Nola is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
Aaron Nola (born 1992), American baseball player
Austin Nola (born 1989), American baseball player
Giovanni da Nola (1478–1559), Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect
Giovanni Domenico da Nola (c. 1510 to 1520-1592), Italian Renaissance composer and poet
Lukas Nola (born 1964), Croatian film director
Pavlina Nola (born 1974), retired tennis player
Given name:
Nola Barber (1901–1985), first woman mayor of Chelsea City, Australia
Nola Blake (born c. 1952), Australian woman sentenced to death in Thailand for drug trafficking; sentence later commuted
Nola Fairbanks (born 1924), Broadway actress
Nola Marino (born 1954), member of the Australian Parliament
Nola Rae (born 1950), Australian mime artist
Other:
Nola (rhinoceros), a female rhinoceros at the San Diego Zoo
