Namesakes
Biblical Characters:
1 character
Lydia (f) Acts 16:14 
Fictional Characters from Books:
2 characters
Lydia Bennet 1813 Pride and Prejudice
Lydia Smallbury 1847 Far From the Madding Crowd
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character
Lydia Languish 1775 The Rivals
Fictional Characters from Television:
3 characters
Lydia Markham 1986 Perfect Strangers
Lydia Wright 1994 ER
Lydia Rodarte-Quayle 2008 Breaking Bad
Notable Athletes:
1 gymnastics
(gymnastics) Christina Desiderio (a.k.a. Lydia) 2000-
Notable Writers:
1 poet/author
Lydia Chukovskaya 1907-1996
Olympic Medalists:
1 gold/bronze
(gold/bronze) Lydia Lassila 2010; 2014 freestyle skiing
Pulitzer Award Winners:
1 winner
Lydia Millet 2010 Love in Infant Monkeys
Saints:
2 saints
Saint Lydia of Thyatira ?-0xx
Saint Lydia ?-121
Title Characters:
1 song
(song) Lydia 1978 Lydia