Pia is a

feminine Femininity (also called womanliness) is a set of attributes, behaviors, and Gender roles, roles generally associated with women and girls. Femininity can be understood as Social construction of gender, socially constructed, and there is also s ...

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. In Spanish, it is spelled Pía.

In politics

* Pia Adelsteen (born 1963), Danish politician * Pia Beckmann (born 1963), German politician and entrepreneur *

Pia Cayetano Pilar Juliana Schramm Cayetano (; born March 22, 1966) also known as Pia Compañera Cayetano, is a Filipino politician, lawyer, economist, athlete, and television host serving as a Senator since 2019, a position she previously held from 2004 ...

(born 1966), Filipina lawyer and politician * Pia Christmas-Møller (born 1961), Danish politician * Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 1971), Danish politician, former Minister for Trade and Investment and Minister for Transport * Pia Gjellerup (born 1959), Danish politician * Pia Hallström (1961–2016), Swedish politician * Pia Hiltunen (born 1991), Finnish politician * Pia Kauma (born 1966), Finnish politician * Pia Kjærsgaard (born 1947), Danish politician * Pia Locatelli (born 1949), Italian politician * Pia Nilsson (politician) (born 1962), Swedish politician * Pia Viitanen (born 1967), Finnish politician and former Minister of Culture and Housing * Pia Maria Wieninger (born 1982), Austrian politician

In arts and entertainment

Pia Arke Pia Arke (née Gant; 1 September 1958 – May 2007) was a Kalaaleq (Greenlandic Inuk) and Danish visual and Performance art, performance artist, writer and photographer. She is remembered and respected for her self-portraits and landscape photogra ...

(1958–2007), Danish Greenlandic painter, photographer and writer * Pia Bajpai (born 1991), Indian film actress *

Pia Clemente Pia Clemente is a Philippines-born American film producer best known for being the first Filipina-American nominated for an Oscar for '' Our Time is Up'' in the live action short film category in 2005 and as the producer of '' The Debut'' which ...

, American film producer, first Filipino-American nominated for an Academy Award * Pia Degermark (born 1949), Swedish retired actress *

Pia Di Ciaula Pia Di Ciaula ACE, CCE is a BAFTA winning Canadian film editor. She is best known for editing ''A Very English Scandal'', ''The Crown'' and ''Tyrannosaur''. Personal life and education Di Ciaula was one of six daughters born to Italian parents ...

, Canadian film editor *

Pia Douwes Pia Douwes (born 5 August 1964) is a Dutch actress in musical theatre in Europe. She is best known for having created the title role in the German-language musical '' Elisabeth''. Biography Douwes was born in Amsterdam, North Holland, The Nether ...

(born 1964), Dutch musical theater actress *

Pia Fries Pia Fries (born 6 October 1955) is a Swiss painter. Biography Fries was born in Beromünster, Switzerland and studied sculpture in Lucerne in 1980, and painting under Gerhard Richter at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1986. She lives and ...

(born 1955), Swiss painter *

Pia Getty Pia Christina Miller Getty (born 1966) is a socialite and heiress. Early life She is the eldest daughter of Robert Warren Miller, an American-born British businessman, and wife María Clara "Chantal" Pesantes Becerra, an Ecuadorians, Ecuadorian, ...

(born 1966), American independent filmmaker * Pia Giancaro (born 1950), Italian retired actress *

Pia Guanio Pia Guanio Mago (; born October 24, 1974) is a Filipina television presenter. She served as an anchor of '' Showbiz Central'' and ''24 Oras'', and a former co-host of ''Eat Bulaga!''. She currently hosts '' Kada Umaga'' on Net 25. Career Lian ...

(born 1974), Filipina actress and television presenter *

Pia Guerra Pia Jasmin Guerra is an American-born Canadian comic book artist and editorial cartoonist, best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo (DC Comics), Vertigo title ''Y: The Last Man''. She has worked in the comics industr ...

(), Canadian comic book artist * Pia Johansson (born 1960), Swedish actress * Pia Juul (1962–2020), Danish poet and writer * Pia Maiocco (born 1962), American former bass guitarist and backing vocalist for the all-female hard rock band Vixen * Pia Mia (born 1996), American singer, songwriter and model * Pia Miller (born 1983), Chilean-born Australian fashion model, actress and television presenter *

Pia Miranda Pia Miranda is an Australian actress. Her career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film '' Looking for Alibrandi'', an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta. She is also known for her roles as K ...

(born 1973), Australian actress *

Pia Pera Pia Pera (12 March 1956 – 26 July 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist, and translator. Pera was born in Lucca, Tuscany. Her father, Giuseppe Pera, was a jurist and Russian translator, known from translating most of Alexander Pushkin's work ...

