Malatesta

Malatesta may refer to:

People

 * House of Malatesta, an Italian family which ruled over Rimini from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century

Given name

 * Malatesta (I) da Verucchio (1212–1312), founder of the powerful Italian Malatesta family and a famous condottiero
 * Malatesta II Malatesta, best known as Guastafamiglia (c. 1299–1364), Italian condottiero and lord of Rimini.
 * Malatesta III Malatesta or Malatesta IV Malatesta (also known as Malatesta dei Sonetti); (1370–1429), Italian condottiero, poet and lord
 * Malatesta IV Baglioni (1491–1531), Italian condottiero and lord of Perugia, Bettona, Spello and other lands in Umbria

Surname

 * Antonia Malatesta of Cesena, daughter (or possibly the niece) of Carlo I Malatesta, Lord of Cesena, Fano, Pesaro, and Rimini
 * Carlo I Malatesta (1368–1429), Italian condottiero
 * Enrico Malatesta (born 1976), Italian goalkeeper for Cremonese
 * Errico Malatesta (1853–1932), Italian anarchist
 * Guido Malatesta (1919–1970), Italian film director and screenwriter
 * Malatestino Malatesta (died 1317) or Malatestino (II) Malatesta, known as dell'Occhio, lord of Pesaro and Rimini
 * Malatesta II Malatesta, best known as Guastafamiglia (c. 1299–1364), Italian condottiero and lord of Rimini.
 * Malatesta IV Malatesta (also known as Malatesta dei Sonetti); (1370–1429), Italian condottiero, poet and lord
 * Paola Malatesta (1393–1449), Italian noblewoman
 * Paolo Malatesta (1246–1285), Italian nobleman
 * Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417–1468), Italian nobleman and poet
 * Simone Malatesta (born 1982), Italian footballer for Lupa Roma

Other

 * Malatesta (play), a play by Henry de Montherlant
 * Malatesta (film), a 1970 German film
 * Malatesta (Rome Metro), underground station of Line C of the Rome Metro