Chiara is both a feminine Italian given name and a surname meaning bright. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

• Saint Clare of Assisi, in Italian Chiara d'Assisi
• Saint Clare of Montefalco, in Italian Chiara da Montefalco
• Chiara Appendino (born 1984), Italian politician
• Blessed Chiara Badano
• Chiara Berti, contestant on US TV show Big Brother 3.
• Chiara Aurelia, American actress
• Chiara Boggiatto, Italian Olympic swimmer (born 1986)
• Chiara Boni (born 1948), Italian fashion designer
• Chiara Brancati, (born 1981), Italian water polo player
• Chiara Caselli, Italian actress
• Chiara Civello, Italian singer-songwriter
• Chiara Ferragni, Italian blogger and fashion designer
• Chiara Galiazzo, Italian singer
• Chiara Gensini (born 1982), Italian actress
• Chiara Iezzi, Italian singer (born 1973)
• Chiara Lauvergnac (born 1961), Italian activist
• Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare movement
• Chiara Mastalli, Italian actress, appears in the HBO series Rome
• Chiara Mastroianni, Italian-French actress (born 1972)
• Chiara Mazzel (born 1996), Italian para-alpine skier
• Chiara Nappi, Italian physicist
• Chiara Neto, Italian chemist
• Chiara Porro, Australian diplomat
• Chiara Siracusa, Maltese pop singer, best known by the mononym Chiara
• Chiara Simionato, Italian speed skater
• Chiara Zanni, Canadian voice actress
• Chiara Zorzi, regent for her son the Duke of Athens (d. 1454)
• Paola e Chiara, Italian sisters and pop singers
• Edelfa Chiara Masciotta, Miss Italia for 2005

Surname

• Francesca Chiara, Italian singer with the band Lovecrave
• Giuseppe Chiara (1602–1685), Italian Jesuit missionary
• Margaret Chiara, U.S. attorney fired by the George W. Bush administration
• Maria Chiara, Italian lyric soprano
• Paolo De Chiara (1979), Italian journalist and writer.
• Piero Chiara, Italian writer (1913–1986)

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Chiara
• All pages with titles containing Chiara
• Chiara (disambiguation)
• Chara (given name)