Namesakes
French Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Élie, duc Decazes 1819-1820 
Haitian Presidents:
2 presidents
(president) Faustin Soulouque (a.k.a. Élie) 1847-1849
(president) Élie Lescot 1941-1946
Nobel Prize Winners:
2 peace, 1 medicine
(peace) Élie Ducommun 1902
(medicine) Ilya Mechnikov (a.k.a. Élie) 1908
(peace) Elie Wiesel 1986
Notable Musicians:
1 composer
Fromental Halévy (a.k.a. Élie) 1799-1862
Notable Philosophers and Thinkers:
1 philosopher
Jacques Derrida (a.k.a. Élie) 1930-2004
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 biologist
Ilya Mechnikov (a.k.a. Élie) 1845-1916
Notable Writers:
1 author
Elie Wiesel 1928-2016
Other Royalty:
1 emperor
Faustin I (a.k.a. Élie) 1849-1859 Haiti
Romanian Presidents and Prime Ministers:
1 prime minister
(prime minister) Miron Cristea (a.k.a. Elie) 1938-1939