# Els (given name)

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**Els** is a [Dutch-language](/source/Dutch_language) feminine given name, usually a short form of [Elisabeth](/source/Elizabeth_(given_name)). People with the name include

- [Els Aarne](/source/Els_Aarne) (1917–1995), Estonian composer and pedagogue
- [Els Beerten](/source/Els_Beerten) (born 1959), Flemish writer of children's literature
- [Els Belmans](/source/Els_Belmans) (born 1983), Belgian track cyclist
- [Els Bongers](/source/Els_Bongers) (born c.1966), Dutch soprano
- [Els Borst](/source/Els_Borst) (1932–2014), Dutch government minister
- [Els van Breda Vriesman](/source/Els_van_Breda_Vriesman) (born 1942), Dutch sports executive
- [Els Callens](/source/Els_Callens) (born 1970), Belgian tennis player
- [Els Coppens-van de Rijt](/source/Els_Coppens-van_de_Rijt) (born 1943), Dutch artist and author
- [Els de Schepper](/source/Els_de_Schepper) (born 1965), Flemish actress, comedian and writer
- [Els De Temmerman](/source/Els_De_Temmerman) (born 1962), Belgian journalist
- [Els Decottenier](/source/Els_Decottenier) (born 1968), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Els Demol](/source/Els_Demol) (born 1958), Belgian politician
- [Els Dietvorst](/source/Els_Dietvorst), Belgian artist, filmmaker and shepherd
- [Els van Doesburg](/source/Els_van_Doesburg) (born 1989), Dutch-Belgian politician
- [Els Dottermans](/source/Els_Dottermans) (born 1964), Belgian actress
- [Els von Eystett](/source/Els_von_Eystett), 15th-century German prostitute
- [Els Goulmy](/source/Els_Goulmy) (born 1946), Dutch biologist
- [Els de Groen](/source/Els_de_Groen) (1949–2025), Dutch author and politician
- [Els van den Horn](/source/Els_van_den_Horn) (1927–1996), Dutch diver
- [Els Iping](/source/Els_Iping) (born 1953), Dutch politician
- [Els Mertens](/source/Els_Mertens) (born 1966), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Els Moor](/source/Els_Moor) (1937–2016), Dutch literary historian
- [Els Moors](/source/Els_Moors) (born 1976), Flemish poet and writer
- [Els van Noorduyn](/source/Els_van_Noorduyn) (born 1946), Dutch shot putter
- [Els Pelgrom](/source/Els_Pelgrom) (born 1934), Dutch children's writer
- [Els Pynoo](/source/Els_Pynoo) (born 1968), Belgian pop singer
- [Els Rens](/source/Els_Rens) (born 1983), Belgian long-distance runner
- [Els Schelfhout](/source/Els_Schelfhout) (born 1967), Belgian politician
- [Els Smekens](/source/Els_Smekens) (born 1986), Belgian dancer
- [Els Ingeborg Smits](/source/Els_Ingeborg_Smits) (1944–2011), Dutch actress, director and playwright
- [Els Vader](/source/Els_Vader) (1959–2021), Dutch sprinter
- [Els Vandesteene](/source/Els_Vandesteene) (born 1987), Belgian volleyball player
- [Els Vandevorst](/source/Els_Vandevorst) (born 1962), Dutch film producer
- [Els Vanheusden](/source/Els_Vanheusden), Belgian physician
- [Els Witte](/source/Els_Witte) (born 1941), Belgian historian

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