Saldanha Explained

Saldanha may refer to:

Places

South Africa

• Saldanha Bay, a bay in Western Cape
• Saldanha, Western Cape, a town on the bay
• Saldanha Bay Local Municipality, 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, Portugal
• Saldaña de Burgos, Castile and León, Spain

People

• Saldanha (footballer, born 1989), Brazilian football right-back
• Saldanha (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian football forward
• Saldanha da Gama (1846–1895), Brazilian admiral
• António de Saldanha (fl. 16th century), Castilian-Portuguese explorer for whom the South African bay is named
• Carlos Saldanha (born 1965), Brazilian film director
• Jacintha Saldanha (1966–2012), Indian nurse in London who committed suicide after a prank call
• João Carlos Saldanha de Oliveira Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha (1790–1876), Portuguese marshal and statesman
• João Saldanha (1917–1990), Brazilian journalist and football manager
• José Pintos Saldanha (born 1964), Uruguayan footballer
• Josh Saldanha, former drummer for the German metal band Disillusion
• Lawrence Saldanha (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), a naval action of the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
• Capitulation of Saldanha Bay, 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, a South African steel company
• Beals v. Saldanha, a Supreme Court of Canada decision
• Duke of Saldanha, a Portuguese title

See also

• Saldaña (disambiguation), the Spanish form of this name