Althea

Althea (Alþea) is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea (Αλθαια), which may be related to Greek ἀλθος althos ("healing").

Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem ("To Althea, from Prison") that John Milton later alluded to in his own poem "Lycidas".

Notable people

 * Althea Braithwaite (1940–2020), English children's author, illustrator, publisher and glass artist
 * Althea Bridges (born 1936), Australian opera singer and music teacher
 * Althea Currier (born 1941), American glamor model and actress
 * Althea Flynt (1953–1987), fourth wife of Larry Flynt
 * Althea Gibson (1927–2003), American female athlete
 * Althea Forrest, one half of vocal duo Althea & Donna
 * Althea McNish (1924–2020), British textile designer of Trinidadian origin
 * Althea G. Quimby (1858-1942), American temperance leader
 * Althea Reinhardt (born 1996), Danish handball player
 * Althea Thauberger, Canadian artist
 * Althea Wynne (1936–2012), English sculptor
 * Althea Rae Janairo, actress aka Tia Carrere
 * Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Trinidadian physician and research scientist, leader of the British Black Panther Movement