Elihu is a masculine given name. Bearers of the name include:

People

Elihu Abrahams Elihu Abrahams (April 3, 1927 – October 18, 2018) was a theoretical physicist, specializing in condensed matter physics. Abrahams attended Brooklyn Technical High School, graduating in 1944. In 1947, Abrahams received his bachelor's degree and ...

(1927–2018), American theoretical physicist * Elihu Anthony (1818–1905), American alcalde, blacksmith, industrialist, abolitionist * Elihu Burritt (1811–1879), American philanthropist, linguist, and social activist * Elihu Doty (1809–1864), American missionary to China *

Elihu Embree Elihu Embree (November 11, 1782 – December 4, 1820) was an abolitionist in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and publisher of ''Manumission Intelligencier'' (later renamed as ''The Emancipator''). Founded in 1819, it was the first newspaper in the United ...

(1782–1820), American abolitionist and publisher of the first newspaper in the United States devoted exclusively to that cause * Elihu Goodsell (1806–1880), American politician * Elihu Harris (born 1947), mayor of Oakland, California, United States * Elihu B. Hayes (1848–1903), American shoe manufacturer, newspaper owner, and politician * Elihu Emory Jackson (1837–1907), American businessman and politician, 41st governor of Maryland, United States * Elihu Katz (1926–2021), American-Israeli sociologist * Elihu Lauterpacht (1928–2017), British academic and lawyer * Elihu H. Mason (1831–1896), Union Army soldier in the American Civil War awarded the Medal of Honor for his part in the Great Locomotive Chase * E. Spencer Miller (1817–1879), American dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School * Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), founder of the Deistical Society of New York * Elihu Phillips (1800–1884), American businessman, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer * Elihu Roberts (1897–1975), American Negro league baseball outfielder *

Elihu Root Elihu Root (; February 15, 1845February 7, 1937) was an American lawyer, Republican Party (United States), Republican politician, and statesman who served as the 41st United States Secretary of War under presidents William McKinley and Theodor ...

(1845–1937), American statesman and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize *

Elihu Thomson Elihu Thomson (March 29, 1853 – March 13, 1937) was an English-American engineer and inventor who was instrumental in the founding of major electricity, electrical companies in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Early life He ...

(1853–1937), English-born American engineer and inventor instrumental in the founding of electrical companies *

Elihu Vedder Elihu Vedder (26 February 183629 January 1923) was an American symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet from New York City. He is best known for his fifty-five illustrations for Edward FitzGerald's translation of '' The Rubaiyat of Omar Kh ...

(1836–1923), American painter, book illustrator, and poet * Elihu B. Washburne (1816–1887), American politician and a founder of Republican Party * Elihu S. Williams (1835–1903), American farmer, lawyer, soldier, and politician *

Elihu Yale Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British Americans, British-American Colonialism, colonial administrator. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale lived in America only as a child, and spent the rest of his life in England, Wales, a ...

(1649–1721), British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist, benefactor of Yale University

Biblical figures

* Elihu (Job), a speaker who challenges Job in the Book of Job (chapters 32–37) * an

Ephraim Ephraim (; , in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath, as well as the adopted son of his biological grandfather Jacob, making him the progenitor of the Tribe of Ephrai ...

ite and grandfather to

Samuel Samuel is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venera ...

(mentioned in 1 Samuel 1:1) * a brother of

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

, king of Israel (1 Samuel 16:6) * a chief of the

Tribe of Manasseh According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Manasseh (; Hebrew: ''Ševet Mənašše,'' Tiberian: ''Šēḇeṭ Mănašše'') was one of the twelve tribes of Israel. After the catastrophic Assyrian invasion of 720 BCE, it is counted as one ...

(1 Chronicles 12:21) * a Korahite (1 Chronicles 26:7)

Fictional characters

*Judge Elihu Smails, co-founder of the Bushwood Country Club, in the film ''

Caddyshack ''Caddyshack'' is a 1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney, and starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight (his final film role), Michael O'Keefe and Bill ...

'' *Elihu Willsson, a leading character in Dashiell Hammett's novel '' Red Harvest'' *Elihu Yale, the Atlanta Police Chief in Tom Wolfe's novel '' A Man in Full'' *Elihu "Sam" Nivens, the protagonist in Robert A. Heinlein's ''

The Puppet Masters ''The Puppet Masters'' is a 1951 science fiction novel by American writer Robert A. Heinlein, in which American secret agents battle parasitic invaders from outer space. It was originally serialized in ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' (September, Oct ...

'' *Elihu Whipple, one of the two main characters in the H. P. Lovecraft short story " The Shunned House" {{given name Masculine given names