Carola

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Carola is a female given name, the Latinized form of the Germanic given names Caroline or Carol.

Notable eople named Carola include:

Acting

Carola Baleztena (born 1980), Spanish actress
Carola Braunbock (1924–1978), Czech-born East German actress
Carola Höhn (1910–2005), German actress
Carola Lotti (1910–1990), Italian actress
Carola Neher (1900–1942), German actress
Carola Reyna (born 1962), Argentine actress and director
Carola Scarpa (1971–2011), Brazilian actress and socialite
Carola Toelle (1893–1958), German actress
Thekla Carola Wied (born 1944), German actress

Music

Carola Bauckholt (born 1959), German composer
Carola Grey (born 1968), German jazz drummer and composer
Carola Grindea (1914–2009), Romanian pianist and piano teacher
Carola Häggkvist (born 1966), also known as just Carola, Swedish singer, winner of the 1991 Eurovision Song Contest
Carola Kinasha (born 1962), Tanzanian musician
Carola Moccia (born 1991), known as La Niña, Italian singer-songwriter and actress
Carola Nossek (born 1949), German operatic soprano and voice teacher
Carola Smit (born 1963), Dutch singer
Carola Standertskjöld (1941–1997), Finnish jazz and pop singer