Rosa (surname)

Rosa is an Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish languages surname. Variants Da Rosa or da Rosa, De Rosa or de Rosa, and DeRosa or DaRosa include. The last name "Rosa" rooted in the Azores. The name is of Flemish / Dutch origin, it descended from the Flemish settler "Pieter Roose", when arriving on the Azores his name was adapted into Portuguese as "Pedro da Rosa".

Persons with these surnames include:

• Aaron Rosa (born 1983), American mixed martial arts fighter
• Alberto Fernández de Rosa (born 1944), Argentine actor
• Aldo da Rosa (1917–2015), Brazilian electrical engineer
• Ángel María de Rosa (1888-1970), Argentine sculptor and philanthropist
• Anna Palm de Rosa (1859-1924), Swedish artist and landscape painter
• Antonino De Rosa (born 1981), Italian-American Magic: The Gathering player
• Anthony DeRosa, American animator
• Charles D. Rosa (1870–1959), American politician and judge
• Clem De Rosa (1925-2011), American jazz drummer, composer, and music educator
• Diana de Rosa (1602–1643), also known as Annella di Massimo, Neapolitan painter
• Domenica De Rosa (born 1963), British crime novelist
• Don Rosa (born 1951), American comic book writer and illustrator
• Eugene De Rosa (1894–c. 1945), Italian-American architect
• Fernando de Rosa (1908-1936), Italian student who attempted to assassinate Umberto Prince of Piedmont
• Francesco Rosa (died 1687), Italian painter
• Francis Rosa (1920–2012), American sports journalist
• Franco De Rosa (born 1944), Italian actor
• Gabriela Rosa (born 1966), American politician
• Gaetano De Rosa (born 1973), Italian retired football defender
• Gianni De Rosa (1956-2008), Italian football striker
• Gonzalo de los Santos da Rosa (born 1976), Uruguayan footballer
• Hermann Rosa (2011-1981), German sculptor and architect
• Jair da Rosa Pinto (1921–2005), Brazilian footballer
• João Guimarães Rosa (1908–1967), Brazilian writer
• Jon DeRosa (born 1978), American singer
• Leandro Siqueira Rosa (born 1986), Brazilian business man
• Lucien Rosa (born 1944), Sri Lankan long-distance runner
• Márcio Rosa (born 1997), Cape Verdean footballer
• Marco Rosa (born 1982), Canadian ice hockey player
• Marek Rosa (born 1979), Slovak video game producer and designer
• Mark DeRosa (born 1975), American baseball player
• Mariano De Rosa,a film producer and director
• Orlando Rosa (born 1977), Puerto Rican wrestler
• Pacecco De Rosa (1606-1656), Italian painter, active in Naples.
• Paulo Sérgio Rosa (born 1969), Brazilian footballer
• Pedro de la Rosa (born 1971), Spanish racing driver
• Raffaele De Rosa (born 1987), Italian motorcycle road racer
• Sam Rosa (1866–1940), Australian socialist and journalist
• Salvator Rosa (1615–1673), Italian painter
• Stephen DeRosa (born 1968), American actor
• Thiago da Rosa Correa (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
• Tina DeRosa (1944-2007), American writer
• Tommaso de Rosa (1621-1695), Roman Catholic Bishop of Policastro and, later, of Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi
• Tullio De Rosa (1923–1994), Italian enologist
• Vincent DeRosa (born 1920), American musician
• William De Rosa, American cellist
• Yvonne De Rosa (born 1975), Italian photographer

See also

• Rosa (given name)
• Rosas (surname)
• Rosa (disambiguation), includes De Rosa
• Rose (disambiguation)
• DeRose