Welles (name)
# Welles (name)

Welles is an English locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its oldest public record is noted ca. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells. People with the name include:

## Surname

* Aaron Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
* Anne Welles, Countess of Ormond (1360–1397)
* Baron Welles (disambiguation)
* Beatice Welles-Smith, daughter of Orson Welles
* Benjamin Welles (1857-1935), American philanthropist
* Chris Welles Feder, daughter of Orson Welles
* Edmund Welles, an American bass clarinet quartet
* Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist
* Elliot Welles (1927–2006), Holocaust survivor
* Gideon Welles (1802–1878), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1861–1869
* Gwen Welles (1947–1993), film and stage actress
* Harry Welles Rusk (1852–1926), U.S. politician
* Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State senator
* Jennifer Welles, American porn star
* Jesse Welles, American voice actress
* Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (died 1475)
* John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352–1421)
* John Welles, 1st Viscount Welles (1450–1499)
* Justine Welles, a fictional character in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
* Lawson Welles (b. 1975) American film the writer, director and producer
* Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (1406–1461)
* Marc Welles, actor, grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, son of Rebecca Welles
* Mel Welles (1924-2005), American film actor
* Orson Welles (1915–1985), American actor and director
* Rebecca Welles, American television actress, spouse of TV director Don Weis
* Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (executed 1470)
* Samuel Gardner Welles (1913-1981) American journalist
* Samuel Paul Welles (1907–1997), American paleontologist
* Sumner Welles (1892–1961), U.S. Undersecretary of State, 1937–1943
* Terri Welles (born 1956), American flight attendant, "Playmate of the year" 1981, born Terri Knepper
* Thomas Welles (1598–1660), American politician
* Tiffany Welles, a fictional character in the television series Charlie's Angels
* Tori Welles (born 1967), American porn star
* Viscount Welles (disambiguation)
* Wade Welles, in the show Sliders
* William Welles Hollister (1818–1886), a Californian rancher and entrepreneur
* Winthrop Welles Ketcham (1820–1879), American politician
* Welles, American musician

## Fictional characters

* Wade Welles, a main character from the television series Sliders

## Given name

* Welles Crowther (1977–2001), a hero of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City
