People and Characters
- Europa (mythology), a Phoenician princess in Greek mythology, from whom the name of the continent Europe is taken
- Europa of Macedon, the daughter of Philip II by his last wife, Cleopatra
- Madama Europa, the nickname, or perhaps the real name, of Europa Rossi (fl. 1600), sister of the Jewish violinist and composer Salamone Rossi, who was one of the first opera singers
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