Carmela

Carmela is a female given name. Notable people with the name include:

People

• Carmela Abraham American neuroscientist
• Carmela Allucci (born 22 January 1970 in Naples), Italian water polo midfielder
• Carmela Appel (born 1996), Dutch cricketer
• Carmela Cardama Báez (born 1996), Spanish long-distance runner
• Carmela Bolívar (born 1957), retired Peruvian sprinter
• Carmela Bucalo, Italian politician
• Carmela Carabelli (1910-1978), spiritual daughter of Pio of Pietrelcina; Italian mystic
• Carmela Carvajal (1851-1931), wife of the Chilean navy captain Arturo Prat
• Carmela Cipriani (born 1996), Italian racing cyclist
• Carmela Combe (1898-1984), Peruvian aviator
• Carmela Corren (1938-2022), Israeli singer and actress
• Carmela Marie Cristiano (1927-2011), American Catholic religious sister
• Carmela Grippa, Italian politician
• Carmela Gross (born 1946), Brazilian visual artist and educator
• Carmela Gutiérrez de Gambra (1921-1984), Spanish scholar, translator, and romance novelist
• Carmela Jeria Gómez (1886 – ?), labor activist, typographer, publisher
• Carmela Mackenna (1879–1962), Chilean pianist and composer
• Carmela Menashe (born 1949), Israeli journalist
• Carmela Remigio (born 1973), Italian operatic soprano
• Carmela Rey (1931-2018), Mexican singer and actress
• Carmela Schlegel (born 1983), former Swiss swimmer
• Carmela Shamir, Israeli ambassador to Uzbekistan
• Carmela Teoli (1897–c. 1970), Italian-American mill worker
• Carmela Toso (1912-2002), Italian gymnast
• Carmela Troncoso (born 1982 Vigo), Spanish telecommunication engineer and researcher
• Carmela Tunay, Filipina former volleyball player, actress, and TV host
• Carmela Zumbado (born 1991), American actress

Fictional characters

• Carmela Corleone, the wife of Don Vito Corleone in the books and movies based on Mario Puzo's novel, The Godfather (1969)
• Carmela Soprano, leading female character on HBO's series, The Sopranos
• Cousin Carmela, a character from Wizards of Waverly Place and its TV special The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex

Other uses

• ¡Ay Carmela!, 1990 Spanish comedy-drama film directed by Carlos Saura and based on the eponymous play by José Sanchís Sinisterra
• ¡Ay Carmela! (play), 1987 play by José Sanchis Sinisterra
• ¡Ay Carmela! (song), one of the most famous songs of the Spanish Republican troops during the Spanish Civil War
• Carmela (film), 1942 Italian drama film directed by Flavio Calzavara
• Carmela (TV series), 2014 Philippine television drama romance
• Carmela y Rafael, Mexican bolero duet
• Oscarella carmela, commonly known as the slime sponge, is a species of sponge in the order Homosclerophorida

See also

• Carmella
• Carmen (given name)