Ilan (name)

Ilan ( in Hebrew) is an Israeli masculine given name and a surname which means "tree" in the Hebrew language.

Variants of the name include Alon and Elon. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Ilan Averbuch (born 1953), Israeli sculptor
• Ilan Bakhar (born 1975), Israeli football player
• Ilan Ben-Dov (businessman) (born 1957), Israeli businessman
• Ilan Berman (born 1975), American political scientist
• Ilan Chester (born 1952), Venezuelan singer
• Ilan Chet (born 1939), Israeli microbiologist, President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
• Ilan Davis, Professor of Cell Biology at the University of Oxford
• Ilan Eshkeri (born 1977), British composer
• Ilan Gilon (1956–2022), Israeli politician
• Ilan Goldfajn (born 1966), Brazilian-Israeli economist and President of the Central Bank of Brazil
• Ilan Halevi (1943–2013), Palestinian writer
• Ilan Hall (born 1982), American chef
• Ilan Kidron (born 1976), Australian musician
• Ilan Meyer (born 1956), American epidemiologist
• Ilan Mitchell-Smith (born 1969), American actor
• Ilan Moskovitch (born 1966), Israeli filmmaker
• Ilan Pappé (born 1954), Israeli historian
• Ilan Ramon (1954–2003), Israeli pilot and astronaut
• Ilan Rechtman (born 1963), Israeli musician
• Ilan Rubin (born 1988), American drummer
• Ilan Shalgi (born 1945), Israeli politician
• Ilan Shiloah (born 1957), Israeli businessman
• Ilan Shohat (born 1974), Israeli politician
• Ilan Shor (born 1987), Moldovan hideaway businessman and politician.
• Ilan Stavans (born 1961) Mexican writer
• Ilan Virtzberg, Israeli composer, arranger, music producer, guitarist, and singer
• Ilan Volkov (born 1976), Israeli conductor

Surname

• Eli Ilan (1928–1982), Israeli sculptor
• Tal Ilan (born 1956), Israeli historian
• Tova Ilan (1929–2019), Israeli educator
• Uri Ilan (1935–1955), Israeli soldier

See also

• Alon (name)
• Bar-Ilan (disambiguation)
• Elon (name)
• Ilana
• Ilanit (name)