# Salgado (name)

Salgado is a Galician and Portuguese surname.

## 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
* Salgado Brito Juan, member of the LVI Legislature
* 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 (died 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
* Lélia Wanick Salgado, photographer
* Leonardo Salgado, Argentine paleontologist
* Minoli Salgado, Malaysian-born British writer and academic
* M. P. Salgado, 40th Surveyor General of Sri Lanka
* Ricardo Salgado, Portuguese economist and banker
* Ranji Salgado (1929–2009), Sri Lankan Sinhala economist and civil servant
* Rendell Tamaca Salgado, Filipino Protestant pastor and heraldic artist, a follower of Jesus Christ.
* Rob Salgado, Golden Knights chess champion: 1975, 1983
* Sebastião Salgado (born 1944), Brazilian photographer
* Silvia Salgado, 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

### Esperanza

* 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)