Spinola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Agostino Spinola, Italian cardinal Alberto Spinola, Italian water polo player Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases (1569–1630), Genoese banker and nobleman who served as a Spanish general António Sebastião Spínola (1875–1956), Portuguese politician António de Spínola (1910–1996), Portuguese soldier and politician Agustín de Spínola Basadone (1597–1649), Spanish cardinal and Archbishop of Seville Battista Spinola, 16th-century Doge of Genoa Benedict Spinola (1519/20–1580), a 16th-century Genoese merchant in London Charles Spinola, Beatified Spanish Jesuit missionary martyr in Japan Cristina Spínola, Spanish journalist Cristoval Rojas de Spinola, Spanish ecclesiastic Felipe Antonio Spinola, 4th Marquis of the Balbases, Spanish courtier and Viceroy of Sicily Filippo Spinola (1535–1593), Italian cardinal Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of Los Balbases (1594–1659) Francis Barretto Spinola (1821–1891), American soldier and congressman Giambattista Spinola (1615–1704), Cardinal and Archbishop of Genoa Giambattista Spinola, Jr (1646–1719), Italian cardinal Giandomenico Spinola (1580–1646), Italian cardinal Giovanni Battista Spinola (1681–1752), Italian cardinal Magdalena Spínola (1896-1991), Guatemalan poet Marcelo Spinola y Maestre (1835–1906), Archbishop of Seville Maximilian Spinola (1780–1857), Italian entomologist Oberto Spinola, 13th-century politician in Genoa Opicino Spinola, early fourteenth century, political leader in Genoa Paolo Spinola (1929–2005), Italian filmmaker Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of the Balbases (1628–1699), Spanish diplomat Ugo Pietro Spinola (1791–1858), Italian papal diplomat and cardinal