Viola (given name)

Academics

• Viola Birss, Canadian professor of chemistry
• Viola Garfield, American anthropologist
• Viola Shelly Shantz, American biologist and zoologist

Activists

• Viola Desmond, African-Nova Scotian civil rights figure
• Viola Fletcher, American civil rights activist
• Viola Hashe, South African anti-apartheid activist
• Viola Hill, American suffragist and music director
• Viola Liuzzo, Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist
• Viola Pitts, Fort Worth community activist

Aristocrats

• Viola, Duchess of Opole, 13th-century Bulgarian-Polish noble
• Viola Elisabeth of Cieszyn, Queen of Bohemia and Poland
• Viola Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster, widow of Robert Grosvenor, 5th Duke of Westminster

Athletes

• Viola Bauer, German cross-country skier
• Viola Cheptoo Lagat, Kenyan middle-distance runner
• Viola Goretzki, German rower
• Viola Grahl, German former field hockey player
• Violah Jepchumba, Kenyan long-distance runner
• Viola Kibiwot, Kenyan distance runner
• Viola Myers, Canadian athlete
• Viola Odebrecht, German footballer
• Viola Poley, German rower
• Viola Thomas, Canadian barrel rolling champion
• Viola Thompson, American professional baseball player
• Viola Valli, Italian long distance swimmer
• Viola Yanik, Canadian wrestler

Performers

• Viola Allen, American stage actress
• Viola Barry, American silent film actress
• Viola Compton, British film actress
• Viola Dana, American silent film actress
• Viola Davis, American actress
• Viola Farber, American choreographer and dancer
• Viola Gillette, American contralto
• Viola Harris, American actress
• Viola Keats, British film and television actress
• Viola Lyel, British film and television actress
• Viola Léger,, Acadian-Canadian actress and former Canadian Senator
• Viola McCoy, African-American blues singer
• Viola Richard, American silent film actress
• Viola Roache, American actress
• Viola Smith, American drummer
• Viola Tunnard, English pianist
• Viola Valentino, Italian singer
• Viola Wills, American pop singer

Politicians and administrators

• Viola Baskerville, Secretary of Administration in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
• Viola Jimulla, Chief of the Prescott Yavapai tribe
• Viola B. Sanders, director of Women in the Navy

Writers

• Viola Bayley, British children's writer
• Viola Canales, American writer
• Viola Fischerová, Czech poet and translator
• Viola Florence Barnes, American historian and author
• Viola Garvin, English poet and editor
• Viola Meynell, English writer, novelist and poet
• Viola Roseboro', American editor and novelist
• Viola S. Wendt, American poet and educator

Others

• Viola June Cobb, American informant for the CIA
• Viola Frey, American ceramics artist
• Viola Gentry, American aviator
• Viola Haqi, Dutch fashion model
• Viola Klaiss, American organist
• Viola R. MacMillan, Canadian authority on mining
• Viola Slaughter, Arizona rancher and the wife of sheriff John Slaughter
• Viola Spolin, American director and teacher

Fictional characters

• Viola, a character from Eternal Sonata
• 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
• Viola, a character from Bayonetta 3
• Viola, a character from Valkyrie Drive- Bhikkhuni
• Viola de Lesseps, heroine of the film Shakespeare in Love
• Viola, a Gym Leader in Pokémon series
• Viola, one of Jake's five children from Adventure Time
• Viola, a character from the anime and manga series One Piece
• Viola, a character from the RPG horror game The Witch's House
• Viola, a character from the series "The Knife of Never Letting Go"
• Viola, a character from the movie "Chaos Walking"