Marcela
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Marcela is a female given name or surname, usually belonging to people of Spanish origin (cf. Italian Marcella
, with two l's), and can refer to numerous individuals and places:
Marcella
-Names:Marcella is an Italian given name, the feminine version of Marcello . Marcella means warlike, martial, and strong. It could also mean 'young warrior'...
, with two l's), and can refer to numerous individuals and places:
In literature
- Marcela DelpastreMarcela DelpastreMarcela Delpastre was an Occitan- and French-language author from Limousin. She was born on September 2, 1925 and died on February 6, 1998. She is known in non-Occitan-speaking France as Marcelle Delpastre.-Early years:...
, French-Occitan author - Marcela PazMarcela PazMarcela Paz was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer. She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy....
, Chilean novelist - Marcela SerranoMarcela SerranoMarcela Serrano is an award-winning Chilean novelist. In 1994, her first novel won the Literary Prize in Santiago, and her second book won the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize for women writers in Spanish...
, another Chilean novelist
In music
- Marcela BovioMarcela BovioMarcela Alejandra Bovio García is a Mexican singer and violinist. She was one of the founding members of the Mexican band Elfonía, she responded to a "casting call" of sorts for relatively unknown singers to be featured on Arjen Lucassen's Ayreon album The Human Equation where she landed the part...
, Mexican musician - Marcela MoreloMarcela MoreloMarcela Morelo , also known as La Morelo, is an Argentine singer-songwriter. She has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums, which all earned either Gold of Platinum record...
, Argentine singer-songwriter
In politics
- Marcela Guerra CastilloMarcela Guerra CastilloMarcela Guerra Castillo is a Mexican politician from Nuevo León, and is affiliated to the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
, Mexican politician - Marcela Lombardo OteroMarcela Lombardo OteroMarcela Lombardo Otero is a Mexican politician, daughter of the leftist Vicente Lombardo Toledano, founder of the Popular Socialist Party. She was a deputy during the L and LIV Legislatures, from 1976 to 1979 and 1988 to 1991...
, Mexican politician - Marcela Rodríguez, Argentine politician, a deputyArgentine Chamber of DeputiesThe Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress. This Chamber holds exclusive rights to create taxes, to draft troops, and to accuse the President, the ministers and the members of the Supreme Court before the Senate....
Others
- MarcelaMarcela (wrestler)María Elena Santamaría Gómez is a Mexican professional wrestler, known mainly for her work in the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre , where she works under the ring name Marcela...
is the ring nameRing nameA ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
of professional wrestler María Elena Santamaría Gómez - Marcela AcuñaMarcela AcuñaMarcela Eliana Acuña is an Argentine female boxer, who is nicknamed La Tigresa. Her mother wished for Acuña to become a ballerina, but that was never Acuña's dream....
, Argentine boxer - Marcela AgoncilloMarcela AgoncilloMarcela Mariño de Agoncillo , also simply known as Marcela Agoncillo, was a Filipina renowned in Philippine history as the principal seamstress of the first and official flag of the Philippines, gaining her the title of Mother of the Philippine Flag.Agoncillo was a daughter of a rich family in her...
, Filipina seamstress of the first Philippine flagFlag of the PhilippinesThe national flag of the Philippines is a horizontal flag bicolor with equal bands of royal blue and scarlet red, and with a white equilateral triangle at the hoist; in the center of the triangle is a golden yellow sun with eight primary rays, each containing three individual rays, which represent... - Marcela CarenaMarcela CarenaMarcela Carena is a senior theoretical physicist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.- Background and education :...
, Argentine-born U.S. physicist - Marcela ContrerasMarcela ContrerasDame Marcela Contreras Arriagada, DBE is a Chilean-born British leading blood expert, immunologist and university educator....
, Chilean-British blood expert and educator - Marcela CuestaMarcela CuestaMarcela Cuesta is a retired female butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Costa Rica, who won three medals with the women's relay team at the 1987 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-References:*...
, Costa Rican swimmer - Marcela GallegoMarcela GallegoMarcela Gallego is a Colombian actress, born in Tunja. Most of her work has been in Colombian telenovelas, some of which have appeared in the U.S. She is also famous for acting in the film Satanás .-External links:*http://imdb.com/name/nm0302719/...
, Colombian actress - Marcela Goicoechea, Argentine dancer
- Marcela Hope Yellowbear, U.S. murder victim
- Marcela HusseyMarcela HusseyMarcela Inés Hussey is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea after having won the gold medal the previous year at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis.-...
, Argentine field hockey player - Marcela KubalčíkováMarcela KubalcíkováMarcela Kubalčíková is a retired female backstroke and butterfly swimmer from the Czech Republic, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.-References:*...
, Czech swimmer - Marcela Mariño, better known as Marcela AgoncilloMarcela AgoncilloMarcela Mariño de Agoncillo , also simply known as Marcela Agoncillo, was a Filipina renowned in Philippine history as the principal seamstress of the first and official flag of the Philippines, gaining her the title of Mother of the Philippine Flag.Agoncillo was a daughter of a rich family in her...
- Marcela RichezzaMarcela RichezzaMarcela Fabiana Richezza is a retired female field hockey player from Argentina. She was a member of the Women's National Team that finished in seventh place at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea after having won the gold medal the previous year at the Pan American Games in...
, Argentine field hockey player - Marcela Rubita, Spanish Porn Star (a.k.a. Im Isabel)
- Marcela Salas Monge, Peruvian medical doctor
- Marcela ValladolidMarcela ValladolidMarcela Valladolid is a celebrity chef, author and the host of the Food Network show "Mexican Made Easy," which is currently in its second season as of June 5, 2010.-Early career:...
, celebrity chef