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 is still used, especially by religious Protestant families. Famous name: Elie Wiesel (novelist) Variations include Elia (Italian), Elias (English), Élie (French), ..." Related spellings include Elia,

Elias Elias ( ; ) is the hellenized version for the name of Elijah (; ; , or ), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated tradit ...

, Élias, Hélie and Hélias. People with the given name include: *

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

(1780–1860), French politician *

Élie Aboud Élie Aboud (; born 12 October 1959 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a French-Lebanese politician and doctor. As a member of the National Assembly of France, he represents the 6th circonscription of the Hérault department, and is a member of the Les Re ...

(born 1959), Lebanese-French politician *

Élie Allégret Élie Allégret (8 January 1865 – 28 October 1940) was a French Protestant pastor and missionary in Africa. Biography Élie Allégret studied at the Protestant Faculty of Theology in Paris. In 1885, he was invited by Juliette Rondeaux, wid ...

(1865–1940), French Protestant pastor and missionary *

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 t ...

(born 1946), Israeli ambassador to France between 2000 and 2002 * Élie Baup (1955) French football manager and former goalkeeper * Élie Bayol (1914–1995), French racing driver *

Élie Benoist Élie Benoist (20 January 1640 – 15 November 1728), was a French Protestant minister, known as a historian of the Edict of Nantes. Benoist was born in Paris to parents who were servants of the Protestant family of La Trémoille. He displayed a ...

(1640–1728), French Protestant minister and historian of the Edict of Nantes * Élie Berthet (1815–1891), French novelist * Élie Bertrand (1713–1797), Swiss French geologist * Élie Bloncourt (1896–1978), Guadeloupe-born French politician *

Élie Bouhéreau Élie (or Elias) Bouhéreau (1643 – 19 March 1719) was a French Huguenot refugee in Ireland and the first librarian of Marsh's Library in Dublin. Career Bouhéreau, according to the burial register of the Conformist Huguenot churches in Dublin, ...

(1643–1719), French Huguenot refugee in Ireland and the first librarian of Marsh's Library *

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 F ...

(1921–2019), French rugby league footballer *

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 geometry. He ...

(1869–1951), French mathematician * Élie Castor (1943–1996), French Guiana politician * Élie Chouraqui (1950) French film director *

Élie Cohen (conductor) Élie Cohen, born in Marseille in 1886, was a conductor, principally active in the field of opera in France during the inter-war years, and made many recordings.

(), French conductor *

Élie Diodati Élie Diodati (Elia, Elias) (1576–1661) was a Genevan lawyer and jurist from a leading Calvinist family in Geneva, who had moved there from Lucca. He is now known as a supporter of Galileo: they started their correspondence in 1620 and met in Fl ...

(1576–1661), Swiss French jurist *

Élie Dohin Élie Dohin (born 29 July 1983) is a French football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may ...

(born 1983), French footballer *

Élie Domota Élie Domota (born in 1963) is a trade union leader from Guadeloupe, spokesman of Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon or LKP (« Movement against exploitation » in creole) and general secretary of the UGTG, the main trade union in Guadeloupe. He was the le ...

(born 1963), trade union leader from Guadeloupe *

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

(born 1948), Prime Minister of the Central African Republic from 2005 to 2008 *

Élie Dupuis Élie Dupuis is a Canadian musician, film and television performer from the Canadian province of Quebec, best known for his role in the Léa Pool film '' Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur)''. His work as a performer has bee ...

(1994), Canadian actor *

Élie Ducommun Élie Ducommun (19 February 1833, Geneva – 7 December 1906, Bern) was a Swiss peace activist. He was a Nobel laureate, awarded the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize, which he shared with Charles Albert Gobat. Born in Geneva, he worked as a tutor, langua ...

(1833-1906), Swiss activist awarded the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize *

Élie Ehua Élie Ehua (born 16 January 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Angoulême, of which he is the captain. Career Ehua made his professional debut for Châteauroux on 20 May 2011, com ...

(born 1992), French footballer *

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

(1873–1937), French art historian *

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 Re ...

(1804–1872), Marshal of France *

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 writer and controversialist * Élie Fruchart (1922–2003), French footballer *

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 Bri ...

(1870–1937), French historian * Élie Halévy (Chalfan) (1760–1826), French Hebrew poet and author * Élie Hoarau (born 1938), politician in Réunion * Élie Kakou (1960–1999), Tunisian-French actor and standup comedian born Alain Kakou * Élie Lacerte (1821–1898), Québécois/Canadian physician and politician *

Élie Lacoste Élie Lacoste (18 September 1745 in Montignac – 26 November 1806 in Montignac) was a French politician during the French Revolution. He became the administrator of the newly created Dordogne department in 1790. He was a deputy of the ...

(1745–1806), French politician during the French Revolution * Élie Lellouche (born 1952), French horse trainer *

Élie Lescot Antoine Louis Léocardie Élie Lescot (; December 9, 1883 – October 20, 1974) was the President (government title), 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 politic ...

(1883–1974), President of Haiti from 1941 to 1946 * Élie Mailloux (1830–1893) Québécois/Canadian politician *

Élie Metchnikoff Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov (; – 15 July 1916), also spelled Élie Metchnikoff, was a zoologist from the Russian Empire of Moldavian noble ancestry and alshereat archive.org best known for his research in immunology (study of immune systems) and ...

(1845–1916), Russian biologist *

Élie Reclus Élie Reclus (; July 16, 1827 – February 11, 1904) was a French ethnographer and anarchist. Biography Élie Reclus was the oldest of five brothers, born to a Protestant minister and his wife. His middle three brothers, including the well know ...

(1827–1904), French anarchist and ethnographer * Élie de Rothschild (1917–2007), French banker * Élie Saint-Hilaire (1839–1888), Québécois/Canadian politician * Élie Semoun (born 1963), French comedian * Élie Vinet (1509–1587), French Renaissance humanist * Élie Wollman (1917–2008), French geneticist

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