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Else Jacobsen
Else Jacobsen (1911–1965), Danish breaststroke swimmer, first Dane to set a swimming world record (200 m, 1927), bronze medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, later coach of Greta Andersen.
Else Lasker-Schüler
Else Lasker-Schüler, born Elisabeth Schüler, was a German Jewish poet and playwright, a leading voice of German Expressionism, who won the 1932 Kleist Prize and died in exile in Jerusalem in 1945.
Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk
Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (born 1978, Gjøvik) is a Norwegian former handball line player, Olympic champion 2008, world champion 1999, and three-time European champion, with 215 caps and 598 goals.
Else Plickert
Else Plickert (later Anders), German sprinter of SC Brandenburg Berlin, world record holder in the women's 10 x 100 m relay, 2:05.3, Frankfurt, 20 July 1929; event discontinued after 1936.
Else von Richthofen
Else von Richthofen, also known as Else Jaffé, was a German economist and the first academic factory inspector in Germany, and a long-time companion of Max Weber.
Elsebet Lund
Elsebet Lund is a molecular biologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison known for work on ribosomal RNA processing in E. coli and nuclear export of small RNAs.
Elseid Hysaj
Elseid Hysaj, Albanian right-back born 1994 in Shkodër; Empoli, Napoli (€5M, 2015), and Lazio defender, 99 caps for Albania, Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, free agent July 2026.
Elsemieke Hillen
Elsemieke Hillen (Havenga-Hillen), born 1959 in Den Haag, Dutch field hockey forward; Olympic gold at Los Angeles 1984, World Cup champion 1978, 1983, 1986, 106 caps; later Dutch TV presenter and communication advisor.
Elsevier
Elsevier: Dutch academic publisher in Amsterdam, a RELX segment and the largest scientific journal publisher, with 3,000 journals, The Lancet and Cell, hybrid and gold open access models, ScienceDirect and Scopus, and noted criticism over pricing and access.
Elsewhere Partners
Elsewhere Partners is an Austin, Texas-based investment firm founded by Austin Ventures alumni Chris Pacitti and John Thornton, which makes majority investments in bootstrapped B2B software companies outside traditional venture hubs.
Elseworlds
Elseworlds is DC Comics' imprint for out-of-continuity stories reimagining heroes in new eras and settings, launched after Gotham by Gaslight (1989), first logo comic Batman: Holy Terror (1991), dormant around 2005, revived from 2024 with comics and DC Studios media label.
Elseworlds (Arrowverse)
Elseworlds (Arrowverse): fifth annual Arrowverse crossover, aired December 9-11, 2018 on The CW across The Flash 5x09, Arrow 7x09, and Supergirl 4x09. The Monitor gives John Deegan the Book of Destiny; Barry and Oliver swap bodies; debuts of Batwoman, Lois Lane, and Gotham City; set up Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Elsie de Wolfe
Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950), later Lady Mendl, was an American interior decorator and the first professional decorator in the United States, known for light colors and the aesthetic "light, air and comfort."
Elsie Eiler
Elsie Eiler, sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska since husband Rudy's 2004 death; she is the village's mayor, clerk, treasurer, librarian, and Monowi Tavern bartender, the only one-person incorporated US town.
Elsie Fisher
Elsie Fisher (Elsie Kate Fisher), American actor born 2003 in Riverside, California; voiced Agnes in Despicable Me and starred as Kayla Day in Eighth Grade, earning a Golden Globe nomination and Gotham and Critics Choice awards.
Elsie M. Sunderland
Elsie M. Sunderland is a Canadian-American environmental chemist, the Fred Kavli Professor at Harvard since 2022, whose research on methylmercury and PFAS has shaped US mercury regulation.
Elsie MacGill
Elsie MacGill, born Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill and nicknamed the Queen of the Hurricanes, was a Canadian aeronautical engineer who oversaw Hawker Hurricane production during World War II.
Elsie Vaalbooi
Elsie Vaalbooi (1901–2002) was a South African woman from Rietfontein, Northern Cape, rediscovered in 1997 as one of the last fluent speakers of N|uu, a San click language.
Elsie Windes
Elsie Ann Windes, American water polo defender born 1985 in Portland, Oregon; two-time Olympian (silver Beijing 2008, gold London 2012), Cal Berkeley All-American, USA Water Polo Hall of Fame 2020.
Elsinore (film)
Elsinore is a 2026 biographical drama directed by Simon Stone, starring Andrew Scott as actor Ian Charleson (distinct from Elsinore Film, the Rome production company), who performed Hamlet at the National Theatre in 1989 while dying of AIDS; Olivia Colman co-stars.
Elsinore Arch
Elsinore Arch, also called the Elsinore Tower, is a castellated limestone gateway in Cincinnati, Ohio, built in 1883 as a valve house and entrance to Eden Park.
Elsinore Corona
Elsinore Corona is the largest of three coronae on Uranus's moon Miranda, a 323 km ovoid region of deformed terrain named after Hamlet's castle in 1988.
Elslack Roman Fort
Elslack Roman Fort (Burwen Castle, Olenacum) in North Yorkshire: two superimposed Roman forts, a Flavian infantry fort of AD 70-80 and a larger stone-rampart fort, tentatively identified with Olenacum of the Notitia Dignitatum.
Elso S. Barghoorn
Elso S. Barghoorn (1915–1984) was an American paleobotanist at Harvard University who founded the formal field of Precambrian paleobiology, the study of life recorded in rocks older than the well-preserved fossil record.
Elspeth Garman
Elspeth Garman, born 1954, is a British molecular biophysicist and Oxford professor known for the "Garman limit" radiation dose limit and for making cryo-cooling of protein crystals routine.
Elst
Elst is a town in the Dutch province of Gelderland, between Arnhem and Nijmegen, known for the remains of one of the largest Roman temples north of the Alps.
Elster (metering company)
Elster is a metering brand and former company group that makes gas, electricity, and water meters, acquired by Honeywell from Melrose Industries in 2015 for about $5.1 billion.
Elston Howard
Elston Gene Howard (1929-1980), American catcher and left fielder, Kansas City Monarchs alumnus and first African-American New York Yankees player (debut April 14, 1955); 1963 AL MVP, nine-time All-Star, number 32 retired.
Elstree
Elstree is a historic village in Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, on Roman Watling Street (A5183), older than neighboring Borehamwood, with a conservation area designated 1976, St Nicholas church of 1188, and a parish council founded 1894.
Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios is a film and television studio in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, founded in 1925, home to Blackmail, Star Wars, The Shining, and The Crown, council-owned since the 1990s, operated by MBS Group since 2025.