Sala is a

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and

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with several origins. First, in Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, and Romanian, a

topographic Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary scien ...

occupational Employment is a relationship between two party (law), parties Regulation, regulating the provision of paid Labour (human activity), labour services. Usually based on a employment contract, contract, one party, the employer, which might be a co ...

name meaning someone living in or employed at a hall or manor. Second, in Hungarian, a short for the Biblical name

Solomon Solomon (; , ),, ; ar, سُلَيْمَان, ', , ; el, Σολομών, ; la, Salomon also called Jedidiah (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Modern Hebrew, Modern: , Tiberian Hebrew, Tiberian: ''Yăḏīḏăyāh'', "beloved of Yahweh, Yah"), ...

. Third, a variant of the name Salah. Notable people named Sala include:

Surname

Arts and entertainment

Musicians

* Alessandro Sala (1816–1890), Italian composer, organist, and pianist * Flavio Sala (born 1983), Italian Classical guitar player * Ingrid Sala Santamaria (born 1940), Filipina pianist *

Nicola Sala Nicola Sala (7 April 1713 – 31 August 1801) was an Italian composer and music theorist. He was born in Tocco Caudio and died in Naples. He was chapel-master and professor at Naples, having devoted himself to the collection of the finest m ...

(1713–1801), Italian composer *

Oskar Sala Oskar Sala (18 July 1910 – 26 February 2002) was a German composer and a pioneer of electronic music. He played an instrument called the Trautonium, an early form of electronic synthesizer. Early life Sala was born in Greiz, Thuringia, Germany ...

(1910–2002), German composer *

Pep Sala Pep Sala (born 17 July 1960) is a Catalan musician, songwriter and record producer. With singer Carles Sabater, Sala formed the rock català group Sau, which achieved great popularity in the 1990s. He has performed and recorded with other music ...

(born 1960), Catalan musician, songwriter and record producer

Other arts

Anri Sala Anri Sala (born 1974) is an Albanian contemporary artist whose primary medium is video. Life and career Sala studied art at the Albanian Academy of Arts from 1992 to 1996. He also studied video at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Pari ...

(born 1974), Albanian artist *

Emilio Sala (painter) Emilio Sala y Francés (20 January 1850 – 14 April 1910) was a Spanish painter, primarily of female portraits. Biography He was born in Alcoy to a family of merchants.Emilio Sala (sculptor) Emilio Sala, also known as Elio Salya (Ukrainian: Еліо Саля; 30 April 1864, in Milan – 10 January 1920, in Milan) was an Italian-born sculptor and painter who spent most of his working life in Kyiv, Ukraine. Biography In 1890, he and ...

(1864–1920), Italian sculptor *

Emilio Grau Sala Emilio (Emi) Grau Sala (1911, Barcelona - 1975, Paris) was a Catalan people, Catalan painter. He studied at the :sp:Escuela de Bellas Artes de Barcelona. With his wife Ángeles Santos Torroella he fled to Paris at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil ...

(1911–1975), Catalan painter *

Richard Sala Richard Sala (June 2, 1954 – May 7, 2020) was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and comic book creator with a unique expressionistic style whose books often combined elements of mystery, horror and whimsy. Biography Richard Sala was born in ...

(1954–2020), American cartoonist, illustrator and comic book creator

Athletes

Albert Sala Albert Sala Moreno (born 15 July 1981) is a field hockey player from Spain, who finished in fourth position with the Men's National Team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. After having played for Atlètic Terrassa for several ye ...

(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 Costantino Sala (born 3 May 1913 in Monza) was an Italian professional football player. His older brother Valentino Sala played in the Serie A for Genoa C.F.C. and F.C. Internazionale Milano in the 1930s. To distinguish them, Valentino was ref ...

(1913–?), Italian professional football player *

Darío Sala Darío Sala (born October 17, 1974) is an Argentine association football administrator and former player. A goalkeeper, he played with teams including Belgrano, Los Andes, and River Plate in Argentina; Deportivo Cali in Colombia; and FC Dallas ...

(born 1974), Argentine football goalkeeper *

Emiliano Sala Emiliano Raúl Sala Taffarel (; 31 October 1990 – 21 January 2019) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker. After playing youth football in Argentina and following a short spell in Portugal's regional leagues, Sala ...

(1990–2019), Argentine football forward *

Giovanni Sala Giovanni Sala (born 23 November 1963) is an Italian enduro rider and a six-time World Enduro Champion (including the overall world championship title in 1998). He is also a four-time winner of the International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) World Troph ...

(born 1963), Italian enduro rider and a six-time World Enduro Champion *

Guido Sala Guido Sala (15 December 1928 – 13 April 1987) was an Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and world champion kart racer. His best year in Grand Prix motorcycle racing was in 1954 when he won the 125cc Nations Grand Prix and finished se ...

