BCE, known in Russian as Iliya the Prophet (Илия́ Проро́к) Ali or Eli (Arabic name), a cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and the first Imam of shiahs. (There is a quote from Imam Ali "I am called Elya / Alya among Jews, Elia among Christians, Ali for my father, and Haydar for my mother".) Fictional characters Ilya Pasternak, fictional character from the video game Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation Illya Kuryakin, a main character in the TV show The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Ilya Tretiak, a character in the 1997 film The Saint Ilya in the book Letters from Rifka Ilya, a character in the book and film adaption Heaven Knows What Ilya Afanasyevich Shamrayev, a character in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull Ilya Stepanovich Igolkin, a character in Vladimir Obruchev's Plutonia Ilya (Ilyusha) Snegiryov, a character in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov Ilya, Also known as Julian Devorak, plague doctor from "The Arcana" Illyasviel von Einzbern, a character in Fate series by Type-Moon See also Elia (disambiguation) Eli Ilyin Ilyinka Ilyinsky (disambiguation) Ilyino References Russian masculine given names