Wallis (surname)

Wallis may refer to:

• Alfred Wallis (1855–1942), a Cornish fisherman and artist.
• Barnes Wallis (1887–1979), a British scientist - inventor of the bouncing bomb
• Douglas T. Wallis (1901–1968) son of Thomas Wallis (below) British Art Deco architect
• Diana Wallis, a British politician
• E. A. Wallis Budge (1857–1954), an Egyptologist
• Gary Wallis, percussionist for rock group Pink Floyd
• George Olivier, count of Wallis (1671–1743), a Habsburg Austrian field marshal
• Gustav Wallis (1830–1878), a German plant collector
• Hal B. Wallis (1898–1986), an American motion picture producer
• Henry Wallis (1830–1916), a British painter
• Hilda Wallis (1900–1979), Irish tennis player
• Jim Wallis, an American social justice Christian activist
• Jimmy Wallis, a British athlete
• John Wallis (1616–1703), a British mathematician
• John Braithwaite Wallis (1877–1961), a Canadian entomologist
• Jon Wallis, a British professional footballer
• Ken Wallis, a British pilot
• Larry Wallis, a British rock musician
• Olivier, Count of Wallis (1742–1799), a Habsburg Austrian general
• Provo Wallis (1791–1892), a British Naval officer
• Quvenzhané Wallis, born in 2003, an American child actress
• Ruth Wallis, an American singer
• Samuel Wallis (1720–1795), an English navigator, for whom Wallis Island is named
• Shani Wallis, a British actress and singer
• Stewart Wallis, an advocate for transition to a new economic system
• Thomas Wallis, (1873–1953), British Art Deco architect. Established Wallis, Gilbert and Partners
• W. Allen Wallis (1912–1998), an American economist and statistician

See also

• Wallis (given name)
• Wallace (surname) (original form)
• Wallis (disambiguation)