Paola is a female given name, the

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form of the name Paula. In Greek it is Polina. Notable people with the name include:

People

In arts and entertainment

* Paola Del Medico (born 1950), Swiss singer *

Paola e Chiara Paola & Chiara () is an Italian pop music duo consisting of Paola and Chiara Iezzi, two sisters who were born in Milan. They are the best selling female Italian group with over 6 million records sold. Their national career began when the man ...

, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy *

Paola Ferrari (journalist) Paola Francesca Ferrari (born 6 October 1960) is an Italian journalist, television presenter, and politician. She has been active on RAI since the 1990s, hosting its main sports programs such as '' La Domenica Sportiva'' and ''90º minuto''. Te ...

(born 1960), Italian journalist and television presenter *

Paola Foka Paola (born Pagona Karamitsou on 25 June 1982) is a Greek singer. Early life and career Born on 25 June 1982 in Thessaloniki and raised in Sykia, Halkidiki. Ηer Greek parents, Alexandros and Maria, were also musicians. She has an older brothe ...

(born 1982), Greek singer *Paola Gaviria known as Power Paola (born 1977), Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist *

Paola Lázaro Paola Lázaro (/pao-lah/ born October 24) is a Puerto Rican actress. She is best known for portraying Juanita "Princess" Sanchez on the AMC apocalyptic drama television series '' The Walking Dead'' (2020-2022) and Angela Gomez in the Netflix ...

(born 1994), Puerto Rican actress and playwright *

Paola Marella Paola Maria Marella (16 February 1963 – 21 September 2024) was an Italian architect, designer and television presenter. Biography Born in Milan, she attended classical high school and graduated in 1988 in interior design at the Faculty of ...

(1963–2024), Italian television presenter *

Paola Oliveira Caroline Paola Oliveira da Silva (born 14 April 1982), known professionally as Paolla Oliveira, is a Brazilian actress. Biography Paolla Oliveira was born in São Paulo. Her father is a retired military policeman while her mother is a housew ...

, Brazilian actress *

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 *

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 *

Paola Turbay Paola Turbay Gómez (born November 29, 1970) is a Colombian-American actress, model, TV host and beauty pageant titleholder. She was a regular in season 3 of the TV series Bosch. Related to Colombian former president Julio César Turbay Ayal ...

(born 1970), Colombian actress

In politics

Paola Balducci Paola Balducci (born 14 November 1949) is an Italian lawyer and politician, member of the High Council of the Judiciary from 2014 to 2018. Biography A student of Giovanni Conso and Giuliano Vassalli, Balducci graduated in Law at the Sapienza ...

(born 1949), Italian politician and jurist * Paola Concia (born 1963), Italian politician *

Paola De Micheli Paola De Micheli (; born 1 September 1973) is an Italian manager and politician of the Democratic Party (PD), who served as Minister of Infrastructure and Transport in the government of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte from 2019 until 2021; she wa ...

(born 1973), Italian politician *

Paola Pabón Paola Verenice Pabón Caranqui (born 28 January 1978) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician and feminist who ran for President of Ecuador in the 2025 general election. She has served as a representative to the National Assembly for the PAIS Alli ...

(born 1978) Ecuadorian politician and feminist *

Paola Pinna Paola Pinna (born 11 November 1974) is an Italian politician. Born in Cagliari, Pinna graduated in Political Science, and earned an MBA in Business Management at the LUISS School of Government in Rome. She worked for seven years for a network ...

(born 1974), Italian politician *

Paola Pisano Paola Pisano (born 4 January 1977) is an Italian academic and politician for the Five Star Movement. In September 2019, she was appointed Minister for Technological Innovation in the Conte II Cabinet. Biography City Council member (Assessor) ...

(born 1977) Italian academic and politician *

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 *

Paola Taverna Paola Taverna (born 2 March 1969) is an Italian politician for the Five Star Movement, who has been a member of the Senate of the Republic since the 2013 Italian general election. In March 2018, she was elected vice-president of the Senate. ...

(born 1969), Italian politician

In sports

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Paola Cardullo Paola Cardullo (born 18 March 1982 in Omegna) is a former 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 ...

