Claudia may refer to:

People

Ancient Romans

*Any woman from the Roman

Claudia gens The gens Claudia (), sometimes written Clodia, was one of the most prominent patrician houses at ancient Rome. The gens traced its origin to the earliest days of the Roman Republic. The first of the Claudii to obtain the consulship was Appius ...

* Claudia (vestal), a Vestal Virgin who protected her father Appius Claudius Pulcher in 143 BC *

Claudia Augusta Claudia Augusta (; January 63 – April 63) was the only daughter of the Roman Emperor Nero and his second wife, the Roman Empress Poppaea Sabina. Claudia and her mother were honored with the title of Augusta by Nero. She was born in Antium on ...

(63–63 AD), infant daughter of Nero by his second wife *

Claudia Capitolina Claudia Capitolina ( el, η Κλαuδία Καπιτωλίνα; died after 92) was an Egyptian Greek woman who lived in the Roman Empire, in the 1st century and possibly in the 2nd century. She was a Princess of Commagene by marriage to Gaius ...

, princess of Commagene originally from Roman Egypt *

Claudia Marcella Claudia Marcella was the name of several women of ancient Rome of the Marcelli branch of the Claudia gens. By the late Republican period girls from this branch were often called "Clodia". A number of Marcellae are believed to have been the daugh ...

, women of the Claudii Marcelli *

Claudia Octavia Claudia Octavia (late 39 or early 40 – June 9, AD 62) was a Roman empress. She was the daughter of the Emperor Claudius and Valeria Messalina. After her mother's death and father's remarriage to her cousin Agrippina the Younger, she became ...

(died 62 AD), first wife of Nero *Claudia Procula, a name traditionally attributed to

Pontius Pilate's wife Pontius Pilate's wife is the unnamed spouse of Pontius Pilate, who appears only once in the Gospel of Matthew, where she intercedes with Pilate on Jesus' behalf. It is uncertain whether Pilate was actually married, although it is likely. In later ...

Claudia Pulchra Claudia Pulchra (14 BCAD 26) (''PIR2'' C 1116) was a Patrician woman of Ancient Rome who lived during the reigns of the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius. Biography Early life She was a daughter of Claudia Marcella Minor and the Roman consu ...

, a relative of the imperial family, accused of immorality and treason * Claudia Rufina, a woman of British descent who lived in Rome c. 90 AD and was known to the poet Martial *

Claudia Quinta Claudia Quinta was a Roman matron said to have been instrumental in bringing the goddess Cybele, "Great Mother" of the gods from her shrine in Greek Asia Minor to Rome in 204 BC, during the last years of Rome's Second Punic War against Carthage. ...

, who helped bring the statue of Cybele from Pessinus to Rome *

Claudia Tisamenis Claudia Tisamenis was a Greek aristocratic woman that lived in the 2nd century in the Roman Empire. Ancestry and family Tisamenis was of Athenian descent. Her ancestry can be traced to the Athenian noble woman Elpinice (a half sister of statesman ...

, sister of Herodes Atticus *

Saint Claudia Saint Claudia may refer to: *A Christian of 1st-century Rome, mentioned by Paul alongside Eubulus, Pudens and Linus in his '' Second Epistle to Timothy'' 4:21.A. E. Humphreys''The Epistles to Timothy and Titus with Introduction and Notes'' in J. ...

, mentioned in 2 Timothy

Modern people

* Claudia (given name)

Media

Television

* ''Claudia'' (American TV series) * ''Claudia'' (telenovela), Mexican TV series

Films

* ''Claudia'' (1943 film) * ''Claudia'' (1959 film), an East German film

Music

Claudia Quintet The Claudia Quintet are an American jazz ensemble formed in 1997 by drummer and composer John Hollenbeck. The ensemble was formed as successor to an ensemble called "the Refuseniks" with Hollenbeck and Quintet member Ted Reichman, and the quintet ...

, an ensemble formed by drummer and composer John Hollenbeck * Claudia Rossi, former drummer of

Jack Off Jill Jack Off Jill was an American gothic rock band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, founded in 1992 by vocalist Jessicka, drummer Tenni Ah-Cha-Cha, bassist/keyboardist Agent Moulder, and guitarist Michelle Inhell. Though these four women were the ini ...

known mononymously as Claudia

Other media

* ''Claudia'' (play), adapted into the aforementioned 1943 film * ''Claudia and David'' (radio program), a 1940s radio program, sometimes referred to as simply ''Claudia'' * ''Claudia'' (magazine), a Polish magazine published by Editora Abril

Other uses

Hurricane Claudia The name Claudia has been used for five tropical cyclones in the Eastern Pacific Ocean: * Tropical Storm Claudia (1962), crossed over the western portion of the Baja California peninsula, moved over water, and again struck the peninsula before diss ...

, the name given to various storms *

Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate (EE/CPA), also known as co-cyprindiol and sold under the brand names Diane and Diane-35 among others, is a combination of ethinylestradiol (EE), an estrogen, and cyproterone acetate (CPA), a progestin and ...

, a birth control pill sometimes sold under the brand name Claudia *

Claudia (gens) The gens Claudia (), sometimes written Clodia, was one of the most prominent patrician houses at ancient Rome. The gens traced its origin to the earliest days of the Roman Republic. The first of the Claudii to obtain the consulship was Appius ...

, one of the most prominent patrician houses at Rome