List of Famous people named Yolanda
Yolanda Hadid
Yolanda Hadid is a Dutch-American television personality and former model. She is best known as a star of the American reality-television show The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She is mother to IMG models Gigi, Bella, and Anwar Hadid.
Yolanda Díaz Pérez
Yolanda Díaz Pérez is a Spanish politician and lawyer specialised in Labor law, serving as Minister of Labour and Social Economy since 2020. A member of the Congress of Deputies since 2016, she has previously been a former Ferrol municipal councillor (2003–2012) and member of the Parliament of Galicia (2012–2016). She was the National Coordinator of Esquerda Unida (EU) from 2005 to 2017.
Yolanda Saldívar
Yolanda Saldívar is an American former nurse and fan club president who was convicted of the murder of Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Pérez on March 31, 1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Saldívar will be eligible for parole on March 30, 2025.
Yolanda Ventura
Yolanda Ventura is a Mexican actress and was a Spanish singer when she was young. She is best known for roles in Mexican telenovelas and is a former member of the Spanish children's music band Parchís. She joined Parchís after a recording company posted an advertisement looking for kids who could sing, dance, and act. A few months later, in 1979, the band was formed and named after the Spanish version of the Pachisi board game. The band was a success in Spain and Latin America, they recorded five albums and filmed seven movies.
Yolanda King
Yolanda Denise King was an African American activist and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was also known for her artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public and influential activism.
Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adams is an American gospel singer, record producer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She has sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide, with some albums achieving multi-platinum status. She has won 5 Grammy Awards, 4 Dove Awards, 5 BET Awards, 6 NAACP Image Awards, 6 Soul Train Music Awards, 2 BMI Awards and 16 Stellar Awards. She was the first Gospel artist to be awarded an American Music Award.
Yolanda Ramos
Yolanda Ramos is a Spanish comedian actress and scriptwriter from Spain.
Yolanda Andrade
Yolanda Andrade is a Mexican actress and television presenter born in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Her career started at the telenovela Yo no creo en los hombres (1991), along with Gabriela Roel and Alfredo Adame, which allowed her to work in bigger productions such as Las secretas intenciones (1992) with Cristian Castro.
Yolanda Sofia Vargas Pereira Dulché
Yolanda Vargas Dulché de la Parra (pronounced [ʝoˈlanda ˈβaɾɣaz ðulˈtʃe ðe la ˈpara]; was a Mexican writer principally known for the creation of the comic book character of Memín Pinguín and various telenovelas for Mexican television. She began her writing career as a way to supplement income for several newspapers, creating Memín Penguín in 1943. By 1960, she has successfully published a number of comic books, encouraging her husband, Guillermo de la Parra, to write as well. The two went on to create various successful telenovelas including Rubí, which has been redone for both television and film. In total Varga Dulché published over sixty titles in both Mexico and abroad.
Yolanda Varela
Yolanda Varela was a Mexican actress. Born in Mexico City on 30 March 1930, she started acting at a very early age. She studied ballet in the National Institute of the Performing Arts. Varela was the leading actress in many Mexican films and some Spanish/Mexican co-productions.