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Ilana ( he, אִילָנָה) is a
Hebrew Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
feminine given name, the female form of the word ''אִילָן'' (
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). Notable people with the name include: * Ilana Adir (born 1941), Israeli Olympic sprinter *
Ilana Avital Ilana Avital ( he, אילנה אביטל; born February 18, 1960) is an Israeli singer and actress. She also gained fame internationally, known as Lena and Sandy Miller. Biography Avital was born in Paris, France as Brigitte Abitbol in a family ...
(born 1960), Israeli singer * Ilana Krausman Ben-Amos (born 1949), Israeli professor *
Ilana Berger Ilana Berger ( he, אילנה ברגר; born 1965) is a Mexican-born Israeli professional tennis player and Olympian. Berger reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on 10 August 1992, when she became # 149 in the world. On 25 Nove ...
(born 1965), Israeli tennis player * Ilana Casoy (born 1960), Brazilian writer * Ilana Cicurel (born 1972), French lawyer and politician *
Ilana Cohen Ilana Cohen ( he, אילנה כהן, born 16 November 1943) is a former Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for One Nation and the Labor Party from 2003 until 2006. Biography Born in Iraq, Cohen made aliyah in 1949. She w ...
(born 1943), Israeli politician * Ilana Davidson, American operatic soprano *
Ilana Dayan Ilana Dayan-Orbach ( he, אילנה דיין-אורבך; born 8 May 1964) is an Israeli investigative journalist, anchorwoman, and attorney. She is best known as host of the investigative television program ("Fact") on the Israeli Channel 12. B ...
(born 1964), Israeli journalist * Ilana Duff, Canadian Paralympic athlete * Ilana Eliya (born 1955), Israeli singer *
Ilana Frank Ilana C. Frank is a Canadian film and television producer and founder of ICF Films (formerly Thump Inc.), best known for producing the award-winning series '' The Eleventh Hour'', ''Rookie Blue'', and ''Saving Hope''. ''The Eleventh Hour'', which ...
, Canadian film producer *
Ilana Glazer Ilana Glazer (born April 12, 1987) is an American comedian, director, producer, writer, and actress. She co-created and co-starred, with Abbi Jacobson, in the Comedy Central series ''Broad City'', which is based on the web series of the same name ...
(born 1987), American comedian and actress * Ilana Halperin (born 1973), American artist *
Ilana Harris-Babou Ilana Harris-Babou (born 1991) is an American sculptor and installation artist. Harris-Babou was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her upbringing was discussed in an interview on the ''Amy Beecher Show'' in August 2019. Artistic practice Harris-Bab ...
(born 1991), American sculptor *
Ilana Karaszyk Ilana Karaszyk (also "Karashik"; אילנה קרשיק; born July 1, 1938) is an Israeli former Olympic runner and long jumper. In 1960 she was the Israeli Women's Champion in the 200 metre run and in the long jump. Karaszyk was born in Poland, a ...
(born 1938), Israeli Olympic runner and long jumper *
Ilana Kloss Ilana Sheryl Kloss (born 22 March 1956) is a former professional tennis player, tennis coach, and commissioner of World TeamTennis from 2001-21. She was the World's No. 1 ranked doubles player in 1976, and World No. 19 in singles in 1979. She w ...
(born 1956), South African tennis player, World #1 in doubles * Ilana Kratysh (born 1990), Israeli freestyle wrestler *
Ilana Kurshan Ilana Kurshan is an American-Israeli author who lives in Jerusalem. She is best known for her memoir of Talmud study amidst life as a single woman, a married woman, and a mother, ''If All the Seas Were Ink.'' Personal life Kurshan was raised ...
, Israeli author *
Ilana Levine Ilana Levine (born December 5, 1963) is an American actress. She made her first on-screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy-drama series ''Tanner '88'' (1988), appearing in 11 episodes. Career Raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, Levine ...
(born 1963), American actress *
Ilana Löwy Ilana Löwy (née Zelmanowicz), born in 1948 in Łódź, Poland, is a historian of biomedical sciences and a feminist. She works as a research director at an interdisciplinary and cross-institutional research unit CERMES-3 (''Centre de recherche ...
