Elias
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Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
name , which in turn is the Hellenized
Hellenization
Hellenization is a term used to describe the spread of ancient Greek culture, and, to a lesser extent, language. It is mainly used to describe the spread of Hellenistic civilization during the Hellenistic period following the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon...
form of the , meaning "Yahweh
Yahweh
Yahweh is the name of God in the Bible, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jews and Christians.The word Yahweh is a modern scholarly convention for the Hebrew , transcribed into Roman letters as YHWH and known as the Tetragrammaton, for which the original pronunciation is unknown...
is my God". Another form of Eliyahu in English is Elijah.
The name belonged most notably to Elijah (icon), the Hebrew prophet. In the King James Version of the Bible, "Elias" is used in the New Testament
New Testament
The New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
as the English translation of the Greek name for this prophet.
Variants
- Elia English, Dutch, Italian
- Elías IcelandicIcelandic languageIcelandic is a North Germanic language, the main language of Iceland. Its closest relative is Faroese.Icelandic is an Indo-European language belonging to the North Germanic or Nordic branch of the Germanic languages. Historically, it was the westernmost of the Indo-European languages prior to the...
- Eelis FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
- Éliás HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
- Elías Spanish
- Eliáš CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
- Elias (Ἠλίας) Koine GreekKoine GreekKoine Greek is the universal dialect of the Greek language spoken throughout post-Classical antiquity , developing from the Attic dialect, with admixture of elements especially from Ionic....
- Elias PortuguesePortuguese languagePortuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
- Elias (الیاس) PersianPersian languagePersian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
- Eliasz PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
- Élie FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
- Elijah English, HebrewHebrew languageHebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
- Elijáš CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
- Elis SwedishSwedish languageSwedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
- Eliyahu (אליהו) HebrewHebrew languageHebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
- Eliyyahu (אֵ֣לִיָּ֔הוּ) Biblical Hebrew, HebrewHebrew languageHebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...
- Eljas FinnishFinnish languageFinnish is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland Primarily for use by restaurant menus and by ethnic Finns outside Finland. It is one of the two official languages of Finland and an official minority language in Sweden. In Sweden, both standard Finnish and Meänkieli, a...
- Elliot English
- Elliott English
- Ellis English
- Helias Ecclesiastical LatinEcclesiastical LatinEcclesiastical Latin is the Latin used by the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church in all periods for ecclesiastical purposes...
- Ilia (Илия) BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
, Church Slavonic, RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... - Ilias (Ηλίας) Modern GreekModern GreekModern Greek refers to the varieties of the Greek language spoken in the modern era. The beginning of the "modern" period of the language is often symbolically assigned to the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453, even though that date marks no clear linguistic boundary and many characteristic...
- Ilie RomanianRomanian languageRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
- Iliés Algerian
- Ilija (Илија) CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
, MacedonianMacedonian languageMacedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
, SerbianSerbian languageSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries.... - Iliya (Илия) BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
- Illés HungarianHungarian languageHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
- Ilya (Илья) RussianRussian languageRussian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
- İlyas TurkishTurkish languageTurkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
- Ilyās (إلياس) ArabicArabic languageArabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
- Líggjas FaroeseFaroese languageFaroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...
Feminine variants
- Iliana (Илиана) BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
- Ilina (Илина) BulgarianBulgarian languageBulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
- Ilinca RomanianRomanian languageRomanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...
- Ilinka (Илинка) CroatianCroatian languageCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
, MacedonianMacedonian languageMacedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
, SerbianSerbian languageSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
People with the given name Elias
- Elias of Armenia, Armenian religious leader, Catholicos of All Armenians from 703 to 717
- Elias Alves da SilvaElias Alves da SilvaElias Alves da Silva, simply Elias , is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Ermis Aradippou in Cyprus, as a defensive midfielder. He also holds Portuguese citizenship.-Football career:...
(born 1981), Brazilian football player - Elias AmmerbachElias AmmerbachElias Nikolaus Ammerbach 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 Colorists....
