Ferris (name)

Ferris is both a given name and a family name. It is related to the name Fergus.

People with the surname

• Bob Ferris (born 1955), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr. (1859–1905), American engineer, inventor of the Ferris wheel
• Hobe Ferris (1877–1938), American Major League Baseball second baseman
• Jason Ferris (born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer
• Jean Leon Gerome Ferris (1863–1930), American painter
• Jeannie Ferris (1941–2007), Australian politician, lobbyist, and journalist
• Martin Ferris (born 1952), Irish politician
• Pam Ferris (born 1948), German-born Welsh actress
• Timothy Ferris (born 1944), American Pulitzer Prize-nominated science writer
• William D. Ferris (born 1961), American amateur astronomer and television producer/director
• William H. Ferris (1874–1941), African American author, minister, and scholar
• William R. Ferris (born 1942), American author and scholar

People with the given name

• Ferris Ashton (born 1926), Australian rugby league footballer
• Ferris Bolton (1853–1937), Canadian politician
• Ferris Bueller (real name Soren Buehler), former member of the German band Scooter
• Ferris Fain (1921–2001), American Major League Baseball first baseman
• Ferris Foreman (1808–1901), American lawyer, politician, and soldier
• Ferris Greenslet (1875–1959), American editor and writer
• Ferris Taylor (1888–1961), American film actor
• Ferris Webster (1912–1989), American film editor
• Ferris MC (real name Sascha Reimann, born 1973), German rapper

Fictional characters with the name

• Bob Ferris (Likely Lads), British sitcom character
• Carol Ferris, DC Comics character
• Ferris Bueller, protagonist of Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986 film) and Ferris Bueller (TV series)
• Ferris the Rat, Newshounds webcomic character

See also

• Timothy Ferriss, American author