Coda

Coda is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Paolo Coda di Cava, Naples, Italy - 1493 - Architect. Ref. "Holy Naples - a guide to the city's churches", edited by Elio de Rosa. Benedetto Coda (died 1535), Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was active in Rimini from the years 1495 to 1508. Only a few works remain in Rimini, Pesaro and Ravenna dated from 1520 to 1530. Bartolomeo Coda painter and son of Benedetto. His works, "The Saint Rocco of Pesaro" - dated 1528, and "The Annunciation to Our Lady of the Mountain of Cesena", dated 1541, are well known. Marcantonio Coda born in 1630 in the Kingdom of Napoli (Italy). He was a lawyer, painter and agronomist. His paintings are in San Giovanni Maggiore church, Naples, and he wrote a famous agronomy treaty : "Breve discorso del principio, privilegii, et istruttioni della regia dohana della mena delle pecore in Puglia". William F. Cody (USA 1846-1917) nicknamed Buffalo Bill by the men of the Union Pacific Railway whom he supplied with buffalo meat. He became famous for downing a record 4280 buffaloes in eight months. Francesco Coda, Avella 1858 - Naples 1933. Ecclesiastic painter (gold decorations in the Gesu' Nuovo church - Naples). Samuel Franklin Cody, Iowa USA 1867 - Farnborough UK 1913. The first man to build and fly a powered aeroplane in Britain in the year 1908. His pioneering motorised flights took place at Farnborough, a place destined to become the heart of world-wide experimental flying, known as the RAE (Royal Aircraft Establishment). He died during a test flight and his tomb is at the Aldershot Military Cemetery (UK). Mario Coda Nunziante, Turin 1885 - Naples 1950, Marquis of San Ferdinando. John Coda, (born Los Angeles 1932) American composer with a focus on film music and television scoring. Luigi Coda Nunziante, Naples 1933 - Florence 2015.