Manuela or Manuéla is a feminine Portuguese and Spanish

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. The name is a variant of the masculine " Manuel", which is in turn derived from the Hebrew name " Emanuel", meaning "God is with us".Manuela
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List of people with the given name Manuela or Manuéla

* Manuela Arbelaez, model and actress appearing in

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Manuela Azevedo Manuela Azevedo (born 5 May 1970) is a Portuguese singer. A graduate in law at the University of Coimbra, she is the singer of the Clã band, once integrated the Humanos band. Participation in other projects: *Ornatos Violeta (1997) -- «L� ...

, Portuguese singer *

Manuela Berchtold Manuela Berchtold (born 27 May 1977) is an Australian freestyle skier, who represented Australia at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and a ...

, Australian freestyle skier * Manuela Campanelli, Italian science journalist * Manuela Dalla Valle, Italian swimmer * Manuela Derr, German sprinter *

Manuela Di Centa Manuela Di Centa, (born 31 January 1963) is a former Italian cross-country skier and Olympic athlete. She is the sister of former cross-country skier Giorgio Di Centa and cousin of former track and field athlete Venanzio Ortis. Career Di Centa, ...

, Italian cross-country skier *

Manuela Groß Manuela Manja Groß (later Leupold, born 29 January 1957 in East Berlin, East Germany) is a German former competitive pair skater. With partner Uwe Kagelmann, she is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist, and she is the youngest female figure skat ...

, German figure skater * Manuela Ímaz, Mexican actress * Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir (born 1971), French politician *

Manuela Kormann Manuela Kormann (born 7 December 1976 in Bern; also known as Manuela Netzer-Kormann) is a Swiss curler. She is currently a national coach with the Swiss Curling Association. Kormann started playing curling in 1986. She plays in third ...

, Swiss curler *

Manuela Kraller Manuela Kraller (born 1 August 1981) is a German soprano singer. She is best known as the former lead singer of symphonic metal band Xandria from late 2010 until late 2013. She was formerly one of the soprano vocalists in the symphonic metal ban ...

, German singer *

Manuela Leggeri Manuela Leggeri (born 9 May 1976 in Sezze) is a volleyball player who represented Italy twice (2000 and 2004) at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship in Germa ...

, Italian volleyball player * Manuela Machado, Portuguese long-distance runner *

Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began re ...

, Bulgarian / Swiss tennis player *

Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra Manuela Antonia Márquez García-Saavedra (1844–1890) was a Peruvian writer, poet, composer and pianist. She was considered to be one of the most prominent poets of the 1870 generation. Marquez also wrote prose articles, and a score for the dramat ...

(1844-1890), Peruvian writer, poet, composer pianist *

Manuela Martelli Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich (born April 16, 1983 in Santiago) is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films ''B-Happy'' and ''Machuca''. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in t ...

, Chilean film and television actress *

Manuela Mölgg Manuela Mölgg (born 28 August 1983) is a retired alpine ski racer from Italy, a specialist in the technical events of slalom and giant slalom. Biography Born in Bruneck, South Tyrol, Mölgg made her World Cup debut at age 17 in December 20 ...

, Italian alpine skier *

Manuela Mucke Manuela Mucke (born 30 January 1975 in Wittenberg, Sachsen-Anhalt) is a German sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s (decade). Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K-4 500 ...

, German sprint canoer * Manuela Priemer, German hammer thrower *

Manuela Sáenz Doña Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru (27 December 1797 – 23 November 1856) was an Ecuadorian revolutionary heroine of South America who supported the revolutionary cause by gathering information, distributing leaflets and protesting for ...

, Ecuadorian national heroine *

Manuela Schmermund Manuela Schmermund (born 30 December 1971) is a German Paralympic sport shooter. Schmermund has paraplegia which was caused by damage to her spinal cord in a car accident in 1992. She competes in SH1 (classification), SH1 classification events. ...

(born 1971), German Paralympic sport shooter *

Manuela Schwesig Manuela Schwesig (' Frenzel, born 23 May 1974) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern since 4 July 2017. She is the first woman to serve as head of government of this state. P ...

, German politician * Manuela Spinelli, translator associated with Italian association football coach Giovanni Trapattoni *

Manuela Stellmach Manuela Stellmach (born 22 February 1970 in Berlin) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who was a member of the women's relay team that won the gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, ...

, German freestyle swimmer *

Manuela Velasco Manuela Velasco Díez (born 23 October 1975) is a Spanish actress and television presenter. She is known for playing Ángela Vidal in the horror franchise ''REC'' (2007–2014), which won her a Goya Award—Spain's equivalent to the Oscars— ...

, Spanish film actress *

Manuela Bosco Manuela Bosco (born 11 June 1982) is a Finnish actress and former hurdler. Biography Manuela Bosco, despite having dual citizenship (Italian and Finnish), chose to compete for Finland, She is the niece of the Finnish cross-country skier Harri ...

, Finnish actress

Fictional characters

* Manuela Santos, a fictional character in ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' * Manuela Casagranda, a famous songstress and physician in '' Fire Emblem: Three Houses'' * Manuela, a character from the James Bond film '' Moonraker'' * Manuela Hidalgo, a character in ''Resident Evil''.

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