Salas

For other uses, see Salas (disambiguation).

Salas, from Spanish salas (rooms, halls), is a Spanish surname and a common family name in the Spanish-speaking world. It is ranked amongst the most common surnames found in Costa Rica and in Mexico.

People

• Ada Salas (born 1965), Spanish poet and author
• Agustín Salas del Valle (born 1964), Mexican serial killer
• Ailín Salas (born 1993), Argentine actress
• Alfonso Rodríguez Salas (1939–1994), Spanish footballer
• Alvaro Salas (born 1953), Uruguayan percussionist
• Benito Salas Vargas (1770–1816), military leader during Colombia's independence war
• Berta Vicente Salas (born 1944), Spanish photographer
• Carlos Salas (born 1955), Cuban volleyball player
• Carlos Salas Salas (first elected 1909), Chilean politician
• Claudia Hernández (tennis), full name Claudia Hernández Salas (born 1966), Mexican tennis player
• Dagoberto Campos Salas (born 1966), Costa Rican Roman Catholic Church archbishop and Apostolic Nuncio (diplomat)
• Damian Salas (born 1975), Argentine poker player
• Dani Salas (born 1988), Spanish footballer
• Didac Salas (born 1993), Spanish pole vaulter
• Esther Salas (born 1968), United States District Judge
• Federico Salas (1950–2021), Peruvian politician
• Fernando de Valdés y Salas (1483–1568), Spanish churchman and professor
• Fernando Salas (baseball) (born 1985), Mexican baseball pitcher
• Franklin Salas (born 1981), Ecuadorian footballer
• Guillermo Salas (born 1974), Peruvian footballer
• Greg Salas (born 1988), American football wide receiver
• Henrique Salas Römer (born 1936), Venezuelan entrepreneur and politician
• Hilden Salas (born 1980), Peruvian footballer
• Ilse Salas (born 1981), Mexican actress
• Irma Salas Silva (1903–1987), Chilean educator
• José Mariano Salas (1797–1867), Mexican general and politician, twice interim president of Mexico
• Joseph Salas (1903–1987), American boxer
• Juan Salas (born 1978), Bominican MLB baseball pitcher
• Justin Salas (born 1982), American mixed martial artist
• Lauro Salas (1928–1987), Mexican world boxing champion
• Lizette Salas (born 1989), American golfer
• Marcelo Salas (born 1974), Chilean footballer
• Margarita Salas (1938–2019), Spanish scientist in the areas of biochemistry and molecular genetics
• Marina Salas (born 1988), Spanish actress
• Marino Salas (born 1981), MLB baseball pitcher
• Mario Salas Saieg (born 1967), former Chilean footballer
• Mark Salas (born 1961), American MLB baseball catcher
• Mary Salas (born 1948), American politician
• Nancy Salas (1910–1990), Australian musicologist
• Olimpia Salas Martínez (born 1958), Mexican professor and researcher in material sciences
• Óscar Salas (born 1993), Honduran footballer
• Óscar Salas Moya (1936–2017), Bolivian politician
• Patricia Salas O'Brien (born 1958), Peruvian sociologist and Minister of Education
• Paul Salas (born 1998), Filipino actor and model
• Pito Salas, Curaçaoan-American software developer
• Rafael M. Salas (1928–1987), first head of the United Nations Population Fund
• Renee Salas (started med school 2004), American physician and professor
• Rudy Salas (born 1977), American politician
• Rudy Salas (musician), American musician, founding member (1969) of El Chicano
• Stephanie Salas (born 1970), Mexican singer and actress
• Stevie Salas (born 1964), Native American guitarist and author
• Tito Salas (1887–1974), Venezuelan painter
• Víctor Salas (born 1980), Spanish footballer
• Vincent Salas (born 1989), Chilean footballer
• Walter Salas-Humara, American songwriter, founding member (1985) of The Silos
• Wilma Salas (born 1991), Cuban volleyball player

Fictional characters

• Paquita Salas, on the Spanish comedy web television series Paquita Salas
• Yelina Salas, on the CBS television series CSI: Miami
• Will Salas, in the 2011 science fiction film In Time
• Roger Salas, in the American heist drama streaming television series  Kaleidoscope

See also

• Sala (disambiguation)
• Salaš (disambiguation)