Luisa ( Italian and Spanish), Luísa ( Portuguese) or

Louise Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

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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 ...

) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name

Louis Louis may refer to: * Louis (coin) * Louis (given name), origin and several individuals with this name * Louis (surname) * Louis (singer), Serbian singer * HMS ''Louis'', two ships of the Royal Navy See also Derived or associated terms * Lewis (d ...

( Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements ''hlod'' "fame" and ''wig'' "combat". Variations include Luisinha,

Luisella ''Luisella'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Samlidae Samlidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk ...

, Luisana, Luisetta, Luigia, Luisel. Its popularity derives from the cult of

Saint Louise de Marillac Louise de Marillac , also Louise Le Gras, (August 12, 1591 – March 15, 1660) was the co-founder, with Vincent de Paul, of the Daughters of Charity. She is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church and the Episcopal Church in the United S ...

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, and from

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

's opera '' Luisa Miller''.

People with the given name

Luisa

Luisa Accati Luisa Accati Levi (born in 1942) is an Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual. She taught ethnology and modern history at the University of Trieste. She was born in Turin. After finishing her studies at the Universit ...

(born 1942), Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual * Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi (1799–1866), heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence *

Luisa Baldini Luisa Baldini (born in Tanzania) is an Anglo-Italian presentation and communication expert, previously having worked for BBC News as a Deputy Royal Correspondent among many other assignments. Biography Born in Tanzania to an Italian father and E ...

, Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News *

Luisa Bradshaw-White Luisa Bradshaw-White (born 9 December 1974) is a former English actress, known for playing Tina Carter in '' EastEnders'' and for her previous roles on '' Bad Girls'', '' Holby City'' and ''This Life''. She has also made appearances in televisi ...

(born 1975), English actress *

Luisa María Calderón Luisa María de Guadalupe Calderón Hinojosa (born October 23, 1956 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Action Party who served in the Senate of Mexico from 2000 until September 2006. She is currently senator-ele ...

(born 1965), Mexican politician *

Luisa Capetillo Luisa Capetillo (October 28, 1879 – April 10, 1922) was one of Puerto Rico's most famous labor leaders. She was an anarchist writer, activist, labor organizer who fought for workers' rights, women's rights, free love, and human emancipation. ...

(1879–1922), Corsican-Puerto Rican writer and anarchist * Luisa Casati (1881–1957), Italian artists' model *

Luisa Castro Luisa Castro (born 1966, in Foz, Lugo) is a Spanish writer and journalist who has published in Galician and Spanish. She has lived in Barcelona, New York City, Madrid, Santiago de Compostela, Naples and Bordeaux. She is currently Director of the ...

(born 1966), Spanish poet and writer *

Luísa Diogo Luísa Dias Diogo (born 11 April 1958) is a Mozambican politician who served as Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before beco ...

(born 1958), Mozambican politician, Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to December 2010 *

Luisa DiPietro Luisa DiPietro is a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. She is Director of the Center for Wound Repair and Tissue Regeneration and a Professor of Periodontics for the College. DiPietro's interests in wou ...

, faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry *

Luisa Durán Luisa Durán de la Fuente (born 27 February 1941) is the wife of the former President of Chile Ricardo Lagos. She was First Lady of Chile during her husband's tenure (2000-2006). Personal life Durán was born to Hernán Durán Morales and Luis ...

(born 1941), former First Lady of Chile, the wife of Chile Ricardo Lagos * Luisa "Loi" Ejercito Estrada (born 1930), Filipino politician *

Luisa Ferida Luisa Ferida, real surname Manfrini, (18 March 1914 – 30 April 1945) was an Italian stage and film actress. She was one of divas in Italian cinema during decade 1935-1945 and she was the highest paid movie star of that period. The actress w ...

(1914–1945), Italian stage and motion picture actress *

Luisa Görlich Luisa Görlich (born 21 December 1998) is a German ski jumper who has competed at World Cup level since the 2015/16 season.. Retrieved 18 February 2018. Career Görlich's best individual World Cup result is 13th place in Pyeongchang on 16 Febr ...

(born 1998), German ski jumper * Luisa Martín (born 1960), Spanish actress * Luisa of Medina-Sidonia (1613–1666), Queen of Portugal * Luisa Menárguez, Spanish harpist and educator *

Luisa Micheletti Luisa Micheletti (born June 23, 1983) is a presenter on MTV Brasil. She is from an Italian-Brazilian Italian Brazilians ( it, italo-brasiliani, pt, ítalo-brasileiros) are Brazilians of full or partial Italian descent. Italian Brazilians are ...

(born 1983), presenter on MTV Brazil *

Luisa Moreno Luisa Moreno (August 30, 1907 – November 4, 1992) was a leader in the United States labor movement and a social activist. She unionized workers, led strikes, wrote pamphlets in English and Spanish, and convened the 1939 ''Congreso de Puebl ...

