Famous People with Name Ilia

Ilia Kandelaki            Origin/Culture/Country: Armenian

Ilia Kandelaki: is a Georgian footballer who as of September 2008 plays in Austria for SK Sturm Graz.

Ilia Averbukh            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Ilia Averbukh: is a Russian ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he was the 1990 & 1992 World Junior champions. With former wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist.

Ilia Sergeyevich Klimkin            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Ilia Sergeyevich Klimkin: is a Russian figure skater.

Ilia Nikolov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Ilia Nikolov: is a Bulgarian footballer, currently playing for FC Svilengrad 1921 as a goalkeeper. Nikolov started his career in his home town Haskovo in the local team PFC Haskovo. He went on to play in Bulgaria U21.

Ilia Trilling            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ilia Trilling: was a German-born Yiddish theatrical producer and composer for Yiddish theatrical works. He was active in Poland, Ukraine and the United States. Throughout the 1920s, until he emigrated to USA. He was able to obtain passage to America by being granted a passport by Russian authorities solely for Ilya Trilling and then getting a friend to change the word Ilya to "familya", meaning family in the native language. This forgery paid off and the entire family emigrated to America through Ellis Island, never to return to Europe. He continued his work in the Yiddish theater in America. His children and their offspring are still in the United States. They live in California, Pepper Pike, Ohio, Sharon, Massachusetts, Missouri, Florida, Colorado, North Carolina, and many other locations.

Savvas Iliadis            Origin/Culture/Country: Greek

Savvas Iliadis: is a Greek professional basketball player. He plays at the shooting guard position.

Ivan Ilianov            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Ivan Ilianov: is a Bulgarian football midfielder, who currently plays for Nesebar in the Bulgarian B Professional Football Group.