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Ellen Osiier
Ellen Osiier (Ellen Ottilia Osiier, née Thomsen, 1890–1962), Danish foil fencer; first female Olympic fencing champion, winning all 16 bouts for gold at Paris 1924; wife of Ivan Osiier; Denmark's only Olympic fencing gold medalist.
Ellen Pao
Ellen Kangru Pao, born 1970, is an American lawyer and investor known as Reddit's former interim CEO and for a landmark gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins.
Ellen Park
Ellen Park is a Democratic member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 37th district since 2022, and the first East Asian woman in the legislature.
Ellen Pompeo
Ellen Pompeo (born 1969, Everett, Massachusetts), American actress and producer, Dr. Meredith Grey on Grey's Anatomy since 2005; $20 million-a-year deal made her TV drama's highest-paid actress; stars in Good American Family (2025).
Ellen R. M. Druffel
Ellen R. M. Druffel is an American chemical oceanographer and biogeochemist at UC Irvine known for using radiocarbon to trace the marine carbon cycle and ocean circulation.
Ellen R. Wald
Ellen R. Wald is an American pediatric infectious disease physician-scientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, known for research on sinusitis, otitis media, and urinary tract infections in children.
Ellen Ripley
Ellen Ripley, played by Sigourney Weaver, is the fictional warrant officer protagonist of Alien (1979), Aliens, Alien3, and Alien: Resurrection; an iconic action heroine who survives Xenomorph encounters, is cloned as Ripley 8, and inspires the franchise.
Ellen Robertson
Ellen Robertson refers to several people: a British actress, writer and comedian of the sketch duo Britney (Vladimir, Mickey 17, Black Mirror); Ellen M. Robertson, an anatomical education researcher at Randolph-Macon College; Ellen P. Robertson, a USGS wildlife ecologist; and chemist Ellen J. Robertson.
Ellen S. Vitetta
Ellen S. Vitetta is an American immunologist and Professor Emeritus at UT Southwestern in Dallas, elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994, known for B cell biology and antibody-based cancer therapies.
Ellen Sidransky
Ellen Sidransky is an American pediatrician and clinical geneticist at the NIH who established GBA1 mutations as the most common genetic risk factor for Parkinson's disease.
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.