Famous People with Name Elka

Elka Whalan (nee Graham)            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Elka Whalan (nee Graham): is a retired Australian swimmer who competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and 2004 Athens Olympics. Graham specialised in the 200m and 400m freestyle events, also swimming the 800m freestyle. She represented Australia at numerous international meets, inclu

Elkana Mayard            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elkana Mayard: is a Canadian soccer player of Haitian heritage who currently plays for Trois-Rivières Attak in the Canadian Soccer League. Mayard started his career playing at the youth level with Racing de Montréal-Nord, and SC Panellinios Montréal in the LSEQ. In the LSEQ he was a finalist for the LSEQ Defender of the Year award for three season, eventually winning the award in 2002.

Elkanah Billings            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elkanah Billings: Canada's first paleontologist. Billings was born on a farm by the Rideau River outside Bytown(Ottawa). He was originally educated in law and in 1845, he was called to the Canadian bar. In 1852, he founded the journal the Canadian Naturalist (and Geologist). He continued to practice law until 1856, when he was hired to be the first paleontologist for Geological Survey of Canada(GSC). In his lifetime, he identified 1065 new species and 61 new genera, including Aspidella, the first documented fossil of the Ediacaran biota. [1]

Ronit Elkabetz            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Ronit Elkabetz: an Israeli actress and filmmaker.Elkabetz was born in Beersheba in 1964 to a religious Sephardic family and grew up in Kiryat Yam.[1] Her mother was a hairdresser and her father was a postal employee.[2] Her mother spoke French and Arabic, but her father insisted on speaking only Hebrew.[1][3] She never studied acting and started her career as a model.[2]

Amos Elkana            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Amos Elkana: is an Israeli composer and guitar player.Elkana’s works have been performed and recorded around the world. His first saxophone quartet was premiered in Carnegie Hall in New York City in 1993. The Berlin Festival commissioned his song-cycle Arabic Lessons and premiered it in 1998. His concerto for clarinet Tru’a was recorded by clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra.

Peter Elkas            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Peter Elkas: a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter, signed to MapleMusic Recordings. He spent twelve years as part of the Montreal band Local Rabbits, with whom he started playing as a teenager.[1] He released his first solo album, Party of One, in 2004, and has ope

Edis Elkasevic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Edis Elkasevic: is a Croatian shot putter.His personal best throw is 20.94 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Velenje. With the junior shot (6 kg) he has 21.96 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Zagreb. As of January 2009[update], this is the junior world record.

Eliran Elkayam            Origin/Culture/Country: Jewish

Eliran Elkayam: an Israeli football player.