List of Salvadoran Americans

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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.

List

Athletes

Boxers

• Carlos Hernández

Football players

• José Cortéz - former NFL placekicker

Martial artists

• Roger Huerta - UFC, mixed martial arts

Soccer players

• Oscar Araujo
• Arturo Alvarez - San Jose Earthquakes player
• Javier Ayala - Bayamón FC player
• Omar Gonzales - Bayamón FC player
• Gerson Mayen - Chivas USA player ^[1]
• Carlos Menjívar - C.D. Municipal Limeño player
• Edwin Miranda - Miami FC player
• Alexis Montes - A.D. Isidro Metapán player
• Hugo Pérez - former U.S. national team player
• Steve Purdy - FC Dallas Player
• Víctor Ramírez - Real Maryland Monarchs midfielder
• Armando Romero - Charleston Battery midfielder

Tennis players

• Rosemary Casals

Entertainment

Actors and actresses

• Adrian Bellani
• Maurice Benard
• Rolando Molina
• Anita Page
• Mari Possa - pornographic actress
• Efren Ramirez^[2]

Authors and poet

• Francisco Machón Vilanova - novelist

Fashion

• Francesca Miranda - fashion designer

Journalist

• Markos Moulitsas - writer

Musicians and music groups

• Crooked Stilo - hip hop duo.
• DJ Keoki - Techno DJ
• Joey Castillo - drummer for hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and ex-drummer for Wasted Youth and Danzig
• Fernando del Valle - operatic tenor
• Allison Iraheta - singer; Telemundo's Quinceañera winner and American Idol season 8 finalist.
• Pete Sandoval - death metal drummer for Terrorizer and Morbid Angel
• T-Bone - rapper
• Álvaro Torres

Models

• Christy Turlington^[3]

Visual arts

• Rosa Barandiaran - artist
• Mario Bencastro - painter

Political figures

• Liz Figueroa - Democratic politician and former California state senator^[4]
• Ana Sol Gutierrez - State Delegate for District 18 in Montgomery County, Maryland
• Victor R. Ramirez - State Delegate for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland

Civil rights leaders and community activists

• Daisy Velasquez - activist

Religion

• Silvia H. Allred - missionary

Science and technology

• George Melendez Wright - biologist

References