(1928–1987), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and world champion kart racer *

Lee Sala Lee Sala (May 26, 1926 – December 3, 2012) was a leading contender for the middleweight boxing crown in the 1940s and 50s. His professional career spanned from 1946 until 1953, with a record of 76 wins, 7 losses, 0 draws, and 48 knockouts. Ea ...

(born 1926–2012), American contender for the middleweight boxing crown in the 1940s and 1950s *

Luigi Sala Luigi Sala (born 21 February 1974) is a former Italian football defender. He played as a central defender. Club career In June 2001, Sala was sold to Atalanta for 7 billion lire, along with Gianni Comandini (30 billion) and Luca Saudati (18 b ...

(born 1974), Italian football defender *

Luis Pérez-Sala Luis Pérez-Sala Valls-Taberner (born 15 May 1959) is a Spanish former racing driver who competed in Formula One, Formula 3, Formula 3000 and Touring Cars. He was also the team principal of HRT Formula 1 Team during the 2012 F1 season. Pérez- ...

(born 1959), Catalan-Spanish racing driver *

Manuel Sala Manuel Sala (born May 5, 1982) is an Angolan football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is ...

(born 1982), Angolan football player *

Marco Sala Marco Sala may refer to: * Marco Sala (footballer, born 1886) * Marco Sala (footballer, born 1999) {{hndis, Sala, Marco ...

(1886–1969), Italian professional footballer, who played as a defender * Marco Sala (footballer, born 1999), Italian football defender *

Patrizio Sala Patrizio Sala (; born 16 June 1955) is an Italian former football manager and former football player who played as a midfielder. Club career Sala was born in Bellusco, Lombardy. During his club career he played for Serie A clubs, Torino (1975� ...

(born 1955), Italian former footballer * Ramón Sala (born 1971), Spanish field hockey defender *

Valentino Sala Valentino Sala (October 8, 1908 in Morimondo – December 27, 2002) was an Italian professional football player and coach. His younger brother Costantino Sala played in the Serie A for Ambrosiana-Inter Football Club Internazionale Mil ...

(1908–?), Italian football player and coach

Others

* Alessandra Sala, Italian computer scientist * André Ricard Sala (born 1929), Catalan industrial designer * Enric Sala (born 1968), marine ecologist and an Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic *

Galdino della Sala Galdino della Sala ( – 18 April 1176), Galdinus or Galdimus ( lmo, label=Milanese, Galdin), was a Roman Catholic saint from Milan in northern Italy. He was a cardinal elevated in 1165 and he also served as Archbishop of Milan from 1166 to his d ...

(1096–1176), tenth century Christian saint from Milan, Italy *

George Augustus Sala George Augustus Henry Fairfield Sala (November 1828 – 8 December 1895) was an author and journalist who wrote extensively for the ''Illustrated London News'' as G. A. S. and was most famous for his articles and leaders for ''The Daily Telegra ...

(1828–1895), British journalist *

Giuseppe Sala Giuseppe "Beppe" Sala (born 28 May 1958) is an Italian manager and politician, currently mayor of Milan. He was CEO of Expo 2015 in Milan from 2010 to 2015. He became mayor of Milan in 2016, supported by the centre-left coalition, and he was co ...

(born 1958), Italian politician * Jean Sala Breitenstein (1900–1986), United States federal judge * Louis Sala-Molins (born 1935), essayist and political philosophy professor at Paris-I and Toulouse-II universities * Luc Sala (born 1949), Dutch entrepreneur and writer *

Milagro Sala Milagro Amalia Ángela Sala (born January 27, 1964) is a leader of the Tupac Amaru neighborhood association,''We M ...

(born 1964), leader of the Tupac Amaru neighborhood association, Argentina * Oscar Sala (1922–2010), Italian-Brazilian nuclear physicist * Ricardo Sala Gaitán (fl. 1992–1996), Colombian industrial engineer and politician *

Xavier Sala-i-Martin Xavier X. Sala i Martín (also ''Sala-i-Martin'' in English) is a Spanish-born Catalan-American economist and professor of economics at Columbia University. Sala i Martin is one of the leading economists in the field of economic growth.http://w ...

(born 1963), Spanish academic economist

Given name

Sala Baker Sala Baker (born 22 September 1976) is a New Zealand actor and stuntman. He is best known for portraying the villain Sauron in the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy by Peter Jackson. Career Originally hired as one of several stunt performers fo ...

(born 1976), New Zealand actor and stuntman *

Sala Burton Sala Burton (née Galante; April 1, 1925 – February 1, 1987) was a Polish-born American politician who served as a United States Representative from California from 1983 until her death from colon cancer in Washington, D. C., in 1987. Early ...

(1925–1987), United States Representative from California * Sala Fa'alogo (born 1977), New Zealand rugby league player * Sala, folk hero who killed a tiger; see Hoysala Empire#History

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