Tola (name)

Tola is a given name and surname. The given name is a variant of Toni. Notable people who use this name include the following:

Given name

 * Tola (biblical figure), Biblical judge of Israel
 * Tola, Biblical son of Issachar from the Old Testament
 * Tola, co-founder with husband Orca of the Abbey at Abbotsbury, England in the 11th Century
 * Tola of Clonard, a saint in the Irish tradition
 * Tola Kasali (born 1950), Nigerian politician
 * Tola Mankiewiczówna (1900 – 1985), Polish singer and actress
 * Tola Szlagowska (born 1992), Polish singer
 * Tola, stagename of Carlos Mario Gallego, Columbian journalist and cartoonist of Tola y Maruja

Surname

 * Afrim Tola or Afrim Tole (born 1970), Albanian footballer
 * Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola (1888 – 1952), Ecuadorian politician (former President)
 * Efisio Tola (1803 – 1833), Italian patriot
 * Erjon Tola (born 1986), Albanian alpine ski racer
 * Fate Tola (born 1987), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Helen Bekele Tola (born 1994), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Heng Tola, Cambodian film director and producer
 * Kejsi Tola (born 1992), Albanian singer and the winner of Albanian Idol 2007
 * Kore Tola (born 1997), Ethiopian middle-distance runner
 * Meseret Belete Tola (born 1999), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Meseret Defar Tola (born 1983), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Mirjam Tola (born 1972), Albanian operatic soprano
 * Nub Tola (born 1995), Cambodian footballer
 * Pamela Tola (1981), Finnish actress
 * Pasquale Tola (1800–1874), Italian judge, politician and historian
 * Roberto Tola (born 1966), Italian jazz guitarist and composer
 * Shura Kitata Tola (born 1996), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Tamirat Tola (born 1991), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Tadese Tola (born 1987), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Tesfaye Tola (born 1974), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Virginia Tola (born 1976), Argentine operatic soprano
 * Workenesh Tola (born 1980), Ethiopian long-distance runner
 * Wut Tola (born 2002), Cambodian footballer
 * Zenebech Tola, birthname of Maryam Yusuf Jamal (born 1984), Ethiopian-born Bahraini middle-distance runner

Nickname

 * Tola Vologe, nickname of Anatole Vologe (1909 – 1944), French field hockey player

Middle name

 * Sandra Tola Casañas birthname of Sandra Tola Harvey whose stage name was Sandée (1962 – 2008), American vocalist
 * José Tola Pasquel (1914 – 1999), Peruvian engineer

In fiction

 * Tola, an oppressive chimpanzee and brother to the heroic Brynn, on the 2017 video game Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier.
 * Tola, a female character in Bolek & Lolek.