Rada or de Rada (the latter of possibly Spanish origin[1]) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Alfredo Rada (born 1965), Bolivian former government minister
- Antonio Rada (1937–2014), Colombian footballer
- Dino Rađa (born 1967), Croatian basketball player
- Edmundo Rada (disappeared 2019), Venezuelan politician
- Filip Rada (born 1984), Czech football player
- Ionuț Rada (footballer, born 1982), Romanian footballer
- Ionuț Rada (footballer, born 1990), Romanian footballer
- Jakub Rada (born 1987), Czech footballer
- Karel Rada (born 1971), Czech footballer
- Marian Rada (born 1960), Romanian former footballer
- Miroslav Rada, Czech footballer
- Petr Rada (born 1958), Czech football coach and former player
- Roy Rada (born 1951), American computer scientist
- Rubén Rada (born 1943), Uruguayan candombe singer
- Sergio Rada (born 1984), Colombian weightlifter
- Tair Rada (died 2006), murdered 13-year-old Israeli schoolgirl
- Tomáš Rada (born 1983), Czech footballer
- Yara Bou Rada (born 2000), Lebanese footballer
- Jeronim de Rada (1814–1903), Albanian-Italian poet and writer
- Martín de Rada (1533–1578), Spanish Augustinian friar, missionary and traveler
- Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada (1170–1247), Spanish Roman Catholic bishop and historian
References
edit- ^ Arcelus Ulibarrena J. M., L’origine spagnola del cognome De Rada e la spedizione della “Compagnia Navarra” in Albania nel 1376, Atti del convegno "I Centenario della morte di Girolamo De Rada", Rende, Macchia Albanese, San Demetrio Corona [Cosenza], 2-5 ottobre, 2003, A cura di Altimari F., Centro Editoriale e Librario dell'Università della Calabria:Rende, 2008, pp. 437-457.