Sala is a surname with several origins. First, in Italian, Catalan, Portuguese, Spanish, Occitan, and Romanian, a topographic or occupational name meaning someone living in or employed at a hall or manor. Notable people with the surname include:
Arts and entertainment Musicians Alessandro Sala (composer) (1816–1890), Italian composer, organist, and pianist Flavio Sala (born 1983), Italian Classical guitar player Ingrid Sala Santamaria (born 1940), Filipina pianist Nicola Sala (1713–1801), Italian composer Oskar Sala (1910–2002), German composer Pep Sala (born 1960), Catalan musician, songwriter and record producer
Other arts Anri Sala (born 1974), Albanian artist Emilio Sala (painter) (1850–1910), Spanish painter Emilio Sala (sculptor) (1864–1920), Italian sculptor Emilio Grau Sala (1911–1975), Catalan painter Giuseppe Sala (music publisher) (c.1643—1727), music publisher Richard Sala (1954–2020), American cartoonist, illustrator and comic book creator
Athletes Albert Sala (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 (1913–?), Italian professional football player Darío Sala (born 1974), Argentine football goalkeeper Emiliano Sala (1990–2019), Argentine football forward Giovanni Sala (born 1963), Italian enduro rider and a six-time World Enduro Champion Guido Sala (1928–1987), Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and world champion kart racer Jacopo Sala (born 1991), Italian footballer Lee Sala (born 1926–2012), American contender for the middleweight boxing crown in the 1940s and 1950s Luigi Sala (born 1974), Italian football defender Luis Pérez-Sala (born 1959), Catalan-Spanish racing driver Manuel Sala (born 1982), Angolan football player Marco Sala (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1969), Italian professional footballer, who played as a defender Marco Sala (footballer, born 1999), Italian football defender Patrizio Sala (born 1955), Italian former footballer Ramón Sala (born 1971), Spanish field hockey defender Valentino Sala (1908–?), Italian football player and coach
Politics
Giuseppe Sala (born 1958), Italian politician Michel Sala (born 1954) is an Algerian-born French trade unionist and politician Milagro Sala (born 1964), leader of the Tupac Amaru neighborhood association, Argentina Ricardo Sala Gaitán (fl. 1992–1996), Colombian industrial engineer and politician
Others Enric Sala Rosés (1934-2025) Spanish writer and economist Roberto Sala (born 1974) Costarican-born American computer scientist in AI Mario Sala (born 1972) Catalan medical doctor 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 (1096–1176), tenth century Christian saint from Milan, Italy George Augustus Sala (1828–1895), British journalist Giuseppe Antonio Sala (1762–1839), Italian cardinal 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 Oscar Sala (1922–2010), Italian-Brazilian nuclear physicist Xavier Sala-i-Martin (born 1963), Spanish academic economist
See also
Sala (given name)