Stella

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Stella or STELLA may refer to:

People

Given name

• Stella (given name), including a list of people bearing the name

Surname

• Aldo Stella (footballer), Italian goalkeeper
• Aldo Stella (skier) (born 1943), Italian ski mountaineer and skier
• Antonietta Stella (born 1929), Italian soprano
• Beniamino Stella (born 1941), Italian cardinal
• Carlos Stella (born 1961), Argentine composer
• Diego de Estella (1524–1578), Spanish theologian and writer
• Frank Stella (born 1936), American painter
• Gianfranco Stella (born 1938), Italian ski mountaineer and skier
• Jacques Stella (1596–1657), French painter
• Joseph Stella (1877–1946), American painter
• Martina Stella (born 1984), Italian actress

Places

Canada

• Stella, Ontario, a village on Amherst Island, Ontario

England

• Stella Park, a village in Tyne and Wear
• Stella power stations, a demolished pair of coal-fired power stations in Tyne and Wear

France

• Stella-Plage, a seaside resort in northern France

Italy

• Stella, Liguria, a town in Liguria
• Stella Cilento, a town in Campania
• Monte Stella (Calabria), a mountain in Calabria
• Monte Stella (Cilento), a mountain in Campania
• Monte Stella (Milan), a hill and city park of Milan

South Africa

• Stella, South Africa, a town in the North West Province

United States

• Stella, Missouri, a village in Newton County, Missouri
• Stella, Nebraska, a village in Richardson County, Nebraska
• Stella, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Carteret County
• Stella, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio
• Stella, Washington, an unincorporated community in Cowlitz County
• Stella, Wisconsin, a town in Oneida County

Art, entertainment, and media

Comedy

• Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain

Fictitious entities

• Stella (Winx Club), character in the television series Winx Club
• Stella, the pink bird from the Angry Birds games series
• Stella Bonasera, character in the television series CSI: NY
• Stell Gibson, protagonist on The Fall
• Stella Kowalski, character in A Streetcar Named Desire
• Stella Loussier, character in the anime Gundam Seed Destiny
• Stella Elizabeth Matthews, the titular character of Cooking with Stella (2009)
• Stella (Winx Club), character in the television series Winx Club

Films

• Stella (1921 film), directed by Edwin J. Collins
• Stella (1943 film), with Zully Moreno
• Stella (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature
• Stella (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis, starring Melina Mercouri
• Stella (1983 film), directed by Laurent Heynemann, see Victor Lanoux
• Stella (1990 film), starring Bette Midler
• Stella (2008 film), directed by Sylvie Verheyde
• How Stella Got Her Groove Back, a 1998 film

Literature

• Stella (novel), by Jan de Hartog
• We Murder Stella, a 1958 novella by Marlen Haushofer
• Stella Maris (novel), a 1918 novel by William J. Locke

Music

Groups

• Stella (band)]], a Finnish rock-pop band

Albums

• Stella (album), by Swiss electronica band Yello
• Stella (Uzeda album), by Uzeda

Songs

• "Stella" (song), by All Time Low
• Stella (band), a Finnish rock-pop band

Periodicals

• Stella (magazine), Swedish science fiction magazine
• Stella (magazine supplement), magazine supplement for The Sunday Telegraph
• Stella (Norwegian magazine), Norwegian lifestyle magazine

Television

• Stella (Croatian TV series), a 2013 TV series starring Sementa Rajhard and Amar Bukvić
• Stella (UK TV series), a comedy drama set in South Wales which started in 2012
• Stella (U.S. TV series), a half-hour comedy program by the Stella troupe that aired on Comedy Central
  • Stella shorts, a series of short films by the Stella comedy troupe
• Stella (Croatian TV series), a 2013 TV series starring Sementa Rajhard and Amar Bukvić
• Angry Birds Stella (TV series)

Brands and product names

• Stella (beer), an Egyptian beer
• Stella (bicycles), a French bicycle manufacturer
• Stella (guitar), a brand of a guitar
• STELLA (language courses), online language courses
• Stella (scooter), a vintage scooter brand introduced by the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company
• Stella (yacht), a class of yacht designed in the UK by C.R. (Kim) Holman in 1959
• Stella Artois, a Belgian beer
• Stella Cheese, a division of Saputo Incorporated that makes Italian style cheeses
• Stella D'Oro, an American brand of cookies
• Subaru Stella

Computing and technology

• Stella (emulator), multiplatform Atari 2600 game-console emulator.
• STELLA (programming language), a simulation modeling tool developed by Barry Richmond
• Stella (software), polyhedra modeling software
• Stella, the graphics chip of the Atari 600, named after the CEO's bicycle
• Stella, the IBM Blue Gene-L, supercomputer used with the LOFAR radio telescope project

Ships

• SS Stella, various steamships
• THV Stella, a former Trinity House supply ship, built in 1961 and based in Penzance, Cornwall

Other uses

• Stella (United States coin), a pattern gold coin minted 1879-80 with a face value of four dollars ($4)
• Stella, a gene expressed by primordial germ cells
• Stella Awards, given to people who file ridiculous lawsuits for huge financial gain
• Stella Club d'Adjamé, an association football club based in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

See also

• Stella Maris (disambiguation)
• Stellar (disambiguation)
• Stela (disambiguation)
• "Stella by Starlight", a jazz standard