Cela (surname)

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Cela is a Spanish-Galician surname.{{Cite web|url=https://apelidosgalicia.org/cela-231|title = Apellido Cela - Toponímia, Etimología, Heráldica y Distribución del Apellido Cela - en Apelidos de Galicia}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.origendelapellido.com/c7/Cela.htm|title = Origen del apellido Cela}} Notable people with the surname include:

• Alfonso Cela (1885–1932), Spanish bullfighter
• Camilo José Cela (1916–2002), Spanish Nobel Prize winning writer
• Camilo José Cela Conde (born 1946), Spanish writer and professor of philosophy, son of the former
• Gabriel Hernán Cela (born 1974), Argentine footballer
• Izolda Cela (born 1960), Brazilian professor, psychologist and politician
• José María Cela (born 1969), Spanish footballer and academic
• Paloma Cela (1946–2019), Spanish actress and model
• Pedro Pardo de Cela (1425–1483), Marshal of Galicia, beheaded by order of the Catholic Monarchs
• Violeta Cela (born 1960), Spanish actress