Jacques François Fromental Élie Halévy mawaƙin Faransa ne, mai sukar kiɗa, kuma memba na Kwalejin Faransa. An haife shi a birnin Paris a shekara ta 1799 kuma ya rasu a shekara ta 1862. Halévy ya shahara da wasan operas dinsa, wadanda suka shahara a zamaninsa, da kuma rubuce-rubucen da ya shafi kida. Har ila yau, ya kasance wani muhimmin jigo a ci gaban wakokin Faransa a karni na 19, kuma ana iya ganin tasirinsa a cikin ayyukan mawaka da yawa daga baya.