title: Elia
text: # Elia
  
  Elia is a name which may be a variant of the names Elias, Elijah, Eli or Eliahu, and may refer to:
  
  ## People
  
  * Aelia (gens) or Elia, a gens of Ancient Rome
  
  ### Mononymic
  
  * Elia or Elijah, a biblical prophet
  * Elia, a pen-name of Charles Lamb
  
  ### First name
  
  * Elia Abu Madi, (1890–1957), Lebanese poet
  * Elia Barceló (born 1957), Spanish writer
  * Elia Goode Byington (1858–1936), American journalist
  * Elia Cmíral (born 1950), Czech film composer
  * Elia Dalla Costa (1872–1961), Italian cardinal and Archbishop of Florence
  * Elia del Medigo (1458–1493), Greek rabbi
  * Elia Favilli (born 1989), Italian cyclist
  * Elia Frosio (1913–2005), Italian cyclist
  * Elia Galera (born 1973), Spanish actress
  * Elia Kaiyamo (born 1951), Namibian politician
  * Elia Kazan (1909–2003), American director and producer
  * Elia Legati (born 1986), Italian football player
  * Elia Levita (1469–1549), German Hebrew scholar
  * Elia Liut (1894–1952), Italian aviator
  * Elia Luini (born 1979), Italian rower
  * Elia Millosevich (1848–1919), Italian astronomer
  * Elia W. Peattie (1862–1935), American journalist
  * Elia Peraizza (died 1685), Venetian military leader
  * Elia Ravelomanantsoa (born 1960), Malagasy politician
  * Elia Rigotto (born 1982), Italian cyclist
  * Elia Soriano (born 1989), German football player
  * Elia Suleiman (born 1960), Palestinian director
  * Elia Viviani (born 1989), Italian cyclist
  * Elia Zenghelis (born 1937), Greek architect
  
  ### Surname
  
  * Alessandro Elia (born 1990), Italian footballer
  * Antonella Elia (born 1963), Italian actress
  * Bruce Elia (born 1953), American football player
  * Eljero Elia (born 1987), Dutch footballer
  * Jon Elia (1931–2002), Pakistani poet
  * Lee Elia (born 1937), American baseball player and coach
  * Leopoldo Elia (1925–2008), Italian politician
  * Meschak Elia (born 1997), Congolese footballer
  * Sapphire Elia (born 1987), British actress
  
  ## Places
  
  * Elia, a historical and alternative name for the Jane and Finch neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada
  * Elia, Kyrenia, Cyprus
  * Elia, Nicosia, Cyprus
  * Elia, Mykonos, Greece
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), an organization of art schools
  * Elia (sculpture), a prominent public artwork in Denmark
  * Elia System Operator, an electric power transmission system operator of Belgium
  * Olive Tree (Greece), a political movement
  * European Language Industry Association (ELIA); see language industry
  * Elia (gastropod), a genus of gastropods in the family Clausiliidae
  