Namesakes
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 Entertainers:
1 actor
Elya Baskin (a.k.a. Ilya) 1950-
Notable Artists:
1 painter
Ilya Repin 1844-1930
Notable Scientists and Inventors:
1 biologist, 1 chemist, 1 physicist
Ilya Mechnikov 1845-1916
Ilya Frank 1908-1990
Ilya Prigogine 1917-2003
Notable Writers:
1 author
Ilya Ehrenburg 1891-1967
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
(gold/silver) Ilya Zakharov 2012 diving
(bronze) Ilya Pervukhin 2012 canoe sprint