* 1573 – Elias Holl, German Architect ( d. 1646 )

* Town Hall ( c. 1680 ), built by a disciple of Elias Holl

* 1969 – Elias Atmatsidis, Greek footballer

* 1912 – Elias Degiannis, Greek navy officer and Resistance fighter ( d. 1943 )

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 and was elected as a U. S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War.

* 1902 – Hendrik Elias, Flemish politician ( d. 1973 )

* 1597 – Elias Ammerbach, German organist ( b. 1530 )

* 1839 – Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot are assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.

* 1897 – Norbert Elias, German sociologist ( d. 1990 )

* 1975 – Elias Viljanen, Finnish singer and guitarist ( Sonata Arctica )

* 1819 – Elias Howe, American inventor, invented the sewing machine ( d. 1867 )

* 1928 – Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 1860 – Elias M. Ammons, American politician ( d. 1925 )

Elias Lönnrot ( 9 April 1802 – 19 March 1884 ) was a physician, botanist and linguist.

Prior to the publication of The Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot compiled several related works including the three-part Kantele ( 1829 – 1831 ) the Old Kalevala ( 1835 ) and the Kanteletar ( 1840 ).

A caricature of Elias Lönnrot by A. W. Linsen " Unus homo nobis currendo restituit rem " – One man saved a kingdom for us by running

Notable towns visited by Elias Lönnrot during his 15 years of field trips – to the right is Russia, to the left Finland

* Elias Magnus Fries ( 1794 – 1878 ), mycologist.

* 1740 – Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and statesman ( d. 1821 )

* 1961 – Elias Koteas, Canadian actor

* 1617 – Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian ( d. 1692 )

* 1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.

Walter Elias " Walt " Disney ( December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966 ) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century.

* February 6 – Elias Disney, American farmer and father of Walt Disney ( d. 1941 )

* November 15 – Benny Elias, Australian rugby player

* July 12 – Elias James Corey, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

While lodge records show a gradual development of mixed lodges in Scotland, it is evident that the lodge which initiated Elias Ashmole at Warrington on 16 October 1646 was mainly or entirely composed of speculative or accepted masons.

Elias Ashmole was ( according to Aubrey ) a neighbour in Surrey, though Ashmole's estates acquired by marriage were over the county line in Berkshire ; and Oughtred's name has been mentioned in purported histories of early freemasonry, a suggestion that Oughtred was present at Ashmole's 1646 initiation going back to Thomas De Quincey.

By 1647 ( after Nov. 9, 1646 ) he was rector of Bradfield, Berkshire, a living in the gift of Elias Ashmole, who thought highly of his astrological knowledge.

She left two daughters: Philippa, who married Elias II, Count of Maine ( son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and later King of Jerusalem ), and Felice.

Cook distinguishes three summits, the highest Stephani, the next Ae Lias (= Ayios Elias ), and Diaphorti.

Other American-made variants include the mandolinetto or Howe-Orme guitar-shaped mandolin ( manufactured by the Elias Howe Company between 1897 and roughly 1920 ), which featured a cylindrical bulge along the top from fingerboard end to tailpiece ; the Army-Navy style with a flat back and top ; and the Vega mando-lute ( more commonly called a cylinder-back mandolin manufactured by the Vega Company between 1913 and roughly 1927 ), which had a similar longitudinal bulge but on the back rather than the front of the instrument.

* Adam Elias von Siebold ( 1775-1828 ), medical doctor

* Prince of Israel ( 1952 ), an English novel by Elias Gilner

A previous school, the Cooper Medical College of the University of Pacific ( founded 1858 ), entered a period of uncertainty in 1862 when its founder, Dr. Elias Samuel Cooper, died.

* Johann Elias Schlegel ( 1719 – 1749 ), critic and poet

Good early examples of the architectural basilica include the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem ( 6th century AD ), the church of St Elias at Thessalonica ( 5th century AD ), and the two great basilicas at Ravenna.

* Elias Dayton ( 1737 – 1807 ), Colonel and father of Jonathan and builder of Fort Dayton

* Jonathan Dayton ( 1760 – 1824 ), son of Elias, signer of the United States Constitution, and Speaker of the House

Shannon – Fano coding should not be confused with Shannon coding, the coding method used to prove Shannon's noiseless coding theorem, or with Shannon – Fano – Elias coding ( also known as Elias coding ), the precursor to arithmetic coding.

In the East, where Bartholomew's evangelical labours were expended, he was identified as Nathanael, in works by Abdisho bar Berika ( often known as Ebedjesu in the West ), the 14th century Nestorian metropolitan of Soba, and Elias, the bishop of Damascus.

* Sir Jacob Elias Sassoon, 1st Baronet, of Bombay ( 1909 ), extinct 1961

* The Ashmole Manuscripts ( including the Ashmole Bestiary ), collected by Elias Ashmole

Stutsman County was created by the 1872-73 territorial legislature and named for Elias Stutsman, who was born with Phocomelia ( lacking arms or legs ), but who nonetheless not only homesteaded, but became a powerful politician in the early days of the Dakota Territory.

Franz Kafka ( 1883-1924 ): " The Metamorphosis " ( 1915 ), The Trial ( 1925 ), The Castle ( 1926 ); Rainer Maria Rilke ( 1875-1926 ): The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge ( 1910 ); Alfred Döblin ( 1857-1957 ): Berlin Alexanderplatz ( 1929 ); Wyndham Lewis ( 1882-1957 ); Djuna Barnes ( 1892-1982 ): Nightwood ( 1936 ); Malcolm Lowry ( 1909-57 ): Under the Volcano ( 1947 ); Ernest Hemingway ; William Faulkner ; James Hanley ( 1897-1985 ); James Joyce ( 1882-1941 ): " The Nighttown " section of Ulysses ( 1922 ); Patrick White ( 1912-90 ); D. H. Lawrence ; Sheila Watson: Double Hook ; Elias Canetti: Auto de Fe ; Thomas Pynchon.

In the 80's, after the area was designated Wrangell-St. Elias National Park ( 1980 ), it began to draw some adventurous tourists to the new national park.

* Elias Higbee ( 1795 – 1843 ), associate of Joseph Smith, Jr., and an official historian and recorder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Elias Boudinot Elementary School ( K-2 ; 91 students ),

* Elias Boudinot ( 1740 – 1821 ), President of the Continental Congress from 1782 to 1783.