Salgado (name)

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:

• 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

• Clóvis Salgado da Gama [pt; ru; vo], governor of Minas Gerais
• Plínio Salgado (1895–1975), founder of Brazilian Integralism

• René Tapia Salgado (1914–2006), Chilean politician

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

• Alvárez Salgado Roberto, member of the LVI Legislature
• Juan Salgado Brito (1948–2025), politician
• Salgado Delgado Fernando, member of the LVI Legislature
• Zeferino Salgado [es] (born 1971), Mexican politician

• Luz Salgado

• Salgado Zenha, founding member of the Socialist Party

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

• 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
• Omar Salgado (born 1993), an American soccer player
• Rafael Salgado Torres [gl; es], president of Deportivo de La Coruña (1952–1953)

• 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