Helmuth Ellgaard (3 March 1913 in Hadersleben - 22 April 1980 in Kiel) was a German illustrator, artist and journalist.Helmuth Ellgaard was born in the then German Haderslev/Hadersleben (now in Nordslesvig, Denmark). In 1928, the family left Haderslev, which became Danish after the Schleswig Plebiscites, for Kiel. Soon, Ellgaard caught an interest in drawing and painting.