This is a list of famous or notable people born in El Salvador or of Salvadoran descent.
Arts
- Liliana Maria Reyes Gonzalez Bloch, Director, McKinney Avenue Contemporary