Frank (Phillip), born 1936, U.S. painter.
Joseph, 1887–1946, U.S. painter, born in Italy.
a female given name: from a Latin word meaning “star.”
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A comet – by virtue of its unpredictability as a stella errans – a wandering star – induced feelings of instability and possible apocalypse.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2018
We go from one world to another when we turn back to Italy and hear the country lads singing, "La buona sera, O stella mattutina!"
From Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn
And comparing himself to the pilot who suffers shipwreck by night, "Salve," he added piously, "salve, maris stella!"
From Notre-Dame De Paris by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
But Longfellow makes the stella indicative of foul weather: Last night I saw St. Elmo's stars, With their glimmering lanterns all at play ...
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
This same yere, that is to say the yere of oure lord a mlccclxvij, in the monthe of March appered stella comata.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Nicolas, Nicholas Harris, Sir
Rather, he was sitting in the audience of a local dance recital, waiting on his two young daughters, Sloan and Stella, who were each making their solo dancing debut with their company.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Team principal Andrea Stella says this is a continuation of the trajectory Norris has been on since a lot of self-assessment led to his strong second half of last year, and eventually the title.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
"Stella is our family name. Our first car was called Stella and we've taken it to each car," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
And in my own research with Stella Rouse and Kristen Essel, we found that tea party-affiliated state legislators were more ideologically conservative in their voting records.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
I slam my laptop down, abruptly ending my Skype call with Stella as Barb and I stare at each other in a classic Old Western standoff.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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