Nydia is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Alba Nydia Díaz
Alba Nydia Díaz (born April 27, 1955) is a Puerto Rican actress who has worked in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
Early years
Díaz was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The roles she portrayed in her early days and years after were not leading roles, from ...
(born 1955), Puerto Rican actress
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Carmen Nydia Velázquez
Carmen Nydia Velázquez (born 2 October 1947) is a Puerto Rican comedian,Desfilan en masa para honrar a Ponce.' Sandra Torres Guzmán. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 31. Issue 1556. 25 September 2013. Page 24. Retrieved 25 September ...
, Puerto Rican comedian and singer
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Irma Nydia Vázquez
Irma Nydia Vázquez (June 8, 1929 – May 2, 2019) was Puerto Rico's representative (as Miss Puerto Rico) to the 1948 Miss America pageant. Although Malen Pietrantoni started Puerto Rico's annual participation in the event in 1937 as Miss Puerto ...
(1929–2019), Miss Puerto Rico 1948
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Nydia Caro
Nydia Caro (born June 7, 1948) is a Puerto Rican-American singer and actress.
Early years
Caro was born in New York City to parents from Rincón, Puerto Rico, and initiated her career in the arts at a very young age while living in New York. She ...
(born 1948), American and Puerto Rican actress and singer
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Nydia Blas
Nydia Blas (born 1981) is an American photographer from the state of New York, whose works explore the identity of young Black women and girls. Her concern at the lack of Black women represented in the visual arts has led her to concentrate solely ...
(born 1981), American photographer
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Nydia Ecury
Nydia Ecury (2 February 19262 March 2012) was an Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress. She published five collections of poetry and translated plays of major European and American playwrights into the Papiamentu language, helping to devel ...
(1926–2012), Aruban-Dutch writer, translator and actress
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Nydia Lamarque
Nydia Lamarque (1906–1982) was an Argentine poet. In addition to publishing several books of poetry, she was a lawyer, activist, and translator. She was associated with the socialism and feminism movements.
Biography
Early life
Lamarque wa ...
(1906–1982), Argentine poet
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Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso
Nydia Pereyra-Lizaso (12 May 1920 – 2 November 1998) was a Uruguayan composer, pianist, and music educator.
Life
Nydia was born in Rocha, Uruguay, Rocha, Uruguay in 1920. She studied music with Dolores Bell and Carmen Barrera at the Conserva ...
(1920–1998), Uruguayan composer, pianist, and music educator
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Nydia Quintero Turbay
Nydia Quintero Turbay (born 28 August 1932) is the ex-wife of the 25th president of Colombia, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1978 to 1982 when they were still married.
She is the founder and former presi ...
(born 1932), first lady of Colombia
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Nydia Rojas
Nydia Rojas (born 1980) is an American singer who performs in a wide range of musical styles such as jazz, soul, and R&B, but makes a particular specialty of Mexican folk music.
Early life and education
Rojas was born in Whittier, California. ...
(born 1980), American singer
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Nydia Velázquez
Nydia Margarita Velázquez Serrano ( , ; born March 28, 1953) is an American politician serving in the United States House of Representatives since 1993. A Democrat from New York, Velázquez chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus until Janua ...
(born 1953), Puerto Rican American politician in the United States House of Representatives since 1993
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Nydia Westman
Nydia Eileen Westman (February 19, 1902 – May 23, 1970) was an American character actress and singer of stage, screen, and television.
Early years
Westman's parents, Theodore and Lily (Wren) Westman were active in vaudeville in her na ...
(1902–1970), American actress and singer
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