Sal is a given name and nickname, the latter often of Salvatore, Salvador, or Salomon.
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Artists and entertainers
Sal Abruscato (born 1970), American drummer
Sal Buscema (1936–2026), American comic book artist
Sal Governale (born 1968), American comedian, radio personality, pizzeria expert, stockbroker, member of The Howard Stern Show
Sal Iacono (born 1971), American comedian
Sal Mineo (1939–1976), American actor
Sal Nistico (1938–1991), American jazz tenor saxophonist
Sal Randolph (born 1959), American artist and theorist
Sal Salvador (1925–1999), American bebop jazz guitarist and music educator
Sal Solo (born 1961), English singer born Christopher Scott Stevens
Sal Stowers (born 1986), American actress and model
Sal Valentino (born 1942), American rock musician, singer and songwriter, lead singer of The Beau Brummels
Sal Viscuso (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 (1944–2023), American baseball player
Sal Bartolo (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 (1917–1992), American baseball pitcher
Sal Olivas (born c. 1946), American college football player
Sal Rinauro (born 1982), American professional wrestler
Sal Sunseri (born 1959), American football coach
Sal Wormley (born 2001), American football player
Sal Zizzo Jr. (born 1987), American soccer player
Politicians
Sal Brinton (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 (born 1945), American politician convicted of corruption
Sal Esquivel (born 1948), American politician
Sal Santoro (born 1951), American politician
Other
Sal Castro (1933–2013), Mexican-American educator and activist
Sal Khan (born 1976), American teacher and entrepreneur
Sal Restivo (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, 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, 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
Salvatore “Sal” Hunter, a main protagonist from the Nickelodeon TV show Hunter Street





