Lamia
Lamia is the name of the following people:
- the Latin name for a witch (demoness), see lamias
- Lamia (mythology) , a figure from Greek mythology
- Lamia (mistress of Themistocles) (5th century BC), Athenian hetaera
- Lamia (mistress of Demetrios) (* around 340 BC; † after 303 BC), Athenian hetaera
- Lucius Aelius Lamia (legate) (* 1st century BC), legate of Augustus in the Cantabrian War
- Lucius Aelius Lamia (Consul 3) († 33), Roman politician and senator
- Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus (around 69), suffect consul 80, first husband of Domitia Longina
- Lucius Fundanius Lamia Aelianus , Roman consul 116
- Lucius Lamia Silvanus , Roman suffect consul 145
Lamia is a feminine Arabic given name that is also written Lamiya and sometimes Lamija or Lamya :
- Lamia al-Gailani Werr (1938–2019), Iraqi archaeologist
- Lamia Messari-Becker (* 1973), German civil engineer
- Lamya Kaddor (* 1978), German teacher and Islamic scholar
- Lamiya Aji Bashar (* around 1998), Iraqi Yazidi human rights activist
Lamia is a family name for the following people:
- Georges Lamia († 2014), French football player
Lamia , others:
- Lamia (Greece) , city in Greece
- Titular diocese of Lamia , titular diocese of the Roman Catholic Church (formerly in Greece)
- LaMia Bolivia , Bolivian airline
- Lamia (genus) , of the family of Bockkäfer
- Purslane (genus) , clove-like plants (other name)
- Chiruromys lamia , a rodent species, see broadheaded tree rat
- a poem by John Keats
See also: