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Ellen Solomon

Ellen Solomon is a British human and cancer geneticist at King's College London known for her work on breast cancer genetics and acute promyelocytic leukemia.

Ellen Strophal Streidt

Ellen Strophal Streidt is a German sprinter who won 400 meters bronze and 4 × 400 meters relay gold for East Germany at the 1976 Olympics.

Ellen T. Sletten

Ellen T. Sletten, also known as Ellen M. Sletten, is an American chemist and professor at UCLA known for shortwave infrared fluorophores that enable non-invasive imaging in mice.

Ellen Ternan

Ellen Lawless Ternan (Nelly, 1839-1914), English actress and Charles Dickens's secret companion from 1857 until his death in 1870; later married George Wharton Robinson; her story was reconstructed by Claire Tomalin's The Invisible Woman.

Ellen Tittel Wellmann

Ellen Tittel Wellmann (Ellen Tittel, later Wellmann, later Wessinghage; 1948-2023) was a West German 1500 m runner: 1971 European bronze, 1973 European indoor gold, 38 German titles, 1975 Sportswoman of the Year, two-time Olympian.

Ellen Travolta

Ellen Travolta, American actress born in Englewood, New Jersey (sources differ: 1939 or 1940), sister of John Travolta; played Chachi's mother Louisa on Happy Days and Joanie Loves Chachi and Lillian on Charles in Charge.

Ellen Troxclair

Ellen Troxclair is an American Republican politician serving in the Texas House of Representatives from District 19, elected in 2022 after serving on the Austin City Council.

Ellen V. Rothenberg

Ellen V. Rothenberg is a molecular immunologist at Caltech known for decoding the gene networks that drive T-cell development; she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2021.

Ellen van Dijk

Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cyclist (born 1987, Harmelen), three-time world time trial champion (2013, 2021, 2022), 2022 Hour Record holder at 49.254 km, 2014 Tour of Flanders winner, retired 2025 with 70 wins, now Lidl-Trek coach.

Ellen van Langen

Ellen van Langen (b. 1966, Oldenzaal) is a Dutch former 800 m runner, 1992 Barcelona Olympic champion in 1:55.54, still the Dutch record; later athletes manager and FBK Games meeting director.

Ellen Whitaker

Ellen Whitaker (born 1986, Barnsley) is a British showjumper of the Whitaker dynasty, niece of John and Michael; 2007 European team bronze, Hickstead Speed Derby winner.

Ellen White (footballer)

Ellen White, born 1989 in Aylesbury, English forward and England Women's all-time top scorer with 52 goals in 113 caps; Euro 2022 winner; retired August 2022; now BBC pundit.

Ellen Wong

Ellen Wong (born 1985) is a Canadian actress from Scarborough, Ontario, of Cambodian descent, known as Knives Chau in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Mouse in The Carrie Diaries, and Jenny Chey in GLOW.

Ellen Wood (novelist)

Ellen Wood, known as Mrs Henry Wood, was an English novelist and magazine editor whose bestseller East Lynne (1861) made her a founder of Victorian sensation fiction alongside Wilkie Collins.

Ellen's Game of Games

Ellen's Game of Games, also Game of Games, was an NBC primetime game show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres from December 2017 to May 2021, with supersized Ellen Show games, Know or Go, Hot Hands, a $100,000 prize, and four seasons before cancellation.

Ellensburg, Washington

Ellensburg, county seat of Kittitas County in central Washington, sits near the state's geographic center and is home to Central Washington University and the Ellensburg Rodeo.

Ellerstina

Ellerstina is an Argentine high-goal polo team founded in 1992 by Gonzalo Pieres and Kerry Packer, with 6 Argentine Open titles and a famous rivalry with La Dolfina.

Ellery Clark

Ellery Clark (1874–1949) was an American track and field athlete who won both the high jump and long jump at the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the first modern Games.

Ellery Queen

Ellery Queen: joint pseudonym of American cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, and the fictional amateur detective they created in The Roman Hat Mystery (1929), famous for fair-play puzzles, the Challenge to the Reader, and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.

Ellesmere Island

Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada's northernmost Arctic island, 196,236 km², tenth largest island in the world, home to Cape Columbia, Barbeau Peak, Quttinirpaaq National Park, and rapidly declining Arctic ice shelves.

Ellesse

Ellesse (elle esse, from founder Leonardo Servadio's initials L.S.) is an Italian sportswear brand founded in Perugia in 1959, known for ski trousers, the Jet Pant, the half-ball logo, and 1980s tennis sponsorships of Chris Evert and Boris Becker; owned by Pentland since 1994.

Ellesse Andrews

Ellesse Andrews is a New Zealand track cyclist who won Olympic gold in the sprint and keirin at Paris 2024 after keirin silver at Tokyo 2020.

Elli AvrRam

Elli AvrRam, born Elisabet Avramidou Granlund in 1990, is a Swedish-Greek actress known in India since Bigg Boss season 7 and her 2013 debut Mickey Virus.

Elli et Jacno

Elli et Jacno were a French synth-pop duo formed by singer Elli Medeiros and musician Denis Quilliard, both formerly of the punk group Stinky Toys, active from 1979 to 1984.

Elli Kokkinou

Elli Kokkinou (Greek: Έλλη Κοκκίνου) is a Greek laiko-pop singer active since the late 1990s, best known for her hits with songwriter Phoebus, beginning with the 2003 platinum album Sto Kokkino.

Elli Papaemmanuil

Elli Papaemmanuil is a molecular geneticist leading the Papaemmanuil Lab at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, known for the 2016 genomic classification of acute myeloid leukemia.

Ellia Green

Ellia Green is a retired Australian rugby sevens player who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and scored a record 141 international tries for Australia.

Ellicott City, Maryland

Ellicott City, Maryland: historic Howard County mill town founded in 1772 by the Ellicott brothers on the Patapsco River; county seat, National Register district (1978), population 75,947 (2020), known for 2016 and 2018 floods and the Safe and Sound mitigation plan.

Ellie (The Last of Us)

Ellie is the immune protagonist of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us games, playable in Left Behind and Part II, voiced by Ashley Johnson and played by Bella Ramsey in the HBO series; known for Joel's hospital choice, her revenge arc, and landmark queer representation.

Ellie & Natasia

Ellie & Natasia is a British sketch show written by and starring comedians Ellie White and Natasia Demetriou, broadcast on BBC Three and BBC Two.