Else (given name)
Else is a feminine given name, appearing in German, Danish and Norwegian. It is a shortened form of Elisabeth.
Notable people with the name include:
- Else Alfelt, Danish painter
- Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist
- Else Berg, Dutch painter
- Else Bugge Fougner, Norwegian lawyer and politician
- Else Christensen, Danish neopagan
- Else Feldmann, Austrian writer
- Else Frenkel-Brunswik, Polish-Austrian psychologist
- Else Hench, Austrian luger
- Else Hirsch, German-Jewish teacher
- Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish American author
- Else Jacobsen, Danish swimmer
- Else Krüger, German secretary
- Else Lasker-Schüler, Jewish German poet and playwright
- Else Mayer, German nun
- Else Meidner, Jewish German painter
- Else Repål, Norwegian politician
- Else Reppen, Norwegian philanthropist
- Else Sehrig-Vehling, German expressionist
- Else Seifert, German photographer
- Else Ury, German writer
- Else von Richthofen, German social scientist
