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