Elias is the Greek equivalent of

Elijah Elijah ( ; he, אֵלִיָּהוּ, ʾĒlīyyāhū, meaning "My El (deity), God is Yahweh/YHWH"; Greek form: Elias, ''Elías''; syr, ܐܸܠܝܼܵܐ, ''Elyāe''; Arabic language, Arabic: إلياس or إليا, ''Ilyās'' or ''Ilyā''. ) w ...

( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā'';

Arabic Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...

: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the

Northern Kingdom of Israel The Kingdom of Israel (), or the Kingdom of Samaria, was an Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. The kingdom controlled the areas of Samaria, Galilee and parts of Transjordan. Its capital, for the most part, was Sama ...

in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy books. Due to Elias' role in the scriptures and to many later associated traditions, the name is used as a personal name in numerous languages.

Variants

* Éilias Irish * Elia Italian,

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

* Elias Norwegian * Elías Icelandic * Éliás Hungarian * Elías Spanish * Eliáš, Elijáš Czech * Elias, Eelis, Eljas Finnish * Elias Danish,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ge ...

, Swedish * Elias Portuguese * Elias, Iliya () Persian * Elias, Elis Swedish * Elias, Elyas

Ethiopian Ethiopians are the native inhabitants of Ethiopia, as well as the global diaspora of Ethiopia. Ethiopians constitute several component ethnic groups, many of which are closely related to ethnic groups in neighboring Eritrea and other parts of ...

* Elias, Elyas

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

* Eliasz Polish * Élie

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

* Elija Slovene * Elijah

Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...

* Elis

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

* Elisedd

* Eliya (එලියා) Sinhala * Eliyas (Ілияс) Kazakh * Eliyahu, Eliya (אֵלִיָּהוּ, אליה)

Biblical Hebrew Biblical Hebrew (, or , ), also called Classical Hebrew, is an archaic form of the Hebrew language, a language in the Canaanite branch of Semitic languages spoken by the Israelites in the area known as the Land of Israel, roughly west of t ...

* Elyās, Ilyās, Eliya (, )

* Elliot, Elliott

* Ellis

(

anglicised Anglicisation is the process by which a place or person becomes influenced by English culture or British culture, or a process of cultural and/or linguistic change in which something non-English becomes English. It can also refer to the influen ...

) * Helias

Ecclesiastical Latin Latin, also called Church Latin or Liturgical Latin, is a form of Latin developed to discuss Christian thought in Late Antiquity and used in Christian liturgy, theology, and church administration down to the present day, especially in the Cath ...

* Ilia (Илия) Bulgarian,

Church Slavonic Church Slavonic (, , literally "Church-Slavonic language"), also known as Church Slavic, New Church Slavonic or New Church Slavic, is the conservative Slavic liturgical language used by the Eastern Orthodox Church in Belarus, Bosnia and Her ...

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Ma ...

, Russian * Ilia (ილია) Georgian * Ilias (Ηλίας)

Koine Greek Koine Greek (; Koine el, ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinè diálektos, the common dialect; ), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect, Biblical Greek or New Testament Greek, was the common supra-reg ...

* Ilias (Ηλίας)

Modern Greek Modern Greek (, , or , ''Kiní Neoellinikí Glóssa''), generally referred to by speakers simply as Greek (, ), refers collectively to the dialects of the Greek language spoken in the modern era, including the official standardized form of the ...

* Ilie

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania ** Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...

* Ilija (Илија) Croatian,

Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (disambiguation ...

* Ilja

* Iljo (Иљо)

* Iliya (Илия) Bulgarian * Illés Hungarian * Illia (Ілля)

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

* Ilya (Илья) Russian * İlyas Turkish *Ilyos Uzbek * Ilias/Ilyas/Elias/Elyas/Alias/Alyas Malay * Líggjas Faroese * Yeghia (Եղիա) Armenian * 埃利亚斯 (āi lì yǎ sī) Chinese

Feminized variants

* Iliana (Илиана) Bulgarian * Ilina (Илина) Bulgarian,

* Ilinca

* Ilinka (Илинка) Croatian,

* Eliana, Iliana

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

* Éliane

People with the given name

* Elias, a Greek scholar and commentator on Aristotle and Porphyry * Elias of Armenia, Armenian religious leader, Catholicos of All Armenians from 703 to 717 * Elias of Nisibis (975–1046), Nestorian bishop of Nisibis and an important mediaeval chronicler, also known as Elijah of Nisibis and Eliya bar Shinaya * Elias, Duke of Parma (1880–1959), head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and pretender to the defunct throne of Parma * Elías Ahúja y Andría (1863–1951), Spanish politician * Elias Alves da Silva (born 1981), Brazilian football player *

Elias Ammerbach Elias Nikolaus Ammerbach (c. 1530 – January 29, 1597) was a German organist and arranger of organ music of the Renaissance. He published the earliest printed book of organ music in Germany and is grouped among the composers known as the Col ...

