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Elvaston Castle
Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire: Grade II Gothic Revival country house begun 1633, remodelled by James Wyatt, with William Barron gardens; since 1970 one of England's first country parks.
Elven Kings Under the Sky
Elven Kings Under the Sky is the season 2 premiere of The Rings of Power, aired August 29, 2024 on Prime Video. Directed by Charlotte Brändström, written by Gennifer Hutchison; title from the Ring Verse; Sauron bargains with Adar.
Elvenking (band)
Elvenking is an Italian folk/power metal band formed October 1997 in Sacile, Pordenone, by guitarists Aydan and Jarpen. Led by vocalist Damna since 1998 (minus 2002–2004), it signed to AFM Records after its 2000 demo and has released twelve albums, including the Heathenreel debut and the Reader of the Runes trilogy.
Elvera Sanchez
Elvera 'Baby' Sanchez Davis (1905-2000), American tap dancer and mother of Sammy Davis Jr.; Harlem Lafayette and Apollo chorus dancer, Atlantic City barmaid, adviser for National Tap Dance Day.
Elversberg
SV Elversberg (SV 07 Elversberg), German football club founded 1907 in Spiesen-Elversberg, Saarland; smallest club ever in the Bundesliga, promoted 2026 after three promotions in five years under Horst Steffen and Vincent Wagner.
Elves
Elves (Danish: Nisser) is a 2021 Danish Netflix horror-fantasy miniseries: six episodes about a family whose Christmas on a remote island unleashes monstrous elves, created by Stefan Jaworski for Miso Film.
Elveskud
Elveskud (Elverskud), Danish for "Elf-shot," is a medieval Scandinavian ballad, DgF 47, in which knight Herr Oluf is killed by an elf-maiden on his wedding eve.
Elvey (lunar crater)
Elvey is an IAU-approved 80.21 km impact crater on the Moon at about 9.0°N, -100.6°E, named in 1970 for American astronomer and geophysicist Christian Thomas Elvey (1899-1970).
Elvi Svendsen
Elvi Johanne Svendsen (Svendsen-Carlsen), Danish swimmer (1920-2013) of IF Sparta, Copenhagen; 1936 and 1948 Olympian, 1947 European 4x100 m freestyle relay champion, 1938 world record holder 4:29.7.
Elvin A. Kabat
Elvin A. Kabat (1914–2000) was an American immunochemist at Columbia University who first demonstrated that antibodies are gamma globulins and, with mentor Michael Heidelberger, founded quantitative immunochemistry; his antibody numbering system remains in use.
Elvin Bishop
Elvin Bishop (born 1942, Glendale, California) is an American blues and rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, a founding member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, known for the No. 3 hit "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" and Rock and Roll and Blues Hall of Fame membership.
Elvin C. Stakman
Elvin C. Stakman (1885–1979) was an American plant pathologist at the University of Minnesota who established methods for combating wheat rust fungi and mentored Norman Borlaug.
Elvin Hayes
Elvin Hayes, "The Big E" (born 1945, Rayville, Louisiana), NBA power forward/center, Houston star of the 1968 Game of the Century, 1968 first overall pick, rookie scoring champion, 12x All-Star, 1978 NBA champion with Washington, Hall of Fame 1990.
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones (1927–2004) was an American jazz drummer with the John Coltrane Quartet from 1960, known for a polyrhythmic style that changed jazz drumming.
Elvio Romero
Elvio Romero was a Paraguayan poet and journalist, exiled in Argentina after the 1947 civil war and the first winner of Paraguay's National Literature Prize.
Elvira Bary (Эльвира Валерьевна Барякина)
Elvira Bary (Elvira Valerievna Baryakina, born 1975, Nizhny Novgorod) is a Russian-American historical novelist, author of the Stormy Era trilogy, the Writer's Handbook, and the Sphinx Method, now in California.
Elvira Hancock
Elvira Hancock is a fictional character in the 1983 American crime drama film Scarface, played by Michelle Pfeiffer as the mistress and later wife of Tony Montana.
Elvira Madigan
Elvira Madigan (Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen, 1867–1889), Danish-Nordic circus slackwire dancer who eloped with Swedish lieutenant Sixten Sparre; both died on Tåsinge in July 1889, later immortalized in Bo Widerberg's 1967 film and Mozart's 'Elvira Madigan' concerto.
Elvira Ozolina
Elvīra Ozoliņa (Эльвира Озолина), born 8 October 1939 in Leningrad, is a Soviet-Latvian javelin thrower, 1960 Olympic champion (55.98 m OR), three-time ratified world record holder, and first woman over 60 m.
Elvira Saadi
Elvira Saadi (Эльвира Фуадовна Саади), born 1952 in Tashkent, Soviet artistic gymnast; two Olympic team golds (Munich 1972, Montreal 1976), 1974 world team champion; later coach in Moscow and Cambridge, Ontario, permanently banned by Gymnastics Canada.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (film)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, 1988 American comedy horror film directed by James Signorelli, starring Cassandra Peterson as her TV horror hostess character Elvira, who inherits a New England estate and battles her warlock uncle Vincent; NBC Productions' first feature, released 30 September 1988.
Elvira's Movie Macabre
Elvira's Movie Macabre, also called Movie Macabre, is a KHJ-TV horror-host series premiered September 26, 1981, in which Cassandra Peterson as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, introduces low-budget horror films with campy commentary; about 272 episodes, canceled 1986, later syndicated and revived circa 2010 and on Hulu in 2014.
Elvis (1956 album)
Elvis (1956) is Elvis Presley's second album and follow-up to his RCA debut, recorded in three September 1956 sessions, including Little Richard covers and "Lawdy, Miss Clawdy," viewed as bolder than the debut.
Elvis (1968 TV program)
Elvis, the 1968 NBC television special also called Singer Presents...Elvis or the '68 Comeback Special, was directed by Steve Binder, taped in Burbank in June 1968, drew a 42 percent audience, and relaunched Elvis Presley's live performing career.
Elvis (1979 film)
Elvis (1979) is John Carpenter's ABC made-for-television biopic starring Kurt Russell as Elvis Presley, premiered 11 February 1979, with vocals dubbed by Ronnie McDowell, three Emmy nominations, and later theatrical releases abroad.
Elvis (2022 film)
Elvis is a 2022 biographical drama film directed by Baz Luhrmann that traces Elvis Presley's life, starring Austin Butler as Presley and Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker.
Elvis & Nixon
Elvis & Nixon is a 2016 historical comedy directed by Liza Johnson, starring Michael Shannon as Elvis Presley and Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon, dramatizing their real December 21, 1970 Oval Office meeting behind the National Archives' most requested photograph.
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus, 1954) is an English singer-songwriter from London's pub rock scene, known for "Alison," "Pump It Up," and "Oliver's Army."
Elvis Costello discography
Elvis Costello discography: about 31 studio albums by Declan MacManus (stage name from Elvis Presley and his mother's maiden name), from My Aim Is True (1977) through the Attractions, the Imposters, and 2024's Coward Brothers LP.
Elvis Crespo
Elvis Crespo (Elvis Crespo Díaz), Puerto Rican merengue singer born in New York, former Grupo Manía lead vocalist; Grammy-winning Píntame (2000), 1998 Suavemente hit, and 2026 No. 1 La Graciosa with Quevedo.