Gender:
Origin:
Dutch,
English,
Europe
476 famous people named Elder found on Wikipedia.
1949 male, 52 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
3693-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
556-th in year 1899
Used in: Portuguese
Elder or Élder is a masculine given name which may refer to:
Élder (footballer) (born 1976), Brazilian former footballer Élder Alencar Machado de Campos
Elder Watson Diggs (1883-1947), principal founder and first Polemarch (chairman) of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity
Elder José Figueroa (born 1980), Colombian-born Salvadorian footballer
Élder Granja (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Elder Herrera (born 1968), Colombian retired road cyclist
Elder Olson (1909–1992), American poet, teacher and literary critic
Elder Vogel, Jr., American politician
Elder White (1933-2010), Major League Baseball player in part of the 1962 season
"more old," Old English (Mercian) eldra, comparative of eald, ald (see old); only English survival of umlaut in comparison. Superseded by older since 16c. Elder statesman (1921) originally was a translation of Japanese genro (plural).
Older sibling. A variant of the Portuguese name Helder, derived from the name of a Dutch town Helder, means: clear.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Pliny the Elder | 0023 | Roman military commander |
2 | Pieter Brueghel the Elder | 1525 | Flemish Renaissance painter |
3 | Edward the Elder | 0871 | English king, son of Alfred the Great |
4 | Cato the Elder | Politician, writer and economist (0234-0149) | |
5 | Larry Elder | 1952 | Radio and television personality, political commentator |
6 | Hillel the Elder | Mishnah rabbi | |
7 | Helmuth von Moltke the Elder | 1800 | German Field Marshal |
8 | Lorenzo the Elder | 1395 | Italian banker |
9 | Lucas Cranach the Elder | 1472 | German Renaissance painter and printmaker in woodcut and engraving |
10 | Julia the Elder | Only biological child of Augustus | |
11 | Judyann Elder | 1948 | American actress |
12 | Agrippina the Elder | Prominent Roman woman of the first century CE | |
13 | Seneca the Elder | Roman scholar | |
14 | Jan Brueghel the Elder | 1568 | Flemish painter |
15 | Hans Holbein the Elder | 1465 | German painter |
16 | Faustina the Elder | 0105 | Roman empress |
17 | Ann Elder | 1942 | American screenwriter |
18 | Callum Elder | 1995 | Australian footballer |
19 | Osorkon the Elder | Sovereign (1100-0978) | |
20 | Lee Elder | 1934 | Professional golfer |
21 | Alexander Elder | 1951 | American businessman |
22 | John Tradescant the elder | 1570 | English botanist |
23 | John Rennie | 1761 | Engineer from Scotland |
24 | Mark Elder | 1947 | British conductor |
25 | Steven Elder | British actor | |
26 | Ælfflæd, wife of Edward the Elder | Wife of Edward the Elder | |
27 | John Wood | 1704 | English architect, working in Bath, Somerset |
28 | Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder | Tribune of the Roman Republic in 83 BC | |
29 | Pierfrancesco the Elder | 1430 | Italian banker and diplomat |
30 | Robert Peake the elder | 1551 | English painter |
31 | Elder Watson Diggs | 1883 | Kappa Alpha Psi founder |
32 | Inge the Elder | 1100 | King Of Sweden |
33 | George Elder | 1921 | American baseball player |
34 | Robert Livingston the Elder | 1654 | New York colonial official, fur trader, and businessman |
35 | Will Elder | 1921 | American illustrator |
36 | Boso the Elder | Frankish nobleman | |
37 | Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder | 1100 | |
38 | Sten Sture the Elder | 1440 | Swedish statesman and military figure |
39 | Octavia the Elder | Roman noblewoman, half-sister of Augustus | |
40 | Heraclius the Elder | 0600 | Byzantine general |
41 | Domitilla the Elder | Wife of the Roman Emperor Vespasian | |
42 | Tiberius Gracchus the Elder | Roman politician | |
43 | Murat Reis the Elder | Ottoman admiral | |
44 | Jan van Kessel the Elder | 1626 | Painter from the Southern Netherlands |
45 | Ruth Elder | 1902 | American pilot and actress |
46 | Frans van Mieris the Elder | 1635 | Dutch painter |
47 | Álvaro de Bazán el Viejo | 1506 | Commander of the galleys |
48 | Caspar Bartholin the Elder | 1585 | Danish polymath |
49 | Claybourne Elder | American actor | |
50 | Grimoald the Elder | 0615 | Nobleman |
51 | Willem van de Velde the Elder | 1611 | Dutch painter |
52 | Alma the Elder | ||
