Famous People with Name Ilija

Ilija Crijevic            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Ilija Crijevic: was a Croatian poet from the Republic of Ragusa.The life of Crijevic, one of the more scholarly poets of his time, was stormy and restless. It was marked by a strong intolerance to the barbarism around him. Linguistically, he was closer to Latin than to Slavic (Croatian). This torment found ventilation in his nostalgia for the times when which no language other than Latin had been officially used in Dubrovnik (Ragusa).

Ilija Trojanow            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Ilija Trojanow: is a Bulgarian-German writer, translator and publisher.In the 1990s Trojanow wrote several non-fiction and travel books about Africa, published an anthology of contemporary African literature and translated African authors into German. His first novel, "Die Welt ist groß und Rettung lauert überall", appeared in 1996. In it he recounts his family's experiences as political refugees and asylum seekers.

Ilija Najdoski            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Ilija Najdoski: is a retired footballer from the Republic of Macedonia who played for Red Star Belgrade and was part of their European Cup victory in 1991.

Ilija Radovic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Ilija Radovic: is a Montenegrin football player who currently plays for FC Fehérvár.

Ilija Spasojevic            Origin/Culture/Country: Slavic

Ilija Spasojevic: is a Montenegrin football Forward who currently plays for FC Dinamo Tbilisi.