Spada is the Italian word for ''sword'' and a surname of Italian origin. It may refer to:

People

Bernardino Spada Bernardino Spada (21 April 1594 – 10 November 1661) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a patron of the arts whose collection is housed in the Palazzo Spada in Rome. Early life Spada was born in Brisighella, current provi ...

(1594–1661), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal; patron of the arts *

Constanza Spada Laura Troschel (3 November 1944 – 29 September 2016) was an Italian actress, singer and model. Life and career Born in Varese, Troschel made her debut in cinema in a role of weight in ''The Sex of Angels'' (1968), by Ugo Liberatore. Later, sh ...

, stage name of Italian actress, singer and model Laura Troschel (1944–2016) *

Ercole Spada Ercole Spada (born 26 July 1937 in Busto Arsizio) is an Italian automobile designer. His most notable designs were produced in the 1960s, for the Zagato design studio house, where Spada was chief stylist. During this period some of the most notabl ...

(born 1937), Italian automobile designer *

Fabrizio Spada Fabrizio Spada (Rome, 17 March 1643 – Rome, 15 June 1717) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and served as Secretary of State under Pope Innocent XII. Life Born on March 17, 1643 in Rome, he was the son of Orazio Spada and ...

(1643–1717), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and Cardinal Secretary of State *

Giambattista Spada Giambattista Spada or Giovanni Battista Spada (28 August 1597 – 23 January 1675) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography On 23 August 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Bishop of Lucca, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, ...

(1597–1675), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *

Giovanni Jacopo Spada Giovanni Jacopo Spada (1680 – 1774) was an Italian naturalist and pioneering geologist, born in Verona, who served for many years as archipresbyter at Graz in Styria. He is known for the revised and expanded catalogue of his collection that he pu ...

(1680–1774), Italian naturalist and pioneering geologist * Giuliana Spada (born 1971), Italian retired heptathlete *

Ilaria Spada Ilaria Spada (born 27 February 1981 in Latina, Latium, Italy), is an Italian actress and showgirl, born in the Pontine Marshes district to an Italian father and a Sicilian- Tunisian mother. Spada participated as anchorwoman in Zecchino d'oro ...

(born 1981), Italian actress and showgirl * János Spáda (1877–1913), Hungarian architect also known as John Spada *

Katiuscia Spada Katiuscia Spada (born 16 November 1981) is an Italian sport shooter. She participated at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships The 52nd ISSF World Shooting Championships were held in Changwon, South Korea from 2 to 14 September 2018. This ...

(born 1981), Italian sport shooter *

Leonello Spada Leonello Spada (also called ''Lionello Spada'') (1576 – 17 May 1622) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and his native city of Bologna, where he became known as one of the followers of Caravaggio. Biography He f ...

(1576–1622), Italian painter of the Baroque era *

Lorenzo Spada Lorenzo Spada (died 1544) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1543–1544). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Lorenzo Spada was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. On 1 June 1543, he was appointed ...

(died 1544), Italian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Calvi Risorta *

Marcantonio M. Spada Marcantonio M. Spada (born 13 November 1970 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian-British academic psychologist who has studied the role of metacognition in addictive behaviours and operationalised the constructs of "desire thinking" and the "COVID- ...

(born 1970), Italian-British psychologist *

Marcello Spada Marcello Spada (1905–1995) was an Italian film actor.Ben-Ghiat p.31 He appeared in a dozen films, often in the leading role, between 1928 and 1937. After retiring from cinema he later became a doctor. Selected filmography * '' Kif Tebbi'' (1928 ...

(1905–1995), Italian film actor *

Michelangelo Spada Michelangelo Spada () was an Italian painter in Verona. He should not be confused with the 16th century Count Michelangelo Spada of Terni who was chamberlain of Pope Julius III. Biography The son of Marcantonio Spada, a merchant, he trained initi ...

(), Italian painter *

Mirko Spada Mirko Spada (born 26 January 1969) is a retired male decathlete from Switzerland. He set his personal best (7984 points) in the men's decathlon on 2 July 1995 in Helmond Helmond (; called ''Héllemond'' in the local dialect) is a city and munici ...

(born 1969), Swiss decathlete *

Patricio Spada Patricio Iván Spada (born 29 May 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Deportivo Español. Career Spada played in the youth of San Lorenzo in Argentina and Peñarol in Uruguay. On 2 July 2014, Spada returne ...

(born 1993), Argentine footballer *

Robert Spada Robert F. Spada is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 24th District of the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. Of the List ...

(), American politician *

Romi Spada Romi Spada was a Swiss bobsledder who competed in the early 1950s. He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1950 FIBT World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo Cortina d'Ampezzo (; lld, Anpezo, ; historical de-AT, Hayden) is ...

, Swiss bobsledder in the early 1950s

Other uses

Palazzo Spada The Palazzo Spada is a palace located on Piazza di Capo Ferro #13 in the rione Regola of Rome, Italy. Standing very close to the Palazzo Farnese, it has a garden facing towards the Tiber river. The palace accommodates a large art collection, th ...

, a historic palace in Rome **

Galleria Spada The Galleria Spada is a museum in Rome, which is housed in the Palazzo Spada on Piazza Capo di Ferro. The palazzo is also famous for its façade and for the forced perspective gallery by Francesco Borromini. The gallery exhibits paintings from ...

, a museum in the Palazzo Spada *

Palazzo Spada (Terni) Palazzo Spada is a palace in Terni, Umbria, central Italy, built on behest of Count Michelangelo Spada in the mid-16th century and designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. It currently serves as the town hall for the city. Alexandre de Rog ...

, a palace the city of Terni, Italy * Honda VT250 motorcycle, frequently referred to as the ''Spada'' * Spada Codatronca, Italian-built supercar by Spada Vetture Sport *

Cape Spada A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. T ...

, the north-western extremity of Crete - see

Battle of Cape Spada The Battle of Cape Spada was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in Second World War. It took place on 19 July 1940 in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada, the north-western extremity of Crete. Prelude The battle occurred wh ...

(World War II) * Spada Lake, the reservoir of Culmback Dam, Washington state, United States * '' Beatmania IIDX 21: Spada'', a music video game * Spada, a character from Japanese tokusatsu series ''Uchu Sentai Kyuranger'' * Cardinal Cesare Spada, a minor character in the novel ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with '' The Three Musketeers''. L ...

'' whose fortune is found by protagonist Edmond Dantès {{disambig, surname