(1530–1597), German organist - Elias AshmoleElias AshmoleElias Ashmole was a celebrated English antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy. Ashmole supported the royalist side during the English Civil War, and at the restoration of Charles II he was rewarded with several lucrative offices.Ashmole was an antiquary with a...
(1617–1692), English antiquary and politician - Elias AtmatsidisElias AtmatsidisElias Atmatsidis is a former Greek football goalkeeper.Atmatsidis played most of his career for AEK Athens FC...
(born 1969), Greek football player - Elias BoudinotElias BoudinotElias Boudinot was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and a U.S. Congressman for New Jersey...
(1740–1821), American politician - Elias Boudinot (Cherokee)Elias Boudinot (Cherokee)Elias Boudinot , was a member of an important Cherokee family in present-day Georgia. They believed that rapid acculturation was critical to Cherokee survival. In 1828 Boudinot became the editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, which was published in Cherokee and English...
(1802–1839), Native American writer - Elias BreeskinElias BreeskinElias Breeskin was a violinist, composer and conductor.Elias was born sometime in 1896 in Yekaterinsolav, a small village in the Ukraine, which has now morphed into the industrial city of Dnipropetrovsk, with over a million inhabitants...
(1896–1969), Russian violinist - Elias CanettiElias CanettiElias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power".-Life:...
(1905–1994), Bulgarian writer - Elias CharalambousElias CharalambousElias Charalambous is a Cypriot footballer. He plays as a left back for Alki Larnaca and the Cyprus national team. In 2008 he rejoined Omonia and became the club's captain...
(born 1980), Cypriot footballer - Elias James CoreyElias James CoreyElias James Corey is an American organic chemist. In 1990 he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis...
(born 1928), American chemist - Elias DaytonElias DaytonElias Dayton was the Mayor of Elizabethtown, New Jersey-Biography:He was born in Elizabeth, Union County, New Jersey....
(1737–1807), American soldier and politician - Elias P. DemetracopoulosElias P. DemetracopoulosElias P. Demetracopoulos is a Greek journalist and dissident during the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 . During the dictatorship, Demetracopoulos lived in exile in Washington, D.C., where he lobbied against the Greek junta...
, Greek journalist - Elias DisneyElias DisneyElias Disney was the Canadian father of Roy Disney and Walt Disney.-Early life:Disney was born in the rural village of Bluevale, Ontario, Canada, to Irish-born immigrant Kepple Elias Disney and Mary Richardson who was of English descent. He became a farmer and a businessman with little success...
(1859–1941), Canadian businessman, father of Walt Disney - Elias FreijElias FreijElias Mitri Freij , a Palestinian Christian, who follow the Orthodox Christian church of Jerusalem, was mayor of Bethlehem from 1972-1997....
(1918–1998), Palestinian mayor - Elias Gottlob HaussmannElias Gottlob HaussmannElias Gottlob Haussmann 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...
(1695–1774), German painter - Elias HollElias HollElias Holl was the most important architect of early German Baroque architecture.-Life:...
(1573–1646), German architect - Elias HoweElias HoweElias Howe, Jr. was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer.-Early life & family:Howe was born on July 9, 1819 to Dr. Elias Howe, Sr. and Polly Howe in Spencer, Massachusetts. Howe spent his childhood and early adult years in Massachusetts where he apprenticed in a textile factory in...
(1819–1867), American inventor of the sewing machine - Elias HrawiElias HrawiElias Hrawi was a President of Lebanon, whose term of office ran from 1989 to 1998.He was a native of the Beqaa valley. He was elected on 24 November 1989, two days after the assassination of René Moawad, who had held office for just seventeen days...
(1925–2006), Lebanese politician - Elias KaneElias KaneElias Kent Kane was one of the first U.S. Senators from Illinois.He was born in New York City, attended the public schools, and graduated from Yale College in 1813....
(1794–1835), American politician - Elias Khoury (born 1948), Lebanese writer
- Elias KoteasElias KoteasElias Koteas is a Canadian actor of film and television, best known for his roles in The Prophecy, Fallen and the live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films.-Early life:...
