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

See also

• Harri Ilkka (born 1970), Finnish speed skater
• Jaakko Ilkka (1545–1597), Finnish yeoman and trader
• Jaakko Ilkka (opera), opera by Finnish composer Jorma Panula
• Ilkka-Yhtymä Oyj, Southern Ostrobothnian publishing house in Seinäjoki and Vaasa, Finland
• Ilka