Anthea

Anthea
Gender	Female
Language(s)	Greek
Origin
Meaning	flower, blossom

Anthea (Greek: Ἄνθεια), "blossom" in Greek, was an epithet of the Classical Greek goddess Hera, and is used as a female given name in English. It may refer to:

Anthea Askey (1933–1999), English actress who was a popular television actress of the 1950s
Anthea Bell OBE (born 1936), British translator who has translated numerous literary works
Anthea Benton, British television commercial and music video director, best known for her adverts for Stella Artois and Levi's
Anthea Fraser (born 1930), novelist
Anthea Joseph (1924–1981), British publisher
Anthea Larken (born 1938), British Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
Anthea Millett, Chairman of the Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority from 2002 to 2006
Anthea Phillipps B.Sc. (born 1956), British botanist
Anthea Redfern (born 1953), former British television hostess, assistant to her husband Bruce Forsyth
Anthea Stewart (born 1944), former field hockey player from Zimbabwe
Anthea Sylbert (born 1939), American costume designer
Anthea Turner (born 1960), English television presenter and media personality

Fictional characters

Anthea, home world (which is dying due lack of water) of the fictitious alien Thomas Jerome Newton, the protagonist of Walter Tevis's sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth. In the novel's 1976 film adaptation by Nicolas Roeg, Newton was played by David Bowie and the scenes taking place on dying Anthea were shot at White Sands, New Mexico.
Anthea Hopper (formerly Shaffer, now Tyron), a minor supporting character in the French animated show, Code Lyoko and its sequel Code Lyoko: Evolution. She was the wife of Waldo Franz Shaffer, and is the long-lost mother of Aelita. Her second husband is Professor Lowell Tryon; the villain in Code Lyoko: Evolution

Fictional characters

See also