Given Name
- Elmer L. Andersen (1909–2004), American businessman, philanthropist, and the 30th Governor of Minnesota
- Elmer Bernstein (1922–2004), American composer
- Elmer Bischoff (1916–1991), American painter
- Elmer Davis (1890–1958), news reporter, author, Director of the United States Office of War Information during World War II, and Peabody Award recipient
- Elmer Dessens (born 1971), Major League Baseball relief pitcher
- Elmer Diktonius (1896–1961), Finnish writer and composer
- Elmer E. Ellsworth (1837–1861), lawyer and soldier, and the first conspicuous casualty of the American Civil War
- Elmer Flick (1876–1971), American Hall-of-Fame baseball player
- Elmer Grey (1872–1963), American architect and artist
- Elmer Keith (1899–1984), firearms cartridge designer and author
- Elmer Kelton (1926–2009), American journalist and writer, particularly of Western novels
- Elmer Lach (born 1918), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Elmer Layden (1903–1973), Commissioner of the National Football League and head football coach at the University of Notre Dame
- Elmer MacKay (born 1936), Canadian politician
- Elmer McCurdy (1880–1911), American outlaw whose corpse was exhibited
- Elmer Drew Merrill (1876–1956), American botanist
- Elmer Rice (1892–1967), American playwright
- Elmer Riddle (1914–1984), professional baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds
- Elmer Snowden (1900–1973), American jazz musician
- Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860–1930), prolific American inventor and entrepreneur
- Elmer Valo (1921–1998), Major League Baseball player, coach, and scout
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“Name any name and then remember everybody you ever knew who bore than name. Are they all alike. I think so.”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)