Stella (surname) explained

Stella is a surname meaning star in Latin and Italian. Notable persons with the surname include:

Artists

• Fermo Stella (1490s–1560s), Italian painter
• François Stella (1563–1605), French Baroque painter
• Frank Stella (1936–2024), American painter, sculptor and printmaker
• Giacomo Stella (fl. 1572–1644), Italian Renaissance painter
• Guglielmo Stella (1828–1888), Italian Realist painter and writer
• Guido Balsamo Stella (1882–1941), Italian painter and engraver
• Jacques Stella (1596–1657), French painter
• Joseph Stella (1877–1946), American painter

Athletes

• Aldo Stella (footballer) (born 1930), Italian goalkeeper
• Aldo Stella (skier) (born 1943), Italian ski mountaineer and skier
• Francesco Stella (footballer), (born 1991) is an Australian footballer
• Gianfranco Stella (born 1938), Italian ski mountaineer and skier
• Harry Stella (1916–1997), American football player and United States Army officer
• Noemi Stella (born 1997), Italian race walker
• Tommy La Stella (born 1989), American baseball player

Musicians and composers

• Andrea Stella (fl. 1620s), an Italian priest and composer
• Antonietta Stella (1929–2022), Italian soprano
• Carlos Stella (born 1961), Argentine composer
• Lennon Stella (born 1999), Canadian singer and actress
• Maisy Stella (born 2003), from Canadian country music duo The Stellas
• Scipione Stella (died 1622), Neapolitan composer
• Simone Stella (born 1981), Italian harpsichordist and organist

Religion

• Aldo Maria Lazzarín Stella (1926–2010), bishop of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Aisén, Chile
• Beniamino Stella (born 1941), Italian cardinal
• Marcello Stella (died 1642), Roman Catholic Bishop of Isernia
• Tommaso Stella (died 1566), Roman Catholic Bishop of Capodistria, Lavello, and Salpi

Other people

• Aldo Stella (disambiguation), several people with the name
• Andrea Stella (engineer), an engineer currently working in Formula One
• Francesco Stella (1862–1940), Italian set designer, artist-painter, and decorator
• Franco Stella (disambiguation), several people with the name
• Javier Arias Stella (1924–2020), Peruvian pathologist who discovered the eponymous "Arias-Stella reaction"
• Lucius Arruntius Stella (fl. c. 100AD), Roman senator
• Maria Stella (1773–1843), self-styled legitimate daughter of Louis Philip II, Duke of Orleans
• Martina Stella (born 1984), Italian actress
• Rebecca Stella (born 1985), Swedish singer, designer, model and blogger
• Roberto Stella (–2020), Italian general practitioner
• Sebastien Stella (born 1971), French choreographer and director

See also

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