Costanza is a feminine given name and a surname. It may refer to:
People
Given name
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Costanza d'Avalos, Duchess of Francavilla
Costanza d'Avalos (1460–1541), Duchess of Francavilla, was an Italian ruler. She was the ruler of the Duchy of Francavilla between 1501 and 1541.
Life
She was the daughter of Innico I d'Avalos of the Spanish d'Avalos family, count of ...
(1460–1541)
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Costanza Bonaccorsi
Costanza Bonaccorsi (born 30 December 1994) is an Italian female canoeist who won at senior level the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships
The Wildwater Canoeing World Championships are an international event in canoeing organized by the Inter ...
(born 1994), Italian canoeist
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Costanza Chiaramonte Costanza Chiaramonte ( – 1423) was a queen consort of Naples in 1389-1392, married to King Ladislaus of Naples. With changing political circumstances, their marriage was annulled.
Life
Costanza was a daughter of Manfredi III Chiaramonte, count of ...
(1377–1423), Neapolitan noble
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Costanza Di Camillo
Costanza Di Camillo (born 25 January 1995) is an Italian synchronised swimmer. She competed in Team at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
She won a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships, and before a silver medal at the 2016 European Aquatics C ...
(born 1995), Italian synchronized swimmer
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Costanza Farnese Costanza Farnese (December 19, 1500 in Rome – May 23, 1545 in Rome) was a daughter of Alessandro Farnese and Silvia Ruffini. Born before her father became Pope Paul III, her siblings were Pier Luigi, Paul, Ranuccio and Lucrezia.
She marri ...
(1500–1545), daughter of Pope Paul III
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Costanza Fiorentini
Costanza Fiorentini (born 25 November 1984) is an Italian synchronized swimmer who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVII ...
(born 1984), Italian synchronized swimmer
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Costanza Ferro
Costanza Ferro (born 5 July 1993) is an Italian synchronized swimmer. She competed in the Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's duet, women's duet at the 2016 Summer Olympics. and Artistic swimming at the 2020 Summer Olym ...
(born 1993), Italian synchronized swimmer
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Costanza Ghilini
Costanza Ghilini (1754–1775) was an Italian amateur painter.
Born in Alessandria, Ghilini was a member of the noble Provana di Collegno family; her parents may have been Vittorio Amedeo Ghilini, marchese di Maranzana and his wife, née Gabriella ...
(1754–1775), Italian painter
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Costanza Sforza, Duchess of Sora (1550–1617)
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Costanza Starace
Blessed Costanza Starace (5 September 1845 – 13 September 1921) was an Italian Roman Catholic nun. She was the founder of the religious congregation known as the Compassionist Sisters Servants of Mary. Starace later assumed the new name of "Ma ...
(1845–1921), Italian nun
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Costanza Varano Costanza Varano (1426–1447) was a noted humanist, scholar, and writer in early modern Italy. She is regarded as "one of the best known learned women" of the mid-15th century.
Life and education
Varano was the first child born to Pier Gentile da V ...
(1426–1447), Italian humanist
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Costanza Zanoletti
Costanza Zanoletti (born 2 December 1980 in Novara) is an Italian skeleton racer who has competed since 2002. She finished fifth in the women's skeleton event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.
Zanoletti's best finish at the FIBT World Champion ...
(born 1980), Italian skeleton racer
Surname
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Chrissy Costanza
Christina Nicola Costanza (born August 23, 1995) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. She is best known as the lead vocalist and primary songwriter of the pop rock band Against The Current.
Early life
Costanza was born on August ...
(born 1995), American singer
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John Costanza
John Costanza (born August 14, 1943, in Dover, New Jersey) is an American comic book artist and letterer. He has worked for both DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was the letterer during Alan Moore's acclaimed run on ''Swamp Thing''. The bulk of Cos ...
(born 1943), American artist and letterer
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Midge Costanza
Margaret "Midge" Costanza (November 28, 1932 – March 23, 2010) was an American Presidential advisor, social and political activist. A lifelong champion of gay and women's rights, she was known for her wit, outspoken manner and commitment to ...