(1530–1597), German organist * Elias Ashmole (1617–1692), English antiquary and politician *

Elias Atallah Elias G Atallah ( ar, إلياس عطا الله) (born 1947), is a Lebanese politician, and an elected member of parliament during the 2005 elections. He is also the chairperson of the Democratic Left Movement, and a prominent member in the M ...

(born 1947), Lebanese politician *

Elias Atmatsidis Ilias Atmatsidis ( el, Ηλίας Ατματσίδης; born 24 April 1969) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is the Director of Football at AEK Athens B. Club career Atmatsidis started playing football r ...

(born 1969), Greek football player * Elias Bender Rønnenfelt (born 1992), Danish singer * Elias ibn Mudar, c. 10 AD - Arab chieftain *

Elias Boudinot Elias Boudinot ( ; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (more accurately referred to as the Congress of the Confederation) and served as President ...

(1740–1821), American politician * Elias Boudinot (Cherokee) (1802–1839), Native American writer *

Elias Breeskin Elias Breeskin (Russian: Элиас Бреескин; Ukrainian: Еліас Бреескін; 1896 – May 9, 1969) was a violinist, composer and conductor. Elias was born on October 25, 1895 in Yekaterinoslav (now Dnipropetrovsk), a small ...

(1896–1969), Russian violinist *

Elias Canetti Elias Canetti (; bg, Елиас Канети; 25 July 1905 – 14 August 1994) was a German-language writer, born in Ruse, Bulgaria to a Sephardic family. They moved to Manchester, England, but his father died in 1912, and his mother took her ...

(1905–1994), Bulgarian writer * Elias Chandler (1856–1909), American colonel and major *

Elias Charalambous Elias Charalambous ( el, Ηλίας Χαραλάμπους; born 25 September 1980) is a Cypriot football manager and former player, who is charge of Liga I club FCSB. Career statistics International Managerial Honours Omonia *Cypriot F ...

(born 1980), Cypriot footballer * Elias James Corey (born 1928), American chemist * Elias Dayton (1737–1807), American soldier and politician * Elias P. Demetracopoulos, Greek journalist * Elias Disney (1859–1941), Canadian businessman, father of Walt Disney *

Elias Dolah Elias Dolah ( th, เอเลียส ดอเลาะ, born 24 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Thai League 1 club Port. Born in Sweden, Dolah plays for the Thailand national team. Personal life Dolah ...

(born 1993), Thai footballer * Elias (footballer, born 1963), Portuguese footballer, full name Fernando Elias Oliveira da Silva * Elias Farkouh (1948–2020), Jordanian writer *

Elias Freij Elias Mitri Freij ( ar, الياس فريج; 1918 – 29 March 1998), was a Palestinian Christian politician. He was the mayor of Bethlehem from 1972 to 1997. Freij was born in 1918 in Bethlehem to a family which could trace its residence in Be ...

(1918–1998), Palestinian mayor *

Elias Gleizer Ilicz Glejzer (4 January 1934 – 16 May 2015), better known as Elias Gleizer, was a Brazilian comedian and actor. Born in São Paulo, Gleizer was the son of two Polish Jewish immigrants, a shoemaker and a housewife. He began his artistic c ...

(1934–2015), Brazilian actor and comedian *

Elias Gottlob Haussmann Elias Gottlob Haussmann (also ''Haußmann'' or ''Hausmann'') (1695 – 11 April 1774) was a German painter in the late Baroque era. Haussmann served as court painter at Dresden, and from 1720 as the official portraitist at Leipzig. He is ...

(1695–1774), German painter * Elias Harris (born 1989), German basketball player *

Elias Holl Elias Holl (28 February 1573 in Augsburg – 6 January 1646 in Augsburg) was the most important architect of late German Renaissance architecture. Life Elias Holl was born in Augsburg, Werbhausgasse 2. He was descended from a master-builder- ...

(1573–1646), German architect * Elias Howe (1819–1867), American inventor of the sewing machine *

Elias Hrawi Elias Hrawi ( ar, الياس الهراوي, 4 September 1926 – 7 July 2006) was president of Lebanon, whose term of office ran from 1989 to 1998. Early life and education Hrawi was born in Hawch Al Umara, Zahlé, to a wealthy landowning Mar ...

