Cotta may refer to:

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* Aurelia Cotta (120–54 BC), mother of Julius Caesar * Bernhard von Cotta (1808–1879), German geologist * Carloto Cotta (born 1984), Portuguese actor *

Elena Cotta Elena Cotta (born 19 August 1931) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and t ...

(born 1931), Italian actress *

Gaius Aurelius Cotta Gaius Aurelius Cotta (124–74 BC) was a Roman statesman, orator, priest, and Academic Skeptic; he is not to be confused with Gaius Aurelius Cotta who was consul twice in the 3rd century BCE. Life Born in 124 BC as the son of Marcus Aurelius Co ...

(), ancient Roman statesman and orator *

Heinrich Cotta Johann Heinrich Cotta (30 October 1763 – 25 October 1844) was a German silviculturist who was a native of Kleine Zillbach, near Wasungen, Thuringia. He was founder of the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry, in Tharandt, and is known as a pioneer ...

(1763–1844), German silviculturist * Johann Friedrich Cotta (1764–1832), German publisher, industrial pioneer, and politician * Johann Friedrich Cotta (theologian) (1701–1779), German Lutheran theologian *

John Cotta John Cotta (1575–1650) was a physician in England and author of books and other texts on medicine and witchcraft. Life He was a native of Coventry, and his mother is believed to be Susannah Winthrop, aunt of John Winthrop. In 1590 he was admi ...

(1575–1650), English physician *

Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 65 BC) Lucius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman politician from an old noble family who held the offices of praetor (70 BC), consul (65 BC) and censor (64 BC). Both his father and grandfather of the same name had been consuls, and his two brothers, Gaius A ...

(), ancient Roman senator *

Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC) Lucius Aurelius Cotta (fl. 2nd century BC) was a Roman Senator and military commander who was elected Roman consul in 119 BC. He was the maternal grandfather of Julius Caesar. Biography Not much is known about the early career of Cotta, who was b ...

(), Roman senator, military commander, and consul * Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 144 BC) (), Roman magistrate, tribune, and consul *

Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta (, ; died 54 BC) was an officer in the Gallic army of Gaius Julius Caesar. The little we know of Cotta is found in Book V of Caesar's '' De Bello Gallico''. In 54 BC, when Caesar returned to Gaul from his second exped ...

(), officer in the Gallic army of Julius Caesar *

Marcus Aurelius Cotta (consul 74 BC) Marcus Aurelius Cotta was a Roman politician and general who was consul in 74 BC. He was posted to Bithynia with a Roman fleet as part of the Third Mithridatic War. He was defeated by King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Rescued by his fellow consul, h ...

(), Roman politician and general * Michèle Cotta (born 1937), French political journalist * Myron Joseph Cotta (born 1953), American Catholic bishop

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, an ecclesiastical garment (in Medieval Latin and Italian) * A lightweight underdress in Italian 15th-century fashion (cf.

cotte The cotte (or cote) was a medieval outer garment, a long sleeved shift, or tunic, usually girded, and worn by men and women. In medieval texts, it was used to translate ''tunica'' or ''chiton''. Synonyms included tunic or gown. It was worn over a s ...

) * ''Cotta'' (moth), a moth of the family Geometridae * Cotta Sandstone, a type of stone found in the Elbe Valley

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