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

Given name

Surname

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:

See also