(1932–2010), American politician
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Mike Costanza
Michael Costanza is an American filmmaker and writer/director. He began his career in the Art Department on feature films at Paramount Pictures, Paramount. He then went on to direct short films and music videos. His short ''Mama Said'' screened at ...
, American filmmaker
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Pascal Costanza
Pascal Costanza is a research scientist at the ExaScience Lab at Intel Belgium. He is known in the field of functional programming in LISP as well as in the aspect-oriented programming (AOP) community for contributions to this field by applying AOP ...
, German computer scientist
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Pete Costanza
Pete Costanza (May 19, 1913 – June 28, 1984) was an American comic book artist and illustrator. He is best known for his work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel and the Marvel Family during the World War II era fans an ...
(1913–1984), American comic book artist and illustrator
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Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza (born September 14, 1950) is an American/Australian ecological economist and Professor at the Institute for Global Prosperity, University College London. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and a ...
(born 1950), American-Australian ecologist and economist
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Tomas Costanza
Tomas Costanza (born September 2, 1976) is a certified-platinum American record producer/songwriter and owner of the Killingsworth Recording Company. (born 1976), American record producer
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Tony Costanza
Tony Costanza (July 2, 1968 – August 4, 2020) was an American drummer, known for being the first drummer for the heavy metal band Machine Head, playing in the band from 1992 to 1993.
Career
Costanza received jazz lessons from Irv Kluger. Infl ...
(1968–2020), American drummer
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Valentina Costanza
Valentina Costanza (born 27 February 1987) is an Italian middle distance runner and 3000 metres steeplechaseer.
Biography
Costanza won four national titles at senior level. In add of this in 2010, establishing her Personal Best with 9:13.96 in ...
(born 1987), Italian runner
Fictional characters
*In the American sitcom ''Seinfeld'':
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Estelle Costanza
This is a list of characters who appeared on ''Seinfeld''. This list features only characters who appeared in multiple episodes; those that appeared in only one are not included here.
Primary characters Jerry Seinfeld
George Costanza
Elaine ...
, mother of George Costanza
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Frank Costanza
This is a list of characters who appeared on ''Seinfeld''. This list features only characters who appeared in multiple episodes; those that appeared in only one are not included here.
Primary characters Jerry Seinfeld
George Costanza
Elaine ...
, father of George Costanza
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George Costanza
George Louis Costanza is a fictional character in the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. He is a short, stocky, balding man who struggles with numerous insecurities, often dooming his romantic rela ...
, one of the main characters
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Costanza / Costanzo Costanza / Costanzo is an Italian literary fairy tale written by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in ''The Facetious Nights of Straparola'' (written between 1550 and 1555).
Synopsis
A king married to have heirs, and his wife bore three daughters. In ...
, an Italian literary fairy tale
See also
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Santa Costanza
Santa Costanza is a 4th-century church in Rome, Italy, on the Via Nomentana, which runs north-east out of the city. It is a round building with well preserved original layout and mosaics. It has been built adjacent to a horseshoe-shaped church, no ...
, a church in Rome
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Constance (name)
Constance is a female given name that derives from Latin and means "constant." Variations of the name include Connie, Constancia, and Constanze.
Notable people
*Constance of Antioch (1127–1163), only daughter of Bohemund II of Antioch
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Constanza (disambiguation)
Constanza as a place may refer to:
* Constanza, Dominican Republic
* Constanța, Romania
Constanza may also refer to:
* ''R v Constanza'' (The Crown against Gaetano Constanza), an English legal case in 1997
* José Constanza (born 1983), Dominican ...
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Costanzo (disambiguation) Costanzo is an Italian given name, translated from the Latin name Constantius. It is also used as an, originally patronymic, surname. It may refer to:
People with the surname Costanzo
* Alessandra Costanzo
*Alfredo Costanzo
*Angelo Costanzo
*Blake ...
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Italian feminine given names
Italian-language surnames