(1925–2006), Lebanese politician *

Elias Kane Elias Kent Kane (June 7, 1794December 12, 1835) was the first Illinois Secretary of State and a U.S. Senator from Illinois. Early life He was born in New York City, to merchant Capt. Elias Kent Kane and Deborah VanSchelluyne of Dutchess County, ...

(1794–1835), American politician * Elias Khoury (born 1948), Lebanese writer * Elias Koteas (born 1961), Greek-Canadian actor * Elias Lianos, Greek businessman * Elias Lindholm (born 1994), Swedish ice hockey player *

Elias Lönnrot Elias Lönnrot (; 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884) was a Finnish physician, philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for creating the Finnish national epic, ''Kalevala'', (1835, enlarged 1849), from short ...

(1802–1884), Finnish philologist *

Elias Loomis Elias Loomis (August 7, 1811 – August 15, 1889) was an American mathematician. He served as a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Western Reserve College (now Case Western Reserve University), the University of the City of New Yo ...

(1811–1889), American mathematician *

Elias Mendes Trindade Elias Mendes Trindade (born 16 May 1985), known simply as Elias, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Career Early career Born in São Paulo, Elias was a Palmeiras youth graduate, and played as a ...

(1985), Brazilian football player * Elias Motsoaledi (1924-1994), South African anti-apartheid activist *

Elias Murr Elias Murr ( ar, إلياس المرّ, '; born 30 January 1962) is a Lebanese politician and an International political figure. Early life and education Murr was born on 30 January 1962 in Bteghrine. He is the son of former deputy prime mini ...

(born 1962), Lebanese politician * Elias Pavlidis (born 1978), Greek boxer * Elias Petropoulos (1928–2003), Greek musicologist and writer *

Elias Pettersson Elias Fredrik Pettersson (born 12 November 1998) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Pettersson was selected fifth overall by the Canucks in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft. Nickname ...

(born 1998), Swedish ice hockey player * Elias Polk (1806-1886), American slave and political activist * Elias Porter (1914–1987), American psychologist *

Elias Rababi Elias Rababi (1913–1999) was a Lebanese journalist and politician who served as the general secretary of the Kataeb Party. He was also Lebanese ambassador to Germany and Argentine. His other significant post was the editor-in-chief of the Katae ...

(1913–1999), Lebanese journalist and politician * Elias Alford Rowan (1837-1912), American politician * Elias Ricks, American football player *

Elias Samson Jeffrey Daniel Sciullo (born November 22, 1987) is an American professional wrestler and musician. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Elias. Under the name Elias, shortened from Elias Samso ...

(or simply ''Elias''), ring name of Jeffrey Logan Sciullo, American professional wrestler *

Elias Sarkis Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several holy ...

(1924–1985), Lebanese politician * Elias (singer), French singer-songwriter * Elias "Vic" Seixas (born 1923), American Hall of Fame former top-10 tennis player * Elias Spantidakis (1886-1914), Greek-American union leader * Elias M. Stein (born 1931), American mathematician * Elias Tahan (born 1986), American photographer * Elias Toufexis (born 1975), Greek-Canadian actor * Elias Vattis (born 1986), Cypriot football player *

Elias Venezis Elias Venezis ( el, Ηλίας Βενέζης) (March 4, 1904 - August 3, 1973) is the pseudonym of Elias Mellos (), a major Greek novelist. He was born in 1904 in Ayvalık (Kydonies) in Asia Minor and died in Athens in 1973. He wrote many boo ...

(1904–1973), Greek writer *

Elias Viljanen Elias "E.Vil" Einari Johannes Viljanen (born 8 July 1975) is a Finnish musician from Tampere, Finland, known for being the guitarist for Sonata Arctica since 2007. Viljanen joined Sonata Arctica in spring 2007 in order to replace Jani Liimataine ...

(born 1975), Finnish musician *

Elias Wessén Elias Wessén (15 April 1889 – 30 January 1981) was a prominent Swedish linguist and a professor of Scandinavian languages at Stockholm University (1928–1956). In 1947, he was honoured with one of the 18 seats at the Swedish Academy (which f ...

(1889–1981), Swedish linguist * Elias Wright (1830–1901), American Union brevet brigadier general during the Civil War era * Elias Zerhouni (born 1951), Algerian-born American doctor *

Elias Zoghby Elias Zoghby (January 9, 1912 – January 16, 2008) was the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Baalbek and a leading advocate of Catholic-Orthodox ecumenism. He is best known for his ecumenical interventions during Vatican II and his 1995 Prof ...

