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Ilja
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Ilja is a given name and surname. The given name is cognate to Ilya.
Notable people with the given name include:
- Ilja Bereznickas (born 1948), Lithuanian animator, illustrator, scriptwriter and caricaturist
- Ilja Bergh (1927-2015), Danish pianist and composer
- Ilja Dragunov (born 1993), Russian professional wrestler
- Ilja Glebov (born 1987), Estonian pair skater
- Ilja Hurník (1922-2013), Czech composer, pianist and essayist
- Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (born 1968), Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classic scholar
- Ilja Richter (born 1952), German actor
- Ilja Rosendahl (born 1968), German film and music producer, actor, songwriter and musician
- Ilja Seifert (1951-2022), German politician
- Ilja Szrajbman (1907-1943), Polish Olympic freestyle swimmer
- Ilja Venäläinen (born 1980), Finnish football player
- Ilja Wiederschein (born 1977), volleyball player from Germany
Notable people with the surname include:
- Ivari Ilja, Estonian pianist best known for his work as an accompanist
- Joze Ilja, Yugoslav slalom canoeist who competed in the mid-1950s
- Voldemar Ilja (1922-2010), Estonian Lutheran clergyman, theologian and church historian
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