Ilkka (given name)

Ilkka is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include:

Ilkka Alanko (born 1969), Finnish musician
Ilkka Auer (1930–2013), Finnish middle-distance runner
Ilkka Hakalehto (1936–2009), Finnish historian and politician
Ilkka Hanski (1953–2016), scientist and ecologist at Helsinki University, Finland
Ilkka Heikkilä (born 1988), retired Finnish ice hockey centre
Ilkka Heikkinen (born 1984), Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman
Ilkka Heilä (born 1956), Finnish cartoonist who lives in Kaarina
Ilkka Herlin (born 1959), Finnish billionaire
Ilkka Herola (born 1995), Finnish Nordic combined skier
Ilkka Jääskeläinen (born 1979), singer who won Idols Finland 2 (Finnish Pop Idol)
Ilkka Järvi-Laturi (1961–2023), Finnish-born US-based film director
Ilkka Kanerva (1948–2022), member of the Finnish Parliament
Ilkka Antero Kanko (born 1934), Finnish chess player
Ilkka Kantola (born 1957), Finnish politician and Lutheran minister
Ilkka Koivula (born 1966), Finnish actor
Ilkka Koski (1928–1993), former Finnish boxer
Ilkka Kuusisto (born 1933), Finnish composer of popular opera; father of Jaakko Kuusisto
Ilkka-Eemeli Laari (born 1989), Finnish snowboarder
Ilkka Laitinen (1962–2019), Finnish politician
Ilkka Lipsanen (born 1942), also known as Danny, Finnish singer and guitarist
Ilkka Mäkelä (born 1963), Finnish football manager and former player
Ilkka Mesikämmen (born 1943), retired professional ice hockey player
Ilkka Mikkola (born 1979), professional ice hockey player
Ilkka Niiniluoto (born 1946), Finnish philosopher, mathematician, professor of philosophy at the University of Helsinki
Ilkka Nummisto (1944–2019), Finnish sprint canoeist
Ilkka Pastinen (1928–2018), Finnish ambassador who also served as Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations
Ilkka Pikkarainen (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey right winger
Ilkka Pöyhiä or World Sauna Championships, annual endurance contest held in Heinola, Finland, from 1999 to 2010
Ilkka Pyysiäinen (born 1959), Finnish docent and doctor of theology, researching the cognitive science of religion
Ilkka Remes (born 1962), Finnish author of thrillers and young adult literature
Ilkka Remes (footballer) (born 1963), retired Finnish football defender
Ilkka Ronkainen (born 1940), Finnish/American organizational theorist and Emeritus Professor at the Georgetown University
Ilkka Ruohonen (1958–2016), Finnish cultural anthropologist and documentary film maker
Ilkka Sarén (1940–2022), Finnish chess FIDE master
Ilkka Sinisalo (1958–2017), former professional ice hockey player
Ilkka Suominen (1939–2022), Finnish politician from the National Coalition Party
Ilkka Suvanto (born 1943), Finnish former butterfly, freestyle and medley swimmer
Ilkka Taipale (born 1942), Finnish politician, physician and activist
Ilkka Talvi (born 1948), Finnish violinist
Ilkka Tuomi (born 1958), Finnish computer scientist, noted for writings on the subject of the Internet
Ilkka Tuomisto (born 1984), Finnish Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
Ilkka Uimonen (born 1966), Finnish photographer and photojournalist
Ilkka Vaarasuo (born 1983), former ice hockey defenceman
Ilkka Vartiovaara (1946–2010), Finnish medical doctor, author, editor, artist and columnist
Ilkka Viljanen (born 1960), Finnish politician
Ilkka Villi (born 1975), Finnish actor
Ilkka Juhani Virta (born 1961), Finnish rector and historian

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