Edwin Earl Ellis (August 28, 1924 - April 2, 1989) was an American inventor and photographer.

Most notably, he was a photographer on Operation Highjump,[1] becoming one of the first people to visually document Antarctica.

After the South Pole, he went to Norfolk, and was part of the crew that commissioned the USS Coral Sea (CV-43).

As an inventor he holds a patent for an awning support system.

[4] On August 16, 1947, he married Stella Beatrice Ellis (née Irby).