Attard is a
Maltese surname which has origins in the neighboring island of
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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. The name might mean Atha which means "noble" and Hardu which means "strong". Another possibility is that it comes from the village of Atti, Italy. Notable people with the surname include:
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Cain Attard
Cain Attard (born 10 September 1994) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga Portugal 2 club Belenenses and the Malta national team.
Club career
Attard started his career in Youth Nursery of Melita. At 11, he ...
(born 1994), Maltese footballer
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Charlene Attard
Charlene Maria Attard (born 31 January 1987 in Pietà) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Malta. (born 1987), Maltese track and field sprint athlete
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Giovanni Attard
Giovanni Attard ( 1570–1636) was a Maltese architect, military engineer and stone carver from the town of Lija. He is mostly known for his role in the construction of the Wignacourt Aqueduct between 1610 and 1615.
In 1609–10, he worked as a ...
( 1570–1636), Maltese architect and military engineer
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Jayden Attard
Jayden Attard (born 27 February 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 2005 to 2008.
Of Maltese descent, Atta ...
(born 1986), Australian rules footballer
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Karen Attard
Karen Attard (born 1958) is an Australian writer of fantasy and short fiction.
Biography
Attard's first work to be published was in 1975 with a poem published by Meuse Press, entitled ''Like an Omen''. In 1995 she published a poetry collection ...
(born 1958), Australian writer of fantasy and short fiction
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Larry Attard
Larry Attard (born December 31, 1951 in Malta) is a retired Hall of Fame Champion jockey and current horse trainer in Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing.
Born into a Maltese family who emigrated to Canada, Attard has three older brothers who bec ...
(born 1951), Canadian Hall of Fame Champion jockey and horse trainer
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Laura Attard
Laura Attard (born 10 September 1986) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). She was drafted by Carlton with the club's eighteenth selection and the one hundred and for ...
(born 1986), Australian rules footballer
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Monica Attard
Monica Ann Attard OAM (born 12 December 1958) is an Australian journalist and academic.
Early life
Attard was born to Maltese parents in Sydney, where she was educated at Bethlehem College, Ashfield and Santa Sabina College.''Who's Who in A ...
(born 1958), Australian journalist
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Norbert Francis Attard
Norbert Francis Attard (born 4 October 1951 in Sliema, Malta) is a Maltese multi-disciplinary artist, art collector, gallerist and entrepreneur known for his varied approaches to artistic projects, multi-media works, installations and anthropolog ...
(born 1951), Maltese multi-disciplinary artist
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Sid C. Attard (born 1950), Canadian horse racing trainer
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Joseph Attard (born 1965), former football referee
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Wilfred Attard (died 2001), Maltese chess master
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Stephen Attard (born 1992), American Bakery Manager at Cantoro Italian Market and Trattoria
{{surname, Attard
Maltese-language surnames