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 ...

. Notable people with the given name include: *

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 * Ilja Bergh (1927–2015), Danish pianist and composer *

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 * Ilja Glebov (born 1987), Estonian pair skater *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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: *

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 *

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