Palmira (name)

Palmira is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name are as follows:


 * Palmira Barbosa (born 1961), Angolan Olympic athlete
 * Palmira Bastos (1875–1967), Portuguese stage actor
 * Palmira Brummett, American historian
 * Palmira Jaquetti i Isant (1895–1963), Spanish folklorist and poet
 * Palmira Maciel (born 1961), Portuguese politician
 * Palmira Marçal (born 1984), Brazilian basketball player
 * Palmira Omiccioli, known as Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925–2007), Italian film actress
 * Palmira N. Ríos (born 1956), Afro-Puerto Rican academic
 * Palmira Silva (died 2014), Italian woman who was beheaded in London

Fictional characters

 * Palmira, one of the major characters in Voltaire's play Mahomet