53 | Melania the Elder | 0325 | Holy Land saint |
54 | Henry Vane the Elder | 1589 | English politician |
55 | Alexander Henry the elder | 1739 | British-Canadian fur trader |
56 | Edwin, son of Edward the Elder | Anglo-Saxon prince | |
57 | Intef the Elder | Egyptian pharaoh | |
58 | Lucius Vitellius the Elder | Politician (0010-0051) | |
59 | Linda Elder | American educational psychologist, author and president of the Foundation for Critical Thinking | |
60 | Nikephoros Phokas the Elder | Byzantine general | |
61 | Nathan Elder | 1985 | English footballer |
62 | Gratian | 0290 | Illyrian soldier of the Roman Empire |
63 | Barthel Bruyn the Elder | 1493 | German painter |
64 | Hanno the Elder | Carthaginian general | |
65 | Aristaeus the Elder | ||
66 | Leo Phokas the Elder | Byzantine general | |
67 | David Teniers the Elder | 1582 | Flemish painter |
68 | Nathaniel Hone the Elder | 1718 | Irish artist |
69 | Drusilla of Mauretania | Mauretania princess | |
70 | Antonia Major | Daughter of Mark Antony | |
71 | Macrina the Elder | 0260 | Mother of Saint Basil the Elder |
72 | George Bickham the Elder | 1684 | British engraver |
73 | Bardas Phokas the Elder | 0878 | Byzantine general |
74 | Jörg Breu the Elder | 1475 | German Renaissance painter |
75 | Robert K. Elder | 1976 | American journalist |
76 | Thomas Linley the elder | 1733 | British composer |
77 | Axel von Fersen the Elder | 1719 | Lantmarskalk or marshal of the diet |
78 | Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha | Ottoman Grand Vizier | |
79 | Peter Vischer the Elder | 1455 | German sculptor |
80 | Norman Elder | 1939 | Explorer, author, artist and equestrian |
81 | Antonio da Sangallo the Elder | 1455 | Italian architect |
82 | Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder | 1751 | Austrian-Italian painter |
83 | Alex Elder | 1941 | Northern Irish footballer |
84 | Francisco Herrera the Elder | 1576 | Spanish artist |
85 | Jake Elder | 1936 | NASCAR crew chief |
86 | Jean Bérain the Elder | 1640 | French artist |
87 | Elder Roma Wilson | 1910 | Gospel harmonica player and singer |
88 | Raymond Elder | ||
89 | Joseph Bonomi the Elder | 1739 | Italian architect and draughtsman |
90 | George Dance the Elder | 1695 | English architect of the 18th century |
91 | Albrecht Dürer the Elder | 1427 | German artist |
92 | Olympiodorus the Elder | 0500 | |
93 | William Henry Elder | 1819 | Catholic bishop |
94 | Wichmann the Elder | Duke of Saxon | |
95 | Miriam Elder | Journalist | |
96 | Jean Cousin | 1500 | French painter, sculptor and engraver |
97 | Jakob Fugger the Elder | 1398 | German merchant |
98 | Corn Elder | ||
99 | Guillaume Coustou the Elder | 1677 | Sculptor from France |
100 | Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder | 1519 | Flemish printmaker and painter to the English court |
101 | Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder | 1543 | Italian composer |
102 | Samuel Bagster the Elder | 1772 | British publisher |
103 | Peter Schenk the Elder | 1660 | German engraver and cartographer |
104 | Bonaventura Peeters | 1614 | Painter from the Southern Netherlands |
105 | Edmund Calamy | 1600 | English Presbyterian church leader |
106 | Basil the Elder | ||
107 | Lauren Elder | American artist and designer | |
108 | Glen Elder | 1934 | Professor of sociology |
109 | George Colman the Elder | 1732 | British writer |
110 | Joseph Heintz the Elder | 1564 | Swiss painter |
111 | Marino Sanuto the Elder | 1260 | Greek nobleman; Duke of the Archipelago |
112 | Domitia Lepida the Elder | ||
113 | Pier Paolo Vergerio the Elder | 1370 | Italian humanist scholar |
114 | Alexander Gill | 1565 | English scholar, spelling reformer, and high-master of St Paul's School, London |
115 | Cephisodotus the Elder | Ancient Greek sculptor | |
116 | Lucius Arruntius the Elder | Roman admiral | |
117 | Nicodemus Tessin the Elder | 1615 | Swedish architect |
118 | Giles Fletcher | 1548 | English poet, diplomat and politician |
119 | Christine A. Elder | ||
120 | Filippo Strozzi the Elder | 1428 | Italian banker |
121 | Ebo Elder | 1978 | American boxer |
122 | Thomas Lupo | 1571 | English composer and viol player |
123 | Christian Elder | 1968 | American racing driver |
124 | Daniel Dulany the Elder | 1685 | American politician |
125 | Nicholas Lanier | French musician | |
126 | Çandarlı Ibrahim Pasha | Ottoman Grand Vizier | |
127 | Andrew Duncan | 1744 | Scottish physician and founder of Royal Edinburgh Hospital |
