List of Famous people named Elke

Elke Heidenreich is a German author, TV presenter, literary critic and journalist. She has written audio plays, a magazine column, scripts for television plays and books. Heidenreich is known as the Kabarettist who created a character, Else Stratmann. She is a literary critic in the television Literaturclub of the Schweizer Fernsehen.

Elke Sommer is a German actress and artist. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark (1964), the Bob Hope comedy Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966), Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, and a memorable performance in the British Carry On series in Carry On Behind (1975).

Elke Maravilha was a German actress naturalized Brazilian, model and television presenter. She lived in Brazil from her twenties until her death.

Elke Aberle is a German actress.

Elke Twesten is a German politician for the CDU in Lower Saxony who switched parties from the Alliance '90/The Greens in 2017.

Elke Büdenbender is a German judge, and, since 1995, the wife of Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the current President of Germany.

Elke Erb is a German author-poet based in Berlin. She has also worked as a literary editor and translator.

Elke Winkens, née Fischer is an Austrian-German actress. She grew up in Germany in the district Ratheim in Hückelhoven. Because of her father's work the family moved to the Netherlands and Belgium; for some time she also resided in Africa. At the age of six she took ballet classes and at the age of nine she started performing on stage. Afterwards she performed in many dance and theater acts. From 1978 to 1986 she was a professional gymnast and won several titles in floor exercise.

Elke Philipp is a German Paralympic equestrian.

Elke Silvia Krystufek is an Austrian conceptual artist who lives and works in Berlin and Vienna. She works in a variety of media including painting, sculpture, video and performance art.