Salazar is a surname meaning ''old hall'' (from Castilian ''Sala''

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and

Basque Basque may refer to: * Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France * Basque language, their language Places * Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France * Basque Country (autonomous co ...

''zahar'' ld. The name originates from the town of the same name: Salazar, in northern

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of t ...

, Castile,

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. Although northern Burgos is not currently a Basque-speaking region, the language was spoken there when the surname appeared there during the early Middle Ages. Its origins are also related to a certain noble family, the Salazars, that held a fief in the area. During the 10th century, the surname appears as mentioned in

Navarre Navarre (; es, Navarra ; eu, Nafarroa ), officially the Chartered Community of Navarre ( es, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, links=no ; eu, Nafarroako Foru Komunitatea, links=no ), is a foral autonomous community and province in northern Spain, ...

, where it spread and there even exists a Salazar Valley. It later also spread to the rest of the Basque Country, being specially common in

Biscay Biscay (; eu, Bizkaia ; es, Vizcaya ) is a province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country, heir of the ancient Lordship of Biscay, lying on the south shore of the eponymous bay. The capital and largest city is Bilbao. B ...

during the 15th century. During that time, Lope García de Salazar, a famous writer, took part in the

Reconquista The ' (Spanish, Portuguese and Galician for "reconquest") is a historiographical construction describing the 781-year period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in 711 and the fall of the Nasrid ...

of Cuenca, where he was granted a fief and founded a notable family. Some of his descendants took part in the

Conquest of the Americas During the Age of Discovery, a large scale European colonization of the Americas took place between about 1492 and 1800. Although the Norse had explored and colonized areas of the North Atlantic, colonizing Greenland and creating a short ter ...

, thus spreading the surname all through the Spanish Americas; others intermarried many noble families, and the surname spread all through the

Iberian peninsula The Iberian Peninsula (), ** * Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica'' ** ** * french: Péninsule Ibérique * mwl, Península Eibérica * eu, Iberiar penintsula also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in southwestern Europe, defi ...

. Salazar is a common in Latin America because there were a number of Salazars among the early Spanish conquerors and settlers. Salazar is also a common surname among

Roma people The Romani (also spelled Romany or Rromani , ), colloquially known as the Roma, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group, traditionally nomadic itinerants. They live in Europe and Anatolia, and have diaspora populations located worldwide, with sign ...

. Due to several

census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given population. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses incl ...

es made in the

Kingdom of Castile The Kingdom of Castile (; es, Reino de Castilla, la, Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region. It began in the 9th centu ...

during the 14th and 15th centuries, every Castilian subject was forced to take a name and two surnames. The Roma, who used to call themselves only by a first name, decided to take established surnames to add prestige to their families.GAMELLA, Juan F.; GÓMEZ ALFARO, Antonio y PÉREZ PÉREZ, Juan (2012). Los apellidos de los gitanos españoles en los censos de 1783-85. Revista de Humanidades

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n. 19, artículo 3, ISSN 2340-8995. They chose from among the oldest noble families, usually of Basque origin, thus it is extremely common to find Roma with surnames such as Heredia, Salazar, Mendoza, or Montoya.''Diccionario de apellidos españoles'', Roberto Faure,

María Asunción Ribes Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

, Antonio García, Editorial Eswpasa, Madrid 2001. . Section III.3.8 page XXXIX.

People

Alexander James Salazar (work) Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Abel Salazar (actor) Abel Salazar García (24 September 1917 – 21 October 1995) was a Mexican actor, producer and director. He appeared in 70 films between 1941 and 1989. He was a son of ''Don'' García and his wife, and brother to ''Don'' Alfredo Salazar. ...

(1917–1995), Mexican actor, producer, and director *

Abel Salazar (scientist) Abel de Lima Salazar (19 July 1889, Guimarães - 29 December 1946, Lisbon), was a Portugal, Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer and Painting, painter who worked and lived in Porto. He was the son of Adolfo Barroso Pereira Salazar ...

(1889–1946), Portuguese physician, lecturer, researcher, writer, and painter *

Alberto Salazar Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American former track coach and long-distance runner. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, living in Connecticut and then in Wayland, Massachusetts, whe ...

(born 1958), American distance runner and athletics coach banned for life for emotional and sexual misconduct *

Alejandro Salazar Alejandro Salazar (born February 18, 1984) is an American former professional soccer player. He played during the 2000s in the United States and Australia. Biography Born in Eugene, Oregon, Salazar's father is marathon runner Alberto Salazar. ...

(born 1984), American soccer-player *

Alexander Salazar Alejandro Salazar (born November 28, 1949) is a Costa Rican-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Salazar served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 2004 to 2018. He resigned as auxiliary bishop in 20 ...

