Elo is a surname and a unisex given name. People with the name are as follows:

Surname

Arpad Elo Arpad Emmerich Elo ( Élő Árpád Imre; August 25, 1903 – November 5, 1992) was a Hungarian-American physics professor who created the Elo rating system for two-player games such as chess. Born in Egyházaskesző, Kingdom of Hungary, ...

(1903–1992), Hungarian-American creator of the Elo rating system *

Colmán Elo Colmán Elo (555 – 26 September 611) was born in Glenelly, Ireland in what is now County Tyrone. He is famed in Irish hagiography. Life Colmán was founder and first Abbot of Muckamore, and from the fact of being titled as the successor (''c ...

(555–611), Irish saint * Dor Elo (born 1993), Israeli football player *

Eero Elo Eero Elo (born April 26, 1990) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HC Thurgau of the Swiss League (SL). Elo was selected by the Minnesota Wild in the 5th round (145th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. Elo ...

(born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player * Jaakko Elo (1925–2017), Finnish physician * Jere Elo (born 1992), Finnish ice hockey player *

Jorma Elo Jorma Elo is a contemporary choreographer. Early life He was born 30 August 1961 in Helsinki, Finland. His father, Jaakko Elo, is a urological surgeon, mother Ruth Elo née Carlstedt, a dentist. Jorma Elo's partner since 1994 is Nancy Euverin ...

(born 1961), Finnish choreographer *

Michael Elo Michael Elo is a Danish musician. He composed the Danish Eurovision Song Contest 1991 entry, "'' Lige der hvor hjertet slår''", which was performed by Anders Frandsen. Before that, Michael Elo had appeared several times in Eurovision as a back ...

, Danish musician *

Olavi Elo Olavi Elo (5 April 1913 – 13 April 1979) was a Finnish sports shooter. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) ...

(1913–1979), Finnish sports shooter *

Pentti Elo Pentti Elo (10 June 1929 – 4 June 1991) was a Finnish field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), offi ...

(1929–1991), Finnish hockey player *

Simon Elo Simon Jakob Benjamin Elo (born 8 July 1986 in Lapinjärvi) is a Finnish politician and a former Member of Parliament. He was a representative in the Finns Party until 2017 and was the leader of Finns Party Youth from 2010 to 2014. He was elected ...

(born 1986), Finnish politician *

Tiina Elo Tiina Susanna Elo (born 21 January 1971 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Green League at the Uusimaa Uusimaa (; sv, Nyland, ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It bord ...

(born 1971), Finnish politician *

Unto Elo Unto Elo (born November 29, 1944 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sprint canoer who competed in the mid-1970s. He was eliminated in the repechages of the K-4 1000 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Mo ...

(born 1944), Finnish sprint canoer

Given name

Elo Edeferioka Elo Edema Edeferioka (born 10 April 1993) is a Nigerian basketball player for Celta de Vigo Baloncesto and the Nigerian national team. She participated at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, th ...

(born 1993), Nigerian basketball player *

Elo Romančík Emanuel "Elo" Romančík (17 December 1922 in Ružomberok – 9 October 2012 in Bratislava) was a Slovak actor. He starred in the 1970 film '' Witchhammer'' under director Otakar Vávra Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 201 ...

(1922–2012), Slovak actor *

Elo Viiding Elo Viiding ( pen name, Elo Vee; born 20 March 1974) is an Estonian poet and prose writer. Family Viiding is the third poet in her family. Her father, Juhan Viiding was a famous and influential poet in the 1970s. He was also an actor. Her pat ...

(born 1974), Estonian poet and writer {{given name, type=both Finnish-language surnames Estonian feminine given names Unisex given names