Pia is a

feminine Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as socially constructed, and there is also some evidence that some behaviors considered fe ...

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. In Spanish, it is spelled Pía.

In politics

* Pia Adelsteen (born 1963), Danish politician *

Pia Beckmann Pia Beckmann (born May 14, 1963 in Gerolzhofen, Bavaria) is a doctor of philology, was a German politician, representative of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria and an entrepreneur. In 2002 she was elected as mayor (Oberbürgermeisterin) o ...

(born 1963), German politician and entrepreneur *

Pia Cayetano Pilar Juliana Schramm Cayetano KGCR (born March 22, 1966), known as Pia Cayetano, is a Filipina politician and lawyer serving as a Senator since 2019, a position she previously held from 2004 to 2016. She was also the Representative of Tagui ...

(born 1966), Filipina lawyer and politician *

Pia Christmas-Møller Pia Christmas-Møller (born 21 January 1961) is a Danish politician, a member of parliament from 1987 until 2011. She represented the Conservative People's Party from 1987 until 2007 and led her party between 1998 and 1999. From 2007 until 2011 s ...

(born 1961), Danish politician *

Pia Olsen Dyhr Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 30 November 1971 in Vallensbæk, Copenhagen) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party since the 2007 general elections. Dyhr has served as Minister for Trade and Investm ...

(born 1971), Danish politician, former Minister for Trade and Investment and Minister for Transport *

Pia Gjellerup Pia Gjellerup (born 22 August 1959) is a Danish politician representing the Social Democrats. She has been a Member of Parliament (Folketinget) since 8 September 1987 and has occupied three different cabinet positions: Justice Minister (25 January ...

(born 1959), Danish politician * Pia Hallström (1961–2016), Swedish politician * Pia Kauma (born 1966), Finnish politician *

Pia Kjærsgaard Pia Merete Kjærsgaard (; born 23 February 1947) is a Danish politician who was Speaker of the Danish Parliament from 2015 to 2019, and former leader of the Danish People's Party. She is a co-founder of the Danish People's Party, and led the ...

(born 1947), Danish politician * Pia Locatelli (born 1949), Italian politician *

Pia Nilsson (politician) Inger ''Pia''-Lena Nilsson (born 31 March 1962) is a Swedish Social Democratic politician. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2004. She is currently taking up seat number 23 for Värmland County constituency. She has been a member of t ...

(born 1962), Swedish politician * Pia Viitanen (born 1967), Finnish politician and former Minister of Culture and Housing

In arts and entertainment

* Pia Arke (1958-2007), Danish Greenlandic painter, photographer and writer *

Pia Bajpai Pia Bajpiee is an Indian actress and model who appears primarily in Bollywood and Kollywood films. She is best known for her performances as Roshini in Venkat Prabhu's comedy ''Goa'' and Saro in K. V. Anand's political thriller '' Ko''. Early ...

(born 1991), Indian film actress *

Pia Clemente Pia Clemente is a Philippines-born American film producer best known for being the first Filipina-American nominated for an Oscar for '' Our Time is Up'' in the live action short film category in 2005 and as the producer of '' The Debut'' which ...

, American film producer, first Filipino-American nominated for an Academy Award *

Pia Degermark Pia Charlotte Degermark (born 24 August 1949) is a Swedish actress. She is best known for her role as Elvira Madigan in the 1967 drama film ''Elvira Madigan'', for which she won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. Career Born Pia Char ...

(born 1949), Swedish retired actress *

Pia Di Ciaula Pia Di Ciaula ACE, CCE is a BAFTA winning international film editor best known for editing 'A Very English Scandal', 'The Crown' and 'Tyrannosaur'. Di Ciaula was born to Italian parents in Toronto where she began her film editing career. She ...

, Canadian film editor *

Pia Douwes Pia Douwes (born 5 August 1964) is a Dutch actress in musical theatre in Europe. She is best known for having created the title role in the German-language musical '' Elisabeth''. Biography Douwes was born in Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherl ...

(born 1964), Dutch musical theater actress *

Pia Fries Pia Fries (born 6 October 1955) is a Swiss painter. Biography Fries was born in Beromünster, Switzerland and studied sculpture in Lucerne in 1980, and painting under Gerhard Richter at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1986. She lives an ...

(born 1955), Swiss painter *

Pia Getty Pia Christina Miller Getty (born 1966) is a socialite and heiress. Early life She is the oldest daughter of Robert Warren Miller, an American-born British businessman, and wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra, an Ecuadorian, and sister of ...

(born 1966), American independent filmmaker *

Pia Giancaro Pia Giancaro (born 12 March 1950) is an Italian former actress and television personality. Life and career Born Maria Pia Gianporcaro in Palermo, the daughter of a Sicilian railroad worker and a Slavic mother, Giancaro in 1968 won the Miss Sic ...

