Testa (surname)

Testa is a surname that literally means "head" in Italian. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alberto Testa (dancer) (born 1922), Italian dancer
• Alberto Testa (lyricist) (1927–2009), Italian composer and lyricist
• Anthony Joseph Testa (born 1987), American choreographer, creative director, educator, and dancer
• Augusto Testa (born 1950), Italian astronomer
• Armando Testa (1917–1992), Italian graphic designer
• Chicco Testa (born 1952), managing director of Rothschild Spa
• Chuck Testa, American taxidermist and Internet meme
• Clorindo Testa (1923–2013), Italian-Argentine architect and artist
• Dante Testa (1861-1923), Italian actor and director
• Eugenio Testa (1892–1957), Italian actor and film director
• Ezio Testa (writer) (born 1961), Italian fiction author and poet
• Federica Testa (born 1993), Italian-born former competitive ice dancer
• Franco Testa (born 1938), retired Italian cyclist
• Franco Testa (water polo) (born 1982), Argentine water polo player
• Gianmaria Testa (1958–2016), Italian singer-songwriter
• Gustavo Testa (1886–1969), Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Mario Testa, Chairman of the Democratic Town Committee in Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Mary Testa (born 1955), American stage actress
• Nick Testa (born 1928), former Major League Baseball catcher
• Philip Testa (1924–1981), American Mafia figure
• Pietro Testa (1611–1650), Italian High Baroque artist
• Salvatore Testa (1956–1984), hitman for the Philadelphia crime family
• Serge Testa (born 1950), Australian yachtsman