(born 1949), Costa-Rican-American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church *

Alonso de Salazar Toribio Alonso de Salazar, (died 5 September 1526) born in Biscay, was a Spanish navigator of Basque origin, who was the first Westerner to arrive on the Marshall Islands on August 21, 1526. De Salazar was part of the Fray García Jofre de Loa ...

(died 1526), Spanish explorer and discoverer of Marshall Islands *

Alonso Salazar Frias Alonso is a Spanish name of Germanic origin that is a Castilian variant of ''Adalfuns''. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 36.6% of all known bearers of the surname ''Alonso'' were residents of Spain (frequency 1:222), 26.1% of Mexico (1:83 ...

(c. 1564–1636), Spanish opponent of witch-trials * Anaís (Ana Isabel Salazar, born 1974), Mexican actress *

Ángel Salazar Ángel Salazar (born March 2, 1956) is a Cuban-American comedian and actor. He is known for saying "Sheck it out" ("check it out") before, during, and after jokes. Career He co-starred with Tom Hanks in the film ''Punchline'' (1988) and with Al ...

(born 1956), Cuban-American comedian and actor *

Antonio de Salazar (composer) Antonio de Salazar (or Zalazar) (c.1650–1715) was a Novohispano composer. Salazar was born in Puebla de los Angeles, current Mexico. In 1698 he turned into the master of the chapel of Puebla Puebla Cathedral, then later held his final positi ...

(c. 1650–1715), composer and choirmaster *

António de Oliveira Salazar António de Oliveira Salazar (, , ; 28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese dictator who served as President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the ("National Dictatorship"), he reframed the re ...

(1889–1970), Portuguese academic and politician *

Antonio Sebastián de Toledo, 2nd Marquis of Mancera Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

(c. 1608–1715), Viceroy of New Spain *

(born 1956), Cuban-American comedian and actor *

Ángel Salazar (baseball) Argenis Antonio Salazar Yepez (born November 4, 1961) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos (1983–84), Kansas City Royals (1986–87) and Chicago Cubs (1988). He batted and threw right-handed. Sala ...

(born 1961), former Major League Baseball shortstop * Benjamin Salazar Jr (born 1977) Deputy State Fire Marshal Cal Fire * Braulio Salazar (1917–2008), Venezuelan painter * Carlos Salazar (disambiguation), Argentine politician * César Salazar (born 1996), Mexican baseball player *

Cristina Díaz María Cristina Díaz Salazar is a Mexican lawyer and politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). She is a former municipal president (mayor) of Guadalupe, Nuevo León. Today, she is senator for the state of Nuevo L ...

Salazar (born 1958), Mexican politician * Diego Salazar (born 1980), Colombian weightlifter *

Domingo de Salazar Domingo de Salazar (1512 – 4 December 1594) was a Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Manila (1579–94) ''(in Latin)''Eliseo Salazar Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela (born 14 November 1954) is a Chilean former racing driver. , he is the only Chilean to have participated in a Formula One World Championship. He made his Formula One debut on 15 March 1981, and ultimately contested 37 r ...

(born 1954), Chilean racing driver *

Elsa Salazar Cade Elsa Salazar Cade (born 1952 in San Antonio, Texas) is a Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist. Elsa received her undergraduate degree in elementary education at the University of Texas at Austin and her master's in public school ad ...

(born 1952), U.S. entomologist *

Emiliano Zapata Emiliano Zapata Salazar (; August 8, 1879 – April 10, 1919) was a Mexican revolutionary. He was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1920, the main leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos, and the ins ...

Salazar (1879–1919), Mexican Revolution leader *

Evangelina Salazar Evangelina Yolanda Salazar (born June 15, 1946) is an Argentine actress.

(born 1946), Argentine actress * Fanny Zampini Salazar (1853–1931), Belgian-born Italian writer, editor, and lecturer *

Francisco Cervantes de Salazar Francisco Cervantes de Salazar (1514? – 1575) was a Spanish man of letters and rector of the Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico, founded in 1551. He was born and raised in Toledo, Spain. He first attended Alejo Venegas’s Grammar ...

(1514?–1575), Spanish theologian, writer, chronicler, and rector of the University of Mexico * Francisco Javier Salazar Sáenz, Mexican Secretary of Labor * Francisco Salazar, Chilean handball-player *

Gabriel Salazar Gabriel Salazar Vergara (born 31 January 1936) is a Chilean historian. He is known in his country for his study of social history and interpretations of social movements, particularly the recent student protests of 2006 and 2011–12. Salazar ...

