Parris
Parris is a given name and surname, and may refer to:
In politics:
- Albion K. Parris (1788–1857), American politician and jurist of Maine
- Matthew Parris (born 1949), journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
- Stanford Parris (1929–2010), American politician
- Parris Glendening (born 1942), the 59th Governor of Maryland in the United States
In the Salem witch trials:
- Betty Parris (1682–1760), nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages' reverend Samuel Parris
- Samuel Parris (1653–1720), Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village during the Salem witch trials
In other fields:
- Alexander Parris (1780–1852), prominent American architect-engineer
- Eddie Parris (1911–1971), Welsh international footballer
- Francis Sawyer Parris (1707–1760), Biblical scholar
- John Parris (born 1952), English cue maker
- Patricia Parris, American voice actress
- Philip Parris Lynott (1949-1986), lead singer and bassist in Thin Lizzy
- Robert Parris (1924–1999), American composer
- Robert Parris Moses (born 1935), Harvard-trained educator who joined the civil rights movement and later founded the nationwide US Algebra project
- S. J. Parris, pseudonym of English author Stephanie Merritt
See also
- Parris, Texas, a ghost town in Collin County, Texas
- Parris Island, South Carolina, United States
- Paris
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