Saldanha may refer to:

Places

South Africa

Saldanha Bay Saldanha Bay ( af, Saldanhabaai) is a natural harbour on the south-western coast of South Africa. The town that developed on the northern shore of the bay, also called Saldanha, was incorporated with five other towns into the Saldanha Bay Local Mu ...

, a bay in Western Cape *

Saldanha, Western Cape Saldanha, also known as Saldanha Bay, is a town of 21,636 people, located north of Cape Town on the northern shore of Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its situation as a natural sheltered harbour has led to development ...

, a town on the bay *

Saldanha Bay Local Municipality Saldanha Bay Municipality is a local municipality located within the West Coast District Municipality, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. it had a population of 99,193. Its municipality code is WC014. Geography The municipality cove ...

, the unit of government that administers the Saldanha Bay region

Other countries

* Saldanha (Lisbon Metro), a railway station in Lisbon, Portugal * Saldanha, a civil parish in

Mogadouro Mogadouro (, ) is a municipality in Portugal. The population in ''2011'' was 9,542, in an area of 760.65 km2. History The history of Mogadouro is evident in the number of castros that dot the landscape of region from the neolithic period. ...

, Portugal *

Saldaña de Burgos Saldaña de Burgos is a municipality and town located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: Institutions * Institut für Nukleare Entsorgung, a German nuclear rese ...

, Castile and León, Spain

People

* Saldanha (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian football right-back * Saldanha (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian football forward *

Saldanha da Gama Luís Filipe de Saldanha da Gama (7 April 1846 – 24 June 1895) was an admiral of the Brazilian Navy. He led the Revolta da Armada against the First Brazilian Republic alongside Custódio José de Melo and was killed by government forces during ...

(1846–1895), Brazilian admiral *

António de Saldanha António de Saldanha was a Castilian-Portuguese 16th-century captain. He was the first European to set anchor in what is now called Table Bay, South Africa, and made the first recorded ascent of Table Mountain.Mary Gunn, L. e. Codd, L. E. W. Cod ...

(fl. 16th century), Castilian-Portuguese explorer for whom the South African bay is named *

Carlos Saldanha Carlos Saldanha (; born 24 January 1965) is a Brazilian animator, director, producer, and voice actor of animated films who worked with Blue Sky Studios until its closure in 2021. He was the director of '' Ice Age: The Meltdown'' (2006), '' Ice ...

(born 1965), Brazilian film director *

Jacintha Saldanha Jacintha Saldanha (1966 – 7 December 2012) was an Indian nurse who worked at King Edward VII's Hospital in the City of Westminster, London. On 7 December 2012, she was found dead by suicide, three days after falling for a prank phone cal ...

(1966–2012), Indian nurse in London who committed suicide after a prank call *

João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * ...

(1790–1876), Portuguese marshal and statesman *

João Saldanha João Alves Jobin Saldanha (3 July 1917 – 12 July 1990) was a Brazilian journalist and football manager. He coached the Brazil national football team during the South American Qualifying to the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Nicknamed ''João Sem Me ...

(1917–1990), Brazilian journalist and football manager *

José Pintos Saldanha José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(born 1964), Uruguayan footballer * Josh Saldanha, former drummer for the German metal band Disillusion *

Lawrence Saldanha Lawrence John Saldanha (born 12 June 1936) is an Indian-born retired Pakistani archbishop. Born in Mangalore, India, he received his religious training at the Christ the King seminary in Karachi and was ordained a priest in Lahore, Pakistan o ...

(born 1936), Indian Catholic priest, 10th Archbishop of Lahore * V. J. P. Saldanha (1925–2000), Indian Konkani-language writer

Military history

Battle of Saldanha Bay (1781) The Battle of Saldanha Bay was a naval action that occurred off the Dutch Cape Colony on 21 July 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War. A squadron of Royal Navy warships under the command of commodore George Johnstone (Royal Navy officer), Geor ...

, a naval action of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War *

Capitulation of Saldanha Bay The Capitulation of Saldanha Bay was the surrender in 1796 to the British Royal Navy of a Dutch expeditionary force sent to recapture the Dutch Cape Colony. In 1794, early in the French Revolutionary Wars, the army of the French Republic overr ...

, the 1796 surrender of a Dutch expeditionary force to the British Royal Navy * HMS ''Saldanha'', two vessels of the Royal Navy

Science

* ''Saldanha'' (plant genus), a former genus in the plant family Rubiaceae * Saldanha catshark, ''Apristurus saldanha'' * 1456 Saldanha, an asteroid

Other uses

Saldanha Steel Saldanha Steel was a South African steel company originally formed as a partnership between Iscor Limited and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). Saldanha Steel is now part oArcelorMittal South Africa which in turn is part of glob ...

, a South African steel company * ''

Beals v. Saldanha ''Beals v Saldanha'', 0033 S.C.R. 416, 2003 SCC 72 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the conflict of laws, where the Court established the requirements to enforce foreign judgments in Canada. The Court held that foreign judgments wer ...

'', a Supreme Court of Canada decision *

Duke of Saldanha Duke of Saldanha (in Portuguese ''Duque de Saldanha'') is a Portuguese title granted by royal decree of Queen Maria II of Portugal, dated from November 4, 1846, to João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun (1790-1876), also known as Marshal Saldanha ...

, a Portuguese title