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Elie Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked v ...

", "Elias" or "Elijah."''The Complete Baby Name Book'' 1989 Page 92 "It was revived in the seventeenth century by the Puritans, and it's still used, especially by religious Protestant families. Famous name: Elie Wiesel (novelist) Variations: Elia (Italian), Elias (English), Élie (French), ..."

French masculine given name

Élie Vinet Élie Vinet (1509–1587) was a French Renaissance humanist, known as a classical scholar, translator and antiquary. Life Vinet was born at Vinets, in the commune of Saint Médard, near Barbezieux in what is now Charente. Brought up at Barbezieux ...

(1509–1587) French Renaissance humanist * Élie Diodati (1576–1661) Swiss French jurist * Élie Benoist (1640–1728) French Protestant minister and historian of the Edict of Nantes * Élie Bouhéreau (1643–1719) French Huguenot refugee in Ireland and the first librarian of Marsh's Library *

Élie, duc Decazes Élie, 1st Duke of Decazes and Glücksbierg (born Élie Louis Decazes; 28 September 178024 October 1860) was a French statesman, leader of the liberal ''Doctrinaires'' party during the Bourbon Restoration. Early life and family Élie Decazes ...

(1780–1860) *

Élie Bertrand Élie Bertrand (1713–1797) was a Swiss geologist and naturalist. Publications (selection) * ''Mémoires sur la structure intérieure de la terre'' (Heidegguer, Zurich, 1752). * ''Essai sur les usages des montagnes, avec une lettre sur le ...

(1713–1797) Swiss French geologist *

Élie Catherine Fréron Élie Catherine Fréron (20 January 1718 – 10 March 1776) was a French literary critic and controversialist whose career focused on countering the influence of the ''philosophes'' of the French Enlightenment, partly through his vehicle, the '' ...

(1719–1776) French (male) writer and controversialist * Élie Lacoste (1745–1806) French politician during the French Revolution * Élie Halévy (Chalfan) (1760–1826) French Hebrew poet and author *

Élie Frédéric Forey Élie Frédéric Forey (10 January 180420 June 1872) was a Marshal of France. Biography Elie Frédéric Forey was born in Paris. He studied at the French military academy Saint-Cyr and was commissioned a lieutenant in the 2nd Light Infantry Regi ...

(1804–1872) Marshal of France *

Élie Berthet Élie Berthet (8 June 1815 - 3 February 1891) was a French novelist. Berthet was born in Limoges. A most prolific writer, he wrote more than 100 novels about Paris, criminal affairs, the prehistoric world, and other subjects. His ''Les Houilleur ...

(1815–1891) French novelist * Élie Lacerte (1821–1898) Quebec physician and political figure *

Élie Reclus Élie Reclus (; 1827–1904) was a French ethnographer and anarchist. Élie Reclus was the oldest of five brothers, born to a Protestant minister and his wife. His middle three brothers, including the well known anarchist Élisée Reclus, all b ...

(1827–1904) French anarchist and ethnographer * Élie Mailloux (1830–1893) Quebec political figure * Élie Ducommun (1833-1906) was winner of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize * Élie Saint-Hilaire (1839–1888) political figure in Quebec *

Élie Metchnikoff Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (russian: Илья Ильич Мечников; – 15 July 1916), also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a Russian zoologist best known for his pioneering research in immunology. Belkin, a Russian science historian, explain ...

(1845–1916) Russian biologist, known by French name * Élie Allégret (1865–1940), French Protestant pastor and missionary *

Élie Cartan Élie Joseph Cartan (; 9 April 1869 – 6 May 1951) was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups, differential systems (coordinate-free geometric formulation of PDEs), and differential geometr ...

(1869–1951) French mathematician *

Élie Halévy Élie Halévy (6 September 1870 – 21 August 1937) was a French philosopher and historian who wrote studies of the British utilitarians, the book of essays '' Era of Tyrannies'', and a history of Britain from 1815 to 1914 that influenced Britis ...

(1870–1937) French historian *

Élie Faure Jacques Élie Faure (April 4, 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France – October 29, 1937 in Paris) was a French doctor, art historian and essayist. He is the author of ''History of Art,'' considered a historiographical pillar in the discipline. ...

(1873–1937) French art historian *

Élie Lescot Antoine Louis Léocardie Élie Lescot (December 9, 1883 – October 20, 1974) was the President of Haiti from May 15, 1941 to January 11, 1946. He was a member of the country's mixed-race elite. He used the political climate of World War II to s ...

