Famous People with Name Viola

Viola Goretzki            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Viola Goretzki: is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.In 1976 she was a crew member of the East German boat which won the gold medal in the eights event.

Viola Pavlasová            Origin/Culture/Country: Czech

Viola Pavlasová: is a former Czechoslovak/Slovak handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.In 1980 she was part of the Czechoslovak team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. She played all five matches and scored three goals.

Viola Odebrecht            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Viola Odebrecht: is a German football midfielder.

Viola Yanik            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Viola Yanik: is a Canadian wrestler. She has wrestled since 1997 and is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. She won a bronze medal in the 63 kg freestyle event at the 2003 World Championships in New York City, New York and wrestled in the first ever Women's

Viola Bauer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Viola Bauer: is a retired German cross-country skier who competed from 1995 to 2007. She has won a complete set of medals at the Winter Olympics with a gold (2002) and a silver (2006) in the 4 x 5 km, and a bronze in the 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit (2002).

Giovanni Viola            Origin/Culture/Country: Italian

Giovanni Viola: was an Italian football goalkeeper.During his career he played for Juventus F.C. from 1945 to 1958, winning three Scudettos (1950, 1952, 1958). He also played 11 matches for the Italian national team from 1954 to 1956, making his debut in the 1954 FIFA World Cup first round play-off defeat by Switzerland. He also played for Carrarese Calcio, Como Calcio 1907, A.S. Lucchese-Libertas, and Brescia Calcio.

Roberto Eduardo Viola            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Roberto Eduardo Viola: was a military officer who briefly served as president of Argentina from March 29 to December 11, 1981 during a period of military rule.Viola appointed Lorenzo Sigaut as finance minister, and it became clear that Sigaut (and his protegé Domingo Cavallo) were looking for ways to reverse some of the economic policies of Videla's minister José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz. Notably, Sigaut abandoned the sliding exchange rate mechanism and devalued the peso, after boasting that "they who gamble on the dollar, will lose". Argentines braced for a recession after the excesses of the plata dulce ("sweet money") years, which destabilized Viola's position.

József Viola            Origin/Culture/Country: Hungaian

József Viola: also known as Giuseppe Viola was a Hungarian-Italian football player and coach, most prominent for his time in Italy and his association with clubs such as Juventus.

Enrique Fernández Viola            Origin/Culture/Country: South America

Enrique Fernández Viola: was an Uruguayan footballer and manager who played for Nacional, FC Barcelona, Uruguay and the Catalan XI. As a manager he won two Uruguayan championships with Nacional and La Liga titles with both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid. Along with Radomir Antic, he is one of only two coaches to have taken charge of both FC Barcelona and Real Madrid and he is the only coach to have won La Liga titles with both. He was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. Fernández began coaching and in 1946 he guided Nacional to a Uruguayan championship. In 1947 he returned to La Liga to coach CF Barcelona.

Frank John Viola, Jr.            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Frank John Viola, Jr.: He batted and threw left-handed, and was nicknamed "Sweet Music" – an unusual nickname he picked up after a Minnesota sports writer declared that when Viola pitched, there was sweet music in the Dome. The nickname was a play on the fact that his last name