This is a list of notable people born in El Salvador or of Salvadoran descent (also see Salvadoran American).
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Arts
Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, painter, sculptor, and author; wife of Antoine 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 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 Ana Villafañe, actress Gerardo Celasco, Miami-born Italian-Salvadoran actor Álvaro Torres, singer Cáthia, singer, season 4 of the American The Voice 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 Christy Turlington, American-Salvadoran supermodel Francesca Miranda, internationally renowned fashion designer
Politicians 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 María Álvarez de Guillén, women's rights activist, writer, and businessperson Prudencia Ayala (1885–1936), social activist and writer José Castellanos Contreras (1893–1977), humanitarian Rosa Amelia Guzmán, suffragette and journalist Vicky Guzmán (born 1944), medical doctor and humanitarian José Gustavo Guerrero (1876–1958), lawyer, diplomat, humanitarian, first president of the International Court of Justice Morena Herrera, women's rights activist Erick Iván Ortiz (born 1991), LGBTQ+ activist, politician María Teresa Rivera, women's rights activist Óscar Romero (1917–1980), humanitarian, fourth Archbishop of San Salvador
Sports 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 Victoriano Gómez Urrutia, convicted double murderer, rapist, and suspected serial killer. Last person to be executed by El Salvador Ingmar Guandique, undocumented U.S. immigrant convicted in the death of Chandra Levy and two other American women Jose Domingo Medrano, doctor and medical inventor Antonia Ramírez, singer, writer and language activist Adela del Rosario Cabezas de Allwood early woman doctor José Salvador Alvarenga, claimed to have spent 13 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean
See also List of Salvadoran Americans List of Salvadorian Olympians
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