# 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 (1933–2025), Finnish opera composer, conductor, choirmaster and organist
* 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