Salgado (name)

Etymology

The surname Salgado, in Galician and Portuguese, is a nickname for a witty person, coming from salgado 'salty', figuratively 'witty', 'piquant' (from Late Latin salicatus, past participle of salicare 'to give salt to').

People with the surname include:

Politicians

Equatorial Guinea

• Alejandro Arias Salgado, colonial governor (1877-1879)

Honduras

• Juan Ramón Salgado (1961–2006), member of the Liberal Party

Brazil

• Clóvis Salgado da Gama, governor of Minas Gerais
• Plínio Salgado (1895–1975), founder of Brazilian Integralism

Mexico

• Alvárez Salgado Roberto, member of the LVI Legislature
• Juan Salgado Brito (1948–2025), politician
• Salgado Delgado Fernando, member of the LVI Legislature
• Zeferino Salgado

Peru

• Luz Salgado

Portugal

• Salgado Zenha, founding member of the Socialist Party

Spain

• Fernando Arias-Salgado, television personality and diplomat
• Gabriel Arias-Salgado (1904–1962)
• Rafael Arias-Salgado, member of the People's Party
• Elena Salgado (born 1949)

Sports personalities

• Belarmino Salgado (born 1966), a Cuban judoka
• Carolina Solberg Salgado (born 1987), a Brazilian beach volleyball player
• Dilhara Salgado (born 1983), Sri Lankan Sinhala archer
• Eloy Salgado, footballer for the Houston Force
• Javier Alvarez Salgado, a Spanish athlete
• Jorge Sánchez Salgado (born 1985), a Cuban volleyball player
• José Luis Salgado (born 1966), a Mexican footballer
• Mario Salgado (born 1981), a Chilean footballer
• Michel Salgado (born 1975), a Spanish footballer
• Rafael Salgado Torres, president of Deportivo de La Coruña (1952-1953)
• Omar Salgado (born 1993), an American soccer player

Musicians

• Luis Humberto Salgado Torres, an Ecuadorian musician
• Curtis Salgado (born 1954), an American musician
• Gugut Salgado, member of Moonpools & Caterpillars
• Johnny Salgado, member of Proyecto Uno
• Michael Salgado, a Tejano musician

Other

• Aaron J. Salgado, film director of Jamaica Motel
• Andrés Salgado Tous, colombian screenwriter
• Carlos Salgado (1940–2007), Honduran radio journalist and comedian
• Carolina Salgado, former partner of Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa
• James Salgado (fl. 1680), Spanish refugee and pamphleteer
• José Salgado, founder of Lobos, Argentina
• Juliano Ribeiro Salgado (born 1974), Brazilian filmmaker, director, and writer
• Lélia Wanick Salgado (born 1947), Brazilian author, film producer and environmentalist
• Leonardo Salgado, Argentine paleontologist
• M. P. Salgado, 40th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka
• Minoli Salgado, Malaysian-born British writer and academic
• Ranji Salgado (1929–2009), Sri Lankan Sinhala economist and civil servant
• Ricardo Salgado, Portuguese economist and banker
• Rob Salgado, Golden Knights chess champion: 1975, 1983
• Sebastião Salgado (1944–2025), Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist
• Silvia Salgado (model), Mexican model

Extended names

• Diego Salgado Costa de Menezes (Diego Salgado da Costa Menezes), a Brazilian footballer
• Estéfano (Fabio Alonso Salgado), a Colombian musician
• Francisco Franco (Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade), Spanish head of state
• Ramón Franco (Ramón Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade), a Spanish aviator and political activist
• José Lind (José Lind Salgado), a Puerto Rican baseball player
• Maria do Carmo Roma Machado Cardoso Salgado (born 1914), a member of the Portuguese nobility; great-grandmother of Maria Roma
• Ruth Zavaleta (Ruth Zavaleta Salgado), a Mexican politician

Fictional people

• Ligia Salgado (Teresa Seiblitz) (born 1964), Brazilian version of Desperate Housewives

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• Isabel Illutre de Salgado (Charo Santos-Concio) (born 1955)
• Juan Salgado (Dante Rivero)
• Raphael Salgado (Marvin Agustin) (born 1979)
• Regina Salgado (Angelika de la Cruz) (born 1981)
• Rosella Salgado (Carmina Villarroel) (born 1975)
• Socorro Salgado (Judy Ann Santos) (born 1978)