marsvin (1572–1649), Danish noble, landowner and county administrator
• Ellen Martin (disambiguation)
• Ellen Marx (disambiguation)
• Ellen Masaki, American music teacher and pianist
• Ellen Mason (disambiguation)
• Ellen Buckingham Mathews (1849–1920), English novelist
• Ellen Mattson (born 1962), Swedish writer
• Ellen Mattsson (born 1973), Swedish actress
• Ellen Maycock (born 1950), American mathematician
• Ellen McArthur (1862–1927), British economic historian
• Ellen McCaleb, American artist
• Ellen E. McCarthy, American intelligence officer
• Ellen McCarthy, American urban planner
• Ellen McCormack (1926–2011), American politician
• Ellen McCourt (born 1984), British trade unionist
• Ellen McCulloch (1930–2005), Australian nature writer
• Ellen McCullough (1908–1985), British trade unionist
• Ellen McElduff (born 1964), Canadian actress
• Ellen Barnes McGinnis (1842–1890), American enslaved woman
• Ellen McGrattan (born 1962), American economist
• Ellen McIlwaine (1945–2021), American musician
• Ellen McLain (born 1952), American voice actress
• Ellen McLaughlin (born 1957), American playwright and actress
• Ellen McMahon (born 1951), American graphic designer and professor
• Ellen Meade, American beauty pageant titleholder
• Ellen Meara, American health economist
• Ellen Meijers (born c.1971), Dutch video game music composer
• Ellen Meliesie (born 1963), Dutch rower
• Ellen Meloy (1946–2004), American nature writer
• Ellen Melville (1882–1946), New Zealand politician
• Ellen Louise Mertz (1896–1987), Danish geologist
• Ellen von Meyern (1881–c. 1912), New Zealand painter
• Ellen Miles (born 1957), American writer
• Ellen Miller (disambiguation)
• Ellen Mirojnick (born 1949), American costume designer
• Ellen Mitchell (philosopher), American philosopher and educator
• Ellen Mitchell, Norwegian handball player
• Ellen Moffat (born 1954), Canadian media artist
• Ellen Moir, American nonprofit executive
• Ellen 'Maposholi Molapo, Mosotho politician
• Ellen Molekane (born 1953), South African politician
• Ellen Molloy (born 2004), Irish footballer
• Ellen Montalba (1842–1930), British artist
• Ellen Moons, Belgian materials scientist and academic
• Ellen Bryan Moore (1912–1999), American politician
• Ellen Moran (born 1966), American politician
• Ellen More, 16th-century African servant at the Scottish court
• Ellen Morphonios (1929–2002), American judge
• Ellen Mortyn (c. 1834–1859), English actress
• Ellen Mosley-Thompson, American glaciologist and climatologist
• Ellen Moyer (born 1936), American politician
• Ellen Muehlberger, American scholar
• Ellen Mundinger (born 1955), German high jumper
• Ellen Murphy (born 1995), Irish rugby player
• Ellen Murray, American painter
• Ellen Spencer Mussey (1850–1936), American lawyer
• Ellen Musson (1867–1960), British nurse
• Ellen Muth (born 1981), American actress

N

• Ellen Torelle Nagler (1870–1965), American biologist, author, lecturer
• Ellen Nakashima, American journalist
• Ellen Namhila, vice rector of the University of Namibia
• Ellen van Neerven, Australian Aboriginal writer, educator and editor
• Ellen Nielsen (1871–1960), Danish missionary and educator
• Ellen Niit (1928–2016), Estonian children's writer, poet and translator
• Ellen Nikolaysen (born 1951), Norwegian actress
• Ellen Nisbeth (born 1987), Swedish violist
• Ellen Noble (born 1995), American cyclist
• Ellen Kyle Noel (1815–1873), Irish Canadian writer
• Ellen Trane Nørby (born 1980), Danish politician
• Ellen Gracie Northfleet (born 1948), Brazilian judge
• Ellen Nowak, American attorney and politician
• Ellen Nussey (1817–1897), British writer
• Ellen Nyman (born 1971), Swedish actress, performance artist and theatre director

O

• Ellen Ochoa (born 1958), American engineer and astronaut
• Ellen O'Doherty (1894–1983), Australian religious, superior general of Sisters of Charity
• Ellen Oh, American author
• Ellen O'Keefe, Irish-American nurse and immigrant
• Ellen O'Leary, Irish poet
• Ellen Oléria (born 1982), Brazilian singer
• Ellen Oliver (disambiguation)
• Ellen Sofie Olsvik (born 1962), Norwegian orienteer
• Ellen Oppenheimer (born 1952), American quilter
• Ellen Organ (1903–1908), Irish child mystic
• Ellen Sewall Osgood (1822–1892), American amateur geologist
• Ellen Osiier (1890–1962), Danish Olympic fencing foil champion
• Ellen Owen (born 1963), American diver

