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Ellen Hayes

Ellen Hayes, American woman long jumper, set an early world best of 5.00 m (16'5") at Sweetbriar College Field Day, dated 1913 by the IAAF progression and 1916 by another history; a pre-federation reference mark, not a ratified record.

Ellen Hoog

Ellen Hoog (Ellen Marijn Hoog, born 1986, Bloemendaal) is a Dutch former field hockey attacker, 232 caps, Olympic gold 2008 and 2012, silver 2016, world champion 2006 and 2014, FIH Player of the Year 2014.

Ellen MacArthur

Dame Ellen MacArthur, British yachtswoman (Vendée Globe 2001 runner-up; 2005 solo round-the-world record, 71 days), retired 2009 and founded the Ellen MacArthur Foundation for the circular economy.

Ellen McLain

Ellen McLain is an American opera singer and voice actress from Nashville, Tennessee, best known as the voice of GLaDOS, the artificial intelligence antagonist of Valve's Portal games.

Ellen Muller Preis

Ellen Muller Preis (Ellen Preis, Ellen Sigurd Hildegard Müller-Preis, 1912-2007), Austrian foil fencer; 1932 Olympic gold, 1936 and 1948 bronze, five Games, three world titles.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Aldridge

Ellie Aldridge (Eleanor Aldridge, born 1996) is a British Formula Kite sailor, first Olympic champion in women's kiteboarding at Paris 2024, 2023 European champion, four-time world medallist, MBE.

Ellie Carpenter

Ellie Carpenter, born 2000 in Cowra NSW, is an Australian right-back and Matildas vice-captain playing for Chelsea. First Australian international born in the 21st century; youngest ever Olympic women's footballer; three-time Champions League winner with Lyon.

Ellie Daniel

Ellie Daniel (Eleanor Suzanne Daniel, born 1950) is an American swimmer who won four Olympic medals (gold 1968 4x100 medley relay, silver 100 fly, two bronze 200 fly) and set eight world records.

Ellie Kam

Ellie Wong Kam (born 2004, Yokota Air Force Base, Japan) is an American pair skater; with Danny O'Shea she is 2024 U.S. champion and 2026 Olympic team event gold medalist.

Ellie Simmonds

Ellie Simmonds (Eleanor Simmonds), British Paralympic swimmer born 1994 in Walsall with achondroplasia; five Paralympic golds across Beijing 2008 to Tokyo 2020, first S6 swimmer under three minutes in the 200m IM, retired 2021.

Ellie the Elephant

Ellie the Elephant, or Big Ellie, is the New York Liberty WNBA mascot introduced in 2021 at Barclays Center, Brooklyn; named for Ellis Island, honoring P.T. Barnum's 1884 Brooklyn Bridge elephant march, known for the Ellie Stomp, Telfar bags, and viral fashion.

Ellie van den Brom

Ellie van den Brom (Elisabeth Margot van den Brom, born 1949, Amsterdam) is a Dutch former long-track speed skater who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics and held the 1,000 m world record, 1:30.0, from February 1969 to January 1970.

Elliot Anderson (footballer)

Elliot Anderson is an English central midfielder born in 2002 in Whitley Bay who joined Manchester City from Nottingham Forest in 2026 and plays for England.

Elliot Lee

Elliot Robert Lee (born 1994), English attacking midfielder and striker, son of Rob Lee; West Ham, Luton Town, and Wrexham, where he won National League and League Two titles before a Doncaster Rovers loan and 2026 departure.

Ellis Beach Surf Life Saving Club

Ellis Beach SLSC, a volunteer surf lifesaving club founded 1957 at Ellis Beach, 20 km north of Cairns, Queensland; patrols April to November, 300 members, new beachfront clubhouse opened 2026 with $5.2 million government funding.

Ellis Burks

Ellis Burks (born 1964) is a former MLB outfielder and designated hitter for the Red Sox, White Sox, Rockies, Giants, and Indians; 2,107 hits, 352 home runs, 1996 NL MVP third place, 2004 World Series champion.

Ellis Genge

Ellis Genge (born 1995) is an English rugby union loosehead prop for Bristol Bears with 71 England caps, a 2025 British & Irish Lions tourist, former Leicester Tigers captain, and England co-captain.

Ellis Short

Ellis Short is an Irish-American private equity financier and co-founder of Dallas-based Lone Star Funds who owned Sunderland from 2008 to 2018, investing over £200m.