Parris

Parris is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name[]

Parris Afton Bonds, American novelist
Parris Campbell (born 1997), American football player
Parris Duffus (born 1970), retired American ice hockey goaltender
Parris Glendening (born 1942), American politician
Parris Goebel (born 1991), New Zealand-born choreographer, director, singer, dancer, actress of Samoan descent
Parris Mosteller (born 2001), American child actor

In arts and entertainment:

In politics:

Albion K. Parris (1788–1857), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and Senator
Matthew Parris (born 1949), journalist and former Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
Stanford Parris (1929–2010), American politician, United States Representative, Virginia state delegate, and Virginia Secretary of the Commonwealth
Virgil D. Parris (1807–1874), American politician and jurist of Maine, United States Representative and President of the Maine Senate

In the Salem witch trials:

Betty Parris (1682–1760), nine-year-old daughter of the Salem villages' reverend Samuel Parris
Samuel Parris (1653–1720), Puritan minister in the town of Salem Village during the Salem witch trials

In other fields:

Alexander Parris (1780–1852), prominent American architect-engineer
Eddie Parris (1911–1971), Welsh international footballer
Francis Sawyer Parris (1707–1760), Biblical scholar
John Parris (born 1952), English cue maker
Nikita Parris (born 1994), English association footballer
Bob Moses (activist) (1935–2021), Harvard-trained educator who joined the civil rights movement and later founded the nationwide US Algebra project
Steve Parris (born 1967), former professional baseball pitcher
Timon Parris (born 1995), American football player