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Elior Peles
Elior Peles is an Israeli cellular and molecular neurobiologist, a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot known for work on the axon–glia interface and nodes of Ranvier.
Eliot A. Cohen
Eliot A. Cohen, American strategist and scholar of civil-military relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS (Robert E. Osgood Professor, SAIS dean 2019-2021), State Department counselor 2007-2009, CSIS Burke Chair, author of Supreme Command.
Eliot Blackwelder
Eliot Blackwelder (1880–1969) was an American geologist, head of Stanford's geology department from 1922 to 1945, known for desert geomorphology and the glacial framework of the Sierra Nevada.
Eliot Engel
Eliot Lance Engel, New York Democrat, represented the Bronx and Westchester in the U.S. House 1989–2021 (16 terms) and chaired the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Kosovo advocate, Harkin-Engel Protocol co-negotiator, defeated by Jamaal Bowman in 2020, died 2026.
Eliot Glazer
Eliot Glazer (born 1983, New York), also known for Haunting Renditions and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay, is an American comedian, writer, actor, and musician, brother of Ilana Glazer, who wrote and produced Broad City, New Girl, Younger, iCarly, and The Boys Presents: Diabolical.
Eliot Ness
Eliot Ness (1903–1957), American Prohibition agent who led the Untouchables against Al Capone in Chicago and served as Cleveland's Director of Public Safety, 1935–1942; never an FBI agent.
Eliot Patera
Eliot Patera is a 116-km-wide patera on Venus at 39.1°N, 79.0°E, adopted by the IAU in 1991 and named for the English writer George Eliot; Venusian paterae are volcano-tectonic depressions named for women of history.
Eliot Porter
Eliot Porter was an American photographer, 1901 to 1990, who pioneered color nature photography after leaving a Harvard biochemistry career, and whose 1962 book In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World set new standards.
Eliot Quataert
Eliot Quataert is an American theoretical astrophysicist, the Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University, known for his work on black hole accretion and neutron star mergers.
Eliot Spitzer
Eliot Spitzer, born 1959, New York's 54th governor (2007-2008) and attorney general (1999-2007), the 'Sheriff of Wall Street' who used the Martin Act against financial firms, resigned in March 2008 after an Emperors Club VIP prostitution investigation; never charged; later led Spitzer Enterprises.
Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
The 2008 scandal in which New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, "Client 9" of the Emperors Club VIP escort ring, resigned in March 2008 after a federal wiretap investigation; he faced no charges.
Eliot Sumner
Eliot Sumner (Eliot Pauline Sumner, aka Coco), English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor born 1990 in Pisa, child of Sting and Trudie Styler; led I Blame Coco (The Constant, 2010), then released the solo album Information (2016) and acted in Ripley and No Time to Die.
Eliott Rodriguez
Eliott Rodriguez is an American politician and former CBS News Miami anchor who won the 2026 Democratic nomination for U.S. House in Florida's 27th Congressional District.
Éliphas Lévi
Éliphas Lévi Zahed, pen name of Alphonse-Louis Constant (1810–1875), was a French former deacon who founded modern occultism, known for the Astral Light and his Tarot–Kabbalah correspondences.
Elis (city)
Elis (Ἦλις), capital city of the ancient Elean state in the northwestern Peloponnese on the Peneios river; synoecized 471/0 BC, controller of Olympia and organizer of the Olympic Games, joined the Achaian League 191 BC.
Elis & Tom
Elis & Tom is a 1974 collaborative album by Brazilian singer Elis Regina and composer Antônio Carlos Jobim, recorded in Los Angeles and opening with "Águas de Março".
Elis Gymnasium
Elis Gymnasium: ancient Greek training complex at Elis (Xystus, Square gymnasium, Maltho) where Olympic athletes trained before going to Olympia; described by Pausanias 6.23.
Elis James
Elis James (born 1980, Haverfordwest) is a Welsh comedian, actor, and broadcaster from Carmarthen who performs stand-up in Welsh and English, starred in Crims and Josh, and co-hosts the Elis James and John Robins podcast on BBC Radio 5 Live.
Elis Ligtlee
Elis Ligtlee, Dutch track cyclist (born 1993, Deventer), surprise women's keirin gold at Rio 2016 Olympics; also 2015 world sprint silver; retired December 2018 at 24; later Elis Ligtlee Sports & Lifestyle.
Elis Regina
Elis Regina (Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, 1945-1982), Brazilian MPB singer from Porto Alegre; won the 1965 TV Excelsior festival with Arrastao, recorded Elis & Tom with Jobim, and died at 36.
Elis Strömgren
Svante Elis Strömgren (1870–1947) was a Danish astronomer and Copenhagen professor whose 1914 work showed comets follow elliptical orbits, making them members of the Solar System.
Elis Wiklund
Elis Wiklund (1909–1982), Swedish cross-country skier, 50 km world champion 1934 in Sollefteå and Olympic 50 km gold medalist at Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, leading a Swedish sweep of the top four; later coach, shopkeeper, and ski wax maker.
ELISA
ELISA, or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, is a laboratory method using enzyme-linked antibodies to detect and quantify substances like antibodies, antigens, and hormones in liquid samples.
Elisa & Marcela
Elisa & Marcela (Elisa y Marcela) is Isabel Coixet's 2019 Spanish black-and-white Netflix drama about Elisa Sánchez Loriga and Marcela Gracia Ibeas, teachers who married in A Coruña in 1901 in Spain's first recorded same-sex marriage; it competed at the 2019 Berlinale.
Elisa Confortola
Elisa Confortola, Italian short track speed skater (born 2002, Sondalo), Fiamme Oro club. 2026 Olympic mixed relay gold and women's 3000 m relay silver; European 1500 m champion Gdansk 2024.
Elisa Donovan
Elisa Donovan (born 1971, birth name Lisa Adaline Donovan) is an American actress and author known for Amber in Clueless (1995 film and TV series), Morgan on Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and her 2021 memoir Wake Me When You Leave, now a planned directorial debut.
Elisa Innocenti
Elisa Innocenti (born 2004, Trento) is an Italian ice hockey defender who won gold in girls' 3-on-3 ice hockey at the 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympics with mixed-NOC Team Yellow; sister of Emily Innocenti; later EV Bozen Eagles, EWHL.
Elisa Izaurralde
Elisa Izaurralde (1959–2018) was a Uruguayan-born biochemist and molecular biologist known for work on messenger RNA export and silencing, and director at the Max Planck Institute in Tübingen from 2005 until her death.
Elisa K
Elisa K is a 2010 Catalan-language Spanish drama co-directed by Jordi Cadena and Judith Colell, adapted from Lolita Bosch's novel Elisa Kiseljak, about repressed memory of child rape; it won the San Sebastián Special Jury Prize.
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu
Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu (1887–1973) was a Romanian chemical engineer who became the first woman to obtain an engineering title in Romania and the first female engineering graduate in Germany.