Claudia is the feminine of Claudius — from the Latin claudus ("lame") or perhaps an Etruscan name. **Claudia Sheinbaum (born 1962)** — **Mexican climate scientist and politician; on October 1, 2024, became the first woman and the first person of Jewish heritage to serve as President of Mexico** — elected with the highest vote count in Mexican history. **Claudia Goldin (born 1946)** — American economist; **2023 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her research on women's labor force outcomes — the third woman ever to win the Economics Nobel and the first to win it alone**. **Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025)** — Italian-Tunisian actress; *Once Upon a Time in the West* (1968), *The Pink Panther* (1963). **Claudia Schiffer (born 1970)** — German supermodel; over 1,000 magazine covers. **Saint Claudia of Rome** — mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21; possibly the first Christian woman of British origin.
Subject of countless tributes to Sheinbaum's 2024 inauguration.
Claudia reduces to six — the number of presidential firsts.