(born 1961), Canadian actor - Elias LianosElias LianosElias Lianos is a Greek businessman. He was the founder, CEO and major shareholder of Proton Bank, which is headquartered in Athens, Greece. He is also the president of Panionios B.C., the Athens-based Euroleague Basketball club.-External links:* *...
, Greek businessman - Elias LönnrotElias LönnrotElias Lönnrot was a Finnish philologist and collector of traditional Finnish oral poetry. He is best known for compiling the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic compiled from national folklore.-Education and early life:...
(1802–1884), Finnish philologist - Elias LoomisElias Loomis- Life and work :Loomis was born in Willington, Connecticut in 1811. He graduated at Yale College in 1830, was a tutor there for three years , and then spent the next year in scientific investigation in Paris. On his return, Loomis was appointed professor of mathematics in the Western Reserve...
(1811–1889), American mathematician - Elias Mendes TrindadeElias Mendes TrindadeElias Mendes Trindade , known simply as Elias , is a Brazilian football midfielder player for Sporting Clube de Portugal.-Career:...
(1985), Brazilian football player - Elias MurrElias MurrElias Murr is the former Lebanese Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He held the positions of Deputy Prime minister and Interior Minister in previous Cabinets....
(born 1962), Lebanese politician - Elias PavlidisElias PavlidisElias Pavlidis , sometimes written Helias or Ilias Pavlidis, is a Greek amateur boxer best known to compete at the Athens Olympics 2004...
(born 1978), Greek boxer - Elias PetropoulosElias PetropoulosElias Petropoulos , who was born in Greece but spent much of his life in France, holds a unique place in the intellectual life of Europe...
(1928–2003), Greek musicologist and writer - Elias PorterElias PorterElias Hull Porter was an influential psychologist. While at the University of Chicago Porter was a peer of other notable American psychologists, including Carl Rogers, Thomas Gordon, Abraham Maslow and Will Schutz. His work at Ohio State University and later at the University of Chicago...
(1914–1987), American psychologist - Elias SarkisElias SarkisElias Sarkis was the President of the Lebanese Republic from 1976 to 1982.-Early career:Born in Shabbaniah, Sarkis graduated with a Law degree from Saint Joseph University in 1948. After joining the judicial corps in 1953, he became a judge with the Accounting Department...
(1924–1985), Lebanese politician - Elias M. SteinElias M. SteinElias Menachem Stein is a mathematician and a leading figure in the field of harmonic analysis. He is the Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University.-Biography:...
(born 1931), American mathematician - Elias TahanElias TahanElias Tahan is an American photographer currently located in Los Angeles.Elias Tahan has been featured in publications such as New York Posts Page Six, Flaunt, Interview and Pilot...
(born 1986), American photographer - Elias Toufexis (born 1975), Canadian actor
- Elias VattisElias VattisElias Vattis is a Cypriot midfielder who plays for Ethnikos Achna. He started his career in AEL FC.-External links:...
(born 1986), Cypriot football player - Elias VenezisElias VenezisElias Venezis is the pseudonym of Elias Mellos, a major Greek novelist. He was born in 1904 in Ayvalık in Asia Minor and died in Athens in 1973. He wrote many books, of which the most famous are Number 31328 and Aeolian Earth...
(1904–1973), Greek writer - Elias ViljanenElias ViljanenElias 'E.Vil' Viljanen is a Finnish musician, known for being the guitarist for Sonata Arctica since 2007. Viljanen joined Sonata Arctica in spring 2007 in order to replace Jani Liimatainen, who left the band in August 2007 to fulfill his civil duties in Finland...
(born 1975), Finnish musician - Elias WessénElias WessénElias Wessén was a prominent Swedish linguist and a professor of Scandinavian languages at Stockholm University . In 1947, he was honoured with one of the 18 seats at the Swedish Academy .His earliest work concerned morphological problems in the Germanic languages, Onomasiology and Norse mythology...
