Eva (given name)

Eva (given name)

The given name Eva can refer to the following people:

* Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer
* Eva Burrows, the 13th General of The Salvation Army
* Eva Morris, native of England, known for a time as the oldest recognized person in the world
* Eva Celbová (born 1975), Czech beach volleyball player
* Eva Cruz (born 1974), Puerto Rican volleyball player
* Eva Pawlik, Austrian figure skater

In the arts

* Eva Hesse, artist
* Eva Silverstein, a dancer and choreographer, director of The Silver-Brown Dance Company
* Eva Gore-Booth, Irish poet and dramatist, and a committed suffragist, social worker and labour activist

In television and film

*Eva Amurri, American actress
*Eva Angelina, American adult film actor
*Eva LaRue Callahan, American actor
*Eva Gabor, Hungarian-born actor
*Eva Green, French actor
*Eva Longoria, American actor
*Eva Mendes, American actor
*Eva Moore, British actor
*Eva Marie Saint, American actor

In music

* Eva Nedinkovska, Ethnic Macedonian singer
* Eva Amaral, Spanish singer
* Eva Avila, 2006 Canadian Idol winner
* Eva Cassidy, American singer
* Eva Tanguay, Canadian-born vaudeville entertainer
* Little Eva, American singer

In politics

*Eva Bowring, U.S. politician and United States Senator
*Eva Braun, lover, and later wife, of Adolf Hitler
*Eva M. Clayton, U.S. politician and United States Congresswoman
*Eva Köhler, wife of the German President Horst Köhler
*Eva Perón, President of Argentina, Argentinian First Lady, political leader, actor, and philanthropist; wife of Juan Perón

In modeling

* Eva Herzigová, Czech supermodel
* Eva Pigford, American model
* Eva Angelina

Fictional people

* Little Eva, a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
* Eva Kant, character from "Diabolik" comics and "Danger: Diabolik" movie
* Eva Wei, the main character of the animated series "Oban Star Racers"
* EVA (Metal Gear), character in the video games "Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater", "Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops", and "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots".
* Evangeline A.K. McDowell, a character from the manga and anime series "Negima"
* Eva, the Goddess of Water in the mythology of the MMORPG Lineage II


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