(1883–1974) President of Haiti from 1941 *

Élie Bloncourt Élie Bloncourt (5 May 1896 – 4 March 1978) was a French politician who represented the department of Aisne in the French National Assembly from 1936 to 1946. He was blinded by a shrapnel blast in the First World War and was part of the Fren ...

(1896–1978) Guadeloupe-born French politician of the 1930s. *

Élie Njoya Élie is the French equivalent of "Elie", "Elias" or "Elijah."''The Complete Baby Name Book'' 1989 Page 92 "It was revived in the seventeenth century by the Puritans, and it's still used, especially by religious Protestant families. Famous name: El ...

(19..) African microbiologist, musician, writer *

Élie Bayol Élie Marcel Bayol (28 February 1914 in Marseille – 25 May 1995 in La Ciotat) was a French racing driver who raced in Formula One for the O.S.C.A. and Gordini teams. Bayol also raced sports cars, mostly driving DB-Panhards for the Deutsch Bonne ...

(1914–1995) French racing driver *

Élie de Rothschild Élie Robert de Rothschild (29 May 1917 – 6 August 2007) was the guardian of the French branch of the Rothschild family banking dynasty. He followed his father as a partner in the family bank, de Rothschild Frères, and ran the Château Lafi ...

(1917–2007) French banker *

Élie Wollman Élie Léo Wollman (July 4, 1917 – June 1, 2008) was a French microbial geneticist who first described plasmids (what he termed "episomes"), and served as vice director of research for the Pasteur Institute for twenty years. He was awarded t ...

(1917–2008) French geneticist *

Élie Brousse Élie Brousse (28 August 1921 – 2 July 2019) was a French rugby league player for Roanne, Marseille and Lyon Villeurbanne in the French rugby league championship competition. His position of choice was as a . Brousse featured in the 1951 Fren ...

(1921) French rugby league player *

Élie Fruchart Élie Fruchart (8 July 1922 – 1 July 2003) was a French football player who played with US Auchel. He was born in Calonne-Ricouart. He has also managed US Auchel, RC Lens, Stade de Reims, USL Dunkerque and Angers SCO Angers Sporti ...

(1922) French football player *

Élie Hoarau Élie Hoarau (born July 8, 1938 in Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion) is a Reunionese politician and member of the Communist Party of Réunion. He is the husband of Senator Gélita Hoarau. Hoarau was elected as a member of the National Assembly of Franc ...

(1938) Réunion politician * Élie Castor (1943–1996) French Guiana politician *

Élie Barnavi Élie Barnavi (born 1946) is an Israeli historian and diplomat, who was the Israeli ambassador to France between 2000 and 2002. Born in Bucharest he moved as a child to Tel Aviv, Israel. He authored some fifteen books on France and Europe in the ...

(born 1946) Israeli ambassador to France between 2000 and 2002. *

Élie Doté Élie Doté (born 9 July 1948) is a Central African politician. He was Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from June 2005 to January 2008. Biography Born in Bangui on 9 July 1948, Doté has a doctorate degree in rural economy from the ...

(1947) Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from June 2005 to January 2008 *

Élie Chouraqui Élie Chouraqui (born 3 July 1950) is a French film director and scriptwriter. His 1996 film '' Les menteurs'' was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. He made several films with Anouk Aimée.Ryan, Desmond.SCOTT GLENN PLAYS ...

(1950) French film director *

Élie Lellouche Élie Lellouche (born 5 March 1952 in Tunis) is a French trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses and jockeys.Afrique magazine - Issues 150-159 - Page 63 1998 "Victory Mill n'a pas été très heureuse lors de sa réapparition à Maisons-Laffitte, en é ...

(1952) French horse trainer *

Élie Baup Élie Baup (; born 17 March 1955) is a French football manager and a former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His last post was the manager of Ligue 1 side Marseille. Managerial career 1994–2009 As the club manager of Bordeaux, Baup wo ...

(1955) French football player and now manager * Élie Aboud (1959) Lebanese-French politician *

Élie Kakou Élie Kakou (born 12 January 1960 in Nabeul– died 10 June 1999; real name Alain Kakou) was a Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern ...

(1960–1999) French comic actor * Élie Domota (1963) trade union leader from Guadeloupe *

Élie Semoun Élie Semoun (born Élie Semhoun on 16 October 1963) is a French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer. Life and career Élie Semoun was born in France, to a Sephardic Jewish family of Moroccan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish descent. In ...

