Alija

• Ifraim Alija, footballer
• Kučuk Alija, janissary, mutesellim of Kragujevac and one of four Dahiyas who controlled Belgrade Pashaluk

• Alija Jussupowa, rhythmic gymnast of Kazakh ethnicity who competes for Kazakhstan

• Alija Behmen, former mayor of Sarajevo and a member of the Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Alija Bešić, retired Luxembourgian professional football player of Bosnian descent
• Alija Đerđelez, popular legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
• Alija Dumas, former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Alija Isaković, Bosnian writer, publicist and lexicographer of Bosnian
• Alija Izetbegović, the first President of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Alija Sirotanović, Yugoslav miner of Bosnian Roma ethnicity, Hero of Socialist Labour

• Alija Eaglespike of Warrior, a fantasy novel written by Australian author Jennifer Fallon