(1889–1981), Swedish linguist - Elias ZerhouniElias ZerhouniElias A. Zerhouni is an Algerian born American radiologist and medical researcher. He was the 15th director of the National Institutes of Health, appointed by George W. Bush in May 2002. He served for 6 years, stepping down in October, 2008.-Background:A resident of Pasadena, Maryland, Zerhouni...
(born 1951), Algerian-born American doctor - Elias ZoghbyElias ZoghbyElias Zoghby was the Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Baalbek and a leading advocate of Catholic-Orthodox ecumenism...
(1912–2008), Greek archbishop
Fictional characters
- Elias Acorn, fictional character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series of video games
- Elias BoganElias BoganElias Bogan is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Comics Universe. His first appearance was in X-Treme X-Men #21 . He was created by Chris Claremont.-Fictional character biography:...
, 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 PlatoonPlatoon (film)Platoon is a 1986 American war film written and directed by Oliver Stone and stars Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe and Charlie Sheen. It is the first of Stone's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth....
- Elias, fictional character in Panel de PonPanel de Pon, also known as Panel de Pon: Action Puzzle Game, is a puzzle video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Super Famicom home video game console. It was released on October 27, 1995 in Japan, and was later ported to the North American and European markets as Tetris...
- Elias Ryker, fictional chacter in Richard K. Morgan's novel, "Altered CarbonAltered CarbonAltered Carbon is a hardboiled science fiction novel by Richard K. Morgan. Set some five hundred years in the future in a universe in which the United Nations Protectorate oversees a number of extrasolar planets settled by human beings, it features protagonist Takeshi Kovacs...
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People with the given name Elijah
- Elijah BaleyElijah BaleyElijah Baley is a fictional character in Isaac Asimov's Robot series. He is the main character of the novels The Caves of Steel, The Naked Sun and The Robots of Dawn, and of the short story "Mirror Image". He is seen in flashbacks several times and talked about frequently in Robots and Empire,...
, fictional character from Isaac Asimov's Robot novel series - Elijah Blue AllmanElijah Blue AllmanElijah Blue Allman, also known by his stage name Phillips Exeter Blue I, is the son of Cher and her second husband Gregg Allman and half brother of Chaz Bono, Delilah Allman, Michael Allman, Layla Allman and Devon Allman....
(b. 1976), son of CherCherCher is an American recording artist, television personality, actress, director, record producer and philanthropist. Referred to as the Goddess of Pop, she has won an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, three Golden Globes and a Cannes Film Festival Award among others for her work in...
and lead singer of DeadsyDeadsyDeadsy is an American synth rock band from California. The band is known for its visual iconography and signature characteristics assigned to each band member. Each musician is identified by a specific color, stage name, and graphic tied into the band's theatrical nature. The band has released... - Elijah BurkeElijah BurkeElijah Samuel Burke is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the name of "The Pope" D'Angelo Dinero; a gimmick in which he portrays a Harlem street preacher...
(b. 1978), professional wrestler for Total Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action WrestlingTotal Nonstop Action Wrestling is a privately held professional wrestling promotion founded by Jeff Jarrett and Jerry Jarrett. The company broadcasts its events on television and the Internet fifty two weeks a year with over a million weekly viewers on its primary television program, Impact...
under the name D'Angelo Dinero - Elijah JoyElijah JoyElijah Joy Erik C. Nedd is an emcee, television host, singer, writer, vegan celebrity chef and green living advocate from Washington, DC. He is the founder of Organic Soul, Incorporated, a vegan lifestyle and multimedia company based in Takoma Park, Maryland. Organic Soul, Inc. was also a Green...
(d.o.b. unknown) American singer, vegan celebrity chef, green living expert - Elijah KelleyElijah KelleyElijah Kelley is an American actor, singer, and dancer. Kelley has appeared in the films Take the Lead and 28 Days , and co-starred in the musical film re-adaptation of Hairspray , in which he portrayed the character Seaweed J...
, actor known for playing Seaweed Stubbs in Hairspray (2007) - Elijah MuhammadElijah MuhammadElijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975...
(1895–1975), former leader of the Nation of Islam - Elijah PittsElijah PittsElijah Eugene Pitts was an American football halfback in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, the Los Angeles Rams, and the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas.Pitts scored two touchdowns in the original Super Bowl...
