Bianca is a feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche.

Variants

* Blanche: French * Bianca: Italian * Bianka ( Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Romanian, Spanish, Greek, Czech) * Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish)

People

Medieval period

:''In chronological order'' * Bianca Lancia (c. 1200–c. 1233), Italian noble * Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage * Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan * Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilian I *

Bianca Cappello Bianca Cappello (154820 October 1587) was an Italian noblewoman who was the mistress, and afterward the second wife, of Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Her husband officially made her his consort. Coincidentally, the creation of t ...

(1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Modern era

A–K

* Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player *Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer *Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model *Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian model *Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler *Bertha Schwarz, Bianca Bianchi (1855–1947), stage name of Bertha Schwarz, German/Austrian opera soprano *Bianca Bin (born 1990), Brazilian actress *Bianca Brandolini d’Adda (born 1987), Italian socialite *Bianca Butler (born 1989), American ice skater *Bianca Byington (born 1966), Brazilian actress *Bianca Carstensen (born 1975), Danish rower *Bianca Castanho (born 1979), Brazilian actress *Bianca Chatfield (born 1982), Australian netball player *Bianca Chiminello (born 1976), Australian model and actress *Bianca Collins (born 1988), American actress *Bianca Comparato (born 1985), Brazilian actress *Bianca Ferguson, American actress *Bianca Gascoigne (born 1987), British model and TV personality *Bianca Gonzalez (born 1983), Filipina TV personality *Bianca Jagger (born 1945), Nicaraguan actress, social and human rights advocate *Bianca Kajlich (born 1977), American actress *Bianca Kappler (born 1977), German long jumper *Bianca King (born 1986), Canadian–Filipina actress, model

L–Z

*Bianca Lamblin (1921–2011), French writer *Bianca Langham-Pritchard (born 1975), Australian field hockey player *Bianca Manalo (born 1987), Filipina actress and beauty pageant titleholder *Bianca Marroquín, Mexican actress *Bianca Lawson (born 1979), American actress *Bianca Netzler (cyclist) (born 1974), New Zealand cyclist representing Samoa *Bianca Netzler (field hockey) (born 1976), Australian field hockey player *Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born 1968), Nigerian beauty queen, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman; wife of former Biafran President, Chukuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu *Bianca Răzor (born 1994), Romanian sprinter *Bianca Rinaldi (born 1974), Brazilian actress *Bianca Ryan (born 1994), American singer *Bianca Solorzano (born 1974), American TV journalist *Bianca Szíjgyártó (born 1981), Hungarian ice dancer *Bianca Tiron (born 1995), Romanian handballer *Bianca Umali (born 2000), Filipina actress, model *Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), New Zealand artist *Bianca Weiß (born 1968), German field hockey player

Fictional characters

*Bianca (Othello), from William Shakespeare's play ''Othello'' *Bianca Minola, from William Shakespeare's play ''The Taming of the Shrew'' *Bianca Stratford, in the 1999 movie based on ''The Taming of the Shrew'', ''10 Things I Hate About You'' *A character from ''Bianca e Fernando'', an 1828 opera by Vincenzo Bellini *Bianca, played by Mariah Carey in the video for her 1999 single "Heartbreaker (Mariah Carey song), Heartbreaker" and in "Boy (I Need You)" *Bianca (That's So Raven), from the American TV series ''That's So Raven'' *Bianca Castafiore, recurring character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'' *Bianca DeSousa, in ''Degrassi'' *Bianca di Angelo, a minor character in the ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'' series by Rick Riordan *Bianca Jackson, from the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' *Bianca Montgomery, from the American soap opera ''All My Children'' *Bianca Solderini, in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles *Miss Bianca, from ''The Rescuers (book), The Rescuers'' books by Margery Sharp and the animated films ''The Rescuers'' and ''The Rescuers Down Under'' *Bianca Erdmann, a pre-pubescent nymphomaniac in Thomas Pynchon's novel ''Gravity's Rainbow'' *Bianca Reyes, mother of Jaime Reyes, Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) in the DC Comics continuum *Bianca Scott, from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' *Bianca, the name of Varric's crossbow in ''Dragon Age II'' *Bianca, an anatomically correct doll in ''Lars and the Real Girl'' *Bianca, from the movie ''Pokémon Heroes'' *Bianca, in ''The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part'' *List of Pokémon characters#Rivals, Bianca, rival character in ''Pokémon Black'' and ''White'' *Bianca, from the American TV series ''Henry Danger'' *Bianca Piper, from the book and movie ''The Duff'' *Bianca, from the TV series ''Brooklyn Nine-Nine'' * Bianca Lussi, another main character from the TV series'' Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends *Bianca, a character and former villain from ''Spyro: Year of the Dragon'' *Bianca, from ''Dragon Quest'' *Bianca Dupree, from the 1987 cartoon ''Beverly Hills Teens''

References

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