P

• Ellen Page, former name of Elliot Page (born 1987), Canadian actor
• Ellen Webster Palmer (1839–1918), early advocate for child labor laws
• Ellen Palmstierna, Swedish activist
• Ellen Paneok (1959–2008), first indigenous Alaskan woman to become a licensed pilot
• Ellen Pao (born 1970), American lawyer, former CEO of Reddit
• Ellen Mary Paraman, governess to George Curzon
• Ellen Park (born 1972), American lawyer and Democratic Party politician
• Ellen Parker (actress) (born 1949), American actress
• Ellen Pau, Chinese artist, curator and researcher
• Ellen M. Pawlikowski, United States Air Force general
• Ellen Nora Payne (1865–1962), Australian woodcarver
• Ellen E. Peck (c. 1830s—after 1925?), American criminal
• Ellen Peck (1942–1995), American feminist and writer
• Ellen Birgitte Pedersen (born 1955), Norwegian politician
• Ellen Hart Peña (born 1958), American lawyer and athlete
• Ellen Pence (1948–2011), American sociologist and activist
• Ellen Pennock (born 1992), Canadian triathlete
• Ellen Perez (born 1995), Australian tennis player
• Ellen E. Perry, American classicist
• Ellen Perry, American film director
• Ellen Peters (disambiguation)
• Ellen Dorrit Petersen (born 1975), Norwegian actress
• Ellen Peterson (1923–2011), American activist
• Ellen Petri (born 1982), Belgian beauty pageant
• Ellen Phelan, American painter
• Ellen Picard, Canadian former law professor and judge
• Ellen Pickering (c. 1802–1843), British novelist
• Ellen Pinsent (1866–1949), British mental health worker
• Ellen Plessow (1891–1967), German actress
• Ellen Pollock (1903–1997), British actress
• Ellen Pompeo (born 1969), American actress
• Ellen Popeyus, Dutch former footballer
• Ellen Port (born 1961), American amateur golfer and former coach
• Ellen Potter, American author
• Ellen Culver Potter (1871–1958), American physician
• Ellen Preis (1912–2007), German-born Austrian Olympic champion foil fencer
• Ellen Prendergast (1918–1999), Ireland's first female professional archaeologist
• Ellen Price (1878–1968), Danish actress and ballerina
• Ellen Prince (1944–2010), American linguist
• Ellen Prince (costume designer), American actress and costume designer
• Ellen Prom (1865–c. 1925), Norwegian actress
• Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle (1876–1936), American illustrator

Q

• Ellen Schulz Quillin (1887–1970), American botanist, author, educator and museum director

R

• Ellen Emmet Rand (1875–1941), American painter
• Ellen Henrietta Ranyard (1810–1879), English writer and missionary
• Ellen Rapoport, American television writer, producer and director
• Ellen Raskin (1928–1984), American writer and illustrator
• Ellen Rathje, American civil engineer
• Ellen Ratner, American news analyst
• Ellen Ravenscroft, American painter
• Ellen Read, American politician
• Ellen Elizabeth Reed (c. 1916–2020), British code-breaker
• Ellen P. Reese (1926–1997), American psychologist
• Ellen Reid (born 1966), Canadian musician
• Ellen Reid (composer), American composer
• Ellen Renfroe (born 1992), American softball player
• Ellen Swallow Richards (1842–1911), American industrial and environmental chemist
• Ellen Riloff, American computer scientist
• Ellen Ringier (1951–2025), Swiss publisher
• Ellen Robbins, American botanical illustrator
• Ellen Roberts (born 1959), Colorado State Representative
• Ellen Roberts (softball) (born 1992), Australian softball and baseball player
• Ellen Robertson, British actress and writer
• Ellen Robinson (1840–1912), British teacher, Quaker minister, feminist and peace activist
• Ellen Rocche (born 1979), Brazilian actress
• Ellen Roche (born 1979), Brazilian actress and model
• Ellen Rochefort (born 1954), Canadian long-distance runner
• Ellen Rockmore, American politician
• Ellen Rometsch (born 1936), German club hostess
• Ellen Roosevelt (1868–1954), American tennis player
• Ellen Mary Rope (1855–1934), British sculptor
• Ellen Alida Rose (1843–1???), American agriculturist, suffragist
• Ellen Roseman, Canadian journalist
• Ellen Rosenblum (born 1951), American politician
• Ellen Rosenbush, American journalist
• Ellen Rothenberg (disambiguation)
• Ellen G. K. Rubin, American book collector
• Ellen Sergeant Rude (1838–1916), American writer and poet
• Ellen Ryan (c. 1851–1920), Australian publican and entrepreneur
• Ellen Rydelius (1885–1957), Swedish translator and writer

