Aquila is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

• Priscilla and Aquila, a New Testament couple who assisted Paul of Tarsus
• Aquila of Sinope, second-century translator of the Old Testament
• Aquila Romanus, a third-century Latin grammarian
• Pontius Aquila, first-century B.C. Roman tribune of the plebs

• Caspar Aquila (1488–1560), German reformer
• Nicholas de Aquila (died after 1220), English bishop
• Peter of Aquila (died 1361), Italian theologian
• Pietro Aquila (c. 1630-1692), Italian painter
• Richard II of Aquila, 12th-century Italo-Norman Count of Fondi
• Serafino dell' Aquila (1466–1500), Italian poet

• Aquila Chase (17th century), early Puritan settler in the American colonies and founder of the influential Chase family
• Aquila Emil (died 2011), Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer
• Aquila Berlas Kiani (1921–2012), Pakistani scholar
• Frank Aquila, a Manitoba judge
• Frank J. Aquila (born 1957), American lawyer
• Samuel J. Aquila (born 1950), Roman Catholic bishop

• Aquilla (disambiguation)