Luisa
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Luisa is a female name of German origin (from Ludwig
) which means "glorious warrior". Luisa is the Italian form of the French "Louise", and has many variations: Luisella, Luisetta, Luigia, Maria Luisa
. Its popularity derives from the cult of Saint Louise de Marillac of Paris
, and mostly from Giuseppe Verdi
's famous opera Luisa Miller
.
The name may refer to:
Ludwig (given name)
Ludwig is an Old High German given name. Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the Germanic name Hludwig, composed of Hlud/Hluth meaning "famous", and Wig meaning "warrior"...
) which means "glorious warrior". Luisa is the Italian form of the French "Louise", and has many variations: Luisella, Luisetta, Luigia, Maria Luisa
Maria Luisa
-People:* Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici , last of the Medici to live in the Pitti Palace* Archduchess Maria Luisa of Austria , second wife of Napoléon Bonaparte* Maria Luisa Ambrosini , non-fiction author...
. Its popularity derives from the cult of Saint Louise de Marillac of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and mostly from Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
's famous opera Luisa Miller
Luisa Miller
Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller. The first performance was given at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on December 8, 1849...
.
The name may refer to:
- Luisa MillerLuisa MillerLuisa Miller is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play Kabale und Liebe by Friedrich von Schiller. The first performance was given at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples on December 8, 1849...
, an opera by Giuseppe Verdi - the Italian name for the opera Louise (opera)Louise (opera)Louise is an opera in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French libretto by the composer, with some contributions by Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists....
- Giovanni da Verrazzano's name for Block IslandBlock IslandBlock Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately south of the coast of Rhode Island, east of Montauk Point on Long Island, and is separated from the Rhode Island mainland by Block Island Sound. The United States Census Bureau defines Block...
and hence, Rhode Island - Luisa PiccarretaLuisa PiccarretaThe Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta, also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed saint of the Catholic Church; a mystic and author notable for having allegedly "survived on nothing but Communion wafers for sixty-five years". . She was born in Corato, Bari, Italy in 1865...
also known as "Little Daughter of the Divine Will" is a proposed Roman Catholic saint - Luisa WarringtonLuisa WarringtonLuisa Warrington was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Clare Byam-Shaw for most of 2000....
, fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Clare Byam-Shaw - A character in The Transformers (TV series)The Transformers (TV series)The Transformers is an animated television series depicting a war among giant robots who could transform into vehicles, other objects and animal-like forms. Written and recorded in America, the series was animated in Japan and South Korea...
episode Fire On The Mountain
Given name
- Luisa Builes (born 1995), singer, actress and Colombian journalist
- Luisa AccatiLuisa AccatiLuisa Accati Levi is an Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual. She currently teaches ethnology and modern history at the University of Trieste....
(born 1942), Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual - Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born 1962), Duchess of Modena, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia
- Luisa Cáceres de ArismendiLuisa Cáceres de ArismendiMaría Luisa Cáceres Díaz de Arismendi was a heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence.-The beginning of the war:...
(1799–1866), heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence - Luisa BaldiniLuisa BaldiniLuisa Baldini is Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News.-Biography:Born in Tanzania to an Italian father and English mother, she first came to the UK when the family moved to North London. She attended St. Helen's School and then Haileybury College, Hertford...
, Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News - Luisa Bradshaw-WhiteLuisa Bradshaw-WhiteLuisa Bradshaw-White is an English actress, best known for her roles on Holby City and This Life.-Career:...
(born 1975), English actress - Luisa María CalderónLuisa María CalderónLuisa María de Guadalupe Calderón Hinojosa is a Mexican politician affiliated to the National Action Party who until September 2006 served in the upper house of Congress.-Personal Life:...
(born 1965), Mexican politician - Luisa CapetilloLuisa CapetilloLuisa Capetillo was one of Puerto Rico's most famous labor organizers. She was also a writer and an anarchist who fought for workers and women's rights.-Early years:...
(1879–1922), Corsican-Puerto Rican writer and anarchist - Luisa CasatiLuisa CasatiLuisa, Marquise Casati Stampa di Soncino was an eccentric Italian heiress, muse, and patroness of the arts in early 20th century Europe...
(1881–1957), Italian artists' model - Luisa CastroLuisa CastroLuisa Castro is a Spanish poet and writer in Galician and Castilian. She has lived in Barcelona, New York, Madrid and Santiago de Compostela. She collaborates with articles in Galician press....
(born 1966), Spanish poet and writer - Luisa Corna (born 1965), Italian singer and actress
- Luisa DiogoLuisa DiogoLuísa Dias Diogo was Prime Minister of Mozambique from February 2004 to January 2010. She replaced Pascoal Mocumbi, who had been Prime Minister for the previous nine years. Before becoming Prime Minister, she was Minister of Planning and Finance, and she continued to hold that post until February...
(born 1958), Mozambican politician, Prime Minister of Mozambique since February 2004 - Luisa DiPietroLuisa DiPietroDr. Luisa DiPietro is a faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry. She is Director of the Center for Wound Repair and Tissue Regeneration and a Professor of Periodontics for the College....
