•
Antonio Malizia Carafa (died 1437/8), diplomat •
Diomede Carafa (died 1487), councillor and humanist •
Oliviero Carafa (1430 – 20 January 1511), cardinal •
Giovanni Pietro Carafa (1476–1559), became
Pope Paul IV from May 1555 until his death •
Gianvincenzo Carafa (1477-1541), cardinal •
Diomede Carafa (1492-1560), cardinal •
Carlo Carafa (1517-1561), cardinal, nephew of Pope Paul IV; executed under Pope Pius IV •
Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano (died 1561), nephew of Pope Paul IV; executed under Pope Pius IV •
Antonio Carafa (1538–1591), cardinal, nephew of Pope Paul IV •
Alfonso Carafa (1540 – 1565), cardinal, grandnephew of Pope Paul IV •
Fabrizio Carafa (1588–1651),
Bishop of Bitonto • Fabrizio Carafa (died 1590), Duke of
Andria; murdered by composer
Carlo Gesualdo (1566–1613), Prince of
Venosa and Count of
Conza, for having an affair with Gesualdo's wife •
Girolamo Caraffa (1564–1633), Marquis of Montenegro, a general in Spanish and Imperial service •
Decio Carafa (1556–1626), cardinal •
Pier Luigi Carafa (1581-1655), cardinal • Porzia Carafa, mother of
Pope Innocent XII (1615-1700) • Giuseppe Carafa (died 1647), Neapolitan aristocrat who was killed in July 1647 during the early stages of the
Revolt of Masaniello against Spanish Habsburg rule •
Vincenzo Carafa (1585-1649),
Superior General of the Society of Jesus •
Francesco Maria Carafa (died in prison, 1642), 5th
Duke of Nochera, 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 •
Tiberio Carafa (1669–1742), man of letters •
Pierluigi Carafa (1677–1755),
Dean of the College of Cardinals •
Francesco Carafa di Trajetto (1722-1818), cardinal •
Ettore Carafa (1767-1799), late 18th-century Neapolitan Republican •
Michele Carafa (1787-1872), 19th-century Italian composer •
Domenico Carafa della Spina di Traetto (1805–1879), cardinal == Princes of the Carafa family ==