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Elaine S. Jaffe

Elaine S. Jaffe is an American hematopathologist who heads the Hematopathology Section at the National Cancer Institute, known for her 1974 paper showing nodular lymphoma arises from follicular B cells.

Elaine Stritch

Elaine Stritch (1925-2014), American Broadway actress and singer, originated Joanne in Sondheim's Company singing The Ladies Who Lunch, won a 2002 Tony for Elaine Stritch at Liberty and three Emmys, and starred in Two's Company and 30 Rock.

Elaine Tanner

Elaine Tanner (Tanner-Watt), "Mighty Mouse", Canadian swimmer born 1951 in Vancouver; 1966 Commonwealth Games seven-medal haul, 1967 Pan Am double backstroke gold, and three 1968 Olympic medals as Canada's first female Olympic swimming medallist.

Elaine Taylor (actress)

Elaine Regina Taylor (born 1943), English actress of Casino Royale (1967), The Anniversary (1968), and Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969); wife of Christopher Plummer from 1970 until his 2021 death; distinct from Elizabeth Taylor and other namesakes.

Elaine Thompson-Herah

Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaican sprinter born 1992, five-time Olympic champion; first woman to win 100m-200m doubles at consecutive Olympics (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020); Jamaican 100m record 10.54; comeback from Achilles injury toward Glasgow 2026.

Elaine Tuomanen

Elaine Tuomanen is an American pediatric infectious diseases physician-scientist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, known for research on how Streptococcus pneumoniae invades the human host.

Elaine Welteroth

Elaine Welteroth (born 1986) is an American journalist, former Teen Vogue editor-in-chief (2016-2018), Project Runway judge, The Talk co-host, author of More Than Enough, and founder of the maternal-health nonprofit birthFUND.

Elaine Weyuker

Elaine Weyuker is an American computer scientist known for software testing, metrics, and fault prediction, elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 and now a professor at the University of Central Florida.

Oct 20, 2026

Elaioussa/Sebaste

Elaioussa Sebaste (᾿Ελαιοῦσσα Σεβαστή, also Ayaş, Elaeousa Sebaste), ancient port city in Rough Cilicia near Mersin, Turkey; founded 2nd–1st century BCE, renamed Sebaste under Augustus, major LR 1 amphora producer, abandoned after mid-7th-century Arab invasions.

Oct 15, 2026

ELAIS N1

ELAIS N1 is an extragalactic survey field in the northern sky, mapped in the infrared by ESA's Infrared Space Observatory and later a LOFAR deep radio field.

Elam

Elam: ancient state of southwestern Iran, centered on Susa and Anshan, from ca. 2700 B.C. to Persian conquest in 539 B.C.; Elamite language isolate, Proto-Elamite script, sukkalmah dynasty, fall of Ur in 2004 B.C.E.

Elam Sulci

Elam Sulci is a 1,500 km-wide grooved terrain system (sulcus) in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, IAU-approved in 1985 and named after the ancient Babylonian seat of sun worship in present-day Iran.

Elamipretide

Elamipretide (SS-31, MTP-131, Bendavia, Forzinity) is a cardiolipin-binding mitochondria-targeting tetrapeptide, D-Arg-Dmt-Lys-Phe-NH2; FDA accelerated approval 2025 for Barth syndrome, negative MMPOWER-3 trial in mitochondrial myopathy.

Elamite campaigns of Kutir-Nahhunte

The Elamite campaigns of Kutir-Nahhunte were the mid-12th-century BC military campaigns by which the Elamite king Kutir-Nahhunte destroyed Kassite Babylonia and carried the statue of Marduk to Susa.

Elamite dynasty of Babylon

The Elamite dynasty of Babylon, also called the Seventh Dynasty of Babylon, was a Babylonian dynasty consisting of the single Elamite-descent king Mar-biti-apla-uṣur, who ruled in the 980s BC.

Elamite intervention in Babylonia

The Elamite intervention in Babylonia was a series of Elamite military and political involvements in southern Mesopotamia during the 650s BC, ending with Assurbanipal's sack of Susa in 646 BC.

Elamite invasion of Babylonia under Humban-nikash

The Elamite invasion of Babylonia under Humban-nikaš was an Elamite intervention in 720 BC supporting Merodach-baladan against Assyria; Elamite forces pushed back Sargon II's army at Der, though Assyria held the city.

Elamite invasion of Mesopotamia

The Elamite invasion of Mesopotamia was Elam's campaign under Siwe-palar-huppak against a coalition of Babylon, Mari, and Aleppo around 1765–1764 BC, ending Elamite suzerainty and opening Hammurabi's conquests that unified Mesopotamia under Babylon.

Elamite language

Elamite, also called Susian, is an extinct language isolate spoken in ancient southwestern Iran, written in cuneiform from about 2300 B.C. and used officially by the Achaemenids.

Elamite raid on Babylonia under Shutruk-Nahhunte II

The Elamite raid on Babylonia was a campaign of about 1158 BC in which Shutruk-Nahhunte I killed the Kassite king Zababa-shuma-iddina and carried monuments from Sippar and Babylon to Susa.

Elamite raids of Kidin-Hutran III

The Elamite raids of Kidin-Hutran III were two expeditions by the Elamite king Kidin-Hutran against Kassite Babylonia, defeating Enlil-nadin-šumi in 1224 BC and Adad-šuma-iddina in 1222–17 BC.

Elamite sack of Babylon

The Elamite sack of Babylon, also known as Shutruk-Nahhunte's sack of Babylon, was Elam's capture of Babylon in the 1150s BCE, ending the Kassite dynasty.

Elamite sack of Eshnunna

The Elamite sack of Eshnunna was the capture and plunder of Eshnunna, east of the Diyala River, by an Elamite-led coalition in late 1766 or early 1765 BC.

Elamma

Elamma was an Old Assyrian merchant, younger son of Iddin-Suen, who traded at Kanesh in the 19th century BC; his archive of 372 tablets was published in 2017.

Elan (director)

Elan (எலன்; full name Elavarasan) is an Indian Tamil film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who debuted with Pyaar Prema Kaadhal (2018), later directed Star (2024), and made his acting debut in Pyaar Prema Kalyanam (2026) on Netflix. Distinct from actor Elan Even and other namesakes.

Elan aqueduct

The Elan aqueduct is a gravity-fed water-supply aqueduct carrying drinking water 73 miles from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in mid Wales to Frankley Reservoir in Birmingham, opened in 1906.

Elan D. Louis

Elan D. Louis, also known as Elan Louis, is an American neurologist who is Professor and Chair of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, known for research on essential tremor.

Élan School

Élan School: for-profit therapeutic boarding school and behavior-modification program in Poland, Maine (1970–2011), founded by Gerald Davidson and Joseph Ricci, known for peer-confrontation discipline, the Ring fistfights, and 2011 closure amid abuse allegations.

Elana Meyer

Elana Meyer (born 1966, née van Zyl), South African distance runner; 1992 Olympic 10,000m silver, 1994 world half marathon champion, half marathon world record 1:06:44 (1999); retired 2005, founded Endurocad.