(born 1950), Italian retired actress *

Pia Guanio Liana Pia Coronado Guanio-Mago (; born October 24, 1974) is a Filipina actress and television presenter. She is head anchor for the entertainment program ''Showbiz Central''. She is also the former showbiz segment anchor for the GMA Network p ...

(born 1974), Filipina actress and television presenter *

Pia Guerra Pia Jasmin Guerra is an American-born Canadian comic book artist and editorial cartoonist, best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo title '' Y: The Last Man''. She has worked in the comics industry since the 1990s, a ...

(), Canadian comic book artist *

Pia Johansson Pia Ann-Kristin Johansson (born 16 November 1960 in Umeå) is a Swedish actor, lecturer and examinator. Johansson studied at the Skara scene school, which was followed by a degree from Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in 1989. Afte ...

(born 1960), Swedish actress *

Pia Juul Pia Juul (; 30 May 196230 September 2020) was a Danish poet, prose writer, and translator. She received several prizes and was a member of the Danish Academy. She also taught at the writing school ''Forfatterskolen'' in Copenhagen. Biography ...

(born 1962), Danish poet and writer *

Pia Maiocco Vixen is an American rock band formed in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1980. During its most commercially successful period from 1987 to 1992, the band consisted of Jan Kuehnemund (lead guitar), Janet Gardner (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Share Ro ...

(born 1962), American former bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the all-female hard rock band Vixen *

Pia Mia Pia Mia Perez (born September 19, 1996) is an American singer, songwriter, and model. She began her career by posting videos of herself singing on the video sharing site YouTube, and went on to star in commercials and music videos. Pia Mia sign ...

(born 1996), American singer, songwriter and model *

Pia Miller Pia Whitesell (née Loyola Blanco, previously Miller; born 2 November 1983) is a Chilean-born Australian fashion model, actress and television presenter. Whitesell came to prominence after winning '' Dolly's'' annual modelling competition. She l ...

(born 1983), Chilean-born Australian fashion model, actress and television presenter *

Pia Miranda Pia Miranda (born 15 June 1973) is an Australian actress whose career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film '' Looking for Alibrandi'', an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta. She is also know ...

(born 1973), Australian actress *

Pia Pera Pia Pera (12 March 1956 – 26 July 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist, and translator. Born in Lucca, the daughter of the jurist Giuseppe, a noted translator of Pushkin into Italian Pera started her own writing career in 1992, with the shor ...

(1956-2016), Italian novelist, essayist and translator *

Pia Reyes Pia Reyes is a Filipino American model (person), model and actress. She was the November 1988 ''Playboy'' Playboy Playmate, Playmate of the Month, and appeared in the 1993 cult horror film ''Return of the Living Dead 3'' and Steven Seagal's ''On ...

(born 1964), Filipina-American Playboy Playmate of the Month, model and actress * Pía Sebastiani (1925-2015), Argentine pianist and composer *

Pia Tafdrup Pia Tafdrup (born 29 May 1952 in Copenhagen) is a Danish writer; primarily a poet, she has also written a novel and two plays, as well as works for radio. She made her literary debut in 1981 and has till now published 17 collections of poetry. P ...

(born 1952), Danish poet and author *

Pia Tassinari Pia Tassinari (15 September 1903, Modigliana – 15 May 1995, Faenza) was an Italian soprano and later mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with the Italian and French repertories. Life and career Born Domenica Tassinari, she studied in Bolo ...

(1903-1995), Italian opera singer *

Pia Tikka Pia Tikka (born 10 May 1961 in Kankaanpää) is a Finnish film director and screenwriter. Her directing works are ''Daughters of Yemanja'' (1995) and ''Sand Bride'' (1998). Tikka was one of the screenwriters of ''The Last Border'' (1993) by Mika ...

(born 1961), Finnish film director and screenwriter *

Pia Tjelta Pia Merete Tjelta (born 12 September 1977, in Stavanger) is a Norwegian actress. Tjelta graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2006, but had already appeared in many films. She made her film debut in 2001 in the film ''Mon ...

(born 1977), Norwegian actress *

Pia Toscano Pia Toscano (born October 14, 1988) is an American singer. Toscano placed ninth on the tenth season of ''American Idol''. In 2016, she released the EP ''Belong''. Her debut album ''I'm Good'' was released on October 14, 2022. Early life Toscano ...

(born 1988), American singer and ''American Idol'' contestant *

Pia Wurtzbach Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach ( ; ; born September 24, 1989), formerly known professionally as Pia Romero, is a Filipino model, actress and beauty queen who is known for being crowned Miss Universe 2015. She joined Binibining Pilipinas pageant three ...

(born 1989), German-Filipina actress, TV host and model, Miss Universe 2015 *

Pia Zadora Pia Zadora (born Pia Alfreda Schipani, May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. After working as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (1964), she came to national attention ...

