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 (1910–1974), Danish painter
• Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist
• Else Winther Andersen (born 1941), Danish politician
• Else Berg (1877–1942), Dutch painter
• Else Birkmose (1931–1998), Danish handball and basketball player
• Else Bugge Fougner (born 1944), Norwegian lawyer and politician
• Else Christensen (1913–2005), Danish neopagan
• Else Feldmann (1884–1942), Austrian writer
• Else Frenkel-Brunswik (1908–1958), Polish-Austrian psychologist
• Else Hench (20th century), Austrian luger
• Else Hirsch (1889–1942/3), German-Jewish teacher
• Else Holmelund Minarik (1920–2012), Danish American author
• Else Jacobsen (1911–1965), Danish swimmer
• Else Krüger (1915–2005), German secretary
• Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945), Jewish German poet and playwright
• Else Mayer (1891–1962), German nun
• Else Meidner (1901–1987), Jewish German painter
• Else Marie Pade (1924–2016), Danish composer
• Else Repål (1930–2015), Norwegian politician
• Else Reppen (1933–2006), Norwegian philanthropist
• Else Sehrig-Vehling (1897–1994), German expressionist
• Else Seifert (1879–1968), German photographer
• Else Trangbæk (born 1946), Danish gymnast
• Else Ury (1877–1943), German writer
• Else von Richthofen (1874–1973), German social scientist

See also

• Else-Marie
• Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk (born 1978), Norwegian handball player

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