Nola (name)

Last updated June 21, 2025

Nola is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Aaron Nola (born 1993), American baseball player
Austin Nola (born 1989), American baseball player
Giovanni da Nola (1478–1559), Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect
Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c. 1510 to 1520-1592), Italian Renaissance composer and poet
Lukas Nola (born 1964), Croatian film director
Pavlina Nola (born 1974), retired tennis player
R'Bonney Nola (born 1994), Filipino-American beauty pageant titleholder, model, and fashion designer. Winner of Miss USA 2022 and Miss Universe 2022

Nola Anderson, Australian museum professional, academic, and arts writer
Nola Barber (1901–1985), first woman mayor of Chelsea City, Australia
Nola Barron (born 1931), New Zealand potter
Nola Bond, New Zealand sprinter
Nola Blake (born c. 1952), Australian woman sentenced to death in Thailand for drug trafficking; sentence later commuted
Nola Chilton (1922-2021), Israeli theater director and acting teacher
Nola Fairbanks (born 1924), American actress
Nola Fraser, Australian nurse and whistleblower
Nola Haynes (1897-1996), American mathematician
Nola Henry (born 1994), American basketball coach
Nola Hylton (born 1957), American oncologist
Nola Ishmael (born 1943), Barbadian nurse
Nola Luxford (1895-1994), American actress
Nola Marino (born 1954), member of the Australian Parliament
Nola Matthews (born 2006), American artistic gymnast
Nola Millar (1913-1974), New Zealand librarian, theatre director, critic and administrator
Nola Nahulu (born 1954), American choral conductor
Nola Ochs (1911-2016)), American oldest college graduate
Nola Pender (born 1941), American nursing theorist, author, and academic
Nola Rae (born 1950), Australian mime artist
Nola Randall-Mohk, Australian teacher and advocate
Nola Thorne (born c. 1919), Panamanian track and field athlete