List of Famous people named Elena

Elena Anatolyevna Garanina is a former ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union. With Igor Zavozin, she is the 1978 Nebelhorn Trophy and 1981 Winter Universiade champion. They never made it to the World Figure Skating Championships due to the depth of the Soviet dance field. After turning pro, the duo performed in Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's ice shows.

Elena Kotova is a Russian writer, interior architect, and private real estate developer. She worked as an international financer and held senior banking positions in Russia, USA, and Europe from 1994–2010. She was charged with soliciting a bribe in 2013 and given a suspended five-year jail sentence in 2014.

Elena Emilievna Zelenskaya is a Russian operatic soprano from the Bolshoi Theatre.

Elena Frías de Chávez is the mother of late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, Aníbal José Chávez Frías and Adán Chávez. She is the former First Lady of the state of Barinas and wife of Governor Hugo de los Reyes Chávez. She grew up in the village of San Hipólito, close to the capital city of Barinas, and met her husband, Hugo de los Reyes Chávez, when she was 16 and he was 19 and working as a rural schoolteacher. She has raised 6 sons, including Hugo, her second born.

Elena Fomina is a former Russian football midfielder, who played for ShVSM Izmailovo in the Russian women's football championship She previously played for Spartak Moscow, Chertanovo Moscow, CSK VVS Samara, Lada Togliatti and Nadezhda Noginsk.