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