S

• Ellen Clara Sabin (1850–1949), American educator
• Ellen Samyn (born 1980), Belgian politician
• Ellen Sandelin (1862–1907), Swedish physician
• Ellen Sandell (born 1984), Australian environmentalist and politician
• Ellen A. Sandimanie, Liberian city official
• Ellen Sandweiss (born 1958), American actress
• Ellen Santana (born 1998), Brazilian judoka
• Ellen Sarjeant (1868–1939), New Zealand artist, curator, registrar and philanthropist
• Ellen Sauerbrey (born 1937), American politician
• Ellen Savage (192–1985), Australian army nurse and hospital matron
• Ellen Mills Scarbrough (1900–1983), Liberian politician
• Ellen Schlichting (born 1957), Norwegian gastroenterological surgeon
• Ellen Schmidt (1922–1997), German art director
• Ellen Schrecker (born 1938), American historian
• Ellen Schreiber (born 1967), American young adult fiction author
• Ellen Schulten-Baumer (born 1979), German dressage rider
• Ellen Schutt (born 1995), American politician
• Ellen Isham Schutt (1873–1955), American botanical illustrator
• Ellen Schwamm (born 1934), American novelist
• Ellen Schwanneke (1906–1972), German dancer and actress
• Ellen Schwiers (1930–2019), German actress
• Ellen Browning Scripps (1836–1932), American journalist and philanthropist
• Ellen Seip (born 1949), Norwegian civil servant
• Ellen Churchill Semple (1863–1932), American geographer
• Ellen Shade (born 1944), American opera singer
• Ellen Sharples (1769–1849), British artist
• Ellen Eddy Shaw (1874–1960), American writer
• Ellen Sheidlin (born 1994), Russian photoblogger and fashion designer
• Ellen Ruppel Shell, American journalist
• Ellen Shenton, English sculptor
• Ellen Shine (1891–1993), survivor of the RMS Titanic
• Ellen Shipley (born 1949), American musician and songwriter
• Ellen Biddle Shipman (1869–1950), American landscape architect
• Ellen Shub (1946–2019), American photojournalist
• Ellen Shumsky, American lesbian feminist activist
• Ellen Sidransky, American pediatrician and clinical geneticist
• Ellen Silbergeld, American academic and biologist
• Ellen Rosalie Simon (1916–2011), Canadia artist
• Ellen Simpson, Canadian writer
• Ellen Sinding (1899–1980), Norwegian actress and dancer
• Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 1938), President of Liberia
• Ellen Skerritt (born 1994), Australian cyclist
• Ellen Aslaksdatter Skum (1827–1895), Norwegian Sami reindeer herder
• Ellen Sletten, American chemist
• Ellen Smith (disambiguation)
• Ellen M. Cyr Smith, American author and educator
• Ellen Smyly (1815–1901), Irish charity worker
• Ellen Spertus, American computer scientist
• Ellen Spiegel, American politician
• Ellen Spijkstra (born 1957), Dutch ceramic artist and photographer
• Ellen S. Spinden (1897–1985), American archaeologist
• Ellen Spiro, American film director
• Ellen Sprunger (born 1986), Swiss athlete
• Ellen Stager (1865–1951), American heiress and British peeress
• Ellen Gates Starr (1859–1940), American social activist
• Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown, English tennis and badminton player
• Ellen Steiber, American novelist
• Ellen Margrethe Stein (1893–1979), Danish actress
• Ellen Stekert (born 1935), professor of English and folklorist
• Ellen Stevenson (née Borden, 1907–1972), American socialite and First Lady of Illinois
• Ellen Stewart (disambiguation)
• Ellen Stiefler (born 1958), American agent, producer and lawyer
• Ellen Stimson (born 1962), American author
• Ellen Stofan (born 1961), Under Secretary for Science and Research at The Smithsonian
• Ellen Stone (disambiguation)
• Ellen Story (born 1941), American politician
• Ellen Sulzberger Straus (1925–1995), American businesswoman and philanthropist
• Ellen Streidt (born 1952), East German sprinter
• Ellen E. Strong, American malacologist
• Ellen Sussman, American novel writer
• Ellen Svinhufvud (1869–1953), First Lady of Finland
• Ellen Swift (born 1972), British archaeologist

