Sala is a
surname and
given name with several origins. First, in Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, and Romanian, a
topographic or
occupational
Employment is a relationship between two parties regulating the provision of paid labour services. Usually based on a contract, one party, the employer, which might be a corporation, a not-for-profit organization, a co-operative, or any other ...
name meaning someone living in or employed at a hall or manor. Second, in Hungarian, a short for the Biblical name
Solomon. Third, a variant of the name
Salah.
Notable people named Sala include:
Surname
Arts and entertainment
Musicians
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Alessandro Sala Alessandro Sala may refer to:
* Alessandro Sala (composer)
* Alessandro Sala (footballer)
Alessandro Sala (born 7 May 2001) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Pro Sesto.
Club career
On 16 July 2021, he join ...
(1816–1890), Italian composer, organist, and pianist
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Flavio Sala
Flavio Sala (born May 9, 1983) is an Italian classical guitar player.
Biography
After studying under the guidance of Pasqualino Garzia and obtaining his degree in classical guitar with an honorable mention in 2002, he studied with Oscar Ghigl ...
(born 1983), Italian Classical guitar player
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Ingrid Sala Santamaria
Ingrid Sala de Santamaría is a Filipina pianist.
Artist Profile
Born in Cebu City, Philippines to Salvador Sala Escaño and María del Pilar Blanco Padilla, Ingrid Sala de Santamaría received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Battig Piano ...
(born 1940), Filipina pianist
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Nicola Sala (1713–1801), Italian composer
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Oskar Sala (1910–2002), German composer
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Pep Sala (born 1960), Catalan musician, songwriter and record producer
Other arts
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Anri Sala (born 1974), Albanian artist
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Emilio Sala (painter) (1850–1910), Spanish painter
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Emilio Sala (sculptor) (1864–1920), Italian sculptor
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Emilio Grau Sala (1911–1975), Catalan painter
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Richard Sala (1954–2020), American cartoonist, illustrator and comic book creator
Athletes
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Albert Sala (born 1981), Spanish field hockey player
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Andrea Sala (footballer)
Andrea Sala (born 16 September 1993) is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper who plays for club Catanzaro.
Career
Pro Patria
Born in Saronno, the Province of Varese, Lombardy, Sala started his professional career at Pro Patria ...
(born 1993), Italian footballer
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Carlos Sala
Carlos Sala Molera (born 20 March 1960 in Barcelona, Catalonia), nicknamed "Charli", is a retired Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language ...
(born 1960), retired Spanish hurdler
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Claudio Sala
Claudio Sala (; born 8 September 1947) is a former Italian footballer, manager and current commentator, who played as a winger.
Club career
He made his debut for Monza, later moving to Napoli, Torino and Genoa. In total he played 323 matches a ...
(born 1947), former Italian association football player and current commentator
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Costantino Sala (1913–?), Italian professional football player
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Darío Sala (born 1974), Argentine football goalkeeper
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Emiliano Sala (1990–2019), Argentine football forward
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Giovanni Sala (born 1963), Italian enduro rider and a six-time World Enduro Champion
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Guido Sala (1928–1987), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and world champion kart racer
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Lee Sala (born 1926–2012), American contender for the middleweight boxing crown in the 1940s and 1950s
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Luigi Sala (born 1974), Italian football defender
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Luis Pérez-Sala (born 1959), Catalan-Spanish racing driver
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Manuel Sala (born 1982), Angolan football player
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Marco Sala (1886–1969), Italian professional footballer, who played as a defender
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Marco Sala (footballer, born 1999)
Marco Sala (born 4 June 1999) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a left back for club Como.
Club career
Inter Milan
Born in Rho, Sala was a youth exponent of Inter.
Loan to Arezzo
On 2 August 2018, Sala was loaned to Serie ...
, Italian football defender
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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 (197 ...
(born 1955), Italian former footballer
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Ramón Sala
Ramón Sala Vallhonrat (born 8 August 1971 in Terrassa, Catalonia) is a former field hockey defender from Spain, who won the silver medal with the men's national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital an ...
(born 1971), Spanish field hockey defender
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Valentino Sala (1908–?), Italian football player and coach
Others
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Alessandra Sala
Alessandra Sala is an Italian computer scientist specializing in distributed algorithms for graph theory, social network analysis, and data privacy. She works for Shutterstock in Ireland, as the director of AI and Data Science. Formerly, she w ...
, Italian computer scientist
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André Ricard Sala
André Ricard (born 18 June 1929) is a Catalan industrial designer. He was born in Barcelona. He designed the torch for the 1992 Summer Olympics. In 1993 he won the Creu de Sant Jordi award.
Biography
Ricard Sala was invited as an observer at t ...
(born 1929), Catalan industrial designer
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Enric Sala
Enric Sala (born November 26, 1968, Girona) is a former university professor who saw himself writing the obituary of ocean life, and quit academia to become a full-time conservationist as a National Geographic Society, National Geographic Explorer ...
(born 1968), marine ecologist and an Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic
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Galdino della Sala (1096–1176), tenth century Christian saint from Milan, Italy
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George Augustus Sala (1828–1895), British journalist
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Giuseppe Sala (born 1958), Italian politician
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Jean Sala Breitenstein
Jean Sala Breitenstein (July 18, 1900 – January 30, 1986) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the ...
(1900–1986), United States federal judge
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Louis Sala-Molins
Louis Sala-Molins (born 1935) is an essayist and political philosophy
Political philosophy or political theory is the philosophical study of government, addressing questions about the nature, scope, and legitimacy of public agents and institu ...
(born 1935), essayist and political philosophy professor at Paris-I and Toulouse-II universities
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Luc Sala
Lucius Hendrikus Dominicus Josephus Sala (13 December 1949 – 14 April 2023) was a Dutch businessman and writer.
Career
Sala graduated as a physics drs (Ir.n.i.) in 1976, at the Delft University of Technology. He graduated in economics at th ...
(born 1949), Dutch entrepreneur and writer
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Milagro Sala (born 1964), leader of the Tupac Amaru neighborhood association, Argentina
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Oscar Sala (1922–2010), Italian-Brazilian nuclear physicist
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Ricardo Sala Gaitán (fl. 1992–1996), Colombian industrial engineer and politician
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Xavier Sala-i-Martin (born 1963), Spanish academic economist
Given name
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Sala Baker (born 1976), New Zealand actor and stuntman
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Sala Burton (1925–1987), United States Representative from California
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Sala Fa'alogo
Sala Fa'alogo is a New Zealand former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He played at club level in the Bartercard Cup and Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition for the Mount Albert Lions (two spell ...
(born 1977), New Zealand rugby league player
* Sala, folk hero who killed a tiger; see
Hoysala Empire#History
References
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