Alia (name)

Alia or Aleah is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Gjergj Elez Alia, a legendary hero of poetry and literature in Bosnia and Albania
Giuseppe Alia, murderer of Father Leo Heinrichs (1867-1908)
Malek Aït Alia (born 1977), Algerian footballer
Ramiz Alia (1925-2011), second and last Communist leader of Albania (1985-1991) and head of state (1982-1992)

Alija Izetbegović, first president of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Alia Muhammad Baker, chief librarian of the Al Basrah Central Library, Basra, Iraq
Alia Bano, British playwright of Pashtun origin
Alia Bhatt (born 1993), Bollywood actress
Alia Ghanem, birth name of Hamida al-Attas (born 1934), mother of Osama bin Laden
Alia al-Hussein (1948-1977), Queen of Jordan
Princess Alia bint Al Hussein (born 1956), eldest child of King Hussein of Jordan
Alia Mamdouh (born 1944), Iraqi novelist, author and journalist
Alia Ouabdelsselam (born 1978), French retired ice dancer
Alia Sabur (born 1989), American materials scientist and world's youngest professor
Alia Shawkat (born 1989), American actress
Alia Syed (born 1964), Welsh experimental filmmaker and artist
Princess Alia Tabba (born 1964), Jordanian princess

Aleah Chapin (born 1986), American painter
Aleah Scheick (born 1982), American beauty pageant titleholder and Miss Alaska USA 2005