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".^{[citation needed]}

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