(b. 1938), American football player and football coach - Elijah WoodElijah WoodElijah Jordan Wood is an American actor. He made his film debut with a minor part in Back to the Future Part II , then landed a succession of larger roles that made him a critically acclaimed child actor by age 9. He is best known for his high-profile role as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's...
(b. 1981), American actor best known for playing Frodo BagginsFrodo BagginsFrodo Baggins is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.He is the main protagonist of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He was a hobbit of the Shire who inherited Sauron's Ring from Bilbo Baggins and undertook the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom...
in The Lord of the Rings film trilogyThe Lord of the Rings film trilogyThe Lord of the Rings is an epic film trilogy consisting of three fantasy adventure films based on the three-volume book of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .The films were directed by Peter... - Elijah "Eli" Goldsworthy, fictional character from Degrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next GenerationDegrassi: The Next Generation is a Canadian teen drama television series set in the Degrassi universe, which was created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood in 1979. Degrassi is the fourth fictional series in the Degrassi franchise, and follows The Kids of Degrassi Street, Degrassi Junior High, and...
People with the surname Elias
- Akhteruzzaman EliasAkhteruzzaman EliasAkhteruzzaman Elias , born in Gaibandha District, Bangladesh, is a famous novelist and short story writer. Though he wrote only two novels, critics place Elias in the pantheon of great Bengali novelists...
(1943—1997), Bengali writer - Alois EliášAlois EliášAlois Eliáš was a Czechoslovak general and politician. He served as Prime Minister of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia from April 27, 1939 to September 28, 1941.- Career in 1939-1942 :...
(1890–1942), Czechoslovak general and politician - Benny EliasBenny EliasBenjamin Elias is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 90s. He played primarily as a hooker for Balmain in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership. He was one of the leading hookers from the mid 1980s until his retirement at the end of the 1994 season...
(born 1963), Australian rugby league player - Blas EliasBlas EliasBlas Elias , is the drummer of rock band Slaughter. He also drums for the Las Vegas production of Blue Man Group.-Biography:...
(born 1967), American musician - Che EliasChe EliasChe Elias is an American novelist and poet now based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Elias relocated to Pittsburgh to attend Pittsburgh Filmmakers and remained in the area, subsidizing his primary interest of writing by working as a camera operator for Stroon Vision...
(born 1980), American novelist - Eliane EliasEliane EliasEliane Elias is a Brazilian jazz pianist, arranger, vocalist and songwriter.-Biography:...
(born 1960), Brazilian musician - Erick ElíasErick EliasErick Elías is a Mexican actor, model and singer.Erick Elias began his studies in acting, music, dance, and modeling at a very young age. He moved to Mexico City, soon after graduating from high school...
(born 1980), Mexican actor - Hanin EliasHanin EliasHanin Elias is a German industrial/techno artist. She was a member of Atari Teenage Riot and is now a solo artist....
(born 1972), German musician - Hendrik EliasHendrik EliasHendrik Josef Elias was a Belgian politician and Flemish nationalist.-Biography:Elias was a noted academic, holding doctorates in both Law and Philosophy from studies at the Catholic University of Leuven, the University of Paris and the University of Bonn before serving in a number of leading...
(1902–1973), Belgian politician - Jeannie EliasJeannie EliasJeannie Elias is a Canadian American film and voice actress.-Anime Roles:* Blood+ - Young Haji, Nahabi, Additional Voices* Ergo Proxy - Kitty* Naruto - Kaori-Non-anime Roles:...
(born 1954), Canadian actor - John EliasJohn Elias (rugby league)John Elias is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach. During the 1980s and 90s he played for clubs in Sydney, Brisbane, England and France where he also coached, and also played and coached for the Lebanon national team.-Biography:...
, Lebanese-Australian rugby league footballer and coach - Jonathan EliasJonathan EliasJonathan Elias is a U.S. composer and record producer, known for his movie soundtracks, production for several pop and rock acts, and his award-winning advertising music including the PBS logo instrumental from October 1, 1984 to October 1, 1989....
