List of Salvadorans
Appearance
This is a list of notable people born inEl Salvadoror of Salvadoran descent (also seeSalvadoran American).
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Arts
[edit]- Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry,painter, sculptor, and author; wife ofAntoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Fernando Llort,painter and sculptor
- Noe Canjura,painter
- Nicolas F. Shi,painter
- Patricia Chica,filmmaker
- Ana Maria de Martinez,artist
- Toño Salazar,caricaturist
- Retna,graffiti artist
- Giovanni Gil,painter, engraver and watercolorist
- Rubén Martínez Bulnes,sculptor, architect
Scholars, authors and educators
[edit]- Alberto Masferrer,intellectual
- Alfredo Betancourt,educator, philosopher
- Ana Sol Gutiérrez,educator
- Claribel Alegría,writer
- Claudia Lars,poet
- René Núñez Suárez,engineer
- Ignacio Martín-Baró,social psychologist and priest
- José Matías Delgado,writer, father of the Salvadoran fatherland
- Juan José Cañas,writer, the national anthem
- Manlio Argueta,novelist
- Marcos Villatoro,author
- Martin Guardado,applied linguist, sociolinguist, educator
- Matilde Elena López,poet, essayist, playwright
- Pedro Geoffroy Rivas,poet, scholar
- Roque Dalton,poet
- Salarrué(Salvador Salazar Arrué), novelist, poet, painter
Entertainment
[edit]- Ana Villafañe,actress
- Cesar Ventura,actor
- Gerardo Celasco,Miami-born Italian-Salvadoran actor
- Álvaro Torres,singer
- Cáthia,singer, season 4 of the AmericanThe Voice
- Sabi,singer
- Efren Ramirez,actor
- Isabel Dada,actress
- J.D. Pardo,actor
- DJ Keoki,techno DJ
- Martina Topley-Bird,vocalist and songwriter
- Pescozada,Latino rap artist
- Pete Sandoval,drummer for the group Morbid Angel
- The Fabulous Wonder Twins,entertainment personalities
- Fernanfloo,Comedy YouTuber
- Julio Torres,writer, comedian, actor, and producer
Fashion designers and models
[edit]- Christy Turlington,American-Salvadoran supermodel
- Francesca Miranda,internationally renowned fashion designer
Politicians
[edit]- Alfredo Cristiani,former president
- Álvaro Magaña,banker and interim president
- Ana Maria,guerrilla leader
- Anastasio Aquino,King of the Nonualco tribes, who defeated the government army in 1833
- Antonio Saca,former president
- Armando Calderón Sol,former president
- Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova,defense minister, convicted of human rights abuses
- Cayetano Carpio,leader of the leftist insurgency, founder of the FPL.
- Egriselda López,diplomat, Permanent Representative to the UN
- Domingo Monterrosa,military commander of the Armed Forces of El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War
- Farabundo Martí,revolutionary
- Francisco Flores,former president
- Gerardo Barrios,liberal president
- Guillermo Ungo,opposition leader and former vice-president
- Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán,national hero
- Joaquín Villalobos,noted guerrilla leader during Salvadoran civil war
- José Inocencio Alas,former priest and activist
- José Matías Delgado,national hero
- José Napoleón Duarte,former president
- Juan Rafael Bustillo,former Head of the Salvadoran Air Force
- Manuel José Arce,decorated General, president of the Federal Republic of Central America, 1825–1829
- Mauricio Funes,former president
- Maximiliano Hernández Martínez,dictator-president
- Nayib Bukele,current president
- Roberto D'Aubuisson,politician, ARENA
- Rutilio Grande,martyred priest
- Marisol Argueta de Barillas,chancellor, ARENA, Senior Director World Economic Forum
Humanitarians and activists
[edit]- María Álvarez de Guillén,women's rights activist, writer, and businessperson
- Prudencia Ayala,social activist and writer
- José Castellanos Contreras,humanitarian
- Rosa Amelia Guzmán,suffragette and journalist
- Vicky Guzman,doctor and humanitarian
- Morena Herrera,women's rights activist
- José Gustavo Guerrero,lawyer, diplomat, humanitarian, first president of the International Court of Justice
- María Teresa Rivera,women's rights activist
- Óscar Arnulfo Romero,humanitarian, fourth Archbishop of San Salvador
Sports
[edit]- Ronnie Aguilar,basketball player
- Dennis Alas,soccer player
- Jaime Alas,soccer player
- Rafael Alfaro,swimmer
- Arturo Alvarez,soccer player
- Frank Avelar,boxer
- Juan Barahona,soccer player
- Pamela Benítez,swimmer
- Léster Blanco,soccer player
- Nelson Bonilla,soccer player
- Junior Burgos,soccer player
- Rosemary Casals,tennis player
- Darwin Cerén,soccer player
- Óscar Cerén,soccer player
- Mauricio Cienfuegos,soccer player
- Jose Cortez,former NFL football player
- Raúl Díaz Arce,soccer player
- Roberto Domínguez,soccer player
- Carlos Figueroa,judoka
- Edwin Figueroa,mixed martial arts fighter
- Andrés Flores,soccer player
- Evelyn García,cyclist
- Mágico González,soccer player
- Tomás Granitto,soccer player
- Carlos Hernandez,boxer
- Emerson Hernández,racewalker
- Gladys Landaverde,runner
- Roberto López,rower
- Ivan Menjivar,mixed martial arts fighter
- Melissa Mikec,sports shooter
- Alfredo Pacheco,soccer player
- Denis Pineda,soccer player
- Steve Purdy,soccer player
- Joaquín Rivas,soccer player
- Steve Rodriguez,baseball player
- Ramón Sánchez,soccer player
- Ricardo Saprissa,athlete, coach, and sport promoter
- Rodolfo Zelaya,soccer player
Other
[edit]- Ingmar Guandique,undocumented U.S. immigrant convicted in the death ofChandra Levyand two other American women
- Jose Domingo Medrano,doctor and medical inventor
- Adela del Rosario Cabezas de Allwoodearly woman doctor
- José Salvador Alvarenga,claimed to have spent 13 months adrift in afishing boatin thePacific Ocean