Elo is a surname and a unisex given name. Notable people with the name are as follows:

Surname

Arpad Elo Arpad Emmerich Elo ( August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess. Born in Egyházaskesző, Kingdom of Hungary, he moved to the Uni ...

(1903–1992), Hungarian-American creator of the Elo rating system * Colmán Elo (555–611), Irish saint * Dor Elo (born 1993), Israeli football player *

Eero Elo Eero Elo (born April 26, 1990) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HC Thurgau of the Swiss League (SL). Elo was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 5th round (145th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. ...

(born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player *

Jaakko Elo Jaakko Oskari Elo (25 July 1925 – 28 January 2017) was a Finnish urologist, surgeon and medical historian. Background Elo was born in Kokemäki, Finland). His parents were construction engineer and entrepreneur Kalle Elo and Eva Elo née Saari ...

(1925–2017), Finnish physician *

Jere Elo Jere Elo (born March 7, 1992) is a Finland, Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing with Nes IK in the Norwegian First Division (ice hockey), Norwegian First Division (Nor.1). Elo made his Liiga debut playing with Espoo B ...

(born 1992), Finnish ice hockey player *

Jorma Elo Jorma Elo is a contemporary choreographer. Early life He was born 30 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland. His father, Jaakko Elo, is a urological surgeon, mother Ruth Elo née Carlstedt, a dentist. Jorma Elo's partner since 1994 is Nancy Euveri ...

(born 1961), Finnish choreographer *

Michael Elo Michael Elo is a Danish musician and voice actor. He composed the Danish Eurovision Song Contest 1991 entry, "''Lige der hvor hjertet slår''", which was performed by Anders Frandsen. Before that, Michael Elo had appeared several times in Eur ...

(born 1949), Danish musician * Olavi Elo (1913–1979), Finnish sports shooter *

Pentti Elo Pentti Elo (10 June 1929 – 4 June 1991) was a Finnish field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commo ...

(1929–1991), Finnish hockey player *

Simon Elo Simon Jakob Benjamin Elo (born 8 July 1986 in Lapinjärvi) is a Finnish politician and a former Member of Parliament. He was a representative in the Finns Party until 2017 and was the leader of Finns Party Youth from 2010 to 2014. He was electe ...

(born 1986), Finnish politician *

Tiina Elo Tiina Susanna Elo (born 21 January 1971 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Green League at the Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regi ...

(born 1971), Finnish politician *

Unto Elo Unto Elo (born November 29, 1944, in Helsinki) is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec Montreal is the List of to ...

(born 1944), Finnish sprint canoer

Given name

Elo Edeferioka Elo Edema Edeferioka (born 10 April 1993) is a Nigerian basketball player for Celta de Vigo Baloncesto and the Nigerian national team. She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup ...

(born 1993), Nigerian basketball player *

Elo Hansen Elo Hansen is a retired male badminton player from Denmar ...

(born 1945), Danish badminton player *

Elo Romančík Emanuel "Elo" Romančík (17 December 1922 in Ružomberok – 9 October 2012 in Bratislava) was a Slovak actor. He starred in the 1970 film ''Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra. Selected filmography * 1951 '' Boj se skončí zítra'' ...

(1922–2012), Slovak actor *

Elo Sambo Elo Sambo (1885–1933) was a Cameroonian who served in the Imperial German Army in World War I, notable for being one of very few Africans to do so. He served as the kettle drummer in the Life Guard Hussars of Potsdam (1907–18) and later the 4th ...

(1885–1933), Cameroonian-German soldier *

Elo Tostenæs Elo Tostenæs (born 9 September 1935) is a Danish rower. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 ...

(born 1935), Danish rower *

Elo Viiding Elo Viiding (pen name, Elo Vee; born 20 March 1974) is an Estonians, Estonian poet and prose writer. Family Viiding is the third poet in her family. Her father, Juhan Viiding was a famous and influential poet in the 1970s. He was also an actor. ...

(born 1974), Estonian poet and writer {{given name, type=both Finnish-language surnames Danish masculine given names Estonian feminine given names Feminine given names Unisex given names