Zola
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- Zola (entertainer)Zola (entertainer)Bonginkosi Dlamini, aka Zola, is a South African musician, actor and presenter. He also presents Zola 7, a television show named for him, on SABC 1.-Cultural Influences:...
, South African entertainer - Émile ZolaÉmile ZolaÉmile François Zola was a French writer, the most important exemplar of the literary school of naturalism and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism...
(1840–1902), French novelist - Arlette ZolaArlette ZolaArlette Zola is a singer who represented Switzerland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982. She was born Arlette Jaquet in the city of Fribourg on 29 April 1949. Her song, "Amour on t'aime", was an upbeat number in the style of the UK 1968 entry "Congratulations". Zola was placed third behind Germany...
, Swiss singer - Calvin Zola (born 1984), Congo DR footballer
- Gianfranco ZolaGianfranco ZolaGianfranco Zola, OBE, Ufficiale OMRI is a retired Italian footballer and manager, who most recently managed West Ham United from 2008 to 2010, after having been assistant manager of the Italy U-21 under Pierluigi Casiraghi...
(born 1966), Italian football player & manager - Irving ZolaIrving ZolaIrving Kenneth Zola was an internationally-known activist and writer in the fields of medical sociology and disability rights. He was a founding member of the Society of Disability Studies and the first editor of Disability Studies Quarterly...
(1935–1994), American activist & writer - Salvatore Luigi Zola C.R.L., former bishop of Lecce, Italy
- Zola BuddZola BuddZola Pieterse, better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd , is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, in less than three years, twice broke the world record in the women's 5000 metres and twice was the women's winner at the World Cross Country Championships...
(born 1966), South African athlete - Zola Glassman, French actress
- Zola Levitt (1938–2006), American religious leader
- Zola MatumonaZola MatumonaZola Matumona is a Congolese footballer. He is currently playing in the Belgian Pro League for R.A.E.C. Mons. He also plays for the Democratic Republic of Congo.-Career:...
(born 1981), Congo DR footballer - Zola Shuman, South African musician
- Zola TaylorZola TaylorZola Taylor, born Zoletta Lynn Taylor was an American singer. She was the original female member of The Platters from 1954 to 1962, when the group produced most of their popular singles....
(born 1934), American singer
Places:
- Zola, Soweto, a township in South Africa
- Zola PredosaZola PredosaZola Predosa is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 11 km west of Bologna.-External links:*...
, an Italian commune in the province of Bologna - Zola, a village on the Greek island of KefaloniaKefaloniaThe island of Cephalonia, also known as Kefalonia, Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, with an area of . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit...
- Zola (crater)Zola (crater)Zola is a crater on Mercury at latitude 50.5, longitude 178. It is 60km in diameter....
is a crater on MercuryMercury (planet)Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the Solar System, orbiting the Sun once every 87.969 Earth days. The orbit of Mercury has the highest eccentricity of all the Solar System planets, and it has the smallest axial tilt. It completes three rotations about its axis for every two orbits...
In fiction:
- Arnim ZolaArnim ZolaArnim Zola is a fictional character a supervillain appearing in the Marvel Comics universe. He is a master of biochemistry, and frequent foe of Captain America and the Avengers.-Publication history:...
, a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe - Zola, a villain in the Dick Tracy comic strip. See List of recurring characters in Dick Tracy
- Zola, a creature in The Legend of Zelda video game series.
- Zola, a character in the TV series CharmedCharmedCharmed is an American television series that originally aired from October 7, 1998, until May 21, 2006, on the now defunct The WB Television Network. The series was created in 1998 by writer Constance M...
- A female mercenary and party member in the video game Blue Dragon.
- Zola, a planet in the animated video series Macross Dynamite 7Macross Dynamite 7is an anime OVA set one year after the events in Macross 7. Released in 1997 in celebration of Macross' 15th anniversary, Macross Dynamite 7 was a four episode OVA that continued the Macross 7 series' story.-Synopsis:...
- Zola, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
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- Typhoon Zola (disambiguation), the name used for two tropical cyclones in the northwestern Pacific
- The ZolasThe ZolasThe Zolas is a Canadian progressive rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are signed to Light Organ Records. The core of the band is duo Zachary Gray and Tom Dobrzanski , with other musicians supporting them live and on record.Their debut album, 'Tic Toc Tic', was released in 2010...
, a Canadian rock band - Zola is also a Central African female name which means 'productive'