Salvatore

Salvatore is an Italian (especially Southern Italian) name that means "savior".

People

• Salvatore Accardo (born 1941), Italian violin virtuoso and conductor
• Salvatore Adamo (born 1943), singer, composer
• Salvatore Allegra (1898–1993), Italian composer
• Salvatore Antibo (born 1962), Italian long-distance runner
• Salvatore "Tory" Belleci (born 1972), American filmmaker known for his role in MythBusters
• Salvatore Bettiol (born 1961), Italian long-distance runner
• Salvatore Bocchetti (born 1986), Italian football (soccer) defender
• Salvatore "Bill" Bonanno (1932–2008), son of Mafia boss Joseph Bonanno
• Salvatore Bruno (born 1979), Italian football (soccer) striker
• Salvatore Cassano (born 1945), fire chief of New York City, New York
• Salvatore Contorno (born 1946), former Mafioso and state witness
• Salvatore Cuffaro (born 1958), Italian politician
• Salvatore D'Aquila (1877–1928), New York City Mafia boss
• Salvatore da Horta (1520–1567), Spanish saint
• Salvatore Di Vittorio (born 1967), Italian composer and conductor
• Sully Erna (birth name Salvatore) (born 1968), American musician known for being lead singer and rhythm guitarist of Godsmack
• Salvatore Ferragamo (1898–1960), fashion designer
• Salvatore Giuliano (1922–1950)
• Salvatore Giunta (born 1985), US Army staff sergeant and a recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Salvatore Greco (disambiguation)
• Salvatore Inzerillo (1944–1981), Sicilian Mafioso
• Salvatore Lima (1928–1992), Italian politician
• Salvatore Lo Piccolo (born 1942), also known as the Baron (il Barone), Sicilian mafioso
• Salvatore Lucania (1897–1962), also known as Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano, Sicilian-American mafioso
• Salvatore Maranzano (1886–1931), Sicilian-American Mafioso
• Salvatore Massaro (Eddie Lang) (1902–1933), jazz guitarist
• Salvatore Mineo (1939–1976), actor
• Salvatore Montagna (born 1971) as of 2006, the reputed acting boss of the Bonanno crime family
• Salvatore Pappalardo (composer), Italian composer and conductor
• Salvatore Pincherle (1853–1936), Italian mathematician
• Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968), Italian author and poet
• Salvatore Riina (born 1930), Sicilian mafioso
• Sal Rinauro (born 1982), professional wrestler
• Salvatore Schillaci (born 1964), Italian football (soccer) player
• Salvatore Sirigu (born 1987), Italian football (soccer) player
• Salvatore Vasapolli (born 1955), photographer, artist
• Salvatore Viganò (1769–1821), Italian choreographer, dancer and composer
• Dominic Salvatore Gentile (1920−1951), United States Army Air Forces officer
• John Romita, Jr. (middle name Salvatore) (born 1956), comic artist

Places

• San Salvatore (disambiguation)

Other

• Salvatore, a character in the novel The Name of the Rose
• Salvatore Leone, one of the characters featured in video games of Grand Theft Auto (series)
• Salvatore "Sal" Romano, Sterling Cooper's art director in the AMC dramatic television series Mad Men
• Salvatore "Sal" Paradise, protagonist in the novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac

As a last name

• R. A. Salvatore (born 1959), fiction writer
• Chris Salvatore (born 1985), American actor, singer-songwriter, model
• Damon and Stefan Salvatore, vampires from The Vampire Diaries (novel series)

See also

• Salvator (disambiguation), a Latin word meaning savior
• Salvador (disambiguation), a Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese word meaning savior
• Salvo (disambiguation), a common diminutive of Salvatore