(born 1982), Italian volleyball player *

Paola Cavallino Paola Cavallino (born 6 June 1977 in Genoa) is a butterfly swimmer from Italy, who won the silver medal in the women's 200 metres butterfly event at the 2004 European Championships. She represented her native country a couple of months later at ...

(born 1977), Italian swimmer *

Paola Croce Paola Croce (born March 6, 1978, in Rome) is an Italian volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under o ...

(born 1978), Italian volleyball player *

Paola Duguet Paola Duguet (born October 1, 1987, in New York, United States) is a Colombian-American Olympic freestyle swimmer. She swam for Colombia at the 2004 Olympics, swimming the 400 (29th) and 800 frees (27th). She is the daughter of and Noel Dug ...

(born 1987), Colombian swimmer *

Paola Ferrari (basketball) Paola Andrea Ferrari Yegros (born 16 September 1985) is a Paraguayan basketball player. She currently plays for PB63 Battipaglia in Serie A2 as a shooting guard. Biography Paola Ferrari began playing basketball at age 7 at the club Deportivo In ...

(born 1985), Paraguayan player *

Paola Ogechi Egonu Paola Ogechi Egonu (; born 18 December 1998) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italian volleyball club Vero Volley Milano and is part of the Italy women's national volleyball team. Early life Egonu was born in Cittade ...

(born 1998), Italian volleyball player *

Paola Espinosa Paola Milagros Espinosa Sánchez (born 31 July 1986) is a Mexican diver and represented Mexico at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she was her national team's flagbearer, and the 2012 Summer Olymp ...

(born 1986), Mexican diver *

Paola Longoria Paola Michelle Longoria López (born 20 July 1989) is a Mexican racquetball player. She is the current Women's World Champion in Singles and the Team event, winning both divisions at the International Racquetball Federation (IRF) 2024 World Ch ...

(born 1989), Mexican racquetball player * Paola Moro (born 1952), Italian long-distance runner * Paola Mosca Barberis (born 1977), Italian alpine skier * Paola Paggi (born 1976), Italian volleyball player * Paola Pereira da Silva (born 2003), Brazilian footballer * Paola Pezzo (born 1969), Italian mountain bike racer * Paola Reis (born 1999), Brazilian BMX rider *

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 * Paola Vukojicic (born 1974), Argentinian field hockey player

In other fields

* Paola De Luca (born 1966), Italian designer * Paola del Medico (born 1950), Italian singer *

Paola Drigo Paola (''née'' Bianchetti) Drigo (4 January 1876 – 4 January 1938) was an Italian writer of short stories, novellas, and novels. Her first collection of short stories, ''La fortuna'', was published in 1913 and caught the attention of literary c ...

(1876–1938), Italian writer * Paola Flocchini, Italian-Canadian computer scientist *

Paola Leone Paola Leone is an Italian researcher of Canavan disease, a leukodystrophy. Leone was born and raised in Cagliari, Italy. She received her undergraduate and graduate training in Italy, followed by post-doctoral studies in Montreal and Yale Univer ...

, Italian biologist *

Paola Loreti Paola Loreti is an Italian mathematician, and a professor of mathematical analysis at Sapienza University of Rome. She is known for her research on Fourier analysis, control theory, and non-integer representations. The Komornik–Loreti constant, t ...

, Italian mathematician *

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 *

Queen Paola of Belgium Paola Margherita Maria-Antonia Consiglia dei Principi Ruffo di Calabria (born 11 September 1937) is a member of the Belgian royal family who was List of Belgian royal consorts, Queen of the Belgians during the reign of her husband, Albert II of ...

(born 1937), Belgian queen consort

Surname

Andrea De Paola Andrea De Paola (born 2 October 1990) is an Italian footballer who played as a defender in the Lega Pro Prima Divisione. Club career Early career Born in Gaeta, Lazio, De Paola started his career at Lazio-based team Cisco Roma. In the 2007 ...

(born 1990), Italian footballer *

Danna Paola Danna Paola Rivera Munguía (born June 23, 1995), known mononymously as Danna and formerly as Danna Paola, is a Mexican singer and actress. She gained popularity as a child actress and singer, starring in dozens of television projects throughout ...