Anya Linden, Baroness Sainsbury of Preston Candover CBE (née Ann Eltenton; 3 January 1933) is an English retired ballerina and patron of the arts.

Linden was born in Manchester, the daughter of physicist George C. Eltenton and his wife, Dorothea.

[2] In 1938, the family moved to Berkeley, California, where her father worked for Shell Development Emeryville.

Her teacher recalled her as a hard worker, stating that even at a young age, "her whole soul was immersed in dancing even then.

[1] The retailer Sainsbury's, formerly led by her husband, developed a potato variety in 1996 that was named 'Anya' in her honour.