Alda is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Alan Alda Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war co ...

(born 1936), American actor, best known for his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce in TV show ''M*A*S*H'' *

Antony Alda Antony Alda (born Antonio Joseph D'Abruzzo; December 9, 1956 – July 3, 2009), sometimes called Tony, was an American actor who grew up in a popular acting family. The son of Robert Alda, he was born in France. His early studies were in Rome and ...

(1956–2009), American actor, son of Robert Alda, half brother of Alan Alda *

Arlene Alda Arlene Alda ( Weiss; born March 12, 1933) is an American musician, photographer and writer. She began her career playing clarinet professionally, then moved on to photography and writing children's books. She is married to actor Alan Alda. Early ...

, photographer, musician, author; wife of Alan Alda *

Beatrice Alda Beatrice Alda is an American actress and filmmaker who appeared in '' The Four Seasons'' and ''Men of Respect''. Career Alda played Lisa in the 1981 film, ''The Four Seasons'', directed by her father, and reprised the role in the 1984 televisi ...

(born 1961), American actress, daughter of Alan and Arlene *

Dada Gallotti Dada Gallotti (born 8 April 1935) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan as Alda Gallotti, she was one of the most active character actresses in the 1960s and 1970s. She appeared in several Spaghetti Western films under the pseudonym Diana Garson ...

(born 1935), Italian actress born Alda Gallotti *

Elizabeth Alda Elizabeth Alda (born August 20, 1960) is an American actress who appeared in two films, including '' The Four Seasons'' with her sister Beatrice, and the short-lived television version.Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Show ...

(born 1960), American actress, daughter of Alan and Arlene *

Frances Alda Frances Davis Alda (31 May 1879 – 18 September 1952) was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic lyric soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique ...

(1879–1952), New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano *

Julio Ruiz de Alda Julio Ruiz de Alda Miqueleiz (7 October 1897 in Estella, Navarre – 23 August 1936 in Madrid) was a Spanish aviator and founder of the Falange. He joined the Army at the age of 15 and developed an interest in planes. He was the co-pilot (with ...

(1897–1936), Spanish aviator and politician *

Robert Alda Robert Alda (born Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo; February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986) was an Italian-American theatrical and film actor, a singer, and a dancer. He was the father of actors Alan and Antony Alda. Alda was featured in a ...

(1914–1986), American actor, singer and dancer, father of Alan and Antony Alda *

Rutanya Alda Rutanya Alda (born Rūta Skrastiņa; October 13, 1942) is a Latvian-American actress. She began her career in the late 1960s, and went on to have supporting parts in ''The Deer Hunter'' (1978), ''Rocky II'' (1979), and ''Mommie Dearest'' (1981). S ...

(born 1942), Latvian-American actress

Given name

Alda of Alania Alda ( ka, ალდა) or Alde ( ka, ალდე) was an 11th-century Alan princess and the second wife of King George I of Georgia (r. 1014–1027). The couple had a son, Demetre, who played a notable role in the civil unrest of Georgia during t ...

, 11th-century Alan princess * Aldobrandesca (or Saint Alda) (c. 1249–c. 1309), Italian Christian saint and nurse *

Alda Bandeira Alda Bandeira Tavares Vaz da Conceição (born September 22, 1949) is a politician in São Tomé and Príncipe. Bandeira was born in Santana, São Tomé in 1949. Her father was a nurse. She studied modern languages at Eduardo Mondlane University ...

(born 1949), politician from São Tomé and Príncipe *

Alda Facio Alda Facio Montejo (born 26 January 1948) is a Costa Rican feminist jurist, writer, teacher and international expert in gender and human rights in Latin America. She is one of the founding members of the Women's Caucus for Gender Justice at ...

(born 1948), Costa Rican jurist, writer and teacher * Alda Garrido (1896–1970), Brazilian vaudeville actress *

Alda Lara Alda Ferreira Pires Barreto de Lara Albuquerque, known as Alda Lara (9 June 1930, Benguela, Angola – 30 January 1962, Cambambe, Angola) was a Portuguese-language Angolan poet.Margaret Busby (ed.), '' Daughters of Africa: An International Anthol ...

(1930–1962), Portuguese writer * Alda Lazo (born 1949), Peruvian politician *

Alda Merini Alda Merini (21 March 1931, in Milan – 1 November 2009, in Milan) was an Italian writer and poet. Her work earned the attention and the admiration of other Italian writers, such as Giorgio Manganelli, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Pier Paolo Pasolini ...

(1931–2009), Italian writer * Alda Neves da Graça do Espírito Santo (1926–2010), poet and government minister from São Tomé and Príncipe *

Alda Noni Alda Noni (30 April 1916 – 19 May 2011) was an Italian soprano leggiero, one of the leading soubrettes of the immediate postwar period. Born in Trieste, she first studied voice and piano in her native city, and completed her studies in Vien ...

(1916–2011), Italian soprano * Alda Ólafsdóttir (born 1966), Icelandic singer known simply as Alda * Alda Wilson (1910–1996), Canadian sprinter {{given name, type=both Feminine given names