Salvador (name)

Salvador (meaning "saviour" in Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese) is normally an indirect way of naming a Messiah.

People with the given name

 * Salvador Allende (1908−1973), deposed president of Chile
 * Salvador Bacarisse (1898−1963), Spanish composer
 * Salva Ballesta (born 1975), Spanish footballer
 * Salvador Dalí (1904−1989), Spanish surrealist painter
 * Salvador Espriu (1913−1985), Spanish poet
 * Salvador Fidalgo (1756−1803), Spanish explorer
 * Salvador Franco (died 3 January 2021), Venezuelan detainee
 * Salvador Gómez (water polo) (born 1968), Spanish water polo player
 * Salvador Gonzáles Escalona (1948–2021), Cuban artist
 * Salvador González Marco (born 1963), Spanish footballer
 * Salvador "Doy" Laurel (1928−2004), Filipino politician
 * Salvador Luria (1912−1991), Italian-American scientist
 * Salvador de Madariaga (1886−1978), Spanish writer
 * Salvador Medialdea (born 1951), Filipino lawyer, business executive, and government administrator
 * Salvador Novo (1904−1974), Mexican writer
 * Salvador Panelo (fl. 1970s–2010s), Filipino politician
 * Salvador Pineda (born 1952), Mexican actor
 * Salvador Puig Antich (1948−1974), Spanish anarchist executed by garrote under the Francoist State
 * Salvador Ramos (2004-2022), American mass shooter who was the perpetrator of the Robb Elementary School shooting
 * Salvador Sánchez (1959−1982), Mexican boxer
 * Salvador Sobral (born 1989), Portuguese Eurovision winner.
 * Salvador Volpati, Portuguese footballer
 * Salvador José Zapata (1781–1854), Spanish Galician pharmacist, philanthropist in Havana

People with the surname

 * António Salvador (athlete) (born 1966), Portuguese long-distance runner
 * Alexya Salvador (born 1980), Brazilian reverend and teacher
 * Bryce Salvador (born 1976), Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
 * Francis Salvador (1747−1776), Jewish-American patriot
 * Gregorio Salvador Caja (1927–2020), Spanish linguist
 * Henri Salvador (1917−2008), French singer and jazz guitarist
 * Herman "Isko" Salvador (born 1958), Filipino actor and comedian, also known as Brod Pete
 * Janella Salvador (born 1998), Filipina actress
 * Jordi Salvador (born 1964), Spanish politician
 * Jorge Salvador Lara (1926−2012), Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, diplomat, columnist, writer, and historian.
 * Joseph Salvador (1716−1786), head of the British East India Company, leader of the Sephardic community in Great Britain, and great-grandfather of Francis Salvador
 * Lou Salvador (1905−1973), Filipino basketball player
 * Maja Salvador (born 1988), Filipina actress
 * Phillip Salvador (born 1953), Filipino actor
 * Rosauro Reyes Salvador, better known as Ross Rival (1945−2007), Filipino actor
 * Tod Rex Salvador (also known as Tripp Eisen), ex-guitarist of Murderdolls, Dope and Static-X