Viola

Academics

Viola Birss, Canadian professor of chemistry

Viola Garfield (1899–1983), American anthropologist

Viola Shelly Shantz (1895–1977), American biologist and zoologist

Activists

Viola Desmond (1914–1965), African-Nova Scotian civil rights figure

Viola Fletcher (1914–2025), American civil rights activist

Viola Hashe (1926–1977), South African anti-apartheid activist

Viola Hill (1892–1954), American suffragist and music director

Viola Liuzzo (1925–1965), Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist

Viola Pitts (1914–2004), Fort Worth community activist

Aristocrats

Viola, Duchess of Opole, 13th-century Bulgarian-Polish noble

Viola of Teschen, Queen of Bohemia and Poland

Viola Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, widow of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster

Athletes

Viola Bauer (born 1976), German cross-country skier

Viola Cheptoo Lagat (born 1989), Kenyan middle-distance runner

Viola Goretzki (born 1956), German rower

Viola Grahl (born 1966), German former field hockey player

Violah Jepchumba (born 1990), Kenyan long-distance runner

Viola Kibiwot (born 1983), Kenyan distance runner

Viola Myers (1927–1993), Canadian athlete

Viola Odebrecht (born 1983), German footballer

Viola Poley (born 1955), German rower

Viola Thomas (born 1939), Canadian barrel rolling champion

Viola Thompson (1922–2017), American professional baseball player

Viola Valli (born 1972), Italian long distance swimmer

Viola Yanik (born 1982), Canadian wrestler

Performers

Viola Allen (1867–1948), American stage actress

Viola Barry (1894–1964), American silent film actress

Viola Compton (1886–1971), British film actress

Viola Dana (1897–1987), American silent film actress

Viola Davis (born 1965), American actress

Viola Farber (1931–1998), American choreographer and dancer

Viola Gillette (1871–1956), American contralto

Viola Harris (1920–2017), American actress

Viola Keats (1911–1998), British film and television actress

Viola Lyel (1896–1972), British film and television actress

Viola Léger, (1930–2023), Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian Senator

Viola McCoy (c. 1900–c. 1956), African-American blues singer

Viola Richard (1904–1973), American silent film actress

Viola Roache (1885–1961), American actress

Viola Smith (1912–2020), American drummer

Viola Tunnard (1916–1974), English pianist

Viola Valentino (born 1949), Italian singer

Politicians and administrators

Viola Baskerville (born 1951), Secretary of Administration in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine

Viola Jimulla (1878–1966), Chief of the Prescott Yavapai tribe

Viola B. Sanders (1921–2013), director of Women in the Navy

Writers

Viola Bayley (1911–1997), British children's writer

Viola Canales (born 1957), American writer

Viola Fischerová (1935–2010), Czech poet and translator

Viola Florence Barnes (1885–1979), American historian and author

Viola Garvin (1898–1969), English poet and editor

Viola Meynell (1885–1956), English writer, novelist and poet

Viola Roseboro' (1857–1945), American editor and novelist

Viola S. Wendt (1907–1986), American poet and educator

Others

Viola June Cobb (1927–2015), American informant for the CIA

Viola Frey (1933–2004), American ceramics artist

Viola Gentry (1894–1988), American aviator

Viola Haqi (born 1975), Dutch fashion model

Viola Klaiss (1891–1978), American organist

Viola R. MacMillan (1903–1993), Canadian authority on mining

Viola Slaughter (1860–1941), Arizona rancher and the wife of sheriff John Slaughter

Viola Spolin (1906–1994), American director and teacher

Fictional characters

Viola (Kiddy Grade), in the Japanese anime television series Kiddy Grade

Viola (She's the Man), a character in the American film She's the Man

Viola (TimeSplitters), a character in the English video game series TimeSplitters

Viola (Twelfth Night), a character in William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night

Viola (Zone of the Enders), a character in the Japanese video game series Zone of the Enders