Ely (surname)

• Alfred Ely, American politician
• Arthur V. Ely, United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient
• Ben Ely, Australian musician
• Bill Ely, Australian politician
• Bob Ely, American entrepreneur, former investment banker and 2012 presidential candidate
• Dudley Ely, first mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut
• Eugene Burton Ely, American aviation pioneer
• Frederick D. Ely, American politician
• Harold Ely, American football player
• Harry Ely, American football and baseball coach, mainly in the 1890s
• Harry Ely, American baseball player
• Helena Rutherfurd Ely, American author, amateur gardener and founding member of the Garden Club of America
• Jack Ely, American guitarist and singer, best known for singing the Kingsmen's version of "Louie Louie"
• Janet Ely, American diver
• Joe Ely, American singer, songwriter and guitarist
• John Ely
• Joseph B. Ely, 52nd Governor of Massachusetts
• Melvin Ely, American basketball player
• Michael Ely, author
• Nathaniel Ely, founding settler of Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut
• Reginald Ely, English architect
• Richard T. Ely, American economist
• Rodrigo Ely, Brazilian-Italian footballer
• Ron Ely, stage name of American actor Ronald Pierce
• Shyra Ely, American former Women's National Basketball Association player
• Smith Ely, Jr., New York City mayor and member of the United States House of Representatives
• Sumner Ely, New York politician
• Talfourd Ely, English archaeologist and classicist
• Theodore N. Ely, American businessman
• Thomas C. Ely, American bishop
• Victoria Joyce Ely, American nurse
• William Ely