Ferris may refer to:
Places
In Canada:
In the United States:
People
- Bob Ferris, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. The Canadian city of North Bay, Ontario, is divided into numerous neighbourhoods Ferris is a village in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Ferris is a city in Dallas and Ellis Counties in the US state of Texas. Ferris Township is a Civil township of Montcalm County in the U Robert Eugene Ferris (born May 7, 1955 in Arlington Virginia) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher. 1955)
- George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., inventor of the Ferris wheel
- Hobe Ferris, a dead-ball era baseball player (1877-1938)
- Jeannie Ferris, Liberal Senator for South Australia (1941-2007)
- William D. Ferris, astronomer (b. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr ( February 14, 1859 - November 22, 1896) invented the Ferris wheel, for the 1893 Chicago A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a Nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached Albert Sayles "Hobe" Ferris, ( December 7 1877 &ndash March 18 1938) was a Major League Second baseman during the 1900s Jeannie Ferris ( 14 March 1941 &ndash 2 April 2007) was an Australian politician lobbyist journalist and Liberal William D Ferris (born December 2 1961 is an American Amateur astronomer and a Television producer / director. 1961)
- William H. Ferris, African American journalist and author (1874-1941)
- William R. Ferris, folklorist and scholar of the U. William Henry Ferris (1874-1941 was an Author, minister, and Scholar. William Reynolds Ferris (born February 5, 1942 in Vicksburg Mississippi) is an American author and scholar and former chairman of the National Endowment S. South (b. 1942)
- William Ferris (politician), Australian politician
- William Ferris (music), American composer (1937-2000)
- Martin Ferris, a Sinn Féin TD for Kerry North and Irish Republican politician
See also
- Ferris State University in Michigan
- Ferris Bueller's Day Off, a 1986 movie
- Ferris wheel, an amusement park institution
- Ferris (model railways), a brand of model railway. Martin Ferris (born 10 February 1952 is an Irish Sinn Féin politician and a former Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA volunteer. Ferris State University has a main campus in Big Rapids Michigan, in Mecosta County and a secondary campus in Grand Rapids Michigan, and smaller programs Ferris Bueller's Day Off is a 1986 Comedy film written and directed by John Hughes. A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel) is a Nonbuilding structure consisting of an upright wheel with passenger gondolas attached 0 scale (or 0 gauge) is a scale commonly used for Toy trains and model railroading.
- Save Ferris, a third-wave ska band. Save Ferris was a Ska punk band formed circa 1995 in Orange County, California.
- Ferris the Rat, a character in the webcomic Newshounds
Newshounds is a satirical, furry Webcomic drawn and written by Thomas K
Dictionary
Ferris
-proper noun
- A surname.
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