Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to:

People

* Aelia (gens) or Elia, a ''gens'' of Ancient Rome

Mononymic

* Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet * Elia, a pen-name of Charles Lamb

First name

Elia Abu Madi Elia Abu Madi (also known as Elia D. Madey; ar, إيليا أبو ماضي 'Lebanese Arabic Transliteration: , .) (May 15, 1890 – November 23, 1957) was a Lebanese-born American poet. Early life Abu Madi was born in the village of Al- ...

, (1890–1957), Lebanese poet *

Elia Barceló Elia Barceló or Elia Eisterer-Barceló (born 29 January 1957) is a Spanish academic and author who lives in Austria. Life Barceló was born in Elda in 1957. She became an academic and earned her doctorate in Innsbruck, Austria in 1995. She rema ...

(born 1957), Spanish writer * Elia Goode Byington (1858–1936), American journalist *

Elia Cmíral Elia David Cmíral (; born October 1, 1950) is a Czechs, Czech composer for film, television, ballet, and video games. He has worked on numerous projects across multiple genres, though he is arguably best known for his work in the Thriller film, thr ...

(born 1950), Czech film composer *

Elia Dalla Costa Elia Dalla Costa (14 May 1872 – 22 December 1961) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal who served as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, Archbishop of ...

(1872–1961), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Florence *

Elia del Medigo Elia del Medigo, also called Elijah Delmedigo or Elias ben Moise del Medigo and sometimes known to his contemporaries as Helias Hebreus Cretensis or in Hebrew Elijah Mi-Qandia (c. 1458 – c. 1493). According to Jacob Joshua Ross, "whil ...

(1458–1493), Greek rabbi * Elia Favilli (born 1989), Italian cyclist * Elia Frosio (1913–2005), Italian cyclist * Elia Galera (born 1973), Spanish actress * Elia Kaiyamo (born 1951), Namibian politician *

Elia Kazan Elia Kazan (; born Elias Kazantzoglou ( el, Ηλίας Καζαντζόγλου); September 7, 1909 – September 28, 2003) was an American film and theatre director, producer, screenwriter and actor, described by ''The New York Times'' as "one o ...

(1909–2003), American director and producer *

Elia Legati Elia Legati (born 3 January 1986) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for FeralpiSalò. Club career Legati was signed by Milan from Fiorenzuola in 2001. He played in their youth teams for six years, before joining ...

(born 1986), Italian football player *

Elia Levita Elia Levita (13 February 146928 January 1549) ( he, אליהו בן אשר הלוי אשכנזי), also known as Elijah Levita, Elias Levita, Élie Lévita, Elia Levita Ashkenazi, Eliahu Levita, Eliyahu haBahur ("Elijah the Bachelor"), Elye Bok ...

(1469–1549), German Hebrew scholar *

Elia Liut Elia Antonio Liut (Fiume Veneto, March 6, 1894 - Quito, May 12, 1952) was an Italian aviator who was the first to fly across the Andes of Ecuador on the 4th of November of 1920, where he is regarded as a national hero. Biography His parents wer ...

(1894–1952), Italian aviator * Elia Luini (born 1979), Italian rower *

Elia Millosevich Elia Filippo Francesco Giuseppe Maria Millosevich (5 September 1848 in Venice – 5 December 1919 in Rome) was an Italian astronomer.br>boka - 0.indd/ref> He specialized in calculating the orbits of comets and asteroids, in particular 433 Ero ...

(1848–1919), Italian astronomer *

Elia W. Peattie Elia Wilkinson Peattie (January 15, 1862 – July 12, 1935) was an American author, journalist and critic. Biography Elia Wilkinson was the daughter of Frederick and Amanda (Cahill) Wilkinson. She was born on January 15, 1862, in Kalamazoo, Mich ...

(1862–1935), American journalist *

Elia Peraizza Ilija Peraica ( it, Elia Peraizza, sr-cyr, Илија Пераица; d. 1685), was a Venetian Dalmatian ''harambaša'' (bandit leader), with the title of ''serdar'', one of the commanders of the Morlach troops that participated in the Great Turki ...

(died 1685), Venetian military leader *

Elia Ravelomanantsoa Elia Ravelomanantsoa (born 1960) is a Malagasy politician and the director of Synergy-FCB. Born in Antananarivo, Ravelomanantsoa set herself up in business at the age of seventeen. She founded the Manja festival of fashion in 1986. From 1990 u ...

