Spada is the Italian word for ''sword'' and a surname of Italian origin. It may refer to:

People

Bernardino Spada Bernardino Spada (21 April 1594 – 10 November 1661) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and a patron of the arts whose collection is housed in the Palazzo Spada in Rome. Early life Spada was born in Brisighella, current provi ...

(1594–1661), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal; patron of the arts * Constanza Spada, stage name of Italian actress, singer and model Laura Troschel (1944–2016) *

Ercole Spada Ercole Spada (born 26 July 1937 in Busto Arsizio) is an Italian automobile designer. His most notable designs were produced in the 1960s, for the Zagato design studio house, where Spada was chief stylist. During this period some of the most notabl ...

(born 1937), Italian automobile designer *

Fabrizio Spada Fabrizio Spada (Rome, 17 March 1643 – Rome, 15 June 1717) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and served as Secretary of State under Pope Innocent XII. Life Born on March 17, 1643 in Rome, he was the son of Orazio Spada and ...

(1643–1717), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and Cardinal Secretary of State *

Giambattista Spada Giambattista Spada or Giovanni Battista Spada (28 August 1597 – 23 January 1675) was a Roman Catholic cardinal. Biography On 23 August 1643, he was consecrated bishop by Marcantonio Franciotti, Bishop of Lucca, with Ranuccio Scotti Douglas, ...

(1597–1675), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal * Giovanni Jacopo Spada (1680–1774), Italian naturalist and pioneering geologist *

Giuliana Spada Giuliana Spada (born 18 April 1971) is an Italian female retired heptathlete, which participated at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics. Personal best *Heptathlon: 6135 pts, Cesano Maderno, 28 May 1995 Achievements See also * Italia ...

(born 1971), Italian retired heptathlete *

Ilaria Spada Ilaria Spada (born 27 February 1981 in Latina, Latium, Italy), is an Italian actress and showgirl, born in the Pontine Marshes district to an Italian father and a Sicilian- Tunisian mother. Spada participated as anchorwoman in Zecchino d'oro o ...

(born 1981), Italian actress and showgirl *

János Spáda János Spáda (also known as John Spada, December 10, 1877, Kolozs – July 7, 1913, Kolozsvár) was a famous Hungarian architect of Italian descent, the grandfather of Hungarian mathematician from Transylvania Béla Orbán and fencer, mathematic ...

(1877–1913), Hungarian architect also known as John Spada * Katiuscia Spada (born 1981), Italian sport shooter *

Leonello Spada Leonello Spada (also called ''Lionello Spada'') (1576 – 17 May 1622) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and his native city of Bologna, where he became known as one of the followers of Caravaggio. Biography He ...

(1576–1622), Italian painter of the Baroque era *

Lorenzo Spada Lorenzo Spada (died 1544) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Calvi Risorta (1543–1544). ''(in Latin)'' Biography Lorenzo Spada was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor Conventual The Order of Friars Minor Con ...

(died 1544), Italian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop of Calvi Risorta * Marcantonio M. Spada (born 1970), Italian-British psychologist *

Marcello Spada Marcello Spada (1905–1995) was an Italian film actor.Ben-Ghiat p.31 He appeared in a dozen films, often in the leading role, between 1928 and 1937. After retiring from cinema he later became a doctor. Selected filmography * ''Kif Tebbi'' (1928) ...

(1905–1995), Italian film actor * Michelangelo Spada (), Italian painter *

Mirko Spada Mirko Spada (born 26 January 1969) is a retired male decathlete from Switzerland. He set his personal best (7984 points) in the men's decathlon on 2 July 1995 in Helmond, Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = ...

(born 1969), Swiss decathlete * Patricio Spada (born 1993), Argentine footballer *

Robert Spada Robert F. Spada is a former Republican member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 24th District of the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest ...

(), American politician *

Romi Spada Romi Spada was a Swiss bobsled Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the Int ...

, Swiss bobsledder in the early 1950s

Other uses

Palazzo Spada The Palazzo Spada is a palace located on Piazza di Capo Ferro #13 in the rione Regola of Rome, Italy. Standing very close to the Palazzo Farnese, it has a garden facing towards the Tiber river. The palace accommodates a large art collection, th ...

, a historic palace in Rome **

Galleria Spada The Galleria Spada is a museum in Rome, which is housed in the Palazzo Spada on Piazza Capo di Ferro. The palazzo is also famous for its façade and for the forced perspective gallery by Francesco Borromini. The gallery exhibits paintings from ...

, a museum in the Palazzo Spada *

Palazzo Spada (Terni) Palazzo Spada is a palace in Terni, Umbria, central Italy, built on behest of Count Michelangelo Spada in the mid-16th century and designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger. It currently serves as the town hall for the city. Alexandre de Rogiss ...

, a palace the city of Terni, Italy *

Honda VT250 The VT250 or Spada MC20 is a Honda motorcycle built between late 1988 and the end of 1989. The VT250 Spada used Nissin brakes, Enkei wheels and a Showa rear-shock. The model was principally marketed in Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Followi ...

motorcycle, frequently referred to as the ''Spada'' *

Spada Codatronca The Spada Codatronca (sometimes called the SVS Codatronca) is an Italian-built supercar introduced by Spada Vetture Sport in 2008. A convertible version, the Spada Codatronca Monza, was introduced in 2012. Both cars used a modified chassis and eng ...

, Italian-built supercar by Spada Vetture Sport *

Cape Spada A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

, the north-western extremity of Crete - see

Battle of Cape Spada The Battle of Cape Spada was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in Second World War. It took place on 19 July 1940 in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spada, the north-western extremity of Crete. Prelude The battle occurred whe ...

(World War II) *

Spada Lake The Culmback Dam (also known as the George Culmback Dam or the Snoqualmie National Forest Dam) is a large rockfill hydroelectric and water supply dam on the Sultan River, a tributary of the Skykomish River, in Washington. Built in 1965, the dam is ...

, the reservoir of Culmback Dam, Washington state, United States * '' Beatmania IIDX 21: Spada'', a music video game * Spada, a character from Japanese tokusatsu series ''Uchu Sentai Kyuranger'' * Cardinal Cesare Spada, a minor character in the novel ''

The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...

'' whose fortune is found by protagonist Edmond Dantès {{disambig, surname