Gabriela (given name)

Gabriela is the Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian feminine form of the Hebrew name Gabriel.

List of people with the given name Gabriela

Entertainment

• "Gabriela", Mexican guitarist of the duo Rodrigo y Gabriela who specializes in a rhythmic acoustic guitar style
• Gabriela Spanic Utrera (b. 1973), award-winning Venezuelan actress best known for her roles in telenovelas
• Gabriela Duarte (b. 1974), Brazilian actress
• Gabriela Beňačková (b. 1947), Slovak soprano opera singer
• Gabriela Robin, singer and lyricist, credited for lyrics and vocals on many songs composed and arranged by Yoko Kanno, who is speculated to be Yoko's pseudonym
• Gabriela Markus (b. 1988), Brazilian model
• Gabriela Montero (b. 1970), Venezuelan-American pianist
• Cecilia Gabriela Vera Sandoval, Mexican actor known best for her work in telenovelas
• Gabriela Vergara Aranguren (b. 1974), Venezuelan model and telenovelas actress
• Gabriela Palacio Díaz de León (b. 1989), Mexican winner of the 2010 Nuestra Belleza Internacional México beauty pageant
• Gabriela Ortiz (b. 1964), Mexican music educator and composer
• Gabriela Böhm (b. 1964), Argentinian independent documentary filmmaker
• Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972), American composer of contemporary classical music and a pianist
• Gabriela Anders (b. 1972), Argentine singer and pianist specializing in soul, jazz and Latin music
• Monique Gabriela Curnen (b. 1970), American film and television actress
• Gabriela Barros Tapia (b. 1980), model and winner of Miss Chile Universe 2004 beauty pageant
• Gabriela Villalba (b. 1985), Ecuadorian singer and actress
• Gabriela Irimia (b. 1982) of Romania is part of the pop music duo The Cheeky Girls with her twin sister Monica
• Gabriela Kownacka (1952–2010), Polish television, film and theater actress
• Gabriela Moyseowicz (b. 1944), Polish composer and pianist
• Gabriela Kulka (b. 1979), Polish independent musician with classical, jazz and pop influences
• Gabriela Frías (b. 1971), Mexican journalist who is a business anchor for CNN en Español and host of En Efectivo
• Gabriela Scherer (b. 1981), Swiss mezzosoprano opera singer
• Gabriela Flores, Argentine television and film actress
• Maria Gabriela de Faría Chacón (b. 1992), Venezuelan television actress and singer
• Gabriela N (b. 1993), Maltese singer/songwriter

Politics and history

• María Josefa Gabriela Silang (1731–1763) was the wife of the Ilocano insurgent leader, Diego Silang in the Philippines. After her husband's assassination, she led the insurgency for four months before she was captured and executed
• Archduchess Gabriela von Habsburg (b. 1956), Ambassador of Georgia to Germany is the granddaughter of the last Emperor of Austria. She is also an abstract sculptor and lithographer
• Gabriela Shalev (b. 1941), Israeli ambassador to the United Nations from 2008 to 2011
• Gabriela Crețu (b. 1965), Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Party of European Socialists
• Gabriela Masłowska (b. 1950), Polish politician and member of Sejm from 2001 to 2007
• Gabriela Cuevas Barron (b. 1979), Mexican politician with the National Action Party (PAN) who has served as a federal deputy of the Mexican Congress from 2000 to 2003 and 2009 to 2012
• Gabriela Konevska-Trajkovska (1971–2010), Macedonian politician who served as the country's Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs from 2006 until 2008
• Gabriela Silva Leite, Brazilian retired prostitute, sociologist and founder of Davida
• Gabriela Rosa (born 1966), American politician

Sports

• Gabriela Andersen-Schiess (b. 1945), Swiss long-distance runner
• Gabriela Dabrowski (b. 1992), Canadian tennis player
• Gabriela Drăgoi (b. 1992), Romanian artistic gymnast
• Gabriela Grillo (b. 1952), German equestrian
• Gabriela Liz (b. 1961), field hockey player from Argentina
• Gabriela Marginean (b. 1987), Romanian professional basketball player
• Gabriela Medina Solórzano (b. 1985), Mexican sprinter
• Gabriela Navrátilová (b. 1976), tennis player from the Czech Republic
• Gabriela Ņikitina (b. 1994), Latvian swimmer
• Gabriela Paz Franco (b. 1991), Venezuelan tennis player
• Gabriela Pando (b. 1970), Argentine field hockey player
• Gabriela Pérez del Solar Cuculiza (b. 1968), Peruvian volleyball player
• Gabriela Potorac (b. 1973), Romanian artistic gymnast
• Gabriela Sabatini (b. 1970), Argentine tennis player
• Gabriela Stacherová (b. 1980), Slovak slalom canoer who
• Gabriela Svobodová (b. 1953), Czech cross country skier
• Gabriela Szabo (b. 1975), Romanian track and field athlete
• Gabriela Trușcă (b. 1957), Romanian artistic gymnast and coach
• María Gabriela Pazos (b. 1967), Argentine field hockey player
• Gabriela Sánchez Grossi (b. 1962), Argentine field hockey player

Literature and art

• Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, feminist and winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Gabriela Mistral Inter-American Prize for Culture, award by the Organization of American States from 1979 to 2000 in her memory
• Maria Gabriela Stefania Korwin-Piotrowska (1857–1921), known as Gabriela Zapolska, Polish novelist, playwright, and stage actress
• Gabriela Adameșteanu (b. 1942), Romanian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, and translator
• Gabríela Friðriksdóttir (b. 1971), Icelandic artist and sculptor
• Gabriela Brimmer (1947–2000), Mexican writer and activist for persons with disabilities who was b.with cerebral palsy
• Gabriela Preissová was the pen name of Matylda Dumontová (1862 March 23 – 1946 March 27) a Czech writer and playwright
• Gabriela Dauerer (b. 1958), German painter
• Gabriela Bustelo (b. 1962), Spanish neorealist novelist and translator

See also

• Gabriella (given name)