Nonna is the Italian word for grandmother and a Russian feminine name. It may refer to:

People

Saint Non Non (also Nonna or Nonnita) was, according to Christian tradition, the mother of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales. Legend The ''Life of St David'' was written around 1095 by Rhigyfarch, and is our main source of knowledge for the lives ...

, mother of David, the patron saint of Wales * Nonna of Nazianzus (died 370s), Catholic and Orthodox saint *

Nonna Bella Nonna Bella was a Turkish singer of Armenian descent, in the 1970s. In the early 1970s, she became famous with her song "Şimdi Sen Varsın Dünyamda". She was known for her arrangements of foreign songs and Turkish folk songs. During the 197 ...

(fl. 1970s), Turkish singer *

Nonna Debonne Nonna Debonne (born 5 March 1985) is a French football defender currently playing for GPSO 92 Issy in the Division 1 Féminine The Division 1 Féminine, shortened as D1 Féminine or D1F, and currently known as D1 Arkema for sponsorship reaso ...

(born 1985), French footballer * Nonna Grishayeva (born 1971), Russian actress *

Nonna Karakashyan Nonna M. Karakashyan (née Nonna M. Avanesova; hy, Նոննա Կարակաշյան; born February 13, 1940) was the first Armenian woman awarded with FIDE title of International Arbiter (1992). She is a chess player and coach. Her last name may a ...

(born 1940), Armenian chess player * Nonna Mordyukova (1925–2008), Soviet actress *

John Nonna John Michael Nonna (born July 8, 1948) is an American fencer and attorney. He currently serves as the Westchester County Attorney. Biography Nonna was born on July 8, 1948. He attended Regis High School in Manhattan, graduating in 1966. Nonna ...

(born 1948), American fencer *

Ion Nonna Otescu Ion Nonna Otescu (15 December 1888 – 25 March 1940) was a Romanian composer and head of the Bucharest Conservatory (now the National University of Music) from 1918 until 1940. He was born in Bucharest and died there at the age of 51, having pla ...

(1888–1940), Romanian composer

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* Nonna, a Russian-style character from the Japanese anime series '' Girls und Panzer'' * '' Nonna Felicità'', a 1938 Italian film

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4022 Nonna 4022 Nonna, provisional designation , is a Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 October 1981, by Soviet–Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh at the Crimean As ...

, an asteroid * Church of St Nonna, Bradstone, Devon, England *

St Nonna's Church, Altarnun St Nonna's Church, also known as the ''Cathedral of the Moors'', is the second largest church on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, located in the village of Altarnun (meaning: "altar of Nonn"). The dedication is to Saint Non or Nonna, who was the mother of ...

, Cornwall, England

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