(1956–2016), Italian novelist, essayist and translator * Pia Reyes (born 1964), Filipina-American Playboy Playmate of the Month, model and actress * Pía Sebastiani (1925–2015), Argentine pianist and composer * Pia Tafdrup (born 1952), Danish poet and author * Pia Tassinari (1903–1995), Italian opera singer *

Pia Tikka Pia Tikka (born 10 May 1961 in Kankaanpää) is a Finnish film director, professor and screenwriter. Her directing works include ''Daughters of Yemanjá'' (1995) and ''Sand Bride'' (1998). Tikka was one of the screenwriters of '' The Last Borde ...

(born 1961), Finnish film director and screenwriter * Pia Tjelta (born 1977), Norwegian actress *

Pia Toscano Pia Toscano (born October 14, 1988) is an American singer. Toscano placed ninth on the tenth season of ''American Idol''. In 2016, she released the EP ''Belong''. Her debut album ''I'm Good'' was released on October 14, 2022. Early life Toscan ...

(born 1988), American singer and ''American Idol'' contestant *

Pia Wurtzbach Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach-Jauncey (; ; ; born September 24, 1989), formerly professionally known as Pia Romero, is a Filipino model, actress, and beauty pageant titleholder best known for winning the title of Miss Universe 2015. Previously, Wurtz ...

(born 1989), German-Filipina actress, TV host and model, Miss Universe 2015 *

Pia Zadora Pia Zadora (born Pia Alfreda Schipani; May 4, 1954) is an American actress and singer. She debuted as a child actress on Broadway, in regional theater, and in the film ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians'' (1964). She came to national attention i ...

(born 1953), American actress and singer

In sports

* Pia Fink (born 1995), German cross-country skier * Pia Hansen (born 1965), Swedish sport shooter, 2000 Olympic champion * Pia Lionetti (born 1987), Italian archer * Pia Nielsen (), Danish retired badminton player *

Pia Nilsson (golfer) Pia Nilsson (born 8 May 1958) is a Sweden, Swedish professional golfer and coach. She was one of the two players, who were the first female Swedes to play collegiate golf at a university in the United States and the first Swede to captain a Europ ...

(born 1954), Swedish golfer * Pia Schmid (), Swiss Paralympic sprinter * Pia Skrzyszowska, Polish 100 m hurdler and relay runner *

Pia Sundhage Pia Mariane Sundhage (, born 13 February 1960) is a Swedish football manager and former professional player. Currently, she is coaching Switzerland. As a player, Sundhage played most of her career as a forward and retired as the top scorer fo ...

(born 1960), Swedish retired footballer *

Pia Sundstedt Pia Ann-Katrine Sundstedt (born 2 May 1975 in Kokkola, Finland) is a professional former cyclist, who competes in road bicycle racing and mountain bike racing, as well as cross-country skiing events. Sundstedt competed in the Summer Olympics ...

(born 1975), Finnish road and mountain cyclist * Pia Tajnikar (born 1985), Slovenian sprinter * Pia Thomsen, Danish cricketer who was on the 1993 national team * Pia Trulsen (born 1991), Norwegian curler * Pia Vogel (born 1969), Swiss rower *

Pia Wunderlich Pia Wunderlich (born 26 January 1975 in Schwarzenau, Bad Berleburg, Schwarzenau) is a German former Women's association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. She played solely for 1. FFC Frankfurt at professional club level and was ...

(born 1975), German footballer *

Pia Zebadiah Bernadet Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (born 22 January 1989) is an Indonesian badminton player. She is the sister of men's doubles world and Olympic champion Markis Kido. Career Women's singles In 2007, Zebadiah contributed to the Indonesian women's team ...

(born 1989), Indonesian badminton player * Pia Zinck (born 1971), Danish retired high jumper

In journalism

Pia Arcangel Maria Pia Concepcion Nieva Arcangel-Halili (; born December 8, 1978) is a Filipino television news presenter and journalist. Career Arcangel started as a courtside reporter for the UAAP basketball games aired over Studio 23 (now ABS-CBN Sport ...

(born 1978), Filipina newscaster and journalist * Pia Conde (born 1970), Swedish journalist and television presenter *

Pia Dijkstra Pietje Aafke "Pia" Dijkstra (; born 9 December 1954) is a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) and former television presenter. From 2010 to 2021, she served as a member of the House of Representatives. She was Minister for Medical Care in ...

(born 1954) Dutch former television newscaster who later became an elected politician * Pia Hontiveros (born 1967), Filipina broadcast journalist * Pia Lindström (born 1938), Swedish television anchor, daughter of Ingrid Bergman

Other

* Pia Andrews (born 1979), Australian free software advocate * Pia Cramling (born 1963), Swedish chess Grandmaster *

Pia Haraldsen Pia Renate Haraldsen (born Pia Renate Strømsnes 1 August 1981) is a Norway, Norwegian TV personality, comedian and author, most known for her interviews on the Norwegian TV show ''Rikets Røst''. She is the daughter of Jasmin Haraldsen, who was ...

(born 1981), Norwegian television personality * Pia Klemp (born 1983), German biologist and human rights activist * Pia Nalli (1886–1964), Italian mathematician * Pia de Solenni, 20th–21st century Catholic theologian

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