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 Ackermann (1933–2019), German politician and pharmacologist
Else Ahlmann-Ohlsen (1907–1994), Danish fencer
Else Alfelt (1910–1974), Danish artist
Else Amann (1923–2018), German skier
Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician
Else Baker (born 1935), Sinti holocaust survivor
Else M. Barth (1928–2015), Norwegian philosopher
Else Baum, Austrian film editor
Else Beitz (1920–2014), German scholar and Holocaust hero
Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
Else Birkmose (1931–1998), Danish hand- and basketball player
Else Blangsted (1920–2020), American music editor
Else Bostelmann (1882–1961), German-born American artist
Else Breen (1927–2025), Norwegian children's writer
Else Brems (1908–1995), Danish operatic contralto
Else Brökelschen (1890–1976), German politician
Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish heathenism figure and white separatist
Else Marie Christiansen (1921–2017), Norwegian speed skater
Else Christophersen (1915–1968), Norwegian equestrian
Else Dormitzer (1877–1958), German-Jewish journalist, activist, children's author and poet
Else Ehser (1894–1968), German actress
Else Berit Eikeland (born 1957), Norwegian diplomat
Else Elster (1910–1998), German actress
Else Færden (born 1952), Norwegian writer
Else Falk (1872–1956), German women's rights activist
Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian writer
Else Fenger (1737–1811), Danish businesswoman
Else Fischer-Hansen (1905–1996), Danish artist
Else Fisher (1918–2006), Swedish choreographer
Else Flebbe, German figure skater
Else Bugge Fougner (born 1944), Norwegian lawyer and politician
Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958), Austrian psychologist
Else Marie Friis (born 1947), Danish botanist and paleontologist
Else Frölich (1880–1960), Norwegian-Danish star of silent film
Else Kollerud Furre (1922–2019), Norwegian politician
Else Kåss Furuseth (born 1980), Norwegian comedian
Else Gabriel (born 1962), German artist
Else Gebel (1905–1964), German communist resistance fighter
Else Gentner-Fischer (1883–1943), German operatic soprano
Else Germeten (1918–1992), Norwegian politician
Else Granheim (1926–1999), Norwegian librarian
Else Hagen (1914–2010), Norwegian visual artist
Else Halling (1899–1987), Norwegian textile artist
Else Hammerich (1936–2021), Danish politician
Else Hansen (1720–1784), Royal mistress
Else Haugk (1889–1973), Pioneering Swiss aviator
Else Heiberg (1910–1972), Norwegian actress
Else Hench, Austrian luger
Else Herold (1906–1999), German pianist
Else Hertzer (1884-1978), German painter and graphic artist
Else Himmelheber (1905–1944), German activist
Else Hirsch, German-Jewish teacher, organized children's transports out of Nazi Germany
Else Hoffa (1885–1964), German gardener
Else Höfs (1876–1945), German politician
Else Højgaard (1906–1979), Danish actress and ballerina
Else Hoppe (born 1900), Czechoslovak figure skater
Else Høst (1908–1996), Norwegian literary historian and author
Else Hueck-Dehio (1897–1976), German author
Else Imme (1885–1943), German resistance fighter
Else Jacobsen (1911–1965), Danish swimmer
Else Marie Jakobsen (1927–2012), Norwegian designer and textile artist
Else Jarlbak (1911–1963), Danish actress
Else Jerusalem (1877–1942), Austrian writer
Else Kastner-Michalitschke (1868–1939), Austrian writer
Else Kienle (1900–1970), German physician
Else Kleen (1882–1968), Swedish journalist
Else Klink (1907–1994), German eurythmist
Else Koffka (1901–1994), German judge and lawyer
Else Krüger (1915–2005), Martin Bormann's secretary
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), German poet and playwright
Else Lehmann (1866–1940), German actress
Else Lidegaard (1933–2025), Danish journalist
Else Mærsk-Kristensen (born 1952), Danish rower
Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun and feminist
Else Meidner (1901–1987), German painter
Else Meier (1901–1933), German politician
Else Merke (1920–2005), German politician
Else Michelet (1942–2021), Norwegian journalist
Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), American children's writer
Else von Möllendorff (1913–1982), German actress
Else Moltke (1888–1986), Danish countess and feminist
Else Mundal (born 1944), Norwegian philologist
Else Nizigama Ntamagiro (born 1972), Burundian diplomat
Else Oppler-Legband (1875 -1965), German architect
Else Øyen (born 1934), Norwegian sociologist
Else Paaske (born 1941), Danish mezzo-soprano concert singer
Else Marie Pade (1924–2016), Danish composer
Else Pappenheim (1911–2009), American neurologist
Else Peerenboom-Missong (1893–1958), German economist and politician
Else Petersen (1910–2002), Danish actress
Else Poulsson (1909–2002), Norwegian artist
Else Praasterink (born 2003), Dutch diver
Else Quecke (1907–2004), German actress
Else Rambausek (1907–1994), Austrian actress
Else Raydt (1883–1931), German artist and craftswoman
Else Regensteiner (1906–2003), German-born American artist
Else Repål (1930–2015), Norwegian politician
Else Reval (1893–1978), German actress
Else von Richthofen (1874–1973), German social scientist
Else Marie Tveit Rødby (born 1982), Norwegian politician
Else Roesdahl (born 1942), Danish medievalist and archaeologist
Else Rosenfeld (born 1891), Holocaust survivor
Else Samulon-Guttmann (1898–1944), German lawyer and Holocaust victim
Else Kai Sass (1912–1987), Danish art historian
Else Schmitt (1921–1995), German politician
Else Schmitz-Gohr (1901–1987), German pianist
Else Schøtt (1895–1989), Danish operatic soprano
Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), German painter
Else Seifert (1879–1968), German photographer
Else Shepherd (1944–2023), South African-Australian engineer and academic
Else Skogan (born 1963), Norwegian curler
Else Sohn-Rethel (1853–1933), German painter
Else Streit (born 1869), German composer
Else Thalemann (1901–1984), German photographer
Else Torp (born 1968), Danish soprano
Else Trangbæk (born 1946), Danish gymnast
Else Unger (1873–1936), Austrian designer
Else Ury (1877–1943), German Jewish novelist
Else Went, American playwright
Else Wenz-Viëtor (1882–1973), German children's book illustrator and artist
Else Werring (1905–1989), Norwegian royal hostess
Else Wildhagen (1861–1944), German writer
Else Ragni Yttredal (born 1968), Norwegian speed skater
Else Zeuthen (1897–1975), Danish peace activist and politician
Else Züblin-Spiller (1881–1948), Swiss journalist and temperance activist