(1912–2008), Lebanese archbishop

Fictional characters with the given name

* Elias Acorn, Prince and later King of the Kingdom of Acorn in ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' by

Archie Archie is a masculine given name, a diminutive of Archibald. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname *Archie Alexander (1888–1958), African-American mathematician, engineer and governor of the US Virgin Islands * Archie Blake (mathemati ...

; he is the older brother of Sally Acorn. *

Elias Elias is the Greek equivalent of Elijah ( he, אֵלִיָּהוּ‎ ''ʾĒlīyyāhū''; Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ ''Eliyā''; Arabic: الیاس Ilyās/Elyās), a prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel in the 9th century BC, mentioned in several h ...

, a prominent gangster whose goals lead him to both conflict and work with (directly and indirectly) in the TV series

Person of Interest "Person of interest" is a term used by law enforcement in the United States, Canada, and other countries when identifying someone possibly involved in a criminal investigation who has not been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It has no le ...

; he is shot in the head and perhaps killed in the 4th season's finale during a fight with a rival gang leader * Elias Bogan, fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe * Elias Grover, fictional character in the 2006 film ''Clerks II'' * Sergeant Elias Grodin, fictional character portrayed by Willem Dafoe in the 1986 film ''Platoon'' * Elias, fictional character in ''

Panel de Pon ''Tetris Attack'', also known as in Japan, is a puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. A Game Boy version was released a year later. In the game, the player must ...

'' * Elias Ryker, fictional character in Richard K. Morgan's novel, '' Altered Carbon'' * Elias Taylor, fictional character in ''

V (1983 miniseries) ''V'' (or ''V: The Original Miniseries'') is a two-part American science-fiction television miniseries, written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. First shown in 1983, it initiated the science-fiction franchise concerning aliens known as the "Vi ...

'' * Elias "Eli" Thompson, fictional character in the television series ''

Boardwalk Empire ''Boardwalk Empire'' is an American period crime drama television series created by Terence Winter and broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO. The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920 ...

'' * Elijah "Eli" Goldsworthy, fictional character from '' Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Elías, a main character from

José Rizal José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (, ; June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896) was a Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath active at the end of the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. He is considered the national h ...

's patriotic novel " Noli Me Tángere" * Elias Carstairs, a character from

Cassandra Clare Judith Lewis (née Rumelt; born July 27, 1973), better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series ''The Mortal Instruments''.'' Personal life Clare was born Judith ...

's " The Infernal Devices" prequel to "

The Mortal Instruments ''The Mortal Instruments'' is a series of six young adult fantasy novels written by American author Cassandra Clare, the last of which was published on May 27, 2014. ''The Mortal Instruments'' is chronologically the third series of a planned fi ...

" * Elias Walker, fictional character in the 2013 video game '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' * Dr. Elias Huer, fictional character from "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979) * Elias "Blitz" Kötz, fictional character in the 2015 video game '' Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' * Elias Venturius, one of the two protagonists of the Sabaa Tahir novel '' An Ember in the Ashes'' * Elias Rahim, fiction character in the television series '' The OA'' * Elias Bouchard, the Head of the Magnus Institute in horror fiction podcast ''

The Magnus Archives ''The Magnus Archives'' is a horror fiction podcast written by Jonathan Sims, directed by Alexander J. Newall, and distributed by Rusty Quill. Sims narrated the podcast in-character as the main character, Jonathan Sims, the newly appointed Hea ...

'' *Elias, fictional character from the 2015 comedy film ''

Men & Chicken ''Men & Chicken'' ( da, Mænd og Høns) is a 2015 Danish comedy film directed by Anders Thomas Jensen. It was shown in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. It was one of three films shortlisted by Denmark to be ...

'' *Elias Ainsworth fictional character from

The Ancient Magus' Bride is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kore Yamazaki. It is serialized in Mag Garden's ''Monthly Comic Garden'' magazine and is licensed in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A three-part prequel anime OVA was pr ...

People with the surname

Akhteruzzaman Elias Akhteruzzaman Elias (12 February 1943 – 4 January 1997) (Bengali: আখতারুজ্জামান ইলিয়াস) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer. Despite writing only two novels, critics place Elias "in the pant ...

(1943—1997), Bengali writer *

Alois Eliáš Alois Eliáš (29 September 1890 – 19 June 1942) was a Czech general and politician. He served as prime minister of the puppet government of the German-occupied Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from 27 April 1939 to 27 September 1941 bu ...

(1890–1942), Czechoslovak general and politician *

Benny Elias Ben Elias (Arabic: بن الياس; born 15 November 1963 in Tripoli, Lebanon),is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played primarily as a for Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League premie ...

