Sala (surname)
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| Region of origin | Italy |
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Sala is a surname with several origins. First, in Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, and Romanian, a topographic or occupational name meaning someone living in or employed at a hall or manor. Notable people with the surname include:
Musicians
- Alessandro Sala (composer) (1816–1890), Italian composer, organist, and pianist
- Flavio Sala (born 1983), Italian Classical guitar player
- Ingrid Sala Santamaria (born 1940), Filipina pianist
- Nicola Sala (1713–1801), Italian composer
- Oskar Sala (1910–2002), German composer
- Pep Sala (born 1960), Catalan musician, songwriter and record producer
Other arts
- Anri Sala (born 1974), Albanian artist
- Emilio Sala (painter) (1850–1910), Spanish painter
- Emilio Sala (sculptor) (1864–1920), Italian sculptor
- Emilio Grau Sala (1911–1975), Catalan painter
- Giuseppe Sala (music publisher) (c.1643—1727), music publisher
- Richard Sala (1954–2020), American cartoonist, illustrator and comic book creator
Athletes
- Albert Sala (born 1981), Spanish field hockey player
- Andrea Sala (footballer) (born 1993), Italian footballer
- Carlos Sala (born 1960), retired Spanish hurdler
- Claudio Sala (born 1947), former Italian association football player and current commentator
- Costantino Sala (1913–?), Italian professional football player
- Darío Sala (born 1974), Argentine football goalkeeper
- Emiliano Sala (1990–2019), Argentine football forward
- Giovanni Sala (born 1963), Italian enduro rider and a six-time World Enduro Champion
- Guido Sala (1928–1987), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and world champion kart racer
- Lee Sala (born 1926–2012), American contender for the middleweight boxing crown in the 1940s and 1950s
- Luigi Sala (born 1974), Italian football defender
- Luis Pérez-Sala (born 1959), Catalan-Spanish racing driver
- Manuel Sala (born 1982), Angolan football player
- Marco Sala (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1969), Italian professional footballer, who played as a defender
- Marco Sala (footballer, born 1999), Italian football defender
- Patrizio Sala (born 1955), Italian former footballer
- Ramón Sala (born 1971), Spanish field hockey defender
- Valentino Sala (1908–?), Italian football player and coach