(1963) French comedian * Élie Kroupi (1979) French-Ivorian football player * Élie Dohin (1983) French football midfielder * Élie Ehua (1992) French footballer * Élie Dupuis (1994) Canadian actor

Double and middle names

François-Élie Vincent François-Élie Vincent (20 June 1708 – 28 March 1790) was a French painter of portrait miniatures.

(1708–1790) Swiss painter of portrait miniatures. * Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Élie de Beaumont (1732–1786) French Protestant *

Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry Médéric Louis Élie Moreau de Saint-Méry (13 January 1750 – 28 January 1819), son of Bertrand-Médéric and Marie-Rose Moreau de Saint-Méry, was born in Fort-Royale, Martinique. He was a lawyer and writer with a career in public office in F ...

(1750–1819) Martinique creole colonist *

Marguerite-Élie Guadet Marguerite-Élie Guadet (, 20 July 1758 – 19 June 1794) was a French political figure of the Revolutionary period. Rise to prominence Born in Saint-Émilion, Gironde, Aquitaine, he had already gained a reputation as a lawyer in Bordeaux b ...

(1758–1794) French (male) political figure of the Revolutionary period *

Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Élie de Beaumont (25 September 1798 – 21 September 1874) was a French geologist. Biography Élie de Beaumont was born at Canon, in Calvados. He was educated at the Lycee Henri IV where he took the fir ...

(1798–1874) French geologist *

Élie-Abel Carrière Élie-Abel Carrière (4 June 1818 – 17 August 1896) was a French botanist, based in Paris. He was a leading authority on conifers in the period 1850–1870, describing many new species, and the new genera ''Tsuga'', ''Keteleeria'' and ...

(1818–1896) French botanist * Joseph-Élie Thibaudeau (1822–1878) Quebec businessman and political figure * Jules-Élie Delaunay (1828–1891) French painter * Marie Joseph Anatole Élie de Riquet (1858–1937) 19th Prince de Chimay, French fencer at the 1900 Summer Olympics * Nil-Élie Larivière (1899–1969) Quebec politician * Joseph Élie Cholette Canadian politician * Jacques Derrida, born Jackie Élie Derrida (1930–2004) Sephardic French-Algerian philosopher

Variant spellings

Hélie and Hélias, also Élias: *

Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord (cardinal) Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord (1301 – 17 January 1364) was a French Cardinal (Catholicism), Cardinal, from one of the most aristocratic families in Périgord, south-west France. Hélie was born at Périgueux, third son of Elias VII, Count of P ...

(1301–1364) also Élie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Bishop of Auxerre * Hélias de Saint-Yrieix (died 1367) French Benedictine abbot, bishop and cardinal. * Hélie de Bourdeilles (ca. 1423–1484) French Franciscan, Archbishop of Tours and cardinal. *

Élias Sarkis Élias Sarkis (20 July 1924 – 27 June 1985) ( ar, إلياس سركيس) was a Lebanese lawyer and President of Lebanon who served from 1976 to 1982. Early life and education Élias Sarkis was born in Chebanieh, a mixed Christian-Druze mount ...

(1924-1985) President of Lebanon from 1976-1982.

Surname

* Antonio Élie (1893–1968) Canadian politician * Romain Élie (1985) French football defender * Louis-Pierre Hélie (1986) Canadian skier

Geographical names

Saint-Élie Saint-Élie is a commune of French Guiana, an overseas department and region of France in South America. In 1930, Saint-Élie became capital of the Inini territory. From 1953 onward, the commune was called Centre. In 1969, it was renamed to Sai ...

a commune of French Guiana *

Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville Rock Forest–Saint-Élie–Deauville is an ''arrondissement'', or borough, of the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec. The borough comprises the formerly independent cities of Rock Forest, Deauville and Saint-Élie-d'Orford, which were annexed into the ci ...

, borough of Sherbrooke, Quebec *

Mont-Élie, Quebec Mont-Élie is an unorganized territory in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec, Canada. It makes up almost 38% of the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality. The territory is home to the Grands-Ormes Ecological Reserve and part of the ...

, unorganized territory in the Capitale-Nationale region of Quebec *

Saint-Élie-de-Caxton Saint-Élie-de-Caxton is a municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and ...

municipality in the Mauricie region of the province

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