Lanza is an Italian surname meaning "spear" or "lance".

Lanza may also refer to:

People

Surname

• Adam Lanza (1992–2012), perpetrator of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting

• Alcides Lanza (1929–2024), Canadian composer

• Andrew Lanza (born 1964), New York State senator

• Angela Lanza, American singer

• Beatrice Lanza (born 1982), Italian athlete

• Cesare Lanza (born 1942), Italian journalist and author

• Chuck Lanza (born 1964), NFL player

• Clara Lanza (1858–1939), American author

• Cosimo Damiano Lanza (born 1962), Italian pianist, harpsichordist and composer

• Damián Lanza (born 1982), Ecuadorian footballer

• Francesco "Frank" Lanza (died 1937), first crime boss of the Lanza crime family

• Giovanni Lanza (1810–1882), Italian politician

• Giuseppe Lanza, 17th century Sicilian nobleman

• Jack Lanza (aka Blackjack Lanza) (1935-2021), wrestler

• James Lanza (1902–2006), Italian-American mobster better known as 'Jimmy the Hat'

• Jessy Lanza (born 1985), Canadian musician

• Joseph Lanza (1904–1968), New York labor racketeer and member of the Genovese crime family

• Laura Lanza (1529–1563), noblewoman in Sicily and murder victim

• Mario Lanza (1921–1959), American actor and opera singer

• Nimal Lanza (born 1974), Sri Lankan politician

• Pietro Lanza di Scalea (1863–1938), Italian noble and politician

• Robert Lanza (born 1956), American scientist

Given name

• Lanza del Vasto (1901–1981), Italian philosopher and activist.

Geography

• Lanza, a frazione of Rumo, Trentino

• Lanza (Milan Metro), station of Milan Metro

• Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands

See also

• Lancia (disambiguation)

• Lanze, German municipality in Schleswig-Holstein

• Lanzo (disambiguation)