(1907–1992), Guatemalan-American communist and writer * Luisa Morgantini (born 1940), Italian politician, Member of the European Parliament * Luisa Eugenia Navas, Chilean pharmacist and botanist * Luisa Ottolini (born 1954), Italian physicist *

Luisa Ranieri Luisa Ranieri (born 16 December 1973) is an Italian actress. She has been seen in a number of miniseries on RAI and has appeared in numerous films, including 2004's ''Eros'' and 2021's ''The Hand of God''. ''Callas e Onassis'' Ranieri is bes ...

(born 1973), Italian actress *

Luisa Rivelli Luisa Rivelli (10 February 1931 – 12 June 2013) was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1951 and 1994. Rivelli died in Guidonia Montecelio on 12 June 2013, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * ''La figlia del diavol ...

(born 1930), Italian film actress *

Luisa Roldán Luisa Ignacia Roldán (8 September 1652 – 10 January 1706), known also as La Roldana, was a Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era. She is the earliest woman sculptor documented in Spain. Roldán is recognized in the Hispanic Society Museu ...

(1652–1706), Spanish sculptor of the Baroque Era *

Luisa Rossi Luisa Rossi (26 January 1925 – 23 May 1984) was an Italian actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 1978. Born in Milan, Rossi debuted at young age in a significant role in Mario Mattoli's ''Ho tanta voglia di cantare'' (1943). In ...

(1925–1984), Italian actress *

Luisa Sala Luisa Sala (7 July 192316 June 1986) was a distinguished actress of stage, film and television from the 1950s until her death. She was born on 7 July 1923 in Madrid, Spain. She was the New York Times' "Critic's Pick" in 1965 for her performance ...

(1923–1986), Spanish actress * Luisa Tetrazzini (1871–1940), Italian coloratura soprano *

Luisa Torsi Luisa Torsi (born 1964) is an Italian chemist who is a professor at the Università degli Studi di Bari. She was the first woman to serve as President of the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS). In 2019 she was named by the International ...

(born 1964), Italian chemist * Luisa Värk (born 1987), Estonian singer *

Luisa Wilson Luisa Wilson San Román (born 5 August 2005) is a Mexican ice hockey player who plays in the U18 AA league (see junior ice hockey) of the Ontario Women's Hockey Association (OWHL) with the North York Storm Prep U18 AA in the North York district ...

(born 2005), Mexican-Canadian ice hockey player * Luisa Zissman (born 1987), British television personality * Luisa Stefani (born 1997) Brazilian professional tennis player

Luisel

Luisel Ramos Luisel Ramos (April 12, 1984 – August 2, 2006) was a Uruguayan model. Biography Ramos was born in La Unión, a middle-class neighborhood in Montevideo, the daughter of former footballer Luis Ramos, who played for the Uruguay national tea ...

(1984-2006), Uruguayan model

Luisana

* Luisana Lopilato (born 1987), Argentine actress and model

Fictional characters with the name

* Luisa Alver, a fictional character played by Yara Martinez in the series '' Jane the Virgin'' *Luisa Anselmi, a fictional character played by

Anouk Aimée Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus (born 27 April 1932), known professionally as Anouk Aimée () or Anouk, is a French film actress, who has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studi ...

in the 1962 film ''

8½ ' (Italian title: , ) is a 1963 surrealist comedy-drama film directed and co-written (with Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Brunello Rondi) by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on Guido Anselmi, played by Ma ...

'' *Luisa Contini, a fictional character played by Marion Cotillard in the 2009 film '' Nine'' *Luisa "Adelita" Espina, a fictional character played by

Carla Baratta Carla Baratta Sarcinelli (born 9 July 1990) is a Venezuelan actress, model, and artist. She is most well known for being the star of the digital series ''Bleep'', broadcast by the mobile phone company Digitel GSM. Since she was young, she has s ...

in the series '' Mayans MC'' *Luisa Madrigal, a fictional character played by Jessica Darrow in the Disney film ''

Encanto ''Encanto'' is a 2021 American computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The 60th film produced by the studio, it was directed by Jared Bus ...

Other uses

* '' Luisa Miller'' is an opera by Giuseppe Verdi * Luisa was

Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano ( , , often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian ( Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlantic ...

's name for

Block Island Block Island is an island in the U.S. state of Rhode Island located in Block Island Sound approximately south of the mainland and east of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block. It is part of Washingt ...

Luisa Piccarreta Luisa Piccarreta, (23 April 1865–4 March 1947) now a Servant of God and also known as the "Little Daughter of the Divine Will", was a Catholic mystic and author whose spirituality centred on union with the Will of God. For some time, her ...

also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed Roman Catholic saint * "Luísa" is a song composed by Tom Jobim

Antônio Carlos Jobim Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim (25 January 1927 – 8 December 1994), also known as Tom Jobim (), was a Brazilian composer, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, arranger, and singer. Considered one of the great exponents of Brazilian mu ...

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