Elkan is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *

Benno Elkan Benno Elkan OBE (2 December 1877 – 10 January 1960,) was a Germany, German-born British people, British sculpture, sculptor and medallist. His work includes the big Knesset Menorah, Menorah standing in front of the Knesset in Jerusalem and also ...

OBE (1877–1960), German-born British sculptor and medalist *

Moses Elkan Moses Elkan (; died January 31, 1822) was a Russian physician and Hebrew scholar. Elkan's works include a hymn in Hebrew and French addressed to Czar Alexander I (Munich, 1811). He also published a manual in German on the history of the Jewish peo ...

(died 1822), Hebrew scholar *

Sophie Elkan Sophie Elkan ( Salomon; 3 January 1853, Gothenburg – 5 April 1921, Gothenburg) was a Swedish writer and translator. Life Sophie Salomon was the daughter of the merchant Alexander Salomon and Henriette Abrahamson. Her parents had migrated to Sw ...

(1853–1921), Swedish-Jewish writer and translator *

Vera Elkan Vera Elkan (1908–2008) was a South African photographer who is remembered for her images and film of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Biography Born in South Africa to German parents, Elkan trained as a photographer in Be ...

(1908–2008), South African photographer Given name: *

Elkan Allan Elkan Allan (born Elkan Philip Cohen, 8 December 1922 – 25 June 2006) was a British television producer and print journalist. Allan is best remembered for his creation of the pioneering 1960s TV rock/pop music show ''Ready Steady Go!''. ...

(1922–2006), British television producer and print journalist *

Elkan Baggott Elkan William Tio Baggott (born 23 October 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for EFL Championship club Ipswich Town. Born in Thailand, he represents the Indonesia national team. Early life Elkan William Tio Baggott ...

(born 2002), Indonesian football player *

Elkan Blout Elkan Rogers Blout (July 2, 1919 – December 20, 2006) was a biochemist at Polaroid Corporation, Boston Children's Hospital, and the Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry, emeritus at Harvard University. Blout received his BA in ...

(1919–2006), professor of biochemistry at Harvard University *

Elkan Harrison Powell Elkan Harrison Powell (21 November 1888 – 8 May 1966) was a president of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. Powell introduced the policies of continuous revision and of leveraging the ''Britannica's'' fame to market successful spin-off products, su ...

(1888–1966), the visionary president of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. *

Elkan Nathan Adler Elkan Nathan Adler (24 July 1861 in St Luke's, London – 15 September 1946 in London) was an English author, lawyer, historian, and collector of Jewish books and manuscripts. Adler's father was Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of the Brit ...

(1861–1946), Anglo-Jewish author, lawyer, historian, collector of Jewish books and manuscripts *

Elkan Naumburg Elkan Naumburg (1835–1924) was a New York City merchant, banker, philanthropist and musicologist, best remembered for his sponsorship of the arts in Manhattan. From the last quarter of the nineteenth century, he used his wealth to promote pu ...

(1835–1924), New York City merchant, banker, philanthropist, musicologist, and sponsor of the arts in Manhattan

See also