Namesakes
Fictional Characters from Books:
1 character
Stella Dallas 1923 Stella Dallas 
Fictional Characters from Movies:
3 characters, 1 hero
Stella 1955 Stella
Stella Dallas 1937; 1990 Stella Dallas; Stella
Stella Payne 1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back
Stella 2008 Stella
Fictional Characters from Plays and Musicals:
1 character
Stella Kowalski 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire
Fictional Characters from Song Titles:
2 characters
(character) Stella 2008 Stella
(character) Stella 2009 Stella The Artist
Fictional Characters from Television:
5 characters, 1 hero
Nicole Walker (a.k.a. Stella) 1965 Days of Our Lives
Stella Ioannou 1994 Heartbreak High
Stella Goodman 2000 Waking the Dead
Stella Bonasera 2004 CSI: NY
Stella Bocquelet 2011 Stella and Sam
Stella Morris 2012 Stella
Notable Actors and Entertainers:
2 models, 1 actor
Stella Stevens 1938-2023
Stella Tennant 1970-2020
Stella Maxwell 1990-
Notable Artists:
1 fashion designer
Stella McCartney 1971-
Olympic Medalists:
1 silver
(silver) Sunette Viljoen (a.k.a. Stella) 2016 javelin throw
Saints:
1 blessed
Blessed Maria Stella Mardosewicz 1888-1943