Ferris (name)
Appearance
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, 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