(born 1953), American actress and singer

In sports

* Pia Fink (born 1995), German cross-country skier *

Pia Hansen Pia Hansen (born 25 September 1965) is a Swedish sport shooter. She originally competed in Nordic Trap but then moved on to Olympic trap and double trap. She won the latter at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and she also finished eighth in tr ...

(born 1965), Swedish sport shooter, 2000 Olympic champion * Pia Lionetti (born 1987), Italian archer * Pia Nielsen (), Danish retired badminton player *

Pia Nilsson (golfer) Pia Nilsson (born 8 May 1958) is a Sweden, Swedish professional golfer and coach. She was one of the two players, who were the first female Swedes to play collegiate golf at a University in the United States and the first Swede to captain a Europ ...

(born 1954), Swedish golfer * Pia Schmid (), Swiss Paralympic sprinter * Pia Skrzyszowska, Polish 100 m hurdler and relay runner *

Pia Sundhage Pia Mariane Sundhage (, born 13 February 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. She is the head coach of the Brazil women's national team. As a player, Sundhage played most of her career as a forward and retired as ...

(born 1960), Swedish retired footballer * Pia Sundstedt (born 1975), Finnish road and mountain cyclist * Pia Tajnikar (born 1985), Slovenian sprinter *

Pia Thomsen Pia Thomsen is a former Danish international cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on ...

, Danish cricketer who was on the 1993 national team * Pia Trulsen (born 1991), Norwegian curler * Pia Vogel (born 1969), Swiss rower *

Pia Wunderlich Pia Wunderlich (born 26 January 1975 in Schwarzenau) is a German former footballer who played as a midfielder. She played solely for 1. FFC Frankfurt at professional club level and was selected for the German national team 102 times, winning ...

(born 1975), German footballer *

Pia Zebadiah Bernadet Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (born 22 January 1989) is an Indonesian badminton player. She is the sister of men's doubles world and Olympic champion Markis Kido. Career Women's singles In 2007, Zebadiah contributed to the Indonesian women's team' ...

(born 1989), Indonesian badminton player * Pia Zinck (born 1971), Danish retired high jumper

In journalism

Pia Arcangel Maria Pia Concepcion Nieva Arcangel-Halili (; born December 8, 1978), is a Filipino people, Filipino television News presenter, newscaster and journalist in the Philippines. Career Arcangel started as a courtside reporter for the University Athle ...

(born 1978), Filipina newscaster and journalist * Pia Conde (born 1970), Swedish journalist and television presenter *

Pia Dijkstra Pia Dijkstra (born 9 December 1954 in Franeker) is a Dutch politician and chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Dutch House of Representatives (Netherlands), House of Representatives. Ms Dijkstra is a member of Democrats 66 (D6 ...

(born 1954) Dutch former television newscaster who later became an elected politician *

Pia Hontiveros Ana Patricia Hontiveros-Pagkalinawan (born Ana Patricia Navarro Hontiveros; March 10, 1967), better known as Pia Hontiveros, is a Filipina broadcast journalist. She is the sister of Ginggay and Risa Hontiveros. She is also the cousin of the 80' ...

(born 1967), Filipina broadcast journalist *

Pia Lindström Friedel Pia Lindström (born 20 September 1938) is a Swedish television journalist, and the first child of actress Ingrid Bergman. Life and career Lindström is the only child born to Ingrid Bergman and her first husband, Swedish neurosurgeon ...

(born 1938), Swedish television anchor, daughter of Ingrid Bergman

Other

Pia Cramling Pia Ann Rosa-Della Cramling (born 23 April 1963) is a Sweden, Swedish chess player. In 1992, she became the fifth woman to earn the FIDE title of Grandmaster (chess), Grandmaster (GM). Since the early 1980s, she has been one of the strongest fem ...

(born 1963), Swedish chess Grandmaster *

Pia Haraldsen Pia Renate Haraldsen (born Pia Renate Strømsnes 1 August 1981) is a Norway, Norwegian TV personality, comedian and author, most known for her interviews on the Norwegian TV show ''Rikets Røst''. She is the daughter of Jasmin Haraldsen, who was ...

(born 1981), Norwegian television personality * Pia Nalli (1886-1964), Italian mathematician *

Pia de Solenni Pia de Solenni is a theologian who formerly served as the chancellor of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange in California. Solenni is an alumna of Thomas Aquinas College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts-Great Books, and o ...

, 20th-21st century Catholic theologian *

Pia Waugh Pia Andrews (née Pia Smith, also formerly known as Pia Waugh), born 1979, is an open government leader and the ''Special Advisor, Digital & Client Data Workstream Lead'' for Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Andrews spearheaded ...

(born 1979), Australian free software adv

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