128 | Elder Barber | 1934 | |
129 | James Craggs the Elder | 1657 | English politician |
130 | Artus Quellinus | 1609 | Sculptor from the Southern Netherlands |
131 | Abraham Pierson, the elder | English churchman and minister in New England | |
132 | Elder Vogel | 1956 | American politician |
133 | Frans Pourbus the Elder | 1545 | Flemish painter |
134 | Adobogiona the Elder | ||
135 | Theodor Gottlieb von Hippel the Elder | 1741 | German writer |
136 | Dave Elder | 1975 | American baseball player |
137 | Dorothy-Grace Elder | 1942 | British politician |
138 | John Bettes the Elder | 1530 | English painter and wood engraver, active 1545-1559 |
139 | Gregory of Nazianzus the Elder | 0276 | Bishop of Nazianzus |
140 | Elder Olson | 1909 | American writer |
141 | Pierre Phalèse the Elder | 1510 | Flemish music publisher |
142 | Brad Elder | 1975 | Professional golfer |
143 | Per Brahe the Elder | 1520 | Swedish noble |
144 | James Addison Baker the elder | 1821 | American politician |
145 | Elder Tadej Štrbulović | 1914 | Serbian Orthodox archimandrite |
146 | Pieter Burman the Elder | 1668 | Dutch classical scholar |
147 | Ray Elder | 1942 | American racing driver |
148 | Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Elder | 1724 | German anatomist |
149 | Pieter van der Borcht | 1540 | Flemish Renaissance painter, draughtsman and etcher |
150 | Lucas Watzenrode the Elder | 1400 | Prussian merchant |
151 | Christoph Weigel the Elder | 1654 | German engraver, art dealer and publisher |
152 | Candida the Elder | Christian martyr | |
153 | Cornelis Galle the Elder | 1576 | Flemish engraver |
154 | James Walter Elder | 1882 | American politician |
155 | Miltiades the Elder | Ancient Greek ruler | |
156 | Pieter Pietersz the Elder | 1540 | Dutch Renaissance painter |
157 | André Danican Philidor | 1652 | French oboist and composer |
158 | Rupert Elder | Poker player | |
159 | Troy Elder | 1977 | Field hockey player |
160 | Jörg Syrlin the Elder | 1425 | German sculptor |
161 | Frans Francken I | 1542 | Flemish painter |
162 | Murray Elder, Baron Elder | 1950 | British politician |
163 | Crescentius the Elder | Italian noble and aristocrat | |
164 | Josh Elder | 1980 | Writer |
165 | Rob Elder | 1981 | Fijian archer |
166 | Cornelis Evertsen the Elder | 1610 | Dutch admiral |
167 | Pieter Neeffs I | 1568 | Flemish painter |
168 | Don Elder | New Zealand engineer | |
169 | Benedetto Accolti the Elder | 1415 | Italian historian |
170 | John Cleveley the Elder | 1712 | British artist |
171 | Elder Torres | 1995 | Honduran association football player |
172 | Bill Elder | 1938 | American Journalist |
173 | Richard Abberbury | 1331 | Chamberlain to Anne of Bohemia, Queen to King Richard II of England |
174 | Jan Vermeer van Haarlem the Elder | 1628 | Painter from the Northern Netherlands and father of Barend, Isaac, and Jan Vermeer or van der Meer II |
175 | Jim Elder | 1950 | Australian politician |
176 | Gerard ter Borch the Elder | 1583 | Dutch painter; father of the famous portrait and genre painter |
177 | Lucas Osiander the Elder | 1534 | German pastor |
178 | Isabella Elder | 1828 | Scottish philanthropist |
179 | Steve Elder | 1956 | Australian politician |
180 | Per Krafft the Elder | 1724 | Swedish artist |
181 | Dawn Elder | American record producer | |
182 | B.J. Elder | 1982 | American volleyball player and basketball player |
183 | Jacob Bobart the Elder | 1599 | German botanist |
184 | Friedrich Preller the Elder | 1804 | German painter and engraver |
185 | Diebold Schilling the Elder | 1445 | Swiss chronicler |
186 | R. Bruce Elder | 1947 | Canadian filmmaker |
187 | Bruce Elder | American basketball player | |
188 | William Macready | 1755 | Irish actor-manager |
189 | Carthage the Elder | Irish saint | |
190 | Jean Aubert the Elder | 1680 | French architect |
191 | Francis Tregian the Elder | 1548 | British landowner |
192 | Brenda Elder | ||
193 | Martin Ruland the Elder | 1532 | German alchemist |
194 | William Theed the elder | 1764 | English sculptor and painter |
195 | Pierre Le Gros the Elder | 1629 | French artist |
196 | Louis Ferdinand Elle the Elder | 1612 | Painter |
197 | Ulrich Fugger the Elder | 1441 | Businessman |
198 | John Pinch the elder | 1769 | Architect |
199 | Sprouts Elder | 1904 | American motorcycle speedway rider |
200 | Erik Benzelius the Elder | 1632 | Swedish bishop |