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and

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, the latter often of Salvatore, Salvador, or Salomon.

Artists and entertainers

* Sal Abruscato (born 1970), American drummer * Silvio

Sal Buscema Sal Buscema ( ; born Silvio Buscema, , on January 26, 1936) is an American comics artist, primarily for Marvel Comics, where he had a ten-year run as artist of ''The Incredible Hulk (comic book), The Incredible Hulk'' and an eight-year run as art ...

(born 1936), American comic book artist * Sal Governale (born 1968), American comedian, radio personality, pizzeria expert, stockbroker, member of

The Howard Stern Show ''The Howard Stern Show'' is an American radio show hosted by Howard Stern that gained wide recognition when it was radio syndication, nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from WINS-FM, WXRK in New York City, between 1986 and 2005. The sho ...

* Salvatore Sal Iacono (born 1971), American comedian * Salvatore

Sal Mineo Salvatore Mineo Jr. (January 10, 1939 – February 12, 1976) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as John "Plato" Crawford in the drama film '' Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award ...

(1939–1976), American actor * Salvatore

Sal Nistico Salvatore Nistico (April 2, 1940 – March 3, 1991) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Career Associated for many years with Woody Herman's Herd, Nistico played in the group from 1962 to 1965, considered one of Herman's best bands, with ...

(1938–1991), American jazz tenor saxophonist * Sarah Sal Randolph (born 1959), American artist and theorist *

Sal Salvador Sal Salvador (November 21, 1925 – September 22, 1999), whose name was originally Silvio Smiraglia, was an American bebop jazz guitarist and a prominent music educator. He was born in Monson, Massachusetts, United States, and began his profession ...

(1925–1999), American bebop jazz guitarist and music educator *

Sal Solo Sal Solo (born Christopher Scott Stevens; b. 5 September 1961 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England) is an English singer. Career Solo began his career with a band called The News, which released one 7" single on GTO Rec ...

(born 1961), English singer born Christopher Scott Stevens * Saleisha Sal Stowers (born 1986), American actress and model * Sal Valentino (born 1942), American rock musician, singer and songwriter, lead singer of The Beau Brummels, born Salvatore Willard Spampinato *

Sal Viscuso Sal Viscuso (born October 5, 1948 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Father Timothy Flotsky in ''Soap'' (1977-1981). Acting career He is known for playing the character Father Timothy Flotsky on the t ...

(born 1948), American actor * Sal Vulcano (born 1976), American comedian, television star, and member of The Tenderloins

Athletes

* Sal Barbier (born 1969), American skateboarder and footwear designer *

Sal Bando Salvatore Leonard Bando (February 13, 1944 – January 20, 2023) was an American professional baseball player and general manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from to , most prominently as the captain of the Oakland A ...

(1944–2023), American baseball player *

Sal Bartolo Salvatore Interbartolo, better known as Sal Bartolo (November 5, 1917 – February 19, 2002) was an American boxer and WBA featherweight champion from March 1944 through May 1946. At the time, Bartolo's title was sanctioned by the National B ...

(1917–2002), American boxer and former WBA featherweight champion * Sal Bernal (born 1992), Mexican soccer player * Sal Fasano (born 1971), American baseball catcher *

Sal Maglie Salvatore Anthony Maglie (April 26, 1917 – December 28, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later, a scout and a pitching coach. He played from 1945 to 1958 for the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New ...

(1917–1992), American baseball pitcher * Sal Olivas (born c. 1946), American college football player * Sal Rinauro (born 1982), American professional wrestler *

Sal Sunseri Sal Sunseri (born August 1, 1959) is an American college and professional football coach who most recently served as the defensive tackles coach for the University of Colorado of the Pac-12 Conference. Sunseri played college football for the Uni ...

(born 1959), American football coach *

Sal Zizzo Salvatore "Sal" Zizzo Jr. (born April 3, 1987 in San Diego, CA) is an American former professional association football, soccer player who played as a winger (association football), winger or full-back (association football), full-back. Career ...

Jr. (born 1987), American soccer player

Politicians

* Sarah

Sal Brinton Sarah Virginia Brinton, Baroness Brinton (born 1 April 1955), known as Sal Brinton, is a British politician who served as president of the Liberal Democrats from 2015 to 2020. In November 2010 she was nominated to the House of Lords, taking he ...

(born 1955), British politician, President of the Liberal Democrats * Sal Cannella (born 1943), American politician * Sal DiDomenico, American politician, member of the Massachusetts Senate since 2010 *

Salvatore DiMasi Salvatore Francis "Sal" DiMasi (born August 11, 1945) is a former Democratic state representative in Massachusetts. The former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives originally joined the state legislature in 1979, as a member of ...

(born 1945), American politician convicted of corruption * Sal Esquivel (born 1948), American politician * Sal Santoro (born 1951), American politician

Other

* Salvador

Sal Castro Salvador B. Castro (October 25, 1933 – April 15, 2013) was a Mexican-American educator and activist. He was most well known for his role in the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkouts, a series of protests against unequal conditions in ...

(1933–2013), Mexican-American educator and activist * Salman

Sal Khan Salman Amin Khan (born October 11, 1976) is an American educator and the founder of Khan Academy, a free online non-profit educational platform with which he has produced over 6,500 video lessons teaching a wide spectrum of academic ...

(born 1976), American teacher and entrepreneur *

Sal Restivo Sal Restivo (born 1940) is a sociologist/anthropologist. Work Restivo is a leading contributor to science studies and in particular to the sociology of mathematics. His current work focuses on the sociology of mind and brain, and the sociology o ...

(born 1940), sociologist/anthropologist * Wassim Slaiby (born 1979), Lebanese-Canadian record executive, talent manager, entrepreneur and philanthropist, better known by his nickname "Sal"

Fictional characters

* An alias of Big Pussy Bonpensiero, on the television series ''The Sopranos'' * Salvatore

Sal Maroni Salvatore Vincent Maroni is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, commonly in association with Batman. The substantial character is portrayed as a powerful mob boss and gangster of Italian descent in Gotha ...

, a DC Comics enemy of Batman * Aunt Sal, on the British soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by South African-British Actress Anna Karen * Sal Manella, a film director from '' Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'' * Sal Minella, a Muppet chimpanzee *

Salvatore Tessio Salvatore "Sal" Tessio is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's 1969 novel ''The Godfather'', as well as two of the films based on it: ''The Godfather'' (1972) and ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974). His given name was created for the films; in the ...

, in the novel ''The Godfather'' and the film adaptation and the sequel, ''The Godfather Part II'' * Sal, an animated ''Futurama'' character * SAL 9000, a fictional computer in ''2010: Odyssey Two'' * Sal Paradise, the protagonist of Jack Kerouac's 1958 novel ''On The Road'' * Sal Mustela, optional crew member in Need For Speed Carbon * Sal Fisher, video game protagonist from Steve Gabry's Sally Face {{given name Nicknames Hypocorisms