Ilja is a given name and surname. The given name is cognate to
Ilya
Ilya, Iliya, Ilia, Ilja, Ilija, or Illia ( , or ; ; ) is the East Slavic form of the male Hebrew name Eliyahu (Eliahu), meaning "My God is Yahu/ Jah." It comes from the Byzantine Greek pronunciation of the vocative (Ilía) of the Greek Eli ...
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Notable people with the given name include:
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Ilja Bereznickas
Ilja Bereznickas (born January 1, 1948, in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian animator, illustrator, scriptwriter and caricaturist.
Biography
In 1970 he graduated in architecture from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute. In 1985 he graduated from the ...
(born 1948), Lithuanian animator, illustrator, scriptwriter and caricaturist
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Ilja Bergh (1927–2015), Danish pianist and composer
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Ilja Dragunov
Ilja Rukober (; born 10 October 1993), known by his ring name Ilja Dragunov (), is a Russian-born, German- naturalised professional wrestler. As of January 2019, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand, but is currently inacti ...
(born 1993), Russian professional wrestler
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Ilja Glebov (born 1987), Estonian pair skater
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Ilja Hurník
Ilja Hurník (25 November 1922 – 7 September 2013) was a Czech Republic, Czech composer and essayist.
Biography
Hurnik was born in Poruba (Ostrava), Poruba, now part of Ostrava. He entered the Prague Conservatory, then went on to the Aca ...
(1922–2013), Czech composer, pianist and essayist
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Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer
Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (born 17 January 1968) is a Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classical scholar. He was born in Rijswijk, Netherlands, and studied, lived and worked in Leiden, and he moved permanently to Genoa, Italy, in 2008.
Biogra ...
(born 1968), Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classic scholar
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Ilja Richter
Ilja Richter (born 24 November 1952) is a German actor, voice actor, television presenter, singer, theatre director and author, best known as the presenter of the ZDF show ''Disco''.
Life
Richter was born in East Berlin to Georg and Eva Ric ...
(born 1952), German actor
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Ilja Rosendahl
Ilja Rosendahl (born 23 February 1968) is a German film and music producer, director, screenwriter, actor, songwriter, musician (vocals, guitars, bass) and voiceover artist.
Biography
Artistic career
Rosendahl was born in Bochum. He played in th ...
(born 1968), German film and music producer, actor, songwriter and musician
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Ilja Seifert
Ilja Seifert (6 May 1951 – 10 September 2022) was a German politician. A member of the Party of Democratic Socialism and later The Left, he served in the Volkskammer from March to October 1990 and in the Bundestag
The Bundestag (, "Fede ...
(1951–2022), German politician
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Ilja Szrajbman
Lejzor Ilia (also "Ilja") Szrajbman (April 25, 1907 – 1943) was a Jewish Polish Olympic freestyle swimmer. In 1935, he was the Polish 400m freestyle champion. He competed in the 1935 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, and for Poland at t ...
(1907–1943), Polish Olympic freestyle swimmer
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Ilja Venäläinen
Ilja Venäläinen (born 27 September 1980) is a retired Finnish football player. He played for FF Jaro and FC KooTeePee and most recently for Kuopion Palloseura
Kuopion Palloseura, commonly referred to as KuPS, is a Finnish professional foo ...
(born 1980), Finnish football player
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Ilja Wiederschein
Ilja Wiederschein (born 5 April 1977 in Berlin) is a German former volleyball player who played for the Men's National Team in the 2000s. He played as a setter and is nicknamed "Ilse".
Honours
*2001 FIVB World League
The 2001 FIVB Volleybal ...
(born 1977), volleyball player from Germany
Notable people with the surname include:
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Ivari Ilja
Ivari Ilja (born 3 May 1959 in Tallinn) is an Estonian pianist trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Vera Gornostayeva and Sergei Dorensky best known for his work as an accompanist.
He holds positions as Chairman of the Board of the Estonian ...
, Estonian pianist best known for his work as an accompanist
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Joze Ilja
Joze () is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France.
See also
*Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department
The following is a list of the 463 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France
France, officia ...
, Yugoslav slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1950s
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Ilya, Belarus
Ilya (; ; ; ) is an agrotown in Vileyka District, Minsk Region, Belarus. It serves as the administrative center of Ilya selsoviet.
It is first mentioned in historical records dating from the late 15th century. Between the end of World War I an ...
, also transliterated as Ilja
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Ilia, given name
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Ilija, given name
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