Bianca

Bianca is a feminine given name. It means "white" and is an Italian cognate of Blanche.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is known in the Anglosphere as a character in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. It came to greater notice in the 1970s, due to public figures such as Bianca Jagger.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Variants

• Blanche: French
• Bianca: Italian, Romanian, Spanish
• Bianka (Polish, Hungarian, Slovak, German, English, French, Icelandic, Finnish, Dutch, Norwegian, Corsican, Greek)
• Blanca (French, English, Icelandic, Hungarian, Spanish)
• Blanka (Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Croatian)
• Branca (Portuguese)

People

Medieval period

In chronological order

• Bianca Lancia (Template:Circa), Italian noble
• Bianca of Savoy (1337–1387), Lady of Milan by marriage
• Bianca Maria Visconti (1425–1468), Duchess of Milan
• Bianca Maria Sforza (1472–1510), Holy Roman Empress, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
• Bianca Giovanna Sforza, (1482–1495), Countess of Bobbio and Voghera, wife of Galeazzo Sanseverino
• Bianca Cappello (1548–1587), Grand Duchess of Tuscany

A–K

• Bianca Andreescu (born 2000), Canadian tennis player
• Bianca Atzei (born 1987), Italian singer
• Bianca Balti (born 1984), Italian model
• Bianca Beauchamp (born 1977), Canadian model
• Bianca Belair (born 1989), American professional wrestler
• Bianca Bianchi (1855–1947), stage name of Bertha Schwarz, German/Austrian opera soprano
• Bianca Bin (born 1990), Brazilian actress
• Bianca Borgella (born 2003), Canadian para-athlete
• Bianca Brandolini d’Adda (born 1987), Italian socialite
• Bianca Butler (born 1989), American ice skater
• Bianca Bustamante (born 2005), Filipina racing driver
• Bianca Byington (born 1966), Brazilian actress
• Bianca Carstensen (born 1975), Danish rower
• Bianca Casady (born 1982), American musical artist
• Bianca Castanho (born 1979), Brazilian actress
• Bianca Censori (born 1995), Australian architect and model
• Bianca Chatfield (born 1982), Australian netball player
• Bianca Chiminello (born 1976), Australian model and actress
• Bianca Collins (born 1988), American actress
• Bianca Comparato (born 1985), Brazilian actress
• Bianca de Vera (born 2002), Filipina actress
• Bianca Del Rio (born 1975), American drag queen
• Bianca Devins (born 2001), American murder victim
• Bianca Dittrich (born 1967), German rhythmic gymnast
• Bianca Ferguson, American actress
• Bianca Froese-Acquaye (born 1964), German artist and author
• Bianca Gascoigne (born 1987), British model and TV personality
• Bianca Gonzalez (born 1983), Filipina TV personality
• Bianca Jagger (born 1945), Nicaraguan actress, social and human rights advocate
• Bianca Kajlich (born 1977), American actress
• Bianca Kappler (born 1977), German long jumper
• Bianca King (born 1985), Canadian–Filipina actress, model

L–Z

• Bianca Lamblin (1921–2011), French writer
• Bianca Langham-Pritchard (born 1975), Australian field hockey player
• Bianca Manalo (born 1987), Filipina actress and beauty pageant titleholder
• Bianca Marroquín, Mexican actress
• Bianca Mayer (born 1979), German musician and singer
• Bianca Lawson (born 1979), American actress
• Bianca Mendonça (born 1993), Brazilian rhythmic gymnast
• Bianca Netzler (cyclist) (born 1974), New Zealand cyclist representing Samoa
• Bianca Netzler (field hockey) (born 1976), Australian field hockey player
• Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born 1968), Nigerian beauty queen, politician, diplomat, lawyer, and businesswoman; wife of former Biafran President, Chukuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu
• Bianca Noel Piper (born 1991), American missing person
• Bianca Răzor (born 1994), Romanian sprinter
• Bianca Rinaldi (born 1974), Brazilian actress
• Bianca Ryan (born 1994), American singer
• Bianca Solorzano (born 1974), American TV journalist
• Bianca Szíjgyártó (born 1981), Hungarian ice dancer
• Bianca Tiron (born 1995), Romanian handballer
• Bianca Umali (born 2000), Filipina actress, model
• Bianca van Rangelrooy (born 1959), New Zealand artist
• Bianca Weiß (born 1968), German field hockey player
• Bianca Williams (born 1980), American anthropologist
• Bianca Williams (born 1993), British athlete

Fictional characters

• Bianca (Othello), from William Shakespeare's play Othello
• Bianca Minola, from William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew
• Bianca Stratford, in the 1999 movie based on The Taming of the Shrew, 10 Things I Hate About You
• A character from Bianca e Fernando, an 1828 opera by Vincenzo Bellini
• Bianca, played by Mariah Carey in the video for her 1999 single "Heartbreaker" and in "Boy (I Need You)"
• Bianca (That's So Raven), from the American TV series That's So Raven
• Bianca Castafiore, recurring character in The Adventures of Tintin
• Bianca DeSousa, in Degrassi
• Bianca di Angelo, a minor character in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
• Bianca Jackson, from the British soap opera EastEnders
• Bianca Montgomery, from the American soap opera All My Children
• Bianca Solderini, in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles
• Miss Bianca, from The Rescuers books by Margery Sharp and the animated films The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under
• Bianca Erdmann, a pre-pubescent nymphomaniac in Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow
• Bianca Reyes, mother of Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) in the DC Comics continuum
• Bianca Scott, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Bianca, the name of Varric's crossbow in Dragon Age II
• Bianca, an anatomically correct doll in Lars and the Real Girl
• Bianca, from the movie Pokémon Heroes
• Bianca, in The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
• Bianca, rival character in Pokémon Black and White
• Bianca, from the American TV series Henry Danger
• Bianca Piper, from the book and movie The Duff
• Bianca, from the TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine
• Bianca Lussi, another main character from the TV series Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends
• Bianca, a character and former villain from Spyro: Year of the Dragon
• Bianca, from Dragon Quest
• Bianca Dupree, from the 1987 cartoon Beverly Hills Teens
• Bianca Bikini, villain from The Powerpuff Girls

Other uses

• Bianca (moon), a moon of Uranus

See also

• Template:Intitle
• bianca.com
• Bianka, a feminine given name
• Branca, a feminine given name
• Branka, a feminine given name
• Blanche (given name), a feminine given name
• Blanca (given name), a feminine given name
• Blanka (given name), a feminine given name