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Gilda is a given name.


People with the stage name or alias

* Gilda (Argentine singer) (1961–1996), Argentine singer and songwriter born Miriam Alejandra Bianchi *
Gilda (Italian singer) Rosangela Scalabrino (born 31 May 1950), known professionally as Gilda, is an Italian singer. She won the Sanremo Music Festival 1975 with the song "Ragazza del sud". Life and career A native of Masserano, Piedmont, Gilda started her career a ...
(born 1950), Italian singer, winner of the 1975 Sanremo Music Festival * Gilda Jovine, modelling name of Gilda Gross (born 1981), Dominican beauty pageant titleholder, actress and model * Gilda Mignonette, stage name of Griselda Andreatini (1890–1953), Neapolitan singer


People with the given name

* Gilda Aranda (born 1933), Mexican former Olympic sports swimmer *
Gilda Barabino Gilda A. Barabino is the president of the Olin College of Engineering, where she is also a professor of biomedical and chemical engineering. Previously, she served as the dean of The Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York, a ...
 (born 1956), American academic * Gilda Bolt-González (born 1956), Nicaraguan diplomat *
Gilda Buttà Gilda Buttà (born July 29, 1959, in Patti, Sicily) is an Italian pianist. After studying piano at "Giuseppe Verdi" Conservatory in Milan, she won the Franz Liszt Prize in 1976, and started a concert pianist career. She has recorded several film s ...
(born 1959), Italian pianist * Gilda Casanova (born 1995), Cuban sprinter *
Gilda Cobb-Hunter Gilda Cobb-Hunter (born November 5, 1952, in Gifford, Florida) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives. She is the first African American woman elected to the State House from Orangeburg County. Cobb-Hunter is the ...
(born 1952), American politician *
Gilda Cordero-Fernando Gilda Cordero-Fernando (June 4, 1930 – August 27, 2020) was a Filipino writer, publisher, visual artist, fashion designer, theater producer, and social activist known for writing and publishing numerous works exploring Filipino culture, for her ...
(1930–2020), Filipino writer and publisher * Gilda Cruz-Romo (1940–2025), Mexican operatic soprano *
Gilda Dalla Rizza Gilda Dalla Rizza (12 October 18925 July 1975) was an important Italian people, Italian soprano. Born in Verona, she made her operatic debut in Bologna (the Teatro Verdi) in 1912, as Charlotte in ''Werther''. Especially acclaimed in the verismo r ...
(1892–1975), Italian operatic soprano * Gilda Darthy (1878–1952), French actress *
Gilda de Abreu Gilda de Abreu (; 23 September 1904 – 4 June 1979) was a Brazilian actress, singer, writer and film director. Biography Born to a wealthy family, Gilda de Abreu began her career as a singer, performing in stage musicals and operettas. She fi ...
 (1904–1979), Brazilian actress, singer, writer and film director *
Gilda Galán Gilda Galán (January 16, 1917 – June 21, 2009) was a Puerto Rican actress, comedian, writer, composer, scriptwriter and poet. The veteran actress, whose career spanned decades, enjoyed one of the longest careers in the history of the Puerto ...
(1917–2009), Puerto Rican actress, dramatist, comedian, writer, composer, scriptwriter and poet * Gilda García López (born c. 1965), Panamanian beauty pageant contestant, 1986 Miss Panamá * Gilda Gelati (born 1967), Italian ballerina * Gilda Giuliani (born 1954), Italian singer *
Gilda Gray Gilda Gray (born Marianna Michalska; October 25, 1895 – December 22, 1959) was a Polish-American dancer and actress who popularized a dance called the "shimmy" which became fashionable in 1920s films and theater productions. Early life and 'th ...
(1901–1959) Polish-born American actress and dancer, born Marianna Michalska * Gilda Haddock (born 1956), Puerto Rican actress, gospel singer and dancer * Gilda Holst (born 1952), Ecuadorian writer and professor * Gilda Jacobs (born 1949), American politician *
Gilda Jannaccone Gilda Jannaccone (born 12 March 1940 in Naples) is an Italian former middle distance runner. Career Jannaccone participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics. She has 19 caps from the national team from 1957 to 1965. National records * 400 m: 60.9 ( ...
