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Ferris (name)

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Ferris is both a given name and a family name. It is related to the name Fergus in Ireland, and the name Ferrers in England. In Ireland, the Ferris family of County Kerry derives its surname from the patronymic Ó Fearghusa.

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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
  • Gordon Ferris (born 1952), British heavyweight boxer
  • Gordon Floyd Ferris (1893–1958), American entomologist and professor of biology
  • 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
  • Michael Ferris (1931-2000), Irish politician
  • Mortimer Y. Ferris (1881–1941), New York state senator
  • Pam Ferris (born 1948), German-born Welsh actress
  • Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (1895–1978), American botanist,
  • Stephen Ferris (born 1985), Irish Rugby Union player
  • Solomon Ferris (c.1748–1803), British naval officer
  • Timothy Ferris (born 1944), American Pulitzer Prize-nominated science writer
  • William H. Ferris (1874–1941), African American author, minister, and scholar
  • William R. Ferris (born 1942), American author and scholar
  • Theodore E. Ferris (1872-1953), American naval architect

    • People with the given name

  • Ferris Ashton (1926-2013), 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)

    • References

    Ferris (name) Wikipedia
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