House of Carafa
Escutcheon of the House of Carafa.
The House of Carafa was a noble Neapolitan family of Italian nobles, clergy, and men of arts. Members included:
- Cardinal Oliviero Carafa (1430 – 20 January 1511)
- Giovanni Pietro Carafa (1476 – 1559), became Pope Paul IV from May 1555 until his death
- Prince Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano, nephew of Pope Paul IV; under the next pope, Pius IV, he was placed on trial and beheaded in 1561 at Tor di Nona, two days after the execution of his brother, Cardinal Carlo Carafa on 6 March 1561
- Cardinal Antonio Carafa (1538–1591), also nephew of Pope Paul IV
- Cardinal Alfonso Carafa (1540 - 1565, aged 25), son of Antonio Carafa Marquis of Montebello, and grandnephew of Pope Paul IV
- Fabrizio Carafa, Duke of Andria; famously murdered by noted composer Carlo Gesualdo, known as Gesualdo da Venosa (1566–1613), Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza for having an affair with Gesualdo's wife
- Girolamo Caraffa, Marquis of Montenegro (1564-1633), a general in Spanish and Imperial service
- Don Giuseppe Carafa, Neapolitan aristocrat who was killed in July 1647 during the early stages of the Revolt of Masaniello against the Spanish Habsburg rule
- Vincenzo Carafa, General Superior of Jesuit Order
- Francesco Maria Carafa (died in prison, 1642), 5th Duke of Nocera, a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece; Viceroy of Aragon and Viceroy of Navarre
- Gregorio Carafa (1615-1690), Grand Master of the Order of St. John from 1680-90
- Antonio Carafa (1646-1693); Imperial Field Marshal and Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
- Cardinal Pierluigi Carafa (1677-1755), former Dean of the College of Cardinals
- Cardinal Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1805 - 1879).
- Michele Carafa, 19th century Italian composer
- Ettore Carafa, late 18th century Neapolitan Republican