(born 1940), Italian former middle distance runner * Gilda Kirkpatrick (born 1973), Iranian-born New Zealand author, creative director and television personality *
Gilda Langer Gilda Langer (born Hermengild Langer; 16 May 1896 – 31 January 1920) was a German stage and film actress whose career began in the mid-1910s and lasted until her death in 1920. She appeared both on stage and in silent films; however, all films ...
(1896–1920), German actress * Gilda Lousek (1937–1998), Argentine actress * Gilda H. Loew (1930–2001), American chemist * Gilda Lyons (born 1975), American composer, vocalist, and visual artist * Gilda Maiken (1922–2001), American pop and jazz singer *
Gilda Marchiò Gilda Marchiò (1884–1954) was an Italian theatre actress.Bassnett & Lorch p.86 She also appeared in a number of films in the 1940s, her performances including a small role in the 1942 propaganda film '' Odessa in Flames''. Selected filmograph ...
(1884–1954), Italian theatre actress * Gilda Montenegro (born 1967), Costa Rican slalom canoeist * Gilda E. Nardone (), American women's employment advocate * Gilda Ochoa, 20th and 21st century American sociologist and professor *
Gilda Oliveira Gilda Oliveira (born 6 August 1983) is a Brazilian Freestyle wrestling, freestyle wrestler. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 69 kg, women's freestyle 6 ...
(born 1983), Brazilian freestyle wrestler * Gilda Oliveros (born 1949), former American politician *
Gilda Olvidado Gilda Olvidado (born 9 August 1957 in Cebu City, Cebu) is a Filipina movie and television writer, and melodrama novelist. Her novels have been turned into live-action movies by VIVA Films, and also been remade for television through Sine Novela. F ...
(born 1957), Filipina movie and television writer * Gilda O'Neill (1951–2010), British novelist and historian *
Gilda Radner Gilda Susan Radner (June 28, 1946 – May 20, 1989) was an American actress and comedian. She was one of the seven Saturday Night Live cast members, original cast members of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on the NBC sketch comedy series ...
(1946–1989), American comedian and actress * Gilda Ruta (1856–1932), Italian pianist, music educator and composer *
Gilda Sansone Gilda Sansone (born April 12, 1989 in Pompei, Campania, Italy) is an Italian fashion model and winner of the first cycle of ''Italia's Next Top Model''. Early life In a casting interview for ''Italia's Next Top Model'', Sansone stated that, as a ...
(born 1989), Italian fashion model *
Gilda Snowden Gilda Snowden (July 29, 1954 – September 9, 2014) was an African-American artist, educator and mentor from Detroit, Michigan. Early life and education Snowden was born in Detroit, Michigan on July 29, 1954, and grew up in northwest Detroit. ...
(1954–2014), African-American artist from Detroit *
Gilda Texter Gilda Texter (born November 26, 1946) is an American costume designer, Wardrobe Supervisor, wardrobe supervisor and actress. Career Gilda Texter is a costume designer who worked in the costume and wardrobe departments of over 40 movies and televi ...
(born 1946), American costume designer, wardrobe supervisor and actress * Gilda Varesi (1887–1965), Italian-born actress and playwright


Fictional characters with the given name

* Gilda (Rigoletto), the daughter of the title character of the opera ''Rigoletto'' *
Gilda Dent Gilda Dent (née Gold), occasionally referred to as Grace, is a fictional character who has appeared in ''Batman'' comic books since ''Detective Comics'' #66 (August 1942). Associated with her fiancé (later husband) Harvey Dent, who becomes the cr ...
, the wife of Harvey Dent (better known as the villain Two-Face) in Batman comic books * Gilda the Griffon, a character in ''My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic'' * Gilda Joyce, mystery novel series written by Jennifer Allison, featuring lead character Gilda Joyce as a psychic investigator *
Las hermanas Gilda Las hermanas Gilda (Gilda sisters) are Spanish comic characters of the series of the same name created by Manuel Vázquez Gallego in 1949. The protagonists are the sisters Hermenegilda and Leovigilda, who live together. The names of the series an ...
, Spanish comic characters of the series of the same name created by Manuel Vázquez Gallego in 1949


See also

* Gilda (disambiguation) * Gildo (given name) {{Given name