Stella

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Contents 1 Financial 2 People 3 Places 4 In popular culture 4.1 Film 4.2 Music 5 Brands and products 6 Computing 7 Other 8 See also

Stella is the Latin and Italian word for star. It may refer to:

[edit] Financial

• Stella (U.S. coin), with a face value of four dollars ($4)

Stella is the female version of the male Greek name Stelios which probably originates from the Greek "stylos" or "styli" > style.

[edit] People

• Antonietta Stella, an Italian soprano
• Diego de Estella, a 16th century Spanish theologian and writer
• Frank Stella, an American minimalist painter
• Joseph Stella, an American futurist painter
• Martina Stella, an Italian actress
• Stella Voce, a southern California DJ and rock journalist
• Esther Johnson, English friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella"
• Stella (Karen Scioli), a Philadelphia television horror movie hostess during the 1980s
• Stella Liebeck, who sued McDonald's after scalding herself with hot coffee
• Stella McCartney, British fashion designer and daughter of Beatles member Paul McCartney
• Stella Nickell, the "Excedrin murderer"
• Stella Obasanjo, First Lady of The Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Stella Tennant, a British supermodel
• Stella Reid, a British nanny known as Nanny Stella on the television show Nanny 911
• Stella Adler, a North American actress and acting teacher
• Stella Banyenza, The first lady to became an electronics and telecommunication engineer in Tanzania
• Stella Hudgens, an American actress.

[edit] Places

• Stella, Italy, a town in Liguria
• Stella, South Africa, a town in the North West Province
• Stella-Plage, a seaside resort in northern France
• Stella de Marie, a seaside resort on the Red Sea in Ain El Sokhna, Egypt
• Stella, England, a village in the North East in Gateshead

[edit] In popular culture

• "Stella!", a memorable line from the film A Streetcar Named Desire
• Stella (comedy group), a comedy troupe consisting of Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black and David Wain
  • Stella shorts, a series of short films by the Stella comedy troupe
  • Stella (TV series), a half-hour comedy program by the Stella troupe that aired on Comedy Central
• Stella Bonnaro, a character from Cowboy Bebop
• Stella Loussier, a fictional character from Gundam Seed Destiny
• Stella (magazine), magazine supplement for the Sunday Telegraph
• Stella (Winx Club), a fictional character from the Winx Club animated series

[edit] Film

• Stella (1943 film), with Zully Moreno (Argentina)
• Stella (1950 film), with Ann Sheridan and Victor Mature
• Stella (1955 film), directed by Michael Cacoyannis
• Stella (1983 film), directed by Laurent Heynemann
• Stella (1990 film), starring Ben Stiller
• Stella (2008 film), starring Seema Biswas

[edit] Music

• Stella (album), by Swiss electronica band Yello
• Stella (band), a Finnish pop band
• Stella (Dutch singer), a Dutch singer
• Stella (Singaporean singer), a Singaporean singer

[edit] Brands and products

• Stella (beer), an Egyptian beer
• Stella Artois, a Belgian beer
• Stella D'Oro, an American brand of cookies
• Stella (bicycles), a French bicycle manufacturer
• Stella (yacht), a class of yacht designed in the UK by C.R. (Kim) Holman in 1959
• Stella (guitar), a brand of a guitar
• Stella (cheese), an Italian brand of cheeses
• Stella (scooter), a vintage scooter brand introduced by the Chicago-based Genuine Scooter Company
• STELLA (language courses), online language courses

[edit] Computing

• Stella (emulator), multiplatform Atari 2600 game-console emulator.
• Stella (software), polyhedra modeling software
• A time-driven programming environment
• The graphics chip of the Atari 2600, named after the CEO's bicycle
• The IBM Blue Gene-L supercomputer used with the LOFAR radio telescope project

[edit] Other

• Stella, a gene expressed by primordial germ cells
• Stella Awards, given to people who file ridiculous lawsuits for huge financial gain

[edit] See also

• Stela, singular stele, a stone or wooden slab erected for funerary or commemorative purposes