Carmela is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

Carmela Abraham Carmela R. Abraham is an American neuroscientist who focuses on the study of Alzheimer's disease. Early life and education Abraham earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Tel Aviv University and her PhD in Neuroscience from Harvard ...

American neuroscientist *

Carmela Allucci Carmela Allucci (born 22 January 1970) is a female water polo midfielder from Italy, who won the gold medal with the Women's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Allucci was given the honour to carry the national flag o ...

(born 22 January 1970 in Naples), Italian water polo midfielder * Carmela Appel (born 1996), Dutch cricketer * Carmela Auriemma (born 1981), Italian politician * Carmela Cardama Báez (born 1996), Spanish long-distance runner * Carmela Bolívar (born 1957), retired Peruvian sprinter * Carmela Bucalo, Italian politician *

Carmela Carabelli Carmela Carabelli, born Carmelina Negri (Melegnano, May 9, 1910 – Milan, November 25, 1978), better known as Mamma Carmela (in English language, English: ''Mother Carmela''), was a spiritual daughter of Padre Pio, Pio of Pietrelcina and a famou ...

(1910-1978), spiritual daughter of Pio of Pietrelcina; Italian mystic *

Carmela Carvajal Carmela Carvajal Briones (Quillota, July 16, 1851 - Santiago, August 16, 1931) was the wife of the Chilean Navy, Chilean navy captain Arturo Prat, hero of the Battle of Iquique. Biography Childhood Carmela Carvajal, the youngest of four ...

(1851-1931), wife of the Chilean navy captain Arturo Prat * Carmela Cipriani (born 1996), Italian racing cyclist * Carmela Combe (1898-1984), Peruvian aviator *

Carmela Corren Carmela Corren (; ; – ) was an Israelis, Israeli singer and actress. Career Corren was born ''Bizman'' in Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine, on 13 February 1938. She dreamed of being a dancer, but switched to singing in the wake of an inju ...

(1938-2022), Israeli singer and actress * Carmela Marie Cristiano (1927-2011), American Catholic religious sister * Carmela Grippa, Italian politician * Carmela Gross (born 1946), Brazilian visual artist and educator * Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (1921-1984), Spanish scholar, translator, and romance novelist * Carmela Jeria Gómez (1886 – ?), labor activist, typographer, publisher * Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962), Chilean pianist and composer * Carmela Menashe (born 1949), Israeli journalist * Carmela Remigio (born 1973), Italian operatic soprano * Carmela Rey (1931-2018), Mexican singer and actress * Carmela Schlegel (born 1983), former Swiss swimmer * Carmela Shamir, Israeli ambassador to Uzbekistan *

Carmela Teoli Carmela Teoli (1897–) was an Italian-American mill worker whose testimony before the U.S. Congress in 1912 called national attention to unsafe working conditions in the mills and helped bring a successful end to the 1912 Lawrence textile strike, ...

(1897–c. 1970), Italian-American mill worker *

Carmela Toso Carmela Toso (30 September 1912 – 11 March 2002) was an Italian gymnast. She competed in the women's artistic team all-around event at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () ...

(1912-2002), Italian gymnast * Carmela Troncoso (born 1982 Vigo), Spanish telecommunication engineer and researcher *

Carmela Tunay Maria Carmela "Mela" Tunay is Filipina former volleyball player, actress, and TV host. She played for the UST Lady Tigresses in the UAAP and the Cignal HD Spikers in the PSL until 2016. She then transferred and played for the Petron Blaze Spi ...

, Filipina former volleyball player, actress, and TV host * Carmela Zumbado (born 1991), American actress

Fictional characters

Carmela Corleone Carmela Corleone (1897–1959) is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ''The Godfather.'' Carmela is portrayed by Italian-American Morgana King in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film adaptation of the novel, and in ''The Godfather Part ...

, the wife of Don Vito Corleone in the books and movies based on

Mario Puzo Mario Francis Puzo (; ; October 15, 1920 – July 2, 1999) was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably ''The Godfather (novel), The Godfather'' (1969), which h ...

's novel, ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American Epic film, epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling The Godfather (novel), 1969 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast inc ...

'' (1969) *

Carmela Soprano Carmela Soprano (''née'' DeAngelis), played by Edie Falco, is a fictional character on the HBO TV series ''The Sopranos''. She is married to Mafia boss Tony Soprano. A young Carmela, portrayed by Lauren DiMario, appears in the 2021 prequel fi ...

, leading female character on HBO's series, ''

The Sopranos ''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series follows Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey American Mafia, Mafia boss who suffers from panic attacks. He reluct ...

'' * Cousin Carmela, a character from ''

Wizards of Waverly Place ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' is an American fantasy teen sitcom created by Todd J. Greenwald that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between October 2007 and January 2012. The series centers on Alex Russo (Selena Gomez), a teenage wi ...

'' and its TV special '' The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex''

Other uses

* ¡Ay Carmela!, 1990 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Saura and based on the eponymous play by José Sanchís Sinisterra * ¡Ay Carmela! (play), 1987 play by José Sanchis Sinisterra *

¡Ay Carmela! (song) "¡Ay Carmela!" is one of the most famous songs of the Spanish Republican troops during the Spanish Civil War. It had originally been a nineteenth century folk song, ''El Paso del Ebro'', commemorating the routing of Napoleonic troops across ...

, one of the most famous songs of the Spanish Republican troops during the Spanish Civil War *

Carmela (film) ''Carmela'' is a 1942 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara, starring Doris Duranti and Pál Jávor (actor), Pál Jávor. It is set on a small island in the Strait of Sicily in 1893, and tells the story of a young woman who is seduced by ...

, 1942 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara * Carmela (TV series), 2014 Philippine television drama romance * Carmela y Rafael, Mexican bolero duet *

Oscarella carmela ''Oscarella carmela'', commonly known as the slime sponge, is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida that was first described in 2004 by G. Muricy and J.S. Pearse. It is believed to be native to intertidal waters in the north east t ...

, commonly known as the slime sponge, is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida

People

Fictional characters

Other uses

See also