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Welles is an English language locational surname originating from Well, a village and mill in Lincolnshire. Its oldest public record is noted ca. 1086. Variations include Well and Wells.[1][2] People with the name include:
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- Beatice Welles-Smith, daughter of Orson Welles
- Chris Welles Feder, daughter of Orson Welles
- Egon Wellesz (1885–1974), Austrian composer, teacher and musicologist
- Gideon Welles (1802-1878), U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1869
- Gwen Welles (1947-1993), film and stage actress, real name Gwen Goldberg
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles, Washington State Senator
- Jennifer Welles, American porn star
- Joan Welles, 9th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby (died 1475)
- John de Welles, 5th Baron Welles (1352–1421)
- Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles (1406–1461)
- Marc Welles, actor, grandson of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, son of Rebecca Welles
- Mel Welles (ca. 1922-2005), American film actor, real name Ira Meltcher
- Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor and director
- Rebecca Welles (1944-2004), daughter of Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth
- Rebecca Welles (Weis), American television actress, spouse of TV director Don Weis, real name Reba Tassell
- Robert Welles, 8th Baron Willoughby de Eresby (executed 1470)
- 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
- Tori Welles (born 1967), American porn star
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