T

• Ellen Tamaki (born 1992), American actress
• Ellen Tauscher (1951–2019), American politician, Under Secretary of State
• Ellen Taylor, Irish author
• Ellen Ternan (1839–1914), English actress
• Ellen Terry (1847–1928), English stage actress
• Ellen Thesleff (1869–1954), Finnish painter
• Ellen Thomas (born 1947), American peace activist
• Ellen Thomas (actress) (born 1964), Sierra Leonean-British actress
• Ellen Thomas (scientist), Dutch-born environmental scientist
• Ellen Thompson (disambiguation)
• Ellen Powell Tiberino (1937–1992), African-American visual artist
• Ellen Tiedtke (1930–2022), German actress
• Ellen Tittel (1948–2023), German middle-distance runner
• Ellen Joy Todd (1860–1948), Australian journalist, feminist and editor
• Ellen Tomek (born 1984), American rower
• Ellen Travolta (born 1940), American actress
• Ellen Trevorrow (born 1955), Aboriginal Australian weaver and cultural educator
• Ellen Tronnier (1927–2015), American baseball player
• Ellen Trotzig (1878–1949), Swedish artist
• Ellen Troxclair, American politician
• Ellen Trueblood (1911–1994), American mycologist
• Ellen Tuckey (1884–1939), one of the first three women
• Ellen Smith Tupper (1822–1888), American writer, expert beekeeper and first female editor

U

• Ellen Ueberschär, German evangelical theologian
• Ellen Ugland (1953–2010), Norwegian billionaire
• Ellen Ullman (born 1949), American writer and programmer
• Ellen Umansky, American academic
• Ellen von Unwerth (born 1954), German photographer and director
• Ellen Urbani (born 1969), American author
• Ellen Uuspõld (1927–2019), Estonian linguist

V

• Ellen Van Loy (born 1980), Belgian cyclo-cross cyclist
• Ellen Van Volkenburg (1882–1978), American actress
• Ellen Marie Vars (born 1957), Norwegian Sami writer
• Ellen Venker (born 1983), Dutch softball player
• Ellen Vilbaste (1893–1974), Estonian botanist
• Ellen Vitetta, American immunologist
• Ellen Vogel (1922–2015), Dutch actress
• Ellen Bryant Voigt (born 1943), American poet
• Ellen Voorhees, American computer scientist

W

• Ellen Walshe (born 2001), Irish swimmer
• Ellen Walther (born 1999), Swiss Paralympic snowboarder
• Ellen Hardin Walworth (1832–1915), American lawyer
• Ellen Andrea Wang (born 1986), Norwegian jazz musician
• Ellen Wangerheim (born 2004), Swedish association footballer
• Ellen Wartella (born 1949), American child development
• Ellen Lima Wassu, Brazilian indigenous writer
• Ellen Doré Watson, American poet, translator and teacher
• Ellen Watson (1860–1889), American rancher
• Ellen Watson (cricketer) (born 2000), Scottish cricketer
• Ellen Watters (1988–2016), Canadian cyclist
• Ellen Weaver (born 1979), American politician
• Ellen Armstrong Weaver (1844–1924), American clubwoman
• Ellen Webber (1926–2003), Canadian politician and lawyer
• Ellen Webster (1881–1965), Australian politician
• Ellen Weeton (1776–1850), English school mistress, woman letter writer and governess
• Ellen van der Weijden-Bast (born 1971), Dutch water polo player
• Ellen Weinberg-Hughes (born 1969), American ice hockey player
• Ellen Weintraub, member of the United States Federal Election Commission
• Ellen Havre Weis (1957–2021), American historian and museum co-founder
• Ellen Weiss (born 1959), American journalist
• Ellen Weston (born 1939), American actress, producer and writer
• Ellen Wheeler (born 1961), American actress, director and producer
• Ellen Whinnett (born 1971), Australian journalist
• Ellen Whitaker (born 1986), English snow jumping rider
• Ellen White (disambiguation)
• E. Florence Whitlock (1889–1978), British composer, conductor and educator
• Ellen Whitmore (1828–1861), American educator and missionary
• Ellen Wibe (born 1965), Norwegian politician
• Ellen Widder (born 1955), German historian
• Ellen Wiegers (born 1980), Dutch speed skater
• Ellen Wiener (born 1954), American painter
• Ellen Wilkinson (1891–1947), British politician
• Ellen Williams (disambiguation)
• Ellen Willis (1941–2006), American writer
• Ellen Willmott (1858–1934), English horticulturalist
• Ellen Wilson (disambiguation)
• Ellen Winner (born 1947), psychologist
• Ellen Black Winston (1903–1984), American sociologist and social worker
• Ellen Winther (1933–2011), Danish opera singer
• Ellen Wittlinger (1948–2022), American author
• Ellen Woglom (born 1987), American actress
• Ellen E. Wohl, American aquatic scientist
• Ellen van Wolde (born 1954), Dutch biblical scholar
• Ellen Wondra, American theologian
• Ellen Wong (born 1985), Canadian actress
• Ellen Wood (disambiguation)
• Ellen Woodbury (born 1962), American sculptor
• Ellen Woodlock (1811–1884), Irish philanthropist
• Ellen Sullivan Woodward (1887–1971), American politician
• Ellen Riley Wright (1859–1904), English composer

