Elkan is a surname and given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

  • Benno Elkan OBE (1877–1960), German-born British sculptor and medalist
  • Moses Elkan (died 1822), Hebrew scholar
  • Sophie Elkan (1853–1921), Swedish-Jewish writer and translator
  • Vera Elkan (1908–2008), South African photographer

Given name:

  • Elkan Allan (1922–2006), British television producer and print journalist
  • Elkan Baggott (born 2002), British-Indonesian football player
  • Elkan Blout (1919–2006), professor of biochemistry at Harvard University
  • Elkan Harrison Powell (1888–1966), the visionary president of Encyclopædia Britannica Inc.
  • Elkan Nathan Adler (1861–1946), Anglo-Jewish author, lawyer, historian, collector of Jewish books and manuscripts
  • Elkan Naumburg (1835–1924), New York City merchant, banker, philanthropist, musicologist, and sponsor of the arts in Manhattan

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