Robert Ellis

Academics

• Robert Ellis (theologian), principal of Regent's Park College, Oxford
• Robert Ellis (classicist), English classical scholar
• Robert Leslie Ellis, English mathematician and polymath
• Robert Ellis (mathematician), American mathematician
• Robert Ellis (artist), New Zealand artist and art professor
• Robert Ellis (physicist), American physicist
• Robert Evan Ellis, professor of Latin American studies

Actors

• Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892), American film actor, screenwriter and film director
• Robert Ellis (actor, born 1933), American child actor in the 1940s and 1950s

Musicians

• Bobby Ellis, Jamaican trumpet player
• Rob Ellis (producer), English drummer, producer and arranger
• Rob Ellis, bass player for the American rock band Seven Wiser
• Robert Ellis (singer-songwriter), alt country music singer-songwriter
• Robert Ellis (musician), bass trombone player in the folk band La Bottine Souriante

Politicians

• Robert Ellis (fl. 1406), Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth in 1406
• Robert Ellis (fl. 1414-1422), MP for Great Yarmouth, son of earlier MP
• Sir Geoffrey Ellis, 1st Baronet,, British Conservative MP 1922–1923, 1924–1929, 1931–1945

Sportsmen

• Rob Ellis (baseball), major league baseball outfielder in the 1970s
• Robert Ellis (baseball), major league baseball pitcher in the 1990s
• Robert Ellis (cricketer), English cricketer
• Bob Ellis (cricketer), Scottish cricketer
• Robbie Ellis, American professional wrestler

Writers

• Bob Ellis, Australian journalist
• Robert Ellis (author), American crime fiction writer

Other

• Robert Ellis (24 character), fictional character in the television series 24
• Robert Ellis (clergyman), minister with the Presbyterian Church of Wales
• Robert M. Ellis, American artist, educator, and museum director
• Robert Stanton Ellis, British civil servant of the Indian civil service
• Robert Ellis (Cynddelw), minister and poet
• Robert Kevin Ellis, British businessman murdered in Bali
• Robert Ellis, animator on series VeggieTales.