(born 1936), Chilean historian *

George Salazar George Ernest Salazar (born March 7, 1986) is an American actor, singer, and musician known for his work on and off-Broadway. He made his Broadway debut in the 2011 revival of Stephen Schwartz's ''Godspell''. Salazar originated the role of as ...

(born 1986), American actor *

Iván Salazar Iván Ernesto Salazar Aleijon (born 28 January 1998) is an Argentine soccer-player who plays as a midfielder for Plaza Colonia in the Uruguayan Primera División. Career Plaza Colonia A graduate of the club's youth academy, Salazar made his le ...

(born 1998), Uruguayan soccer-player * Jeff Salazar (born 1980), Major League Baseball outfielder *

John Salazar John Tony Salazar (born July 21, 1953) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 2005 until 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Agriculture in the C ...

(born 1953), American politician *

Jorge Ibarra Salazar Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) ( en, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education), also known as Tecnológico de Monterrey or just Tec, is a secular and Mixed-sex education, coeducational private ...

, Mexican economist * José Salazar (born 1957), Venezuelan triple jumper *

José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza José Francisco Xavier de Salazar y Mendoza (1750–1802) was a Mexican portrait painter known for being the first painter of significance to work in Spanish colonial New Orleans, Louisiana. Biography Salazar was born to Salvador de Salazar and ...

(1750–1802), Mexican portrait painter *

José Gregorio Salazar José Gregorio Salazar y Castro (1773 – 1 February 1838) was a general and a Liberal politician in Central America. He was acting president of the Federal Republic of Central America from September 16, 1834 to February 14, 1835, in between tw ...

(1773–1838), general, politician, president of the Federal Republic of Central America *

Juan de Oñate Juan de Oñate y Salazar (; 1550–1626) was a Spanish conquistador from New Spain, explorer, and colonial governor of the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in the viceroyalty of New Spain. He led early Spanish expeditions to the Great Pla ...

y Salazar (1550–1626), Spanish explorer, conquistador & governor of New Mexico *

Juan de Salazar ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

maestre de campo ''Maestre de campo'' was a rank created in 1534 by the Emperor Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, Carlos V, inferior in rank only to the ''captain general, capitán general'' and acted as a chief of staff. He was chosen by the monarch in the Council o ...

in the

Arauco War The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía. The conflict began at first as a reaction to the Spanish conquerors attempting to establish cities and force Mapuche ...

* Juana de Salazar, wife of governor of Chile Antonio de Acuña Cabrera *

Juan García de Salazar Juan García de Salazar (12 February 1639 (baptized) – 8 July 1710) was a Spanish baroque composer best remembered for his choral works in the '' stile antico,'' though a few Spanish works in a more modern style have also survived. Salazar ...

(1639–1710), Spanish composer *

Julia Salazar Julia Salazar (born December 30, 1990) is an American politician and activist. She is the New York State Senator for the 18th district, which covers much of northern Brooklyn, centered on Bushwick. She won the seat as a first-time candidate aft ...

, American political activist * Kenneth Salazar (born 1955), U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former U.S. Senator from the state of Colorado *

Luciana Salazar Luciana Salazar (born 7 November 1980) is an Argentine model, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Biography Modeling Salazar started her career as a model at the age of four, when she shot her first television commercial. As a teenager, she b ...

(born 1980), Argentine model and actress *

Luis Salazar Luis Ernesto Salazar Garcia (born May 19, 1956) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1992 as a third baseman and outfielder for the San Diego Padres (1980–84, 19 ...

(born 1956), former Major League Baseball infielder/outfielder *

Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano Manuel Salazar y Baquíjano, Count of Vistaflorida (July 24, 1777 – November 7, 1850) was a Peruvian politician who briefly served as the Interim President of Peru from June to August 1827. Salazar served as the President of the Congress in 1 ...

(1777–1850), President of Peru in 1827 *

Maria Elvira Salazar Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial *170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...

(born 1961), TV anchor and Representative for Florida's 27th Congressional seat * Martha Salazar (born 1970), American boxer *

Max Salazar Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) (1 ...

(1932–2010), American journalist and writer on Latin music *

Nick Salazar Nick L. Salazar (April 18, 1929 – October 23, 2020) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing the 40th District from 1974 to 2019. Early life and education Born in S ...

(1929–2020), American politician * Noel B. Salazar (born 1973), European sociocultural anthropologist *

Oscar Salazar (baseball) Oscar Enrique Salazar (born June 27, 1978) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He previously played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball ...

