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Elena Risteska
Elena Risteska (Елена Ристеска), born 1986 in Skopje, is a Macedonian pop and R'n'B singer, songwriter, and producer whose Eurovision 2006 entry "Ninanajna" finished 12th, then her country's best result.
Elena Ruiz
Elena Ruiz (Elena Ruiz Barril), Spanish water polo player born 2004 in Rubí, Barcelona; Olympic gold Paris 2024 and silver Tokyo 2020 with Spain; ten AQUA and Olympic medals; plays cuatro-cinco for CN Atlètic-Barceloneta.
Elena Runggaldier
Elena Runggaldier (born 1990, Bolzano) is a retired Italian ski jumper, 2011 Oslo World Championship silver medalist on the normal hill, the first Italian world medalist in the sport, and a Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Olympian.
Elena Rybakina
Elena Rybakina (Yelena Andreyevna Rybakina, Елена Андреевна Рыбакина), born 1999 in Moscow, is a Kazakhstani tennis player, three-time Grand Slam champion (Wimbledon 2022, Australian Open and US Open 2026) and WTA world No. 1.
Elena Satine
Elena Satine (ელენა სატინი-სხირტლაძე), Georgian-American actress and singer born 1987 in Tbilisi, known for Judi Silver in Magic City, Louise Ellis in Revenge, Lorelei in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Julia in Netflix's Cowboy Bebop; married to Tyson Ritter since 2013.
Elena Shevchenko
Elena V. Shevchenko is a nanoscientist, a staff scientist at Argonne National Laboratory since 2007, known for her 2006 Nature paper on binary nanoparticle superlattices.
Elena Tsagrinou
Elena Tsagrinou (Έλενα Τσαγκρινού) is a Greek singer from Athens, born in 1994, who fronted OtherView from 2013, went solo in 2018, and represented Cyprus at Eurovision 2021 with "El Diablo".
Elena Vaenga
Elena Vaenga (Елена Ваенга), real name Elena Vladimirovna Khruleva, is a Russian estrada singer and songwriter born in 1977 in Severomorsk, known for the hits «Курю» and «Шопен».
Elena Vesnina (Елена Сергеевна Веснина)
Yelena Vesnina (Елена Веснина), Russian tennis player born 1986 in Lviv; former doubles World No. 1, four-time Grand Slam doubles champion, Rio 2016 Olympic gold medalist with Makarova; retired November 2024.
Elena Viboch
Elena Viboch is a venture capital investor and Managing Director at General Catalyst, where she shapes the firm's Life Sciences strategy after leading SoftBank's life science investing team.
Elenbecestat
Elenbecestat (E2609) is a discontinued oral BACE1 inhibitor (IC50 7 nM) developed by Eisai and Biogen for early Alzheimer's disease; its Phase 3 MISSION AD1/AD2 trials ended in 2019 for unfavorable risk-benefit with no cognitive benefit.
Elendil
Elendil, also called Elendil the Tall, is Tolkien's Númenórean high king who escaped Númenor's drowning, founded Arnor and Gondor, wielded Narsil, and died fighting Sauron in the Last Alliance.
Eleni Foureira (Έλενη Φουρέιρα)
Eleni Foureira (Ελένη Φουρέιρα), born Entela Fureraj in Fier, Albania in 1987, is a Greek pop singer and dancer, a former member of Mystique, who took Cyprus to second place at Eurovision 2018 with Fuego, Cyprus's best-ever result.
Eleni Kounalakis
Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis (born 1966), Democratic politician and former real estate executive, is California's 50th lieutenant governor (2019–present), the first woman elected to the office, and served as U.S. ambassador to Hungary 2010–2013.
Eleni of Ethiopia
Eleni of Ethiopia (እለኒ), also known as Romna with the royal name Admas Mogäsa, was an empress who served as regent for the child emperor Lebna Dengel from 1508.
Eleocharis dulcis
Eleocharis dulcis, known as Chinese water chestnut or Biqi, is a perennial sedge cultivated in China for centuries for its sweet, starchy corms, eaten fresh, canned, or as starch.
Eleonora Duse
Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian stage actress called "the incomparable Duse"; rival of Sarah Bernhardt, pioneer of naturalistic acting, celebrated interpreter of Ibsen and D'Annunzio; toured internationally, influenced Stanislavski, died on tour in Pittsburgh.
Eleonora Fersino
Eleonora Fersino, born in 2000 in Chioggia, is an Italian volleyball libero who plays for Numia Vero Volley Milano in Serie A1 and Italy's national team.
Éléonore
Éléonore is an underground gold mine in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, northern Quebec, which opened in 2014 and has been operated since 2025 by Dhilmar Ltd.
Éléonore Caroit
Éléonore Caroit is a French politician and lawyer, born in 1985 in Paris, who has served since 2025 as Minister Delegate for Francophonie and International Partnerships.
Eleonore Hodys
Eleonore Hodys (Hoyds, Hodis), Austrian political prisoner at Auschwitz from 1942, worked in commandant Rudolf Höss's household; her 1944 sworn statement to SS judge Konrad Morgen, surviving only as a back-translation at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte, grounded an abortive SS case against Höss.
Éléonore Mine
The Éléonore Mine is an underground gold mine in the James Bay region of northern Quebec, on the Roberto deposit, in production since 2015 under Goldcorp.
Eléonore Simonet
Eléonore Simonet is a Belgian politician of the Mouvement Réformateur who serves as federal Minister of Small Businesses, the Self-Employed, and SMEs, appointed unexpectedly in early 2025.
Elephant
Elephant: the largest living land animal, family Elephantidae, order Proboscidea. Three species survive, African savanna, African forest, and Asian elephant; trunk with ~150,000 muscle units, 22-month gestation, all threatened with extinction.
Elephant (1989 film)
Elephant (1989) is Alan Clarke's BBC Northern Ireland short film showing eighteen motiveless sectarian shootings in Belfast, without dialogue or explanation; title from Bernard MacLaverty's 'elephant in the living room' remark; produced by Danny Boyle; inspired Gus Van Sant's 2003 film of the same name.
Elephant (2003 film)
Elephant (2003) is Gus Van Sant's 81-minute drama about an ordinary American high school day ending in a Columbine-like shooting; it won the 2003 Cannes Palme d'Or and Best Director, grossed about $10 million, and scored 70 on Metacritic.
Elephant (album)
Elephant (2003) is the fourth studio album by The White Stripes, also called Elephant by The White Stripes, recorded on pre-1963 analogue gear at Toe Rag Studios, London; it gave the duo their first UK No. 1, sold 3.5 million copies, and won the 2004 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.
Elephant 6
Elephant 6, formally the Elephant 6 Recording Company, is an American musical collective Robert Schneider started in Denver in 1991, best known for launching Neutral Milk Hotel and Of Montreal.
Elephant and Castle
Elephant and Castle, or "the Elephant", is a Southwark, London road junction named for a 1765 coaching inn. Known for its 1965 shopping centre, Heygate estate, Latin American community, and large-scale regeneration.
Elephant bird
Elephant birds, also known as Vorompatra, were giant extinct flightless birds of Madagascar that stood over 9 feet tall, weighed more than 1,500 pounds, and laid the largest eggs of any bird.