Chiara is both a feminine Italian given name and a surname. It is the Italian form of the name Clara. 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
Chiara Berti, contestant on US TV show Big Brother 3.
Chiara Boggiatto, Italian Olympic swimmer (born 1986)
Chiara Brancati, (born 1981), Italian water polo player
Chiara Caselli, Italian actress
Chiara Civello, Italian singer-songwriter
Chiara Iezzi, Italian singer (born 1973)
Chiara Ferragni, Italian blogger and fashion designer
Chiara Gensini (born 1982), Italian actress
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 Nappi, Italian physicist
Chiara Siracusa, Maltese pop singer, best known by the mononym Chiara
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
Chiara Anne Zambrano, Senior Reporter ABS CBN TV Network, Philippines
Surname:
Francesca Chiara, Italian singer with the band Lovecrave
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)
