Wallis
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Wallis can stand for:
- One of a number of places:
- *The German name for the Valais canton of Switzerland
- *Wallis Island, an island in the French territory Wallis and Futuna
- *Wallis, Texas
*Alfred Wallis (1855 - 1942), a British artist
*Barnes Wallis (1887 - 1979), a British scientist
*D.J. Wallis, an American bodybuilder
*Diana Wallis, a British politician
*E. A. Wallis Budge (1857 - 1954), an Egyptologist
*Gary Wallis, percussionist for rock group Pink Floyd
*Hal B. Wallis (1898 - 1986), an American motion picture producer
*Henry Wallis (1830 - 1916), a British painter
*Jim Wallis, an American evangelist
*Jimmy Wallis, a British athlete
*John Wallis (1616 - 1703), an British mathematician
*Jon Wallis, a British athelete
*Ken Wallis, a British pilot
*Larry Wallis, a British rock musician
*Provo Wallis (1791 - 1892), a British Naval officer
*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
*W. Allen Wallis (1912 - 1998), an American economist and statistician
*Wallis Bird, an Irish singer
*Wallis Mathias (1935 - 1994), a Pakistani athelete
*Wallis Simpson (1896 - 1986), who became Duchess of Windsor
- One of several enterprises:
*Wallis (retailer), a British clothing retailer
*Wallis Theatres, a popular Australian cinema franchise
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