Elisha (given name)

Elisha is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran, and Baha'i writings.

Other persons with the same given name include:

Inventors

• Elisha Gray (1835-1901), American electrical engineer considered by some to be the true inventor of the telephone
• Elisha Otis (1811-1861), American industrialist, founder of the Otis Elevator Company, and inventor of an elevator safety device

Politicians and lawyers

• Elisha Hunt Allen (1804–1883), American congressman, lawyer and diplomat, and Chief Justice of the Kingdom of Hawaii Supreme Court and diplomat for the Kingdom of Hawaii
• Elisha Baxter (1827-1899), tenth Governor of Arkansas
• Elisha Cooke, Sr. (1637–1715), physician, politician, and businessman, elected Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Elisha Cooke, Jr. (1678-1837), physician and politician from the Province of Massachusetts Bay; son of the above
• Elisha Dyer (1811-1890), American politician and 25th Governor of Rhode Island
• Elisha Dyer, Jr. (1839–1906), American politician and 45th Governor of Rhode Island; son of the above
• Elisha P. Ferry (1825–1895), twice Governor of the Washington Territory and the first Governor of the State of Washington
• Elisha Harris (1791-1861), 20th Governor of Rhode Island
• Elisha Kane (1820-1857), American explorer and medical officer
• Elisha Litchfield (1785-1859), American merchant and member of the USS House of Representatives from New York
• Elisha Mathewson (1767–1853), US Senator from Rhode Island
• Elisha Payne (1731-1807), American businessman and politician
• Elisha Marshall Pease (1812–1883), fifth and thirteenth Governor of Texas
• Elisha Reynolds Potter (1764–1835), Federalist Party US Congressman and Speaker in the Rhode Island State Assembly
• Elisha R. Potter (1811–1882), justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court and member of the US House of Representatives; son of the above
• Elisha Williams (1694–1755), Congregational minister, legislator, jurist and rector of Yale College

Other

• Elisha ben Abuyah (sometime before 70-?), Jewish rabbi and religious authority
• Elisha Cook, Jr. (1903-1995), American actor
• Elisha Cuthbert (born 1982), Canadian actress
• Eli Manning, National Football League quarterback for the New York Giants

See also

• Elishah, a person in the biblical book of Genesis
• Elisa (given name)