(born 1963), Lebanese-Australian rugby league player * Blas Elias (born 1967), American musician * Dave Elias (1969-2013), Canadian curler *

David Elias David Elias (born 1949) is a Canadian writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Elias was born in Winkler, Manitoba in 1949 in a Mennonite home, a topic that often is addressed in his writing. He later moved to Winnipeg where he completed a degree ...

(born 1949), Canadian writer *

Eliane Elias Eliane Elias
BrowseBiography.com, 20 November 2011; retrieved 10 September 2014. is a Brazilian

Erick Elías Erick Elías Rabinovitz (born June 23, 1980) is a Mexican actor. Elías began acting with a screen debut in '' DKDA: Sueños de juventud'' (2000), followed by roles in '' Amigos x siempre'' (2000). He became known in the reality show '' Protagon ...

(born 1980), Mexican actor * Eulalia Elias (1788–1865), American rancher *

Gastão Elias Gastão José Ministro Elias (; born 24 November 1990) is a Portuguese professional tennis player, who competes on the ATP World Tour. He became the fifth Portuguese tennis player to break into the top 100 of the Association of Tennis Profession ...

(born 1990), Portuguese tennis player *

Hanin Elias Hanin Elias (born 31 May 1972) is a Syrian German industrial/techno artist. She was a member of Atari Teenage Riot and is now a solo artist. After Atari Teenage Riot's non-definitive break in 2000, and the subsequent death of Carl Crack fr ...

(born 1972), German musician * Hendrik Elias (1902–1973), Belgian politician * Isaak Elias (1912-1998), Canadian politician *

Joan Puig i Elias Joan Puig i Elias (1898–1972) was a Catalan pedagogue and anarchist from Spain who continued the work of Francisco Ferrer. During the Spanish Civil War he was president of the New Unified School Council. Biography Having been affiliated ...

(1898–1972), Catalan pedagogue and anarchist *

Johan Engelbert Elias Johan Engelbert Elias (18 August 1875 – 1 August 1959) was a Dutch historian known mostly for his important work on the history of Amsterdam's regency ("Vroedschap van Amsterdam"). Biography He was born on a canal house on the Keizersgrach ...

(1895–1959), Dutch historian, also known as ''Vroedschap van Amsterdam'' * John Elias (born 1963), Lebanese-Australian rugby league footballer and coach *

Jonathan Elias Jonathan Elias (born 1956) is an American composer best known for his film soundtracks. Background Elias was born in New York City in 1956. He is of Jewish-Hungarian background. Elias started playing piano at the age of six, and was composin ...

(born 1956), American composer * Lee Elias (1920–1998), American comics artist * Manny Elias (born 1953), English drummer *

Mike Elias Michael Elias (born December 28, 1982) is an American baseball executive. He is the executive vice president and general manager for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Elias graduated from the Thomas Jefferson High Sch ...

(born 1982), American baseball executive *

Norbert Elias Norbert Elias (; 22 June 1897 – 1 August 1990) was a German sociologist who later became a British citizen. He is especially famous for his theory of civilizing/decivilizing processes. Biography Elias was born on 22 June 1897 in Bresla ...

(1897–1990), German sociologist * Patrik Eliáš (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player * Peter Elias (1923–2001), American computer scientist *

Rick Elias Richard Robert Elias (January 7, 1955 – April 2, 2019) was an American singer and songwriter based in Nashville. Elias is best known for being a founding member of Rich Mullins' A Ragamuffin Band, which recorded and toured from 1993 thro ...

, Nashville songwriter and singer * Robert Elias, birth name of Robert Downey Sr., American actor and film director *

Roenis Elías Roenis Leliebre Elías (; ; born August 1, 1988) is a Cuban left-handed professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization. He made his MLB debut in 2014. He previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Nationals and S ...

, Cuban Major League Baseball pitcher * Rosalind Elias (1930-2020), American singer * Quentin Elias (1980-2014), French model and actor * Sandy Abi Elias, Lebanese footballer *

Sian Elias Dame Sian Seerpoohi Elias (born 13 March 1949) is a New Zealand former Government official, who served as the 12th Chief Justice of New Zealand, and was therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She was the presiding judge o ...

(born 1949), New Zealand judge * Taslim Olawale Elias (1914–1991), Nigerian judge * Ton Elias (born 1955), retired Dutch politician *

Toni Elías Antonio "Toni" Elías Justícia (born 26 March 1983) is a Spanish professional motorcycle racer and inaugural champion of the Moto2 World Championship. He is the third member of the Elías family to compete in motorcycle racing. He currently ride ...

(born 1983), Spanish motorcyclist * Zé Elias (born 1976), Brazilian football player

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