This is a list of notable Salvadoran Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants.
To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Salvadoran American or must have references showing they are Salvadoran American and are notable.
Athletes
Baseball players Steve Rodriguez - former second baseman/shortstop in Major League Baseball
Boxers Carlos Hernández
Football players McLeod Bethel-Thompson - NFL quarterback José Cortéz - former NFL placekicker
Martial artists Edwin Figueroa - American mixed martial artist currently competing in the bantamweight division of the UFC
Soccer players
Arturo Alvarez Efrain Burgos, Jr. - Salvadoran American; son of former footballer Efrain Burgos Derby Carrillo Dustin Corea Joe Corona Gerson Mayen Carlos Menjívar Edwin Miranda Hugo Pérez - former US national team player Joshua Perez Pablo Punyed Steve Purdy Alex Roldan Cristian Roldan Ricardo Ulloa Benji Villalobos Eriq Zavaleta Gabriel Granillo
Tennis players Marcelo Arévalo Rafael Arévalo Rosemary Casals
Businesspeople and entrepreneurs Abigail Folger - coffee heiress of Folgers; murdered by the Manson Family in 1969 FamilySearch.
Entertainment
Actors and actresses
Linda Arsenio Adrian Bellani Maurice Benard Lisseth Chavez J. R. Martinez Rolando Molina J. D. Pardo Mari Possa Izabela Rose Liamani Segura Brennan Mejia Ana Villafañe Denyse Tontz Efren Ramirez
Authors and poets Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry - writer, poet, sculptor, wife of French writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Jose B. Gonzalez - author of Toys Made of Rock Francisco Machón Vilanova - novelist Marcos Villatoro - novelist
Comedians Julio Torres - comedian, writer for Saturday Night Live
Fashion Francesca Miranda - fashion designer
Journalists Markos Moulitsas - writer
Models
Marisela Demontecristo Christy Turlington Zuleika Soler
Musicians and music groups
Joey Castillo - drummer for hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and ex-drummer for Wasted Youth and Danzig Cáthia - competitor on reality television singing competition The Voice Fernando del Valle - operatic tenor Allison Iraheta - singer; Telemundo's Quinceañera winner and American Idol season 8 finalist DJ Keoki - techno DJ Sabi - singer Pete Sandoval - death metal drummer for Terrorizer and Morbid Angel Angelica - freestyle singer Denyse Tontz - American songwriter and performing artist Álvaro Torres Angelica Garcia Rican Da Menace - rapper
Visual arts Edwin E. Aguilar - television animator, character layout artist, assistant director on The Simpsons Mario Bencastro - painter RETNA - graffiti artist Vivienne Medrano - animator, illustrator, comic creator, and voice actress Nicolas F. Shi Marta Ayala Gabriela Alemán Thalia Gochez Kiara Aileen Machado Julie Tolentino
Political figures Hala Ayala - Virginia State Delegate for District 51 in Prince William County, Virginia; Her father is Salvadoran. Wendy Carrillo - California State Assemblywoman for District 51 in Los Angeles County, California Anabel Figueroa - Stamford, Connecticut representative, former Connecticut State Representative for District 148 in Stamford, Connecticut Liz Figueroa - Democratic politician and former California state senator Ana Sol Gutierrez - former Maryland State Delegate for District 18 in Montgomery County, Maryland Monica Martinez - New York State Senator for District 4 in Suffolk County, New York; former State Senator for District 3 in Suffolk County, New York; former Suffolk County, New York Legislator Steve Montenegro - Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 29 in Maricopa County, Arizona, former representative for Districts 12 and 13, former Arizona State Senator representing District 13 María Pérez - former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Victor R. Ramirez - former State Senate for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland Jessie Rodriguez - Wisconsin State Assemblyman for District 21 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Chris Sununu - former Republican Governor of New Hampshire. Brother of John E. Sununu and son of John H. Sununu John E. Sununu - former Republican senator and congressman from New Hampshire. First and only Salvadoran-American Member of Congress. Son of John H. Sununu and brother of Chris Sununu John H. Sununu - former Republican Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff; mother is Salvadoran, of Arab descent. Yesli Vega - Republican member of the Prince William County, Virginia Board of Supervisors
Religion Erwin McManus - lead pastor of Mosaic Church Santiago Mellado - president of Willow Creek Association
Science and technology Bernard Lewinsky - Salvadoran-born American physician and medical researcher; father of Monica Lewinsky Francisco Rubio - NASA astronaut George Melendez Wright - biologist Alicia Nash - mental health advocate and physicist; wife of John Forbes Nash Jr.
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