Stella (surname)

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 (c. 1953–2020), Italian general practitioner
 * Sebastien Stella (born 1971), French choreographer and director