People
- Individuals
- Augustus Elphinstone (1874–1964), Australian businessman
- Charles Elphinstone Fleeming (1774–1840), (born Charles Elphinstone), a British admiral
- David Elphinstone Australian architect
- Euphemia Elphinstone (fl.1509–1542), a mistress of King James V of Scotland.
- George Keith Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, a British admiral active throughout the Napoleonic Wars
- Howard Craufurd Elphinstone, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- John Elphinstone (1722–1785), British naval officer
- Margaret Elphinstone (born 1948), Scottish writer
- Mary Elphinstone, Lady Elphinstone (1883–1961), British noblewoman
- Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779–1859) a Scottish statesman and historian, associated with the British government of India
- William Elphinstone (1431–1514), a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen
- William George Keith Elphinstone (1782–1842) an officer of the British Army during the 19th Century
- Groups and titles
- Clan Elphinstone
- Lord Elphinstone, a title in the Peerage of Scotland
- Elphinstone baronets
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Famous quotes containing the word people:
“For you are a people holy to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on earth to be his people, his treasured possession. It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the LORD set his heart on you and chose you -for you were the fewest of all peoples.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 7:6,7.
“Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.”
—Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)
“One is twice as willing to jump in after a person who has fallen into the water when there are people present who do not dare to do so.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)