Chiesa (Italian, 'church') may refer to:

People with the surname

Andrea Chiesa Andrea Chiesa (born 6 May 1964) is a former Formula One driver from Switzerland. He participated in 10 Grands Prix, debuting on 1 March 1992. Career Chiesa began racing in 1980 with karts, and continued to cars in 1985, competing in Italian For ...

(born 1966), Swiss Formula One racer * Anthony della Chiesa (1394–1459), Italian Dominican friar *

Bruno della Chiesa Bruno della Chiesa (born 7 July 1962) is a linguist of Italian, French and German descent, who describes himself as an "engaged cosmopolitan". He teaches at Harvard University and is considered one of the main founders of educational neuroscience, i ...

(born 1962), European linguist *

Deborah Chiesa Deborah Chiesa (born 13 June 1996) is a professional Italian tennis player. On 11 June 2018, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 143. On 27 February 2017, she peaked at No. 307 in the WTA doubles rankings. Chiesa has won thre ...

(born 1996), Italian tennis player *

Enrico Chiesa Enrico Chiesa (; born 29 December 1970) is an Italian football coach and former striker. Chiesa played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, and performed regularly in Serie A for over a decade, winning titles with Sampdoria, Parma ...

(born 1970), Italian footballer *

Federico Chiesa Federico Chiesa (; born 25 October 1997) is an Italian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), winger for club Liverpool F.C., Liverpool and the Italy national football team, Italy national t ...

(born 1997), Italian footballer, son of Enrico Chiesa *

Gemma Sena Chiesa Gemma Sena Chiesa (1929 – 21 July 2024) was an Italian archaeologist who was world renowned for her work on the excavations at Calvatone. As an archaeologist she was known as "Godmother of Bedriacum" for her work leading the first excavation ...

(1929–2024), Italian archaeologist *Giacomo della Chiesa (1854-1922), Italian bishop, became

Pope Benedict XV Pope Benedict XV (; ; born Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della Chiesa, ; 21 November 1854 – 22 January 1922) was head of the Catholic Church from 1914 until his death in January 1922. His pontificate was largely overshadowed by World War I a ...

* Giulietto Chiesa (1940-2020), Italian journalist and politician * Giulio Chiesa (1928-2010), Italian pole vaulter *

Gordon Chiesa Gordon Chiesa (born ) is an American basketball coach at the collegiate and NBA level, who served as the assistant coach for the Utah Jazz for 16 seasons from 1989–90 to 2004–05. Early life A native of Union City, New Jersey,

, American basketball coach *

Guido Chiesa Guido Chiesa (born 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Turin, Chiesa graduated in philosophy and letters with a thesis in cinema, then he moved to New York City where he was the correspondent of several music magazines, but ...

(born 1959), Italian director and screenwriter * Jeffrey S. Chiesa (born 1965), U.S. Senator; American lawyer; former Attorney General of New Jersey *

Laura Chiesa Laura Chiesa (born 5 August 1971) is an Italian fencer. She won a silver medal in the women's team épée event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 a ...

(born 1971), Italian fencer *

Marco Chiesa Marco Chiesa (born 10 October 1974) is a Swiss politician who presided over the Swiss People's Party (SVP/UDC) from 2020 to 2024. He served as a member of the Grand Council of Ticino from 2007 to 2015 and National Council from 2015 to 2019. Ch ...

(born 1974), Swiss politician *

Mario Chiesa (cyclist) Mario Chiesa (; born 17 November 1966) is an Italian former professional racing cyclist. He rode in five editions of the Tour de France, six editions of the Giro d'Italia and four editions of the Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is ...

(born 1966), Italian cyclist *

Mario Chiesa (politician) Mario Chiesa (; born 12 December 1944, Milan)See , which describes him as aged forty-seven in February 1986. is an Italian former politician and member of the Italian Socialist Party. In 1992, Chiesa was arrested on charges of corruption, leading ...

(born c1938), Italian politician *

Michael Chiesa Michael Keith Chiesa (; born December 7, 1987) is an American professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and sports analyst who currently competes in the Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ( ...

(born 1987), American mixed martial artist *

Nicolás Chiesa Nicolás Hernan Chiesa (born 26 May 1980) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a forward and a manager. Coaching career On 5 December 2017, Chiesa was appointed manager of Maltese club Floriana. He was fired on 27 August 2018. At ...

(born 1980), Argentine football player and manager *

Ron Della Chiesa Ron Della Chiesa is a Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New E ...

(born 1938), Boston radio personality *

Serge Chiesa Serge Noël Gilbert Chiesa (born 25 December 1950) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Morocco, he represented France internationally. He is a historic player of Lyon, an excellent dribbler whose skill was comp ...

(born 1950), French footballer *

Vivian Della Chiesa Vivian Della Chiesa (October 9, 1915 – January 6, 2009) was an American lyric soprano who achieved a high level of popularity in the United States singing on the radio during the 1940s and the early 1950s. Della Chiesa performed a wide variet ...

(1915-2009), American lyric soprano

People with the surname

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