Althea
Althea is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea, which may be related to Greek ἀλθος althos.
Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem that John Milton later alluded to in his own poem "Lycidas".
Notable people
- Althea Braithwaite, English children's author, illustrator, publisher and glass artist
- Althea Bridges, Australian opera singer and music teacher
- Althea Currier, American glamor model and actress
- Althea Flynt, fourth wife of Larry Flynt
- Althea Gibson, American athlete
- Althea Forrest, one half of vocal duo Althea & Donna
- Althea McNish, British textile designer of Trinidadian origin
- Althea G. Quimby, American temperance leader
- Althea Reinhardt, Danish handball player
- Althea Thauberger, Canadian artist
- Althea Wynne, English sculptor
- Althea Rae Janairo, actress aka Tia Carrere
- Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Trinidadian physician and research scientist, leader of the British Black Panther Movement