Octavia
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People
- Octavia the Elder, elder half sister of Octavia Minor
- Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus, younger half sister of Octavia Major and fourth wife of Mark Antony
- Claudia OctaviaClaudia OctaviaClaudia Octavia was an Empress of Rome. She was a great-niece of the Emperor Tiberius, paternal first cousin of the Emperor Caligula, daughter of the Emperor Claudius, and stepsister and first wife of the Emperor Nero...
, the daughter of Claudius and Valeria Messalina and first wife of Nero - OctahviaOctahviaOctahvia, is a female singer from New York City. While she would later have several hits as a featured vocalist for other artists, she is perhaps best known under her own name for the 1986 R&B/dance hit, "2 the Limit."-Early career:Born Octavia Lambertis, Octavia first rose to prominence in the...
, American vocalist - Octavia E. ButlerOctavia E. ButlerOctavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction writer, one of the best-known among the few African-American women in the field. She won both Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, she became the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.- Background :Butler...
, African-American science fiction writer (1947-2006) - Octavia, the name taken by Mabel Barltrop of the Panacea SocietyPanacea SocietyThe Panacea Society is a religious group based in Bedford, England. The Society was founded by Mabel Barltrop in 1919 at 12 Albany Road, Bedford. Its inspiration was and is the teachings of the Devonshire prophetess Joanna Southcott . Barltrop took the name Octavia and believed herself to be...
in 1918
Culture
- Oktawia KawęckaOktawia KaweckaOktawia Kawęcka, born in Radom, Poland, is a vocalist, flautist, arranger, and also the leader of her own band. She performs her own arrangements- different shades of jazz, worldwide standards of classical music which she arranges combining fresh and modern sounds at the same time keeping her...
, a jazz musician, singer, flutist, composer, producer and actress. - Octavia (play), a tragedy mistakenly attributed to the Roman playwright Seneca the Younger that dramatises Claudia Octavia's death
- Octavia (opera)Octavia (opera)The Roman Unrest, or The Noble-Minded Octavia , commonly called Octavia, is a singspiel in three acts by Reinhard Keiser to a German libretto by Barthold Feind...
, by Reinhard Keiser - Octavia, a romance by Jilly CooperJilly CooperJilly Cooper OBE is an English author. She started her career as a journalist and wrote numerous works of non-fiction before writing several romance novels, the first of which appeared in 1975. She is most famous for writing the Rutshire Chronicles.-Early life:Jilly Sallitt was born in Hornchurch,...
- Octavia (TV serial)Octavia (TV serial)Octavia is an upcoming ITV adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel of the same name. The screenplay has been written by Jonathan Harvey. Octavia is set in Britain during the 1970s....
, an ITV adaptation of Cooper's novel, written by Jonathan Harvey
- Octavia (TV serial)
- Octavia (She-Ra) is a character from the cartoon She-Ra: Princess of Power
- Octavia of the JuliiOctavia of the JuliiOctavia of the Julii is a fictional character in the HBO/BBC2 original television series Rome, played by Irish actress Kerry Condon. The character is based on the Roman matron Octavia Thurina Minor, sister of Roman Emperor Augustus.-Season One:...
, a character in HBO's television series Rome loosely based on Octavia Minor - Octavia, Kielian snake in the Guardians of Ga'HooleGuardians of Ga'HooleGuardians of Ga’Hoole is a fantasy book series written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Scholastic. The series, which ended in 2008 with the publication of The War of the Ember, has a total of fifteen books. Apart from the main series there are a few more books and spin offs set in the same universe...
series. She is a nest maid for Ezylryb and Madame Plonk
Others
- Škoda OctaviaŠkoda OctaviaThe Škoda Octavia is a small family car produced by Czech automaker Škoda Auto since 1996, its name revived from a model originally produced between 1959 and 1971. The current Octavia is available in five-door liftback and station wagon....
is the name of mid-size family car introduced by the Czech automobile manufacturer Škoda Auto - Octavia SperatiOctavia SperatiOctavia Sperati, formerly known as Octavia, is a gothic metal/doom metal band from Bergen, Norway.The group released their debut album Winter Enclosure in 2005. Their second album, Grace Submerged, was released in May 2007. Both albums were released by Candlelight Records, and both releases were...
, a doom metal band - Octavia BoulevardOctavia BoulevardOctavia Boulevard is a major street in San Francisco, California that replaced the Hayes Valley portion of the damaged two-level Central Freeway. Once a portion of Octavia Street alongside shadowy, fenced-off land beneath the elevated U.S...
is a street in San Francisco, California - Octavia (Bolivian Band)Octavia (Bolivian Band)Octavia is the name of a Bolivian Rock pop band characterized by a unique mix of catchy pop sounds, Andean music, use of electronic synthesizers, and acoustic music...
, a Bolivian Pop rock band - "Octavia" is a song by Bruce Dickinson from the album SkunkworksSkunkworks (album)Skunkworks is a hard rock album released in 1996 by Bruce Dickinson.Originally, Bruce intended for Skunkworks to be the debut album of a band by the same name. However, the label would not publish the record under any other name than Bruce Dickinson. Consequently the album sounds quite different...
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, an asteroid - Octavia (effects pedal)Octavia (effects pedal)The Octavia was an effects pedal designed for Jimi Hendrix by his sound technician, Jim Morris of Kelsey-Morris Sound Co., London, in early 1967...
, developed originally for Jimi HendrixJimi HendrixJames Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter... - Octavia, NebraskaOctavia, NebraskaOctavia is a village in Butler County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 145 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Octavia is located at ....
, a village in Nebraska, USA