Julia
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There are many people named Julia. It is usually a woman's given name, or a surname.
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Julius Family
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
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People
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.
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Fictional characters
- 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
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Others
- 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
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