Namesakes for Ilya

Fictional Characters from Books: 1 character

      Count Ilya Rostov   1869   War and Peace  

Nobel Prize Winners: 1 chemistry, 1 medicine, 1 physics

      (medicine) Ilya Mechnikov   1908  
      (physics) Ilya Frank   1958  
      (chemistry) Ilya Prigogine   1977  

Notable Actors and Actresses: 1 actor

      Elya Baskin (a.k.a. Ilya)   1950-  

Notable Artists: 1 painter

      Ilya Repin   1844-1930  

Olympic Medalists: 2 silver, 1 bronze, 1 gold, 1 gold/silver

      (silver) Ilya Markov   1996   20 km walk  
      (silver) Ilia Averbukh (a.k.a. Ilya)   2002   figure skating  
      (gold) Ilya Ilyin   2008; 2012   weightlifting  
      (bronze) Ilya Pervukhin   2012   canoe sprint  
      (gold/silver) Ilya Zakharov   2012   diving