Chiara (name)

Chiara is both a feminine Italian given name and a surname meaning bright. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 * Saint Clare of Assisi, in Italian Chiara d'Assisi
 * Saint Clare of Montefalco, in Italian Chiara da Montefalco
 * Chiara Appendino (born 1984), Italian politician
 * Blessed Chiara Badano
 * Chiara Berti, contestant on US TV show Big Brother 3
 * Chiara Aurelia, American actress
 * Chiara Boggiatto, Italian Olympic swimmer (born 1986)
 * Chiara Boni (born 1948), Italian fashion designer
 * Chiara Brancati, (born 1981), Italian water polo player
 * Chiara Caselli, Italian actress
 * Chiara Civello, Italian singer-songwriter
 * Chiara Ferragni, Italian blogger and fashion designer
 * (born 2003), Argentine actress and singer
 * Chiara Galiazzo, Italian singer
 * Chiara Gensini (born 1982), Italian actress
 * Chiara Iezzi, Italian singer (born 1973)
 * Chiara Lauvergnac (born 1961), Italian activist
 * Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement
 * Chiara Mastalli, Italian actress, appears in the HBO series Rome
 * Chiara Mastroianni, Italian-French actress (born 1972)
 * Chiara Mazzel (born 1996), Italian para-alpine skier
 * Chiara Nappi, Italian physicist
 * Chiara Neto, Italian chemist
 * Chiara Porro, Australian diplomat
 * Chiara Sacchi (born 2002), Argentine climate activist
 * Chiara Siracusa, Maltese pop singer, best known by the mononym Chiara
 * Chiara Simionato, Italian speed skater
 * Chiara Singarella (born 2003), Argentine footballer
 * Chiara Zanni, Canadian voice actress
 * Chiara Zorzi (died 1454), regent for her son the Duke of Athens
 * Paola e Chiara, Italian sisters and pop singers
 * Edelfa Chiara Masciotta, Miss Italia for 2005
 * Edelfa Chiara Masciotta, Miss Italia for 2005

Surname

 * Francesca Chiara, Italian singer with the band Lovecrave
 * Giuseppe Chiara (1602–1685), Italian Jesuit missionary
 * Margaret Chiara, U.S. attorney fired by the George W. Bush administration
 * Maria Chiara, Italian lyric soprano
 * (born 1979), Italian journalist and writer
 * Piero Chiara (1913–1986), Italian writer
 * (1933–2008), Argentine journalist, archivist, and filmmaker