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:

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
 * 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 Villaroel) (born 1975)
 * Socorro Salgado (Judy Ann Santos) (born 1978)