Alia (name)

Alia or Aleah is both a surname and a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Gjergj Elez Alia, a legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
Giuseppe Alia, murderer of Father Leo Heinrichs (1867–1908)
Malek Aït Alia (born 1977), Algerian footballer
Ramiz Alia (1925–2011), second and last Communist leader of Albania (1985–1991) and head of state (1982–1992)

Given name

Alia

Alia Muhammad Baker, chief librarian of the Al Basrah Central Library, Basra, Iraq
Alia Bano, British playwright of Pashtun origin
Alia Bhatt (born 1993), Bollywood actress
Alia Ghanem, birth name of Hamida al-Attas (born 1934), mother of Osama bin Laden
Alia Humaid Al Qassimi, Emirati surgeon
Alia al-Hussein (1948–1977), Queen of Jordan
Princess Alia bint Al Hussein (born 1956), eldest child of King Hussein of Jordan
Alia Mamdouh (born 1944), Iraqi novelist, author and journalist
Alia Ouabdelsselam (born 1978), French retired ice dancer
Alia Sabur (born 1989), American materials scientist and world's youngest professor
Alia Shawkat (born 1989), American actress
Alia Syed (born 1964), Welsh experimental filmmaker and artist
Princess Alia Tabba (born 1964), Jordanian princess

Aleah

Aleah Chapin (born 1986), American painter
Aleah Stanbridge (1976–2016), South African singer-songwriter, former singer of death/doom metal band Trees of Eternity.

Fictional characters

Alia Atreides in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert
Alia in the Mega Man X video game series

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