Y

• Ellen Beach Yaw (1869–1947), American opera singer
• Ellen Yoffa, American physicist and technical executive
• Ellen Young (disambiguation)

Z

• Ellen Zavian (born 1963), American sports agent
• Ellen W. Zegura, American computer scientist
• Ellen Zentner, American economist
• Ellen Gould Zweibel (born 1952), American astrophysicist
• Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (born 1939), American classical music composer

Fictional characters

• Ellen, in the post-apocalyptic short story "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
• Ellen, one of the two main characters in the book series and animated television series Edgar & Ellen
• Ellen, the main character in the American animated television series Ellen's Acres
• Ellen, in the 1990 American comedy movie Ski Patrol
• Ellen, in the 1997 American drama television movie Deep Family Secrets
• Ellen, in the 2000 American fantasy-comedy TV movie Life-Size
• Ellen, in the 2015 American comedy-drama movie The Breakup Girl
• Ellen, in the 2016 American workplace teen comedy movie Hickey
• Ellen, in the American science fiction horror film Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys
• Ellen, in the American TV sitcom Will & Grace
• Ellen, the titular character in the 1990s Swedish children's book series by Catarina Kruusval
• Ellen Ashland, in the movie Sightless
• Ellen Bains, in the movie Back to the Future
• Ellen Berent, in the 1988 American made-for-television drama film Too Good to Be True
• Ellen Blake, played by Loni Anderson in the 1984 TV movie My Mother's Secret Life
• Ellen Brody, in the Jaws movie franchise
• Ellen Foxworthy, in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary
• Ellen Grant, the main character in the 1949 American comedy movie Miss Grant Takes Richmond
• Ellen Griswold, a character in the a 1989 American Christmas slapstick comedy movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
• Ellen Harper, a character on the American sitcom Mama's Family
• Mrs. Ellen Hartley, in the American 1947 drama movie Seven Were Saved
• Ellen Hutter, a main character in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu
• Ellen Joe, a playable character in the video game Zenless Zone Zero
• Ellen Johnson, in the American teen comedy drama Teenage Bounty Hunters
• Ellen Kurokawa, in the Japanese anime series Suite PreCure (also called Eren)
• Ellen Lamb, in the 1985 science fiction movie D.A.R.Y.L.
• Ellen Lindsey, the main character in the movie 1974 American made-for-television drama Can Ellen Be Saved
• Ellen Macauley, in One of Us Is Lying
• Ellen Morgan, the main character in the TV series Ellen
• Ellen Powell, in the American sitcom Charles in Charge
• Ellen Randall, in the Canadian-produced sitcom Learning the Ropes
• Ellen Reed, a character in five episodes of the American TV sitcom Family Ties
• Ellen Ripley, the protagonist in the Alien film series
• Ellen Rockland, in the 1988 American science-fiction horror movie Pulse
• Ellen Tebbits, the titular character in Beverly Cleary's 1951 novel
• Ellen Webster, a character in the American crime drama legal drama television series Jake and the Fatman
• Ellen Wilson (character), in the American science fiction web television series For All Mankind
• Ellen Wright, the older sister of the antagonist in Big Nate

See also

• Aileen, a given name
• Elena (disambiguation)
• Elen (disambiguation)
• Ellen (disambiguation)
• Elín (disambiguation)
• Ellon (disambiguation)
• Helena (disambiguation)
• Helen (disambiguation)
• Helene (disambiguation)