Paola is a female given name, the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
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form of the name
Paula. Notable people with the name include:
People
In arts and entertainment
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Paola Del Medico
Paola del Medico Felix (born 5 October 1950) is a Swiss singer.
Career
Born in Saint-Gall to an Italian father and a Swiss mother, Paola del Medico has sung mostly in German and French. She represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Cont ...
(born 1950), Swiss singer
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Paola e Chiara, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy
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Paola Foka (born 1982), Greek singer
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Power Paola (born 1977), Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist
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Paola Oliveira, Brazilian actress
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Suzanne Paola (born 1956), American poet and author
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Paola Rey
Paola Andrea Rey Arciniegas (born December 19, 1979, in San Gil, Santander, Colombia) is a Colombian actress and model.
Biography
Paola Andrea Rey Arciniegas was born on December 19, 1979 in San Gil, Santander, Colombia. She is the dau ...
(born 1979), Colombian actress
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Paola Rojas
Paola Rojas (born Paola Rojas Hinojosa; November 20, 1976) is a Mexican television news anchor. Born in Mexico City, Rojas' education started in the fine arts at a very young age. Her father was Jorge Rojas.
Biography
Rojas' career started at ...
(born 1976), Mexican television news personality
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Paola Turbay
Paola Turbay Gómez (born November 29, 1970) is a Colombian-American actress, model, beauty queen, and television presenter.
Related to Julio César Turbay Ayala, Turbay represented Bogotá in the Miss Colombia beauty pageant and won in 199 ...
(born 1970), Colombian actress
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Danna Paola
Danna Paola Rivera Munguía (born 23 June 1995) is a Mexican singer, model and actress. She gained popularity as a child actress and singer, starring in dozens of television projects throughout her early childhood and adolescence.
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(born 1995), Mexican actress and singer
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Paola Lázaro
Paola Lázaro (/pao-lah/ born October 24, 1987) is a Puerto Rican actress, writer, and playwright. She is best known for portraying Juanita "Princess" Sanchez on the apocalyptic drama television series '' The Walking Dead.''
Early life
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(born 1994), Puerto Rican actress and playwright
In politics
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Paola Balducci (born 1949), Italian politician and jurist
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Paola Concia
Anna Paola Concia (born 4 July 1963, in Avezzano) is an Italian politician and gay rights activist.
Biography
Concia was born in Avezzano, and she graduated in sports science from L'Aquila's Istituto Superiore di Educazione Fisica; following her ...
(born 1963), Italian politician
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Paola De Micheli (born 1973), Italian politician
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Paola Pabón (born 1978) Ecuadorian politician and feminist
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Paola Pinna (born 1974), Italian politician
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Paola Pisano (born 1977) Italian academic and politician
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Paola Severino
Paola Severino (born 22 October 1948) is an Italian lawyer, academic and politician.
She served as Minister of Justice in the Monti cabinet from November 2011 to April 2013, being the first woman appointed Minister of Justice in Italian history. ...
(born 1948), Italian politician
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Paola Taverna (born 1969), Italian politician
In sports
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Paola Cardullo
Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a volleyball player from Italy, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named ''Best Libero ...
(born 1982), Italian volleyball player
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Paola Cavallino (born 1977), Italian swimmer
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Paola Croce (born 1978), Italian volleyball player
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Paola Duguet (born 1987), Colombian swimmer
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Paola Ogechi Egonu (born 1998), Italian volleyball player
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Paola Espinosa (born 1986), Mexican diver
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Paola Longoria
Paola Michelle Longoria López (born July 20, 1989) is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the current Women's World Champion in both Singles and Doubles, winning both divisions at the 2022 International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Champ ...
(born 1989), Mexican racquetball player
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Paola Moro (born 1952), Italian long-distance runner
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Paola Paggi (born 1976), Italian volleyball player
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Paola Pezzo (born 1969), Italian mountain bike racer
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Paola Reis (born 1999), Brazilian BMX rider
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Paola Suárez
Paola Suárez (; born 23 June 1976) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. She was one of the most prominent women's doubles players throughout the early and mid-2000s, winning eight Grand Slam titles, all of them with Virginia Ruano Pascua ...
(born 1976), Argentinian tennis player
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Paola Vukojicic
Paola Vukojicic ( sr, Paola Vukojičić, Паола Вукојчић; born August 28, 1974) is a retired field hockey goalkeeper from Argentina, who won the silver medal with the national women's hockey team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydne ...
(born 1974), Argentinian field hockey player
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Andrea De Paola (born 1990), Italian footballer
In other fields
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Paola De Luca (born 1966), Italian designer
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Paola del Medico
Paola del Medico Felix (born 5 October 1950) is a Swiss singer.
Career
Born in Saint-Gall to an Italian father and a Swiss mother, Paola del Medico has sung mostly in German and French. She represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Cont ...
(born 1950), Italian singer
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Paola Drigo (1876–1938), Italian writer
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Paola Flocchini, Italian-Canadian computer scientist
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Paola Leone, Italian biologist
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Paola Loreti, Italian mathematician
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Paola Voci
Paola Voci is an Italian-born academic specialising in Chinese language and culture, film and media studies, visual culture, and digital culture. She is a professor at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Biography
Voci was born in ...
, academic specialising in Chinese language and culture
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Queen Paola of Belgium
Paola (born Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria;AlthougThe Belgian Monarchy websiteattributes the title of "Princess" to Queen Paola prior to marriage, Burke's Peerage 1973, The Descendants of Louis XIII 1999, ''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels'' 200 ...
(born 1937), Belgian queen consort
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Paola (Maltese: ''Raħal Ġdid''), a town in Malta
See also
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Paolo
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Italian feminine given names