Famous People with Name Ilja

Ilja Hurník            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Ilja Hurník: is a contemporary Czech composer and essayist. He entered the Prague Conservatory, then went on to the Prague Academy of Arts, where he studied with Ilona Štepánová-Kurzová, daughter of Vilém Kurz.

Ilja Mohandas "Andy" Hoepelman            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ilja Mohandas "Andy" Hoepelman: is head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University Medical Center, Utrecht in the Netherlands. He is also a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1976

Ilja Wiederschein            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Ilja Wiederschein: is a volleyball player from Germany, who played for the Men's National Team in the 2000s. He played as a setter, and is nicknamed "Ilse".

Ilja Glebov            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Ilja Glebov: is an Estonian pair skater. He competes with Maria Sergejeva. They are the 2007-2009 Estonian national champions. Glebov's younger sister Elena is also an elite skater.

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer            Origin/Culture/Country: Dutch

Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer: Dutch poet, novelist, polemicist and classic scholar, was born in Rijswijk, the Netherlands, and having studied, lived and worked in Leiden, he moved to Genoa, Italy, after a trip to Rome by bike with his girlfriend Gelya Bogatishcheva. Having reached Rome, they took the train straight back to Genoa.Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer made his début in 1998 with a collection entitled Of the Square Man, containing of fifty-odd highly individualistic poems. This debut won him the 1999 C. Buddingh’ poetry prize.

Eric Iljans            Origin/Culture/Country: Swedish

Eric Iljans: is a Swedish freestyle skier. He represents Sweden at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.