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

• One of several people:

• Alfred Wallis (1855 - 1942), a British artist
• Barnes Wallis (1887 - 1979), a British scientist - inventor of the Bouncing bomb
• D.J. Wallis, an American bodybuilder
• Douglas T. Wallis (1901-1968) son of Thomas Wallis (below) British Art Deco architect.
• 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
• J C (Jim) Wallis, a British player of Eton Fives - winner of the Kinnaird Cup in 1961, '62 & '64
• Jim Wallis, an American social justice Christian activist
• Jimmy Wallis, a British athlete
• John Wallis (1616 - 1703), a British mathematician
• Jon Wallis, a British professional footballer
• 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
• Thomas Wallis, (1873 - 1953), British Art Deco architect. Established Wallis, Gilbert and Partners
• W. Allen Wallis (1912 - 1998), an American economist and statistician
• Wallis Bird, an Irish singer
• Wallis Mathias (1935 - 1994), a Pakistani athlete
• 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