A high entropy alloy with a composition containing between 4 and 9 major alloying elements chosen from the list including Cr, Fe, V, Al, Si, Mn, Mo, Ti and Ni with: 3 major alloying elements which are Cr, Fe and V, each having an atomic concentration include between 20 and 40%, 1 or 2 major alloying elements chosen from Al and Si each having an atomic concentration higher than or equal to 5% with a total concentration of these 2 major alloying elements of less than or equal to 25%, 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 major alloying elements chosen from Mn, Mo, Ti and Ni, each having an atomic concentration higher than or equal to 5% with a total atomic concentration of these 4 major alloying elements of less than or equal to 35%, the total atomic concentration of the 4 to 9 major alloying elements being higher than or equal to 80%, the remainder being made up of any impurities and/or one or more minor alloying elements, each in an atomic concentration of less than 5%.