Aquila is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Ancient and biblical Priscilla and Aquila, a New Testament couple who assisted Paul of Tarsus Aquila of Sinope, second-century translator of the Old Testament Aquila Romanus, a third-century Latin grammarian Pontius Aquila, first-century B.C. Roman tribune of the plebs
Medieval and renaissance Caspar Aquila (1488–1560), German reformer Nicholas de Aquila (died after 1220), English bishop Peter of Aquila (died 1361), Italian theologian Pietro Aquila (c. 1630–1692), Italian painter Richard II of Aquila, 12th-century Italo-Norman Count of Fondi Serafino dell' Aquila (1466–1500), Italian poet
Modern Aquila Chase (17th century), early Puritan settler in the American colonies and founder of the influential Chase family Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer Aquila Berlas Kiani (1921–2012), Pakistani scholar Frank Aquila, a Manitoba judge Frank J. Aquila (born 1957), American lawyer Samuel J. Aquila (born 1950), Roman Catholic bishop
See also Aquilla (disambiguation)