# Elisha (given name)

Elisha is a given name of Hebrew origin.
Elisha is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible, the Quran, and Baha'i writings.
Other persons with the same given name include:

## Actors

* Elisha Cook, Jr. (1903–1995), American actor
* Elisha Cuthbert (born 1982), Canadian actress
* Elisha Henig (born 2004), American actor
* Elisha Kriis, Indian-American actress and television personality

## Businessmen

* Elisha S. Converse (1820–1904), American businessman
* Elisha Peck (1789–1851), American businessman
* Elisha Wiesel (born 1972), American chief information officer of Goldman Sachs; hedge fund manager of the Niche Plus; son of Elie Wiesel

## 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 W. Baily (1821–1904), American politician and physician from Pennsylvania
* 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 Krauss (born 1986), American journalist, speaker, and radio talk host based in Los Angeles, California
* Elisha Lewis (died 1867), American politician
* Elisha Litchfield (1785-1859), American merchant and member of the US House of Representatives from New York
* Elisha Mathewson (1767–1853), US Senator from Rhode Island
* Elisha McCallion (born 1982), Irish female Sinn Féin politician
* 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

## Sportsmen

* Elisha King (born 1999), Australian rules footballer
* Eli Manning (born 1981), American former National Football League quarterback
* Elisha N'Dow (born 1996), English professional footballer
* Elisha Obed (1952–2018), Bahamian light middleweight boxer
* Elisha Sulola (born 2001), English professional footballer
* Elisha Scott (1893–1959), Irish association football goalkeeper
* Elisha Thomas (born 1981), American volleyball player
* Elisha Voren (born 1980), American taekwondo practitioner
* Elisha Williams (basketball) (born 1978), Canadian paralympic wheelchair basketball player

## Other

* Elisha ben Abuyah (before 70–?), Jewish rabbi and religious authority
* Elisha (Nestorian patriarch), patriarch of the Church of the East from 524 to 537
* Elisha Kent Kane (1820-1857), American explorer and medical officer
* Elisha Willis, English ballet dancer