(born 1948), Polish historian *
Ilana Mushin Ilana Mushin is an Australian linguist. Mushin's research interests include the Garrawa language, discourse and stance. Mushin is currently an associate professor at The University of Queensland in the School of Languages and Cultures. She is ...
, Australian linguist *
Ilana Neumann Ilana Neumann, in full Ilana Neumann de Azar (b. 1968 or 1969), is a Dominican politician and lawyer. Neumann was born in Sosúa to Avi Neumann (the son of Jewish refugees of World War II, who immigrated to the Dominican Republic; also an Isr ...
, Dominican Republic politician *
Ilana Panich-Linsman Ilana Panich-Linsman (born 1984) is a visual journalist based in Austin, Texas. Early life and education Panich-Linsman was born in Arizona and grew up in western Massachusetts. She received a B.A. from Scripps College. She completed the Eddie ...
(born 1984), American journalist *
Ilana Paul-Binyamin Dr. Ilana Paul-Binyamin (Hebrew: ד"ר אילנה פאול-בנימין) is an Israeli academic and current Dean of the Faculty of Education at Beit Berl College in Israel. Paul-Binyamin is an expert on Multiculturalism in education. Education ...
, Israeli academic *
Ilana Salama Ortar Ilana Salama Ortar (born 1949, Alexandria, Egypt) is an interdisciplinary visual artist whose work focuses on issues of migration, uprooting, exile and architecture of emergency. Life Ilana Salama Ortar was born in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1949. ...
(born 1949), Egyptian visual artist *
Ilana Raviv Ilana Raviv-Oppenheim (born 1945) is a multidisciplinary artist. Her work spans a variety of media including painting, drawing, etching, tapestry, and ceramic sculpture. Biography She was born in Tel Aviv in 1945 to Itzhak and Fanya Oppenheim. ...
(born 1945), Israeli artist *
Ilana Rovina Ilana Rovina ( he, אילנה רובינא‎; 10 February 1934 – 18 October 2020) was an Israeli singer. Biography Ilana Rovina was the daughter of Russian-born actress Hanna Rovina and Russian-born poet Alexander Penn, the child of an ext ...
(1934-2020), Israeli singer *
Ilana Rovner Ilana Kara Diamond Rovner (born August 21, 1938) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Rovner was the first woman appointed to the Seventh Circuit. She was previously a United States distri ...
(born 1938), Latvian judge *
Ilana Rubel Ilana S. Rubel (born November 11, 1972) is an American politician, currently serving as a Democratic member of the Idaho House of Representatives, representing the south Boise-based District 18 since January 2014. Rubel currently serves as Minori ...
(born 1972), American politician *
Ilana Sod Ilana Sod (born February 3, 1973) is a Mexican television and radio journalist, presenter, and producer. She has worked for a variety of media outlets and collaborated on initiatives relating to social issues and youth-oriented programming. Ca ...
(born 1973), Mexican television presenter *
Ilana Verdansky Ilana Verdansky is a fictional character on the ABC television series ''Lost'' played by Zuleikha Robinson. Ilana is introduced in the sixth episode of the fifth season of ''Lost'' as an officer boarding Ajira Airways Flight 316, with Sayid in ...
, fictional character on the ABC television show ''Lost''. *
Ilana Vered Ilana Vered ( he, אילנה ורד; born December 6, 1943 in Tel Aviv, Israel) is a concert pianist and professor of piano. Biography From age 13 to 15 Vered attended the Paris Conservatoire, which awarded her first prize in piano upon her graduat ...
(born 1943), Israeli pianist *
Ilana B. Witten Ilana B. Witten is an American neuroscientist and professor of psychology and neuroscience at Princeton University. Witten studies the mesolimbic pathway, with a focus on the striatal neural circuit mechanisms driving reward learning and decision ...
, American neuroscientist *
Ilana Yahav Ilana Yahav ( he, אילנה יהב) is a sand animation artist from Israel. She has performed in front of live audiences, in video clips and in advertisements. Career Yahav studied sand art in Hollywood, New York and London. She later ran a stu ...
, Israeli artist {{given name Hebrew feminine given names