List of Famous people named Ilya

Ilya Valeryevich Kovalchuk is a Russian professional ice hockey winger who is currently playing for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. He previously played for the Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens and Washington Capitals in the NHL, as well as Ak Bars Kazan, Khimik Moscow Oblast, and SKA Saint Petersburg in the Russian Superleague (RSL) and Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

Ilya Vladimirovich Prusikin, is a Russian musician, singer, record producer, vlogger, video director and screenwriter. He is best known as the front person and founder of Saint Petersburg punk-pop-rave group Little Big. He is also known under the stage name Ilich, an in-joke referencing Vladimir Lenin's patronymic and Oblomov character.

Ilya Rahmielevich Reznik is a Russian poet and songwriter, People's Artist of Russia (2003). Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. People's Artist of Ukraine (2013).

Ilya Valeryevich Yashin is a Russian political figure and local government representative. Chairman of the Council of deputies of the municipal district Krasnoselsky of the city Moscow, head of the municipality Krasnoselsky since 7 October 2017.

Ilya Viktorovich Naishuller is a Russian musician and filmmaker. He is the founder of the Russian indie rock band Biting Elbows and production company Versus Pictures. He is also notable for directing, producing, writing the script, acting and composing the music for the 2015 film Hardcore Henry.

Ilya Igorevich Lagutenko is the founder and lead singer of MTV Award-winning band Mumiy Troll.

Ilia Serhiyovych Novikov is a Russian and Ukrainian lawyer. He defended famous political prisoners in Russia such as Nadiya Savchenko, Mykola Karpyuk, Oyub Titiev and Yegor Zhukov. In 2019, Novikov became a defence lawyer of the 5th President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko.

Ilya Olegovich Kutepov is a Russian professional football player who plays for FC Spartak Moscow as centre-back. In the last several games of 2020, he played as centre-forward.

Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev is a Russian politician, former member of the State Duma and a technology entrepreneur.

Ilya Andreevich Khrzhanovsky is a Russian film director. He is the son of Andrei Khrzhanovsky, one of the top Russian animation directors, and Mariya Neyman, philologist, editor and script doctor. He is the grandson of artist and actor Yury Khrzhanovsky (1905—1987).