Wattis is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Edmund Orson Wattis Jr. (1855–1934), American businessman Edmund Wattis Littlefield (1914–2001), American businessman Phyllis Wattis (1905–2002), American art patron Richard Wattis (1912–1975), British actor William Henry Wattis (1859–1931), American businessman English-language surnames