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Elena Kountoura
Elena Kountoura is a Greek politician and former tourism minister who has served as a Member of the European Parliament for SYRIZA since 2019, and as Vice-Chair of its Transport and Tourism Committee since 2024.
Elena Mukhina (Елена Вячеславовна Мухина)
Elena Mukhina (Елена Вячеславовна Мухина), Soviet artistic gymnast, 1978 world all-around champion in Strasbourg; quadriplegic after a Thomas salto training accident on 3 July 1980, two weeks before the Moscow Olympics; died 2006.
Elena of Avalor
Elena of Avalor, also known as Disney's Elena of Avalor, is an American animated Disney Junior series that premiered in 2016, starring Elena Castillo Flores, Disney's first Latina princess.
Elena Ottolenghi Nightingale
Elena Ottolenghi Nightingale is an Italian-born American physician and microbial geneticist at George Washington University, known for work on health and human rights and adolescent health policy.
Elena Pantazi
Elena Pantazi is a venture capital executive who is Partner and Head of Platform at Northzone in London, the firm's first partner focused on talent rather than deal-making.
Elena Parent
Elena Parent is an American Democratic politician and attorney in the Georgia State Senate's 44th district since 2015, elected caucus chairwoman in 2020, who announced in 2026 she would not seek re-election.
Elena Pavlovna
Elena Pavlovna (Елена Павловна; 1784–1803) was a Russian grand duchess, the second daughter of Tsar Paul I, who in 1799 married Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
Elena Poniatowska
Elena Poniatowska (Hélène Poniatowska Amor), Mexican journalist and writer born in Paris in 1932; author of La noche de Tlatelolco (1971) and about 50 books; first Mexican woman to win the Premio Cervantes (2013).
Elena Pridankina (Елена Ивановна Приданкина)
Elena Pridankina (Елена Ивановна Приданкина), Russian tennis player born 2005; right-handed, WTA doubles champion at Jiujiang 2025, career-high singles No. 168, 2026 French Open main-draw debutant.
Elena Richter
Elena Richter (Elena Luise Senta Richter), German recurve archer born 1989 in Berlin; 2012 Olympian (=17), 2011 European individual champion, 2018 World Indoor double gold medalist, retired 2020.
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.