(born 1956), American composer - Lee Elias (1920–1998), American comics artist
- Manny EliasManny EliasManny Elias is an English drummer, notable for being the original drummer with Tears for Fears during the 1980s.Originally a member of the rock band Interview from Bath, Somerset. Elias began working with Tears For Fears in 1982 and drummed on the albums The Hurting and Songs From The Big Chair,...
(born 1953), English drummer - Norbert EliasNorbert EliasNorbert Elias was a German sociologist of Jewish descent, who later became a British citizen.-Biography:...
(1897–1990), German sociologist - Patrik EliášPatrik EliasPatrik Eliáš is a Czech professional hockey left winger and alternate captain for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League . A long-time Devil and currently the team's longest-tenured skater, Eliáš is the franchise's all-time leading scorer, while also holding franchise records for most...
(born 1976), Czech ice hockey player - Robert Elias, birth name of Robert Downey, Sr., American actor/director
- Rosalind EliasRosalind EliasRosalind Elias is an American mezzo-soprano, a rich-voiced singer of fine musicianship who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera.-Life and career:...
(born 1929), American singer - Quentin EliasQuentin EliasQuentin Elias is a singer, actor, and model. Originally from France, of Algerian origin, he was the former lead singer for French boy band Alliage from 1996 to 1999...
(born 1980), French model and actor - Sian EliasSian EliasDame Sian Seerpoohi Elias, GNZM, PC, QC is the Chief Justice of New Zealand, and is therefore the most senior member of the country's judiciary. She is the presiding judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand...
(born 1949), New Zealand judge - Taslim Olawale EliasTaslim Olawale EliasTaslim Olawale Elias was a Nigerian jurist. He was a former Chief Justice of Nigeria and a former President of the International Court of Justice. He also modernized and extensively revised the laws of Nigeria....
(1914–1991), Nigerian judge - Toni ElíasToni ElíasAntonio "Toni" Elias Justícia Antonio "Toni" Elias Justícia Antonio "Toni" Elias Justícia (born March 26, 1983 in Manresa, (Catalonia, Spain) is a professional motorcycle racer and inaugural champion of the Moto2 World Championship. He is the third member of the Elías family to compete in...
(born 1983), Spanish motorcyclist - Peter EliasPeter EliasPeter Elias was a pioneer in the field of information theory. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he was a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty from 1953 to 1991....
(1923–2001), American computer scientist - Zé Elias (born 1976), Brazilian football player
People with related surnames
- Lior EliyahuLior EliyahuLior Eliyahu is an Israeli professional basketball player. He is 2.07 m in height and he weighs 102 kg . He plays at the power forward position, but he can also play small forward. The Houston Rockets own his NBA Draft rights...
, professional basketball player
See also
- Saint EliasSaint Elias-Persons:* Elijah, a Jewish prophet sometimes revered as a Christian saint* Elias of Jerusalem, a 5th century Patriarch of Jerusalem* Elias and companions, a group of Egyptian Christian martyrs -Places:...
- Elias (disambiguation)Elias (disambiguation)Elias is a given name and surname, the Greek and Latin form of Elijah.Elias may also refer to:-People:*Elijah, the Hebrew prophet*Elias , 6th century Aristotelian commentator...
- Elijah (disambiguation)Elijah (disambiguation)Elijah was a prophet in Israel in the 9th century BCE, mentioned in several holy books. Elias is the Greek equivalent.Elijah may also refer to:-Musical works:* Elijah , by Felix Mendelssohn* Elijah Rock, a traditional spiritual...
- Ilias (disambiguation)Ilias (disambiguation)-Persons with Ilias as given name:* Ilias Ali, a Bangladeshi politician and a former member of the Jatiyo Sangshad .* Ilias Anastasakos , a Greek footballer* Ilias Atmatsidis a former Greek football goalkeeper...
- EliaEliaElia may refer to:* European League of Institutes of the Arts , an organization of art schools* Elia , a prominent public artwork in Denmark* Elia, a historical and alternative name for the Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada...