Paola is a female given name, the

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

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, pop music duo consisting of two sisters born in Milan, Italy * Paola Ferrari (journalist) (born 1960), Italian journalist and television presenter * Paola Foka (born 1982), Greek singer *Paola Gaviria known as Power Paola (born 1977), Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist * Paola Lázaro (born 1994), Puerto Rican actress and playwright * Paola Marella (1963–2024), Italian television presenter * Paola Oliveira, Brazilian actress * Paola Rey (born 1979), Colombian actress * Paola Rojas (born 1976), Mexican television news personality * Paola Turbay (born 1970), Colombian actress

In politics

* Paola Balducci (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 (born 1978) Ecuadorian politician and feminist * Paola Pinna (born 1974), Italian politician * Paola Pisano (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, Italian biologist * Paola Loreti, Italian mathematician * Paola Voci, academic specialising in Chinese language and culture * Queen Paola of Belgium (born 1937), Belgian queen consort

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