, faculty member at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry - Luisa Durán(born 1941), former First Lady of Chile, the wife of Chile Ricardo Lagos
- Luisa "Loi" Ejercito EstradaLoi EstradaLuisa Pimentel-Ejercito , better known as Loi Estrada was a Filipino politician. She is the wife of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, and was the twelfth First Lady of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001. She was born to Rufino Pimentel and Manuela Fernandez...
(born 1930), Filipino politician - Luisa FeridaLuisa FeridaLuisa Ferida was an Italian stage and motion picture actress.-Career:Born Luigia Manfrini Frané in Castel San Pietro Terme, Ferida started as a stage actress and first appeared in films with La Freccia d'oro , in a supporting role but because of her photogenic looks and talent as an actress, she...
(1914–1945), Italian stage and motion picture actress - Luisa MartínLuisa MartínLuisa Martín is a Spanish actress. She was born in Madrid and she started her career in theatre school. She is best known in a Spanish drama series Médico de familia.- External links :...
(born 1960), Spanish actress - Luisa MarzottoLuisa MarzottoLuisa Marzotto is an Australian association footballer currently playing for Australian W-League team Perth Glory.-College soccer:Marzotto played college soccer for Mississippi State University...
(born 1984), Australian association footballer - Luisa of Medina-SidoniaLuisa of Medina-SidoniaLuisa Maria Francisca of Guzman was a Queen consort of Portugal. She was the spouse of King John IV, the first Braganza ruler, as well as the mother of two Kings of Portugal and a Queen of England...
(1613–1666), Queen of Portugal - Luisa MenárguezLuisa MenarguezLuisa Menárguez was a Spanish harpist and educator, who taught several of the world's premier harpists of modern times, including Marisa Robles, Nicanor Zabaleta, and Maria del Milagro Azpiazu...
, Spanish harpist and educator - Luisa MichelettiLuisa MichelettiLuisa Micheletti is a presenter on MTV Brazil. She is from an Italian-Brazilian family. In the past she has also done other television presenting work.-External links:*...
(born 1983), presenter on MTV Brazil - Luisa MorenoLuisa MorenoLuisa Moreno was a leader in the United States labor movement and a social activist. She unionized workers, led strikes, wrote pamphlets in English and Spanish, and convened the 1939 Congreso de Pueblos de Habla Española, the "first national Latino civil rights assembly", before "voluntarily"...
(1907–1992), Guatemalan-American communist and writer - Luisa MorgantiniLuisa MorgantiniLuisa Morgantini is an Italian Member of the European Parliament. She was elected as independent with the Communist Refoundation Party ticket and sits with the European United Left - Nordic Green Left group....
(born 1940), Italian politician, Member of the European Parliament - Luisa Eugenia NavasLuisa Eugenia NavasLuisa Eugenia Navas Bustamante Chilean pharmacist and botanist.- Life :On 9 of May 1951 she got a degree in Chemistry and pharmacy, in that same year the became assistant of the chair of Botany in the School of Chemistry and Pharmacy of the University of Chile...
, Chilean pharmacist and botanist - Luisa OttoliniLuisa OttoliniLuisa Ottolini is an Italian physicist.Her research activities are concerned mainly with the development, set up and optimisation of microanalytical procedures for the quantitative determination of elements present at low concentrations , light and volatile elements Luisa Ottolini (born July 10,...
(born 1954), Italian physicist - Luisa RanieriLuisa RanieriLuisa Ranieri is an Italian actress. She has been seen in a number of miniseries on RAI, and has appeared in numerous films, including 2004's Eros.-References:...
(born 1973), Italian actress - Luisa RivelliLuisa RivelliLuisa Rivelli is an Italian film actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1943 and 1994.-Selected filmography:* It's Never Too Late * The Law * Me, Me, Me... and the Others * Rough Justice...
(born 1930), Italian film actress - Luisa Rioja (born 1964), Mexican pornographic actress and exotic dancer
- Luisa RoldánLuisa RoldánLuisa Ignacia Roldán , called La Roldana, was a Spanish sculptress of the Baroque Era. She is the first woman sculptor documented in Spain....
(1652–1706), Spanish sculptress of the Baroque Era - Luisa Rosselini (born 1975), Czech pornographic actress
- Luisa RossiLuisa RossiLuisa Rossi was an Italian actress. She appeared in 25 films between 1941 and 1978.-Selected filmography:* Anything for a Song * The Last Chance * Redenzione -External links:...
(1925–1984), Italian actress - Luisa SalaLuisa SalaLuisa Sala was a distinguished actress of stage, film and television from the 1950s until her death....
(1923–1986), Spanish actress - Luisa TetrazziniLuisa TetrazziniLuisa Tetrazzini was an Italian coloratura soprano of great international fame.Tetrazzini's voice was remarkable for its phenomenal flexibility, thrust, steadiness and thrilling tone...
(1871–1940), Italian coloratura soprano - Luisa VärkLuisa VärkLuisa Värk is an Estonian singer.Värk was a runner-up of on the first season of Estonian Pop Idol . She was also a runner-up on Tantsud tähtedega, Estonia's version of Dancing with the Stars...
(born 1987), Estonian singer