Lavinia (disambiguation)

Lavinia was the daughter of Latinus and Amata in Roman mythology. Lavinia may also refer to:

Fictional characters

• Lavinia Andronicus, a character in Shakespeare's tragedy Titus Andronicus
• Lavinia Arguelles, a fictional character in the television series Bituing Walang Ningning
• Lavinia Herbert, a character in the novel A Little Princess
• Lavinia Whateley, a character in the short story The Dunwich Horror
• Lavinia Mannon, a character in Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra
• Lavinia (novel), a 2008 novel by Ursula K. Le Guin about the mythological Lavinia
• Lavinia Swire, a character in the British costume drama Downton Abbey
• Lavinia, a character in George Bernard Shaw's play Androcles and the Lion

People

• Emma Lavinia Gifford (1840–1912), first wife of the poet Thomas Hardy
• Lavinia Blackwall, member of the Scottish folk rock group Trembling Bells (formed 2008)
• Lavinia Burnett (died 1845), first woman to be executed in the state of Arkansas
• Lavinia Byrne (born 1948), Roman Catholic former nun
• Lavinia Crosse (19th century), founder of the Community of All Hallows
• Lavinia Fenton (1708–1760), English actress
• Lavinia Fisher (1793–1820), first female serial killer in the United States of America
• Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk (1916–1995), British peeress
• Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614), Italian painter
• Lavinia Greenlaw (born 1962), English poet and novelist
• Lavinia Meijer (born 1983), Dutch harpist
• Lavinia Miloșovici (born 1976), Romanian Olympic gymnast
• Lavinia Padarath (21st century), Fijian politician
• Lavinia Ryves (1797–1871), impostor pretender
• Lavinia Stan (born 1966), Romanian and Canadian political scientist
• Lavinia Șandru (born 1975), Romanian politician
• Lavinia Warner (20th century), British television producer
• Lavinia Warren (1841–1919), American dwarf
• Lavinia Williams (1916–1989), African-American dancer and dance educator
• Lavínia Vlasak (born 1976), Brazilian actress

Places

• Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia, Sri Lanka
• Lavínia, São Paulo, Brazil
• Lavinia Nature Reserve, Australia
• Lavinia, Iowa
• Lavinia, Tennessee, United States

Music

• Lavinia (song), a 2003 song and single by The Veils

Biology

• Lavinia (fish), a genus of cyprinid fish containing the hitches
• Lavinia (moth), a genus of moths
• Various butterflies, such as:
  • Borbo impar lavinia (see Borbo impar)
  • Junonia lavinia var. basifusca (see Junonia genoveva) and Papilio lavinia (see Junonia evarete)
  • Hypoleria lavinia (see Hypoleria)
  • Doxocopa lavinia (see Doxocopa)
• Tangara lavinia, the rufous-winged tanager