Carola is a female
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 ...
, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol.
People named Carola include:
Acting
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Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress
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Carola Höhn
Carola Höhn (30 January 1910 – 8 November 2005) was a German stage and movie actress.
Selected filmography Film
* ''The Weekend Bride'' (1928)
* '' Don Juan in a Girls' School'' (1928)
* '' From a Bachelor's Diary'' (1929)
* '' Youthful Ind ...
(1910–2005), German actress
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Carola Lotti (1910-1990), Italian actress
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Carola Neher (Karola Neher), German actress
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Carola Reyna, Argentine actress and director
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Carola Toelle (1893–1958), German actress
Music
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Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian pianist and piano teacher
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Carola Häggkvist, also known as just Carola, Swedish singer, winner of the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest
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Carola Smit, Dutch singer
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Carola Standertskjöld, Finnish jazz and pop singer
Politics
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Carola Reimann (born 1967), German politician
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Carola Schouten, Dutch politician
Others
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Carola Dunn, British-American writer
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Carola Rackete
Carola Rackete (; born 8 May 1988 in Preetz, Germany) is a German ship captain who volunteered with the German sea rescue organisation Sea-Watch. In June 2019, she was arrested for docking a migrant rescue ship without authorization in the por ...
, German ship captain and sea rescuer
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Carola Roloff, German Buddhist nun
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Carola Unterberger-Probst
Carola Unterberger-Probst (born 1978), aka up'' or Carola Unterberger, is an Austrian media artist and philosopher of art. In addition to video installations and experimental films, her work contains Objet d'art, paintings and digital art. She sp ...
, Austrian filmmaker and artist
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Carola of Vasa, Queen of Saxony
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Carola, wife of Obelerio degli Antenori
Carola ( fl. 811) is the name used by Edgecumbe Staley in his book ''The dogaressas of Venice'' to refer to the Dogaressa of Venice married to Doge Obelerio degli Antenori (r. 804-811). Among many claims, she is sometimes purported to be the first ...
, dogaressa of Venice
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Carola Gräfin von Schmettow, German businesswoman
See also
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Carl (name)
Carl is a North Germanic male name meaning "free man". The name originates in Old West Norse. It is the first name of many Kings of Sweden including Carl XVI Gustaf. It is popular in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and w ...
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Carol (disambiguation)
Carol may refer to:
People with the name
* Carol (given name)
*Henri Carol (1910–1984), French composer and organist
* Martine Carol (1920–1967), French film actress
* Sue Carol (1906–1982), American actress and talent agent, wife of actor ...
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Carolan (surname) Carolan is a surname that is an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cearbhalláin, meaning ‘descendant of Cearbhallán’, which is a diminutive of the personal name Cearbhall (see Carroll). Notable people with the name include the following:
* Brett ...
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Caroly (name) Caroly is a name that can be a variant of Carol. It is used by notable people including the following:
*Caroly Wilcox, stage name of Carolyn Wilcox (1931 – 2021), American theatre professional
*Vera Karalli, sometimes credited as Vera Caroly (18 ...
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Karola
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