Marcela is a feminine

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which may refer to:

Musicians

* Marcela Bovio, Mexican musician *

Marcela Lucatelli Marcela Lucatelli (born 13 April 1988) is a Brazilian composer, director, vocalist and performance artist. Biography Lucatelli was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in a family of Italian origins. She studied composition at the Danish National Academy ...

(born 1988), Brazilian composer *

Marcela Morelo Marcela Morelo (born Marcela Morello on 13 December 1969) is an Argentine singer-songwriter. She has released eight critically acclaimed studio albums, which all earned either Record certification, Gold or Record certification, Platinum record. M ...

, Argentine singer-songwriter *

Marcela Rodríguez Marcela Rodríguez (born 18 April 1951) is a Mexican composer. Biography Marcela Rodríguez was born in Mexico City. She studied the guitar and composition with Leo Brouwer of Cuba. She studied for a while in London, and then returned to Mexico ...

, Mexican composer

Politicians

Marcela Guerra Castillo Marcela Guerra Castillo (born 7 November 1959) is a Mexican business administration major and politician from Nuevo León. She was a local deputy in the Congress of Nuevo León and twice federal deputy of the Congress of Mexico. From 2012 to 201 ...

, Mexican politician *

Marcela Lombardo Otero Marcela Lombardo Otero (20 March 1926 – 5 March 2018) was a Mexican politician, daughter of the leftist Vicente Lombardo Toledano Vicente Lombardo Toledano (July 16, 1894 – November 16, 1968) was one of the foremost Mexican labor ...

, Mexican politician *

Marcela Mitaynes Marcela Mitaynes is a Peruvian-American politician and tenant organizer. She is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 51st district as a Democrat. Mitaynes is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. Early life an ...

, American politician

Sportspeople

* Marcela Acuña, Argentine boxer *

Marcela Cuesta Marcela Cuesta (born March 31, 1972) is a retired female butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Costa Rica, who won three medals (one silver and two bronze) with the women's relay team at the 1987 Pan American Games. She represented her native coun ...

, Costa Rican swimmer *

Marcela Hussey Marcela Inés Hussey (born April 24, 1967) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Las Leonas, Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea after ha ...

, Argentine field hockey player *

Marcela Kubalčíková Marcela Kubalčíková (born April 23, 1973 in Zlín) is a retired female backstroke and butterfly swimmer from the Czech Republic, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capi ...

, Czech swimmer *

Marcela Marić Marcela Marić (born 18 October 1996) is a Croatian diver. She competed in the women's 3 metre springboard at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she finished 25th out of 29 competitors. In 2019, she finished in 35th place in the preliminary round ...

, Croatian Olympic diver *

Marcela Richezza Marcela Fabiana Richezza (born December 23, 1964) is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea Seoul ...

, Argentine field hockey player * Marcela (wrestler), ring name of professional wrestler María Elena Santamaría Gómez

Writers

Marcela Delpastre Marcela Delpastre (; oc, Marcèla Delpastre ) was an Occitan- and French-language author from Limousin. She was born on September 2, 1925 and died on February 6, 1998. She is known in non-Occitan-speaking France as Marcelle Delpastre. Biography ...

, French-Occitan author *

Marcela Paz Marcela Paz (February 28, 1902 – June 12, 1985) was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Ramos Falla Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer. She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy. She was a recipient of the ...

, Chilean novelist *

Marcela Serrano Marcela Serrano (born 1951) is a Chilean novelist. In 1994, her first novel, ''Para que no me olvides'', won the Literary Prize in Santiago, and her second book, ''Nosotras que nos queremos tanto,'' won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for wom ...

, another Chilean novelist

Other

Marcela Agoncillo Doña Marcela Mariño de Agoncillo (née Mariño y Coronel; June 24, 1859 – May 30, 1946) was a Filipina who was the principal seamstress of the first and official flag of the Philippines, gaining her the title of "The Mother of the Philippine ...

, Filipina seamstress of the first Philippine flag *

Marcela Barrozo Marcela de Sousa Barrozo (born Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, January 21, 1992) is a Brazilian theatre and screen actress. TV career * 2002 - ''Sabor da Paixão'' .... Madona * 2003 - ''Chocolate com Pimenta'' .... Estela Albuquerque * 2004 - ''Se ...

, Brazilian actress * Marcela Bilek, Czech-Australian physicist *

Marcela Carena Marcela Silvia Carena Lopez (born 22 March 1962) is a theoretical physicist, and Distinguished Scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, where she is also head of the lab's Theory Division. She is also a profess ...

, Argentine-born U.S. physicist *

Marcela Contreras Dame Carmen Marcela Contreras Arriagada, DBE (born 4 January 1942) is a Chilean-born British leading blood expert, immunologist and university educator. Born in Curicó in central Chile and raised in Coelemu, she originally obtained her M.D. d ...

, Chilean-British blood expert and educator *

Marcela Gallego Marcela Gallego (born October 4, 1971) is a Colombian actress, born in Tunja. Most of her work has been in Colombian telenovelas including '' Celia'', some of which have appeared in the U.S. She is also known for acting in the film ''Satanás''. S ...

, Colombian actress *

Marcela Hope Yellowbear Andrew John Yellowbear Jr. (born September 5, 1974) was the defendant in one of Wyoming's most notorious capital murder trials. He was convicted in April 2006 in Thermopolis, Wyoming, of premeditated first-degree murder in the death of his 22-month- ...

, U.S. murder victim *

Marcela Topor Marcela Topor (born 8 September 1976) They married in 2000. Topor is the editor of '' Catalonia Today'', an English-language magazine and website based in Girona. She also hosts the television programme ''Catalan Connections'', which features int ...

, journalist, born in Romania *

Marcela Valladolid Marcela Luz Valladolid (born July 19, 1978) is an American chef and author. She was the host of the Food Network television series ''Mexican Made Easy'', and a judge on the Food Network series '' Best Baker in America''. Early life Valladolid wa ...

, celebrity chef *

Marcela Zamora Marcela Zamora Chamorro (born 1980) is a Salvadoran born-Nicaraguan documentary director and journalist. She has worked in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Venezuela, and Cuba. Career Zamora studied journalism in Costa Rica and documentary fil ...

, Salvadoran-Nicaraguan documentary director and journalist *Marcela, the plant ''

Achyrocline satureioides ''Achyrocline satureioides'', commonly known as marcela, is a species of plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to South America, from Argentina to Colombia to Guyana. A semi-annual herbaceous plant reaching about a meter tall, it has simpl ...

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