Sal is a given name and nickname, the latter often of Salvatore or Salvador.

Artists and entertainers

• Sal Abruscato (born 1970), American drummer
• Silvio Sal Buscema (born 1936), American comic book artist
• Sal Governale (born 1968), American comedian, radio personality, pizzeria expert, stockbroker, member of The Howard Stern Show
• Salvatore Sal Iacono (born 1971), American comedian
• Salvatore Sal Mineo (1939–1976), American actor
• Salvatore Sal Nistico (1938–1991), American jazz tenor saxophonist
• Sal Salvador (1925–1999), American bebop jazz guitarist and music educator
• Sal Solo (born 1961), English singer born Christopher Scott Stevens
• Sal Valentino (born 1942), American rock musician, singer and songwriter, lead singer of The Beau Brummels, born Salvatore Willard Spampinato
• Sal Viscuso (born 1948), American actor
• Sal Vulcano (born 1976), American comedian, television star, and member of The Tenderloins

Athletes

• Salvador Lucas Barbier, better known as Sal Barbier (born 1969), American skateboarder and footwear designer
• Salvatore Sal Bando (1944–2023), American retired Major League Baseball player
• Salvatore Interbartolo, better known as Sal Bartolo (1917–2002), American boxer and former WBA featherweight champion
• Salvador Sal Bernal (born 1992), Mexican United Soccer League player
• Salvatore Sal Fasano (born 1971), American retired Major League Baseball catcher
• Salvatore Sal Maglie (1917–1992), American Major League Baseball pitcher
• Sal Olivas (born c. 1946), American college football player
• Salvatore Sal Rinauro (born 1982), American professional wrestler
• Sal Sunseri (born 1959), American football coach
• Salvatore Sal Zizzo Jr. (born 1987), American Major League Soccer player

Politicians

• Sarah 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

• Salvador Sal Castro (1933–2013), Mexican-American educator and activist
• Salman Sal Khan (born 1976), American teacher and entrepreneur
• Sal Restivo (born 1940), sociologist/anthropologist

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