El�n DeFan is a recording artist, known for being one of the first Latin American female songwriters to begin her career with an English language album written completely on her own and the first independent artist from Latin America to have sold more than 1.7 millions copies of her music with her band which is also named ELAN, made up of El�n, lead vocalist and keyboard player, Jan Carlo DeFan, lead guitarist, co-producer and El�n's brother, childhood friend and bass player Carlos Padilla Maqueo, and younger cousin and drummer Michel "Cheech" Bitar DeFan and Mauricio "The Duck" Lopez. El�n reveals an assortment of music that has been influenced by many artists like Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Melissa Etheridge, and a few other notable influences. El�n had a notable success with albums like Street Child and London Express. So far, she released six albums: five in English and one in Spanish. 

March 1st, 1983 in Guadalajara (Age 41)