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There are many people named Julia. It is usually a woman's given name, or a surname.

In Ancient Rome, women from all branches of the Julius family were called Julia (see Roman naming convention).

Helena of Constantinople (c. 248-c. 329), Flavia Julia Helena, mother of Constantine the Great
Julia Caesaris, the name of many Julias of the Julii Caesarii (Julius Caesar branch)
Julia the Elder (39 BC-AD 14), (Julia Caesaris) daughter of Emperor Caesar Augustus
Julia Domna (c. 170-217), wife of the Emperor Septimius Severus
Julia Maesa (c. 170-c. 226), Julia Domna's sister
Livia Drusilla (58 BC-AD 29), Julia Augusta, the wife of Emperor Caesar Augustus
Julia Drusi Caesaris (ca.AD5 -between AD43-45), granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius

Today, Julia is a common name, and is also a surname.

Julia Roberts (1967–), American actress, star of the movie Pretty Woman
Julia Stiles (1981–), American actress, star of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You
Julia Louis-Dreyfus (1961–), American actress, costar of the TV series Seinfeld
Julia Ormond (1965–), British actress, star of the movie Legends of the Fall
Julia Clarete (1979-), Filipino singer-actress
Julia Child (1912–2004), American gourmet cook, author, and television personality
Didier Julia (1934–), a French deputy
Gaston Julia (1893–1978) , a French mathematician who devised the Julia set of fractals
Julia Schultz (1979-), Playmate of the Month for February 1998
Julia Sweeney, American actor and comedian. Alumna of Saturday Night Live
Julia Savicheva, the Russian contestant from Eurovision 2004.
Raúl Juliá, American actor.
Julia Fischer (1983-), German violinist
Bernard Julia (1952-), French theoretical physicist at Ecole Normale Supérieure.

Julia Chang, character in the fighting game series Tekken
Julia, a character in the anime series Cowboy Bebop
Julia Kendall, an Italian comic book character
Julia,a character in the anime series Beyblade
Julia (1984) is the name of a fictional character from George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
Julia Sugarbaker, outspoken interior designer, played by Dixie Carter on the sitcom Designing Women

Julia River, a river in Switzerland
Julia (film), a 1977 drama starring Jane Fonda
Julia (television), a TV series starring Diahann Carroll
Julia (song), a song from The Beatles' eponymous album
Julia (band), an austrian rock-band
Being Julia, a 2004 movie starring Annette Bening
89 Julia, an asteroid
Julia set, a set of fractals defined by Gaston Julia
Julia, a chatterbot designed for TinyMUD Multi-User Dungeon environments
The Julia butterfly (Dryas julia) is a common New World Heliconiinae butterfly