(born 1960), Malagasy politician * Elia Rigotto (born 1982), Italian cyclist *

Elia Soriano Elia Soriano (born 26 June 1989) is an Italian-German professional footballer who most recently played as a striker for Kickers Offenbach Offenbacher Kickers, also known as Kickers Offenbach, is a German association football club in Offenbac ...

(born 1989), German football player *

Elia Suleiman Elia Suleiman ( ar, إيليا سليمان, ; born 28 July 1960) is a Palestinian film director and actor of Rûm Greek Orthodox origin. He is best known for the 2002 film ''Divine Intervention'' ( ar, يد إلهية), a modern tragic comedy on ...

(born 1960), Palestinian director *

Elia Viviani Elia Viviani (born 7 February 1989) is an Italian professional Cycle sport, cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . On 10 May 2015, Viviani won his first Grand Tour stage victory at the 2015 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia, winning stage 2 ...

(born 1989), Italian cyclist *

Elia Zenghelis Elia Zenghelis (Born 1937, Athens, Greece) is a Greek architect and teacher. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, completing his studies in 1961. From 1961 to 1971 he worked for architects Dougla ...

(born 1937), Greek architect

Surname

Alessandro Elia Alessandro Elia (born 15 February 1990) is an Italian footballer. Career Parma Elia began his career on youth side for Parma F.C. and won with the team the Cup of the Alps, an international Youth Tournament and was named as MVP of the Tournam ...

(born 1990), Italian footballer *

Antonella Elia Antonella Elia (born 1 November 1963) is an Italian television personality and actress. Life and career Born in Turin, Elia started her career as a model and made her television debut in 1989 in a minor role in the TV-series '' The Betrothed' ...

(born 1963), Italian actress *

Bruce Elia Bruce Louis Elia (born January 10, 1953) is a former college and professional American football player. In college, Elia played on both the offensive and defensive teams for The Ohio State Buckeyes. Professionally, he was a linebacker, primar ...

(born 1953), American football player * Eljero Elia (born 1987), Dutch footballer *

Jon Elia Syed Hussain Sibt-e-Asghar Naqvi, commonly known as Jaun Elia ( ur, , 14 December 1931 – 8 November 2002), was an Indo-Pakistani poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar. One of the most prominent modern Urdu poets, popular for his unconve ...

(1931–2002), Pakistani poet * Lee Elia (born 1937), American baseball player and coach *

Leopoldo Elia Leopoldo Elia (4 November 1925 – 5 October 2008) was an Italian politician. Biography Leopoldo Elia was born in Fano, Marche, in 1925. His father was Raffaele Elia, the secretary of the Italian People's Party in Fano in the first post-war p ...

(1925–2008), Italian politician *

Meschak Elia Meschak Elia (born 6 August 1997) is a Congolese professional association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Swiss Super League club BSC Young Boys, Young Boys and the DR Congo national football team, ...

(born 1997), Congolese footballer *

Sapphire Elia Sapphire Chrystalla Elia (born 15 April 1987) is an English actress, model and singer best known for her roles in musical drama ''Britannia High'' and the soap opera ''Emmerdale''. Early and personal life Sapphire Chrystalla Elia was born on 15 ...

(born 1987), British actres * Maria Elia (born 1968), British chef

Places

*Elia, a historical and alternative name for the Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada *

Elia, Kyrenia Elia ( gr, Ελιά, tr, Yeşiltepe) is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, located southeast of Karavas. It is under the ''de facto'' control of Northern Cyprus. References

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, Cyprus *

Elia, Nicosia Elia ( el, Ελιά; post-1974 tr, Doğancı, pre-1974 tr, Elye) is a village in Cyprus, located east of Lefka. ''De facto'', it is under the control of Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republi ...

, Cyprus *Elia, Mykonos, Greece

Other uses

* European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), an organization of art schools *

Elia (sculpture) Elia is a sculpture created by Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021) in Herning, Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subd ...

, a prominent public artwork in Denmark *

Elia System Operator Elia is a Belgian transmission system operator for high-voltage electricity (30,000–380,000 volts), located in Brussels, Belgium. It operates in Belgium and Germany. The company transmits electricity from generators to distribution system operat ...

, an electric power transmission system operator of Belgium *

Olive Tree (Greece) The Olive Tree ( el, Ελιά, ''Elia''), full name Olive Tree – Democratic Alignment (Ελιά – Δημοκρατική Παράταξη) was a centre-left electoral alliance. The alliance included the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) ...