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:
Musicians Curtis Salgado (born 1954), an American musician Gugut Salgado, member of Moonpools & Caterpillars Luis Humberto Salgado Torres, an Ecuadorian musician Michael Salgado, a Tejano musician
Politicians
Brazil , governor of Minas Gerais Plínio Salgado (1895–1975), founder of Brazilian Integralism
Chile
Honduras Juan Ramón Salgado (1961–2006), member of the Liberal Party
Mexico Alvárez Salgado Roberto, member of the LVI Legislature Juan Salgado Brito (1948–2025), politician Salgado Delgado Fernando, member of the LVI Legislature (born 1971), Mexican politician
Peru Luz Salgado
Portugal Salgado Zenha, founding member of the Socialist Party
Spain Elena Salgado (born 1949) , television personality and diplomat Gabriel Arias-Salgado (1904–1962) Rafael Arias-Salgado, member of the People's Party
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 Gabriela Salgado (born 1998), a South African soccer player 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 Omar Salgado (born 1993), an American soccer player , president of Deportivo de La Coruña (1952–1953)
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 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 Ramón Franco (Ramón Franco y Bahamonde, Salgado y Pardo de Andrade), a Spanish aviator and political activist 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)
See also Salgado (disambiguation)