Valla is a surname. It is Italian equivalent of

Valle Valle may refer to: * Valle (surname) Geography *"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina * University of Valle, a public university in Cali, Colomb ...

. It is also used as a surname in Norway referring to someone from several places or farmsteads in

Nordland Nordland (; , , , ) is one of the three northernmost Counties of Norway, counties in Norway in the Northern Norway region, bordering Troms in the north, Trøndelag in the south, Norrbotten County in Sweden to the east, Västerbotten County to t ...

. It is the plural form of

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

word ''vǫllr'' (Norwegian: field meadow). Notable people with the surname include: * Esat Valla, Kosovar Albanian painter *

Gerd-Liv Valla Gerd-Liv Valla (born 25 January 1948 in Korgen, Nordland) is a Norwegian former trade union leader, who served as leader of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). She took over in 2001 (from former leader, Yngve Hågensen) and resigned ...

, Norwegian trade union leader *

Giorgio Valla Giorgio Valla (Latin: ''Georgius Valla''; Piacenza 1447–Venice January 23, 1500) was an Italian academic, mathematician, philologist and translator. Life He was born in Piacenza in 1447. He was the son of Andrea Valla and Cornelia Corvini. At ...

(1447–1500), scientist * Kristin Valla (born 1975), Norwegian writer and journalist *

Kristin Hille Valla Kristin Hille Valla (born 31 December 1944 in Årdal) is a Norwegian politician in the Centre Party. Biography From 1989 to 1990, while the cabinet Syse held office, Hille Valla was appointed Minister of the Environment. On the local level s ...

, Norwegian politician for the Centre Party *

Lorenzo Valla Lorenzo Valla (; also latinized as Laurentius; 1 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, rhetorician, educator and scholar. He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine w ...

(1406–1457), Italian Renaissance era humanist * Marie-Laure Valla, French set dresser and set decorator * Natacha Valla, French economist *

Paul Vallas Paul Gust Vallas Sr. (; born June 10, 1953) is an American politician and former Superintendent (education), education superintendent. He served as the superintendent of the Bridgeport Public Schools in Connecticut and the Recovery School Distri ...

, American politician *

Spyros Vallas Spyros Vallas (; born 26 August 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer. Vallas, a defender, started his career at Skoda Xanthi, and transferred to Olympiacos in July 2003. He played for Larissa on loan for one season, 2006–2007. He ...

, Greek professional football player *

Trebisonda Valla Trebisonda "Ondina" Valla (20 May 1916 – 16 October 2006) was an Italian female athlete, and the first Italian woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal. She won it in the 80 m hurdles event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, after estab ...

(1916–2006), Italian athlete

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