(born 1978), Major League Baseball second baseman * Oscar Salazar (taekwondo) (born 1977), Olympic taekwondo athlete from Mexico *

Philippe-Joseph Salazar Philippe-Joseph Salazar (), a French rhetorician and philosopher, was born on 10 February 1955 in Casablanca, then part of French Morocco. Salazar attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand a prestigious secondary-school in Paris (founded 1563) before s ...

(born 1955), French philosopher and rhetorician *

Ricardo Salazar Ricardo Salazar (born September 6, 1972) is a referee who currently referees for the Professional Referee Organization and International Matches. He became a full-time referee in 2007. MLS Since becoming a fully professional referee in 2007, ...

(born 1972), MLS and FIFA soccer-referee * Richard Salazar (born 1981), Venezuelan baseball pitcher * Roger Salazar (consultant) (born 1970), American former presidential and gubernatorial spokesperson *

Rosa Salazar Rosa Bianca Salazar (; born July 16, 1985) is a Canadian-American actress. She had roles in the NBC series '' Parenthood'' (2011–2012) and the FX anthology series '' American Horror Story: Murder House'' (2011). She made her breakthrough as t ...

(born 1985), American actress *

Rubén Salazar Ruben Salazar (March 3, 1928 – August 29, 1970) was a civil rights activist and a reporter for the ''Los Angeles Times,'' the first Mexican-American journalist from mainstream media to cover the Chicano community. Salazar was killed during t ...

(1928–1970), reporter for the ''Los Angeles Times'' and KMEX-TV, Los Angeles * Tim Salazar, Wyoming State Senator * Vicente Lucio Salazar (1832–1896), President of Ecuador in 1895 * Victor Salazar (1911–1985), American businessman, political figure and officeholder. * Víctor Salazar (footballer, born 1991), Colombian soccer-player *

Víctor Salazar (footballer, born 1993) Víctor Ezequiel Salazar (born 26 May 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Paraguayan Primera División club Olimpia. Career Salazar joined Rosario Central in 2007. He was promoted into their senior tea ...

, Argentine soccer-player *

Zeus A. Salazar Zeus Atayza Salazar (born April 20, 1934) is a Filipino history, historian, anthropology, anthropologist, and philosophy of history, philosopher of history, best known in pioneering an emic perspective in Philippine history called Pantayong Pan ...

(born 1934), a Filipino historian, anthropologist, and philosopher of history.

Fictional characters

* Armando Salazar, villain of the film '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' * Bennie Salazar, a central character and record company executive from the book ''

A Visit From the Goon Squad ''A Visit from the Goon Squad'' is a 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction by American author Jennifer Egan. The book is a set of thirteen interrelated stories with a large set of characters all connected to Bennie Salazar, a record company ...

'' * Hector Salazar (disambiguation), multiple fictional characters * King Salazar, main antagonist of the animated film ''

Wakko's Wish ''Wakko's Wish'' (originally titled as ''Wakko's Wakko Wish'') is a 1999 American animated musical comedy-adventure fantasy film based on the 1993–98 animated series ''Animaniacs'', serving as the series finale until the announcement of the ...

'' * Ramon Salazar (''Resident Evil 4''), from the video game ''Resident Evil 4'' * Ramon Salazar (''24'' character), from the television series ''24'' * Rex Salazar, fictional titular protagonist of ''

Generator Rex ''Generator Rex'' is an American animated science fiction television series created by Man of Action for Cartoon Network, with John Fang of Cartoon Network Studios serving as supervising director. It was inspired by the comic '' M. Rex'', publish ...

'' which the surname of his late Argentinean father

Rafael Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California * Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israeli manufacturer of weapons and military technology * Hurricane Rafael, a 2012 hurricane Fiction * ''R ...

. *

Rosario Salazar Rosario Inés Consuelo Yolanda Salazar (previously McFarland; also known as "Rosie" and "Ro-Ro") is a fictional character on the American television sitcom ''Will & Grace'', portrayed by actress Shelley Morrison. Originally due to appear just onc ...

, from the television series ''Will & Grace'' * Víctor Salazar, main character of the television series ''

Love, Victor ''Love, Victor'' is an American teen comedy drama streaming television series created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, inspired by and set in the same world as the 2018 film '' Love, Simon''. The series premiered on June 17, 2020, on Hu ...

'' *

Salazar Slytherin The following fictional characters are staff members and denizens of Hogwarts in the ''Harry Potter'' books written by J. K. Rowling. The staff and their positions Teachers and staff members The following teachers and staff members do not h ...

, Founder of the Slytherin House ''

Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy literature, fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young Magician (fantasy), wizard, Harry Potter (character), Harry Potter, and his friends ...

References

Bibliography

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