Editing Ilya (section)

==People with the name==
===Real people===
*[[Ilya (Archbishop of Novgorod)]], 12th-century Russian Orthodox cleric and saint
*[[Ilya Ivanovitch Alekseyev]] (1772–1830), commander of the Russian Imperial Army
*[[Ilya Borok]] (born 1993), Russian jiujitsu fighter
*[[Ilya Bryzgalov]] (born 1980), Russian ice hockey goalie
*[[Ilya Dzhirkvelov]] (1927–2006), author and KGB defector
*[[Ilya Ehrenburg]] (1891–1967), Russian writer and Soviet cultural ambassador
*[[Ilya Frank]] (1908–1990), Russian physicist
*[[Ilya Glazunov]] (1930–2017), Russian painter
*[[Ilya Gringolts]] (born 1982), violinist
*[[Ilya Grubert]] (born 1954), violinist
*[[Ilya Ilf]] (1897–1937), Russian author of ''Twelve Chairs'' and the ''Golden Calf''
*[[Ilya Ilyin]] (born 1988), Kazakhstani Olympic weightlifter
*[[Ilya Ivashka]] (born 1994), Belarusian tennis player
*[[Ilya Kabakov]] (1933–2023), Russian-American conceptual artist of Jewish origin
*[[Ilya Kaler]] (born 1963), violinist
*[[Ilya Kaminsky]] (born 1977), Ukrainian-American-Jewish poet
*[[Ilya Kharun]] (born 2005), Canadian swimmer
*[[Ilya Kovalchuk]] (born 1983), Russian ice hockey winger in the KHL, formerly for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, L.A. Kings and Washington Capitals of the NHL
*[[Ilya Kuvshinov]] (born 1990), Russian animator
*[[Ilya Lagutenko]] (born 1968), lead singer of the Russian rock band Mumiy Troll
*[[Ilya Lobanov]] (born 1996), Kazakhstani ice hockey player
*[[Ilia Malinin]] (born 2004), American figure skater, first person to land a quadruple axel
*[[Ilya Espino de Marotta]], Marine engineer and leader of the Panama Canal Expansion Project
*[[Ilya Mechnikov]] (1845–1916), Russian Nobel Prize-winning microbiologist
*[[Ilya Oberyshyn]] (1921-2007), Ukrainian insurgent
*[[Ilya Osipov]] (born 2005), nicknamed "m0NESY", Russian professional ''Counter-Strike 2'' player for Team Falcons
*[[Ilya Petrov]] (born 1995), Russian footballer
*[[Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro]] (1929–2009), Russian-Jewish-Israeli mathematician
*[[Ilya Prigogine]] (1917–2003), physical chemist and Nobel Prize-winning physicist
*[[Ilya Prusikin]] (born 1985), Russian musician, singer, record producer, vlogger, video director and screenwriter
*[[Ilya Repin]] (1844–1930), Russian painter
*[[Ilya Salkind]] (born 1947), movie producer
*[[Ilya Salmanzadeh]] (born 1986), Persian-Swedish music producer
*[[Ilya Samsonov]] (born 1997), a Russian goaltender for the Toronto Maple Leafs, formerly Washington Capitals
*[[Ilya Serov]] (born 1986), Russian-American trumpeter and singer
*[[Ilya Sorokin]] (born 1995), a Russian goaltender for the New York Islanders
*[[Ilya Strebulaev]], Russian-American financial economist
*[[Ilya Sutskever]], computer scientist, co-founder and former chief scientist of OpenAI
*[[Ilia Topuria]] (born 1997), Spanish-Georgian mixed martial artist
*[[Ilya Tsipursky]] (1934–2022), Soviet judoka and sambist
*[[Ilya Ulyanov]] (1831–1886), father of Soviet revolutionary Vladimir Lenin
*[[Ilya Yashin]] (born 1983), Russian political figure
*[[Ilya Zhitomirskiy]] (1989–2011), Russian-American founder of Diaspora

===Religious figures===
*[[Ilya Muromets]], Orthodox monastic saint, Russian folk hero
*[[Elijah]], a Hebrew prophet of the ninth century BCE, known in Russian as Iliya the Prophet (''Илия́ Проро́к'')
*[[Ali]] or Eli (Arabic name), a cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the first Imam of shiahs. (There is a quote from Imam Ali "I am called Elya / Alya among Jews, Elia among Christians, Ali for my father, and Haydar for my mother".)<ref>Tabarsi, ''Ehtejaj'', Vol. 1, pp. 307–308.</ref><ref>Allameh Amini, ''Alghadir'', Vol. 7, p. 78.</ref>

===Fictional characters===
*[[Illya Kuryakin]], a main character in the TV show ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.''
*[[Ilya Pasternak]], fictional character from the video game ''Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation''
*[[Ilya Tretiak]], a character in the 1997 film ''The Saint''
*Ilya in the book ''[[Letters from Rifka]]''
*Ilya, a character in the book and film adaption ''[[Heaven Knows What]]''
*Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev, a character in Anton Chekhov's ''[[The Seagull]]''
*Ilya Stepanovich Igolkin, a character in Vladimir Obruchev's ''[[Plutonia (novel)|Plutonia]]''
*Ilya (Ilyusha) Snegiryov, a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]''
*[[Illyasviel von Einzbern]], a character in ''Fate'' series by Type-Moon