Ilan (name)
# Ilan (name)

Ilan (אילן‎ 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 (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 Volkov (born 1976), Israeli conductor

## Surname

* Eli Ilan (1928–1982), Israeli sculptor
* Meir Bar-Ilan (1880–1949), Israeli rabbi
* Tal Ilan (born 1956), Israeli historian
* Tova Ilan (1929–2019), Israeli educator
* Uri Ilan (1935–1955), Israeli soldier
