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Elizabeth W. Hanes
Elizabeth Wilson Hanes, born 1978, is a United States district judge for the Eastern District of Virginia since 2022, previously a magistrate judge for the same district.
Elizabeth Wahab
Elizabeth Wahab is an American private-equity and venture-capital executive who served as General Partner and Global Chief Operating Officer at B Capital, joining in 2022.
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren (born 1949, Oklahoma City) is the Democratic U.S. Senator from Massachusetts since 2013, former Harvard bankruptcy law professor, TARP oversight panel chair, and founder-era architect of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Elizabeth Wettlaufer
Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Canadian former registered nurse and Canada's first known healthcare serial killer, killed eight Ontario long-term care residents with insulin overdoses (2007–2016), pleaded guilty June 1, 2017, and prompted the Gillese Inquiry's 91 recommendations.
Elizabeth Wilson
Elizabeth Wilson (Elizabeth Welter Wilson, 1921-2015), American character actress and Tony winner for Sticks and Bones; known as Mrs. Braddock in The Graduate and Roz in 9 to 5, distinct from the academic writer of the same name.
Elizabeth Winzeler
Elizabeth A. Winzeler is an American malaria researcher at the University of California, San Diego, known for cell-based antimalarial drug discovery and the genetics of drug resistance in malaria parasites.
Elizabeth Woodville
Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437-1492), also spelled Wydeville or Widvile, queen consort of Edward IV; widowed Lancastrian wife of Sir John Grey who secretly married the Yorkist king in 1464, mother of the Princes in the Tower, patroness of Queens' College Cambridge.
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel (1967-2020), American author of Prozac Nation (1994), the Gen X depression memoir; also wrote Bitch, More, Now, Again, and Creatocracy; died of breast cancer complications at 52.
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Elizabeth Zimmerman, ex-wife of Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte (married 1973, annulled 2000) and mother of Vice President Sara Duterte, Paolo, and Sebastian; not the knitter Elizabeth Zimmermann.
Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
Elizabeth, also known as Elisheva (אלישבע), is the wife of the priest Zechariah and mother of John the Baptist, who conceived him in old age as Luke's Gospel recounts.
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Elizabeth, New Jersey: founded 1664 as Elizabethtown, first permanent English settlement and first capital of New Jersey; Union County seat of about 137,000, home to the Port Newark–Elizabeth container terminal and Singer factory history.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Elizabeth: The Golden Age is Shekhar Kapur's 2007 sequel to Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, covering the Babington plot, Mary Queen of Scots' execution, and the 1588 Spanish Armada.
Elizabethan collar
Elizabethan collar (E-collar, cone of shame): protective cone around a pet's head preventing licking or scratching of wounds. Studies report welfare costs; alternatives include inflatable collars and recovery suits.
Elizabethan era
The Elizabethan era (1558–1603) is the reign of Elizabeth I, last Tudor monarch of England: the Church of England settlement of the 39 Articles, the 1588 Spanish Armada, the Elizabethan Poor Laws, Shakespeare's theatre, and the contested 'Golden Age' image of her rule.
Elizabethan literature
Elizabethan literature is the body of English writing produced during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603), an era dominated by the commercial London theater and by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Spenser, and Jonson.
Elizabethan Religious Settlement
The Elizabethan Religious Settlement, also called the Elizabethan Settlement, is the framework of laws and worship that re-established a reformed Church of England under Elizabeth I between 1559 and 1571.
Elizabethtown (film)
Elizabethtown is Cameron Crowe's 2005 comedy-drama-romance starring Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, about a fired shoe designer returning to Kentucky for his father's funeral; it flopped commercially ($52 million worldwide), scored 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and inspired the term Manic Pixie Dream Girl.
Elizaveta Bam
Elizaveta Bam (Елизавета Бам) is a 1927 one-act play by Daniil Kharms about a woman arrested for a murder she did not commit, an early forerunner of absurdist theater.
Elize Ryd
Elize Ryd (エリーセ・リード), born 1984 in Värnamo, Sweden, is a singer and songwriter, frontwoman and co-founder of metal band Amaranthe (formed 2008), and guest vocalist for Kamelot, Falconer, Apocalyptica, and DragonForce.
Elize: Shadows of a Woman
Elize: Shadows of a Woman (Elize: Sombras de uma Mulher) is a 2026 Brazilian Netflix psychological thriller directed by Felipe Vellas, starring Lorena Comparato as Elize Matsunaga, dramatizing her 2012 murder of husband Marcos Matsunaga.
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos
Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos, "Capoeira", Brazilian UFC welterweight from Francisco Beltrão, Paraná; capoeira-based striker, CM System team, 25-10-1 record, Jungle Fight champion, No. 4 longest UFC welterweight win streak.
Elı́as Campo
Elías Campo Güerri, born 1955 in Boltaña, Spain, is a pathologist at the University of Barcelona known for genomic characterization of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and lymphoid neoplasms.
Eljero Elia
Eljero Elia, Dutch left winger born 1987 in Voorburg; 30 Netherlands caps, 2010 World Cup finalist, Serie A 2011/12 with Juventus and Eredivisie 2016/17 with Feyenoord; clubs included HSV, Werder Bremen, and Başakşehir.
Elk
Elk, also called wapiti, is a large deer native to North America and central and eastern Asia, now treated as a species distinct from the European red deer.
Elk Creek NGL Pipeline
The Elk Creek NGL Pipeline is a 900-mile pipeline owned by ONEOK that carries natural gas liquids from the Williston Basin in Montana to Bushton, Kansas, completed in 2019.
Elk Grove, California
Elk Grove is a city in Sacramento County, California, about 15 miles south of downtown Sacramento. Incorporated in 2000, it grew to 176,124 residents by the 2020 census.
Elk Hills Oil Field
The Elk Hills Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in Kern County, California, once Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 and sold to Occidental Petroleum in 1998.
Elk Island National Park
Elk Island National Park: fully fenced Canadian national park in the Beaver Hills, 48 km east of Edmonton. Founded 1906 as Canada's first wildlife refuge; seed herd site for plains and wood bison conservation.
Elk Valley Resources
Elk Valley Resources is a Canadian steelmaking coal producer operating four mines in the Elk Valley of southeastern British Columbia, majority owned by Glencore since 2024.
ELK1
ELK1 (ETS-like gene 1), an ETS-domain transcription factor at Xp11.23, is activated by ERK/JNK/p38 phosphorylation, binds SREs with SRF to drive immediate early genes, and promotes tumorigenesis across many cancers.