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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 Barbezie ...

(1509–1587) French Renaissance humanist *

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 Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 ...

(1576–1661) Swiss French jurist *

Élie Benoist Élie Benoist (20 January 1640 – 15 November 1728), was a French Protestant minister, known as an 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 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 (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 ''A ...

(1719–1776) French (male) writer and controversialist *

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 Le ...

(1745–1806) French politician during the French Revolution *

Élie Halévy (Chalfan) Élie Halévy (Ḥalfan/Chalfan), or Élie Halfon-Halévy ( Fürth 1760 – Paris 5 November 1826), was a French-Jewish author who composed his works, most notably his poetry, in Hebrew. He is the father of Fromental and Léon Halévy. Life ...

(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 Houilleurs ...

(1815–1891) French novelist *

Élie Lacerte Élie Lacerte (November 21, 1821 – April 24, 1898) was a physician and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Saint Maurice in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1868 to 1874 and in the Legislative ...

(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 Élie Mailloux (October 3, 1830 – July 3, 1893) was a farmer, clerk and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Témiscouata in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1872 and in the House of Commons of Canada from 187 ...

(1830–1893) Quebec political figure *

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) was winner of the 1902 Nobel Peace Prize *

Élie Saint-Hilaire Élie Saint-Hilaire (January 29, 1839 – May 12, 1888) was an educator, farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1888 as an independent conservative member. ...

(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, explains ...

(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 geometry ...

(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 French ...

(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: E ...

(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 Bonn ...

(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 Lafite ...

(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 th ...

(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 Fr ...

(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 Stade de Reims () is a French professional as ...

(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 France ...

(1938) Réunion politician *

Élie Castor Élie Castor (born April 28, 1943 in Cayenne, French Guiana, France and died June 16, 1996 in Clermont Ferrand, France) was a French politician from French Guiana who served in the French National Assembly from 1981 to 1993, representing the Guian ...

(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 � ...

(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 won ...

(1955) French football player and now manager *

Élie Aboud Élie Aboud ( ar, ايلي عبود; 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 ...

(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 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 ...

(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 1 ...

(1963) French comedian *

Élie Kroupi 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: E ...

(1979) French-Ivorian football player *

Élie Dohin Élie Dohin (born 29 July 1983 in Orléans) is a French football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case ...

(1983) French football midfielder *

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, co ...

(1992) French footballer *

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 been ...

(1994) Canadian actor

Double and middle names

* François-Élie Vincent (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 by ...

(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 f ...

(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 Joseph-Élie Thibaudeau (September 2, 1822 – January 5, 1878) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was born at Cap-Santé, Lower Canada in 1822 and became a merchant there. He was also justice of the peace and a captain in the mi ...

(1822–1878) Quebec businessman and political figure *

Jules-Élie Delaunay Jules-Élie Delaunay (; June 13, 1828 – September 5, 1891) was a French academic painter. Biography He was born at Nantes in the Loire-Atlantique ''département'' of France. Delaunay studied under Flandrin, and at the École des Beaux Art ...

(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 Nil-Élie Larivière (July 11, 1899 – May 3, 1969) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). Early life He was born on July 11, 1899, in Bonfield, Ontario, and became a farmer. Larivière m ...

(1899–1969) Quebec politician *

Joseph Élie Cholette Joseph Élie Cholette (1890 – November 25, 1947) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Nipissing in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1937 to 1943. He was a member of the Ontario Liberal Party The Ont ...

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, from one of the most aristocratic families in Périgord, south-west France. Hélie was born at Périgueux, third son of Elias VII, Count of Périgord, and Brunissen ...

(1301–1364) also Élie de Talleyrand-Périgord, Bishop of Auxerre *

Hélias de Saint-Yrieix Hélias de Saint-Yrieix (died 1367) was a French Benedictine abbot, bishop and Cardinal. He was born at Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche and became abbot of the Abbey of Saint-Florent de Saumur, Saumur, in 1335. In 1344, he became bishop of Uzès. He w ...

(died 1367) French Benedictine abbot, bishop and cardinal. *

Hélie de Bourdeilles Hélie de Bourdeilles (ca. 1423, at the castle of Bourdeilles, Périgord – 5 July 1484, at Artannes near Tours) was a French Franciscan, Archbishop of Tours and Cardinal. Life He was the son of the viscount Arnaud de Bourdeilles. Having en ...

(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 mounta ...

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

Surname

Antonio Élie Antonio Élie (December 9, 1893 – January 15, 1968) was a Canadians, Canadian politician and a ten-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. Background He was born in Baie-du-Febvre, Quebec and was a farmer. He served as a city ...

(1893–1968) Canadian politician *

Romain Élie Romain Élie (born 6 March 1985) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender who plays for Championnat National 2 club Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the ...

(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. Before January 15, 2005 it was known simply as Saint-Élie. Located in the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains, its territory is dotted with l ...

municipality in the Mauricie region of the province

References

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