Rhea is a

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and

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. It was originally the name of Rhea, a Titan in

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Notable people with this name

Given name

* Rhea Anastas (born 1969), American art historian * Rhea Bailey (born 1983), English actress * Rhea Belgrave (born 1991), Trinidadian footballer * Rhea Boyd, American paediatrician * Rhea Carmi (born 1942), Israeli artist * Rhea Chakraborty (born 1992), Indian actress * Rhea Chiles (1930–2015), First Lady of the State of Florida * Rhea Clyman (1904–1981), Canadian journalist * Rhea Dimaculangan (born 1991), Filipino volleyball player * Rhea Durham (born 1978), American model * Rhea Fairbairn (1890–1953), Canadian tennis player * Rhea Galanaki (born 1947), Greek author *

Rhea Lydia Graham Rhea Lydia Graham (born August 11, 1952) is an American retired geologist with a background in environmental consulting and engineering geology and was made the last director of the United States Bureau of Mines, as well as the first female as w ...

(born 1952), American researcher * Rhea Haines (1894–1964), American actress * Rhea Harder (born 1976), German actress * Rhea Kapoor (born 1987), Indian producer * Rhea Kohan, American writer * Rhea Law, American lawyer *

Rhea Litré Rhea Litré (born Joshua Miller on October 28, 1984) is an American drag queen, singer, songwriter, and DJ. She is a fixture in West Hollywood nightlife. Career After graduating from high school, Miller moved to Los Angeles to audition for the A ...

(born 1984), American singer * Rhea Maheshwari (born 1993), Indian-New Zealand artist *

Rhea Mitchell Rhea Ginger Mitchell (December 10, 1890 – September 16, 1957) was an American film actress and screenwriter who appeared in over 100 films, mainly during the silent era. A native of Portland, Oregon, Mitchell began her acting career in local ...

(1890–1957), American actress and screenwriter * Rhea Moss-Christian (born 1974), Marshallese alumni * Rhea Norwood (born 2001), English actress * Rhea Paul, American psychologist *

Rhea Perlman Rhea Jo Perlman (born March 31, 1948) is an American actress and author. She is well-known for playing head waitress Carla Tortelli in the sitcom ''Cheers'' (1982–1993). Over the course of eleven seasons, Perlman was nominated for ten Emmy Awar ...

(born 1948), American actress * Rhea Pillai (born 1965), Indian model * Rhea Raj (born 2000), Indian-American singer *

Rhea Ripley Demi Bennett (born 11 October 1996) is an Australian professional wrestler. As of July 2017, she is signed to WWE, where she performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Rhea Ripley. She is a List of Women ...

(born 1996), Australian professional wrestler *

Rhea Santos Rhea Santos-de Guzman (born June 1, 1979) is a Filipino broadcast journalist and television presenter currently based in Canada. She is known for co-anchoring GMA Network's morning show ''Unang Hirit'' and hosting several news and public affai ...

(born 1979), Filipino broadcaster * Rhea Seehorn (born 1972), American actress * Rhea Seddon (born 1947), American astronaut * Rhea Sharma (born 1995), Indian television actress * Rhea G. Sikes (1922–2019), American television producer *

Rhea Silberta Rhea Silberstein (Pocahontas, Virginia, April 19, 1900 - New York City, 1959), known professionally as Rhea Silberta, was a Yiddish song composer and teacher of singing. Silberta's best known songs were written with her father and teacher Herman ...

(1900–1959), Yiddish composer * Rhea Singha, Indian model and beauty pageant titleholder * Rhea Mazumdar Singhal (born 1980), Indian entrepreneur * Rhea Suh (born 1970), American alumni * Rhea May Taleb (born 2001), Lebanese footballer * Rhea Tregebov (born 1953), Canadian poet, novelist, and writer * Rhea Woltman (1928–2021), American pilot

Surname

* Arnt O. Rhea (1852-1937), American politician *

Caroline Rhea Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (; born April 13, 1964) is a Canadian actress and stand-up comedian, who is best known for her role as Hilda Spellman in the ABC series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'', and for voicing Linda Flynn-Fletcher in the Disney Ch ...

(born 1964), stand-up comedian, television actress and host * Hortense Rhéa (1844–1899), French actress * James Rhea (1791–1812), American soldier *

John Rhea John Rhea (pronounced ) (c. 1753May 27, 1832) was an American soldier and politician of the early 19th century who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Rhea County, Tennessee and Rheatown, a community and for ...

(1753–1832), United States Congressman * John Stockdale Rhea (1855–1924), U.S. Congressman from Kentucky * Karen Rhea, American mathematics educator * La Julia Rhea (1908–92), American opera singer * Lady Rhea, a Wiccan high priestess * Russ Rhea (born 1962) American journalist * Slater Rhea, American singer-songwriter; TV performer * Timothy Rhea (born 1967), American conductor, and Director of Bands at Texas A&M University * William Francis Rhea (1858–1931), U.S. Congressman from Virginia

Mythological characters

Rhea (mythology) Rhea or Rheia (; Ancient Greek: Ῥέα or Ῥεία ) is a mother goddess in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Titan daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus, himself a son of Gaia. She is the older sister of ...

, a Titan in Greek mythology *

Rhea Silvia Rhea (or Rea) Silvia (), also known as Ilia, (as well as other names) was the mythical mother of the twins Romulus and Remus, who founded the city of Rome.Livy I.4.2 This event was portrayed numerous times in Roman art. Her story is told in the ...

, in Roman mythology the mother of the twins Romulus and Remus * Rhea (mother of Aventinus), mother of Aventinus by Hercules * Rhea or Riadh, Celtic mythological hero

Fictional characters

* Rhea of the Cöos, a character in Stephen King's ''Dark Tower'' novels * Rhea Jones, a DC comics character * Rhea (''Supergirl''), a character in the TV series ''Supergirl'' * Rhea, a character in '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' and '' Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes'' * Rhea Jarrell, a character in ''

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