Else is a feminine given name, appearing in

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. It is a shortened form of Elisabeth. Notable people with the name include: *

Else Alfelt Else Alfelt (16 September 1910 – 9 August 1974) was a Danish artist who specialized in abstract paintings. She was one of two female members of the CoBrA movement. She was married to Carl-Henning Pedersen, another prominent CoBrA member. Earl ...

(1910–1974), Danish painter *

Else Ackermann Else Ackermann (6 November 1933 – 14 September 2019) was a German physician and pharmacologist who became an East German politician ( Christian Democratic Union of Germany). The report on the power relationships between the citizen and the stat ...

, German physician and pharmacologist * Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician *

Else Berg Else Berg (19 February 1877, Ratibor – 19 November 1942, Auschwitz) was a German-born Dutch painter of Jewish descent; associated with the Bergense School. She was married to the Dutch painter, Mommie Schwarz. She and her husband were both mu ...

(1877–1942), Dutch painter *

Else Bugge Fougner Else Bugge Fougner (born 9 November 1944) is a Norwegian lawyer and a politician for the Conservative Party. She was born in Moss as a daughter of Jacob C. Bugge (1912–1993) and Bodil Bengtson (born 1919). In August 1974 she married lawyer Am ...

(born 1944), Norwegian lawyer and politician * Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish neopagan * Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian writer *

Else Frenkel-Brunswik Else Frenkel-Brunswik (August 18, 1908 in Lemberg – March 31, 1958 in Berkeley, California, USA) was a Polish-Austrian Jewish psychologist. She was forced to leave Poland and later Austria as a result of anti-Jewish persecution. She is bes ...

(1908–1958), Polish-Austrian psychologist * Else Hench (20th century), Austrian luger *

Else Hirsch Else Hirsch (29 July 1889 – 1942 or 1943) was a Jewish teacher in Bochum, Germany, and a member of the German Resistance against the Third Reich. She organized transports of Jewish children to the Netherlands and England, saving them from N ...

(1889–1942/3), German-Jewish teacher *

Else Holmelund Minarik Else Holmelund Minarik (née Holmelund; September 13, 1920 – July 12, 2012) was an American author of more than 40 children's books. She was most commonly associated with her '' Little Bear'' series of children's books, which were adapted for t ...

(1920–2012), Danish American author *

Else Jacobsen Else Agnes Ella Jacobsen (later Baade) (31 May 1911 – 3 April 1965) was a Danish swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also kn ...

(1911–1965), Danish swimmer *

Else Krüger Else Krüger (9 February 1915 – 24 January 2005) was Martin Bormann's secretary (and, allegedly, mistress) from the end of 1942 until 1 May 1945.O'Donnell, J. (2001) 978 '' The Bunker''. Junge and Christian, when interviewed by O'Donnell, b ...

(born 1915), German secretary *

Else Lasker-Schüler Else Lasker-Schüler (née Elisabeth Schüler) (; 11 February 1869 – 22 January 1945) was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle in Berlin and her poetry. She was one of the few women affiliated with the Expressi ...

(1869–1945), Jewish German poet and playwright *

Else Mayer Else Mayer (1891–1962) was a German nun and women's liberation activist during the period of first-wave feminism. She was one of the pioneers of the German Women's Liberation Movement. Together with Alexandra Bischoff she founded the Erlöserbu ...

(1891–1962), German nun *

Else Meidner Else Meidner (born Else Meyer; 2 September 1901 – 7 May 1987) was a German-Jewish painter. Biography Meidner was born in Berlin and studied there between 1918 and 1925 before spending two years in Cologne. In 1927 she married the painter L ...

(1901–1987), Jewish German painter * Else Repål (1930–2015), Norwegian politician *

Else Reppen Else Reppen (14 November 1933 – 28 February 2006) was a Norwegian philanthropist, Pentecostal and a strict advocate of temperance. During her lifetime she was well known of serving others and caring little for herself. In 1984, she founded "Actio ...

(1933–2006), Norwegian philanthropist *

Else Sehrig-Vehling Else Sehrig-Vehling (26 May 1897 in Düsseldorf – 12 February 1994 in Bad SalzuflenEntry on the birth certification (civil registration office Düsseldorf-Mitte No. 3194) Microfilm Einwohnermelderegister (MF) Düsseldorf) was a German expressi ...

(1897–1994), German expressionist *

Else Seifert Else Seifert (9 December 1879 – 23 June 1968) was a German architectural photographer and teacher from Dresden. Biography Else Seifert was born in Dresden in 1879 to Karl Robert Seifert, a merchant, and Klara Amalie Juliane (née Schiertz). She ...

(1879–1968), German photographer * Else Ury (1877–1943), German writer *

Else von Richthofen Else Freiin von Richthofen (October 8, 1874 - December 22, 1973) was among the early female social scientists in Germany. Life and career Elisabeth Helene Amalie Sophie Freiin (Baroness) von Richthofen (also known as Else Jaffé) was born into t ...

(1874–1973), German social scientist

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