Old French
Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th Helen used for a Elaine of Corbenic ">character in the 15th Century">Elaine_of_Corbenic_.html" ;"title="Helen (given name)">Helen used for a Elaine of Corbenic ">character in the 15th Century Arthurian romance ''Le Morte d’Arthur'' by Thomas Malory. However, the name Elaine was popularized in the Anglosphere by its use by Alfred, Lord Tennyson for a Elaine of Astolat, character in his 1859 Arthurian romance ''
Idylls of the King
''Idylls of the King'', published between 1859 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892; Poet Laureate from 1850) which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love f ...
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deer
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Elaine Hendrix
Katherine Elaine Hendrix (born December 28, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in ''Dynasty,'' '' Superstar'', '' Romy and Michele's High School Reunion'', the 1995 ''Get Smart'' series, the 1998 remake of '' The Parent Tra ...
(born 1970), American actress
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Elaine May
Elaine Iva May (née Berlin; born April 21, 1932) is an American actress, comedian, writer, and director. She first gained fame in the 1950s for her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols before transitioning her career, regularly b ...
(born 1932), American film director, screenwriter and actress
* Elaine Mukheli (born 1999), South African singer
* Elaine Murphy (playwright), Irish playwright
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Elaine Paige
Dame Elaine Jill Paige (born Elaine Jill Bickerstaff, 5 March 1948) is an English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Raised in Chipping Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire, Paige attended the Aida Foster Theatre School, m ...
(born 1948), English actress and singer
* Elaine Stritch (1925–2014), American actress
* Elaine Yiu (born 1980), Hong Kong actress
Others
* Elaine Sweital Avner (1938-2017), American astronomer
* Elaine Brody (1922–2014), American gerontologist and sociologist
* Elaine Brown (born 1940), involved with a dispute with the US government
* Elaine Campione, Canadian woman who murdered her two children
* Elaine Chan, Hong Kong Olympic swimmer
* Elaine Chao (born 1953), United States Secretary of Labor
* Elaine Cheris (born 1946), American Olympic fencer
* Elaine Denniston (born 1939), American lawyer
* Elaine Esposito (1934–1978), American who had held the record for longest coma
* Elaine French, American politician
* Elaine Gumbs-Vlaun (born 1944), St Maartener social worker and politician
* Elaine Holt (born 1966), British businesswoman
* Elaine Ingham, American microbiologist and soil biology researcher
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Elaine Luria
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(born 1975), American politician
* Elaine E Moura (born 1982), Brazilian football (soccer) player
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Elaine Marshall
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(born 1945), American politician
* Elaine McCoy (1946–2020), Canadian politician
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Elaine Murray
Elaine Kildare Murray (born 22 December 1954) is a retired Scottish Labour politician. She was leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council for the 2017–2022 term. She was also the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Dumfries from 1999 to ...
(born 1954), British politician
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Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy
Elaine Murphy, Baroness Murphy (born 16 January 1947) is a British psychiatrist, academic, and politician who sits as a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Biography
After qualifying as a doctor and then as a psychiatrist she later became ...
(born 1947), British politician
* Elaine Nolan (born 1981), Irish cricketer
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Elaine Ron
Elaine Straus Ron (Hebrew: איליין רון) (1943-November 20, 2010) was an American epidemiologist specializing in radiation and thyroid cancer. She was a senior investigator in the radiation epidemiology branch at the National Cancer Instit ...
(1943–2010), American epidemiologist
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Elaine Thompson-Herah
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Elaine Benes
Elaine Marie Benes () is a fictional character on the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'', played by former SNL cast member Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Elaine's best friend in the sitcom is her ex-boyfriend Jerry Seinfeld, and she is also good fri ...
EastEnders
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'' character
* Elaine Lefkowitz-Dallas, a character on the TV sitcom ''
Soap
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Elaine Marley
Elaine Marley (from ''Escape From Monkey Island'' onward called Elaine Marley-Threepwood) is a character in the ''Monkey Island (series), Monkey Island'' series of graphic adventure game, graphic adventure video games. Created by Ron Gilbert for L ...
, ''Monkey Island'' character
* Elaine Miller, character in '' Almost Famous''
* Elaine Nardo, ''Taxi'' character
* Elaine Peacock, ''EastEnders'' character
* Elaine Pownall, recurring character of the 2018–2019 show '' Siren''
* Elaine Robinson, character in ''
The Graduate
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* Elain Archeron, character from the ''
A Court of Thorns and Roses
''A Court of Thorns and Roses'' is a fantasy romance series by American author Sarah J. Maas, which follows the journey of 19-year-old Feyre Archeron after she is brought into the faerie lands of Prythian. The first book of the series, ''A Court ...
Tower of God
is a South Korean manhwa released as a webtoon written and illustrated by S.I.U. It has been serialized in Naver Corporation's webtoon platform Naver Webtoon since June 2010, with the individual chapters collected and published by Young Com in 1 ...