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Elizabeth Kirtley

Elizabeth Guida Kirtley is an American politician and the 2026 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House in Ohio's 6th District, a first-time candidate facing incumbent Michael Rulli in November 2026.

Elizabeth Kloepfer

Elizabeth Kloepfer (pseudonym Elizabeth Kendall), Ted Bundy's girlfriend 1969–1975, wrote the 1981 memoir The Phantom Prince and reported her suspicions of him to Seattle police.

Elizabeth L. Branch

Elizabeth L. Branch, also known as Elizabeth Lee Branch, is an American jurist serving as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit since 2018.

Elizabeth L. Corbett

Elizabeth L. Corbett is a clinical epidemiologist and Professor of Global Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, known for tuberculosis and HIV research in sub-Saharan Africa.

Elizabeth Lacy

Elizabeth Lacy is a molecular and developmental biologist at the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York since 1983, known for transgenic mouse work and co-authoring "the Mouse Bible".

Elizabeth Lail

Elizabeth Lail (born 1992, Williamson County, Texas) is an American actress known as Anna in Once Upon a Time, Guinevere Beck in You, and Vanessa in Five Nights at Freddy's (2023, 2025).

Elizabeth LeCompte

Elizabeth LeCompte (born 1944) is the American experimental theater director who co-founded The Wooster Group in 1980 with Spalding Gray and directs it from The Performing Garage, Soho; MacArthur, Gish Prize, and 2025 Venice Golden Lion winner.

Elizabeth Lee (Arizona politician)

Elizabeth Lee is an American politician and registered nurse who won the 2026 Democratic primary for Arizona's 5th Congressional District and faces Republican Mark Lamb in November.

Elizabeth Leslie

Elizabeth Leslie, also known as Elizabeth J. Leslie-Clarkson, is an American human geneticist and associate professor at Emory University School of Medicine, known for research on orofacial clefts and Van der Woude syndrome.

Elizabeth line

The Elizabeth line, also known as the Crossrail line, is a commuter railway in London that opened in May 2022, running from Reading and Heathrow to Shenfield and Abbey Wood.

Elizabeth Loftus

Elizabeth Loftus, also Elizabeth F. Loftus, is an American cognitive psychologist at UC Irvine known for showing that suggestion can create false memories and distort eyewitness testimony.

Elizabeth M. McNally

Elizabeth M. McNally (born 1961) is an American geneticist and cardiologist who directs the Center for Genetic Medicine at Northwestern University, studying inherited heart and muscle disease.

Elizabeth M. Nolan

Elizabeth M. Nolan is an American bioinorganic chemist at MIT who studies metals, immunity, and antibiotic resistance, and holds the Ivan R. Cottrell Professor of Immunology title.

Elizabeth MacRae

Elizabeth MacRae (Elizabeth Hendon MacRae, 1936–2024), American actress known as Lou-Ann Poovie on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Meg Baldwin on General Hospital, April on Gunsmoke, and Meredith in The Conversation; distinct from other MacRae actors.

Elizabeth Marvel

Elizabeth Marvel (born 1969, Los Angeles) is an American actress trained at Juilliard, known for Nancy Parras on The District, Heather Dunbar on House of Cards, President Elizabeth Keane on Homeland, and Obie-winning stage work.

Elizabeth May

Elizabeth May, Canadian lawyer, environmentalist, and Leader of the Green Party of Canada (2006-2019, again since 2022); first elected Green MP, representing Saanich-Gulf Islands since 2011 and former Sierra Club of Canada executive director.

Elizabeth Mayeda

Elizabeth Rose Mayeda is an American epidemiologist and tenured associate professor at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health, known for quantifying racial disparities in dementia incidence.

Elizabeth McCord (Madam Secretary)

Elizabeth McCord is the fictional Secretary of State, later President, played by Téa Leoni in CBS's Madam Secretary (2014–2019, 120 episodes), a former CIA analyst loosely inspired by Hillary Clinton.

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern, born 1961 in Evanston, Illinois, is an American actress known for Ordinary People, her Oscar-nominated Ragtime role, Lady Cora in Downton Abbey, the play Ava: The Secret Conversations, and the band Sadie and the Hotheads.

Elizabeth Meriwether

Elizabeth (Liz) Meriwether, born 1981, American playwright and showrunner; creator of New Girl and The Dropout, co-creator of Dying for Sex, writer of No Strings Attached and the Britney Spears biopic.

Elizabeth Mitchell

Elizabeth Mitchell (born Elizabeth J. Robertson, 1970) is the American actress known as Juliet Burke on Lost, Erica Evans on V, and Rachel Matheson on Revolution; distinct from Elizabeth Banks, born Elizabeth Mitchell.

Elizabeth Montagu

Elizabeth Montagu, née Robinson (1718–1800), was an English literary critic, salon host, and businesswoman who led the Bluestocking circle; Samuel Johnson called her the "Queen of the Blues."

Elizabeth Montgomery

Elizabeth Montgomery (1933-1995), American actress, daughter of Robert Montgomery; starred as witch Samantha Stephens in Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972, 254 episodes), later Emmy-nominated TV movies, died of colon cancer.

Elizabeth Murchison

Elizabeth Murchison is a Tasmanian cancer geneticist who is Professor of Comparative Oncology and Genetics at the University of Cambridge, known for sequencing the Tasmanian devil and its transmissible facial cancer.

Elizabeth Murphy

Elizabeth Murphy is an NIH scientist who studies cardiac cell death and protection against it, leading the Cardiac Physiology Section at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Elizabeth Murray

Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007) was an American painter known for large shaped canvases that jut from the wall and depict everyday objects like coffee cups and shoes.

Elizabeth Nabel

Elizabeth (Betsy) Nabel, American cardiologist; NHLBI director 2005-2009, Brigham and Women's Hospital president 2010-2021, first NFL chief health and medical advisor; vascular gene transfer and progeria researcher.

Elizabeth Nel

Elizabeth Layton Nel (1917-2007), Churchill's personal secretary 1941-1945, author of Mr. Churchill's Secretary; distinct from secretary Elizabeth Layton; later married Frans Nel, lived in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Elizabeth Nichols (singer)

Elizabeth Nichols (born 2002) is an American country singer-songwriter from Plano, Texas, whose viral 2024 debut single "I Got a New One," boosted by a Kelly Clarkson Kellyoke cover, led to the 2025 EP Tough Love, PULSE Records, and a Grand Ole Opry debut.

Elizabeth of Hungary

Elizabeth of Hungary (Elisabeth von Thüringen, Árpádházi Szent Erzsébet), 1207–1231, Hungarian princess, landgravine of Thuringia, Franciscan tertiary and hospital founder at Marburg; canonized 1235 after landmark papal hearings; feast November 17.