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 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 Italian-language surnames