Welles (name)
Welles is an English locational surname originating from Well, a
village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its oldest public record is noted c. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond
- Baron Welles
- Benjamin Welles, American philanthropist
- Edmund Welles, American clarinetist
- Egon Wellesz, Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist
- Elliot Welles, Holocaust survivor
- Gideon Welles, American Secretary of the Navy
- Gwen Welles, film and stage actress
- Harry Welles Rusk, American politician
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles, American politician from Washington State
- Jennifer Welles, American porn star
- Jesse Welles, American voice actress
- Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby
- John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles
- John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles
- Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
- Martin Welles, American politician from Connecticut
- Mel Welles, American film actor
- Orson Welles, American actor and director
- Rebecca Welles, American actress
- Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby, executed 1470
- Roger Welles, American naval officer
- Samuel Gardner Welles American journalist
- Samuel Paul Welles, American paleontologist
- Sumner Welles, U.S. Undersecretary of State
- Terri Welles, American flight attendant, "Playmate of the year"
- Thomas Welles, American politician
- Tiffany Welles, a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels
- Viscount Welles
- William Welles Hollister, Californian rancher and entrepreneur
- Winthrop Welles Ketcham, American politician
- Welles, American musician
Fictional characters
- Aaron Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Justine Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Wade Welles, a main character from the television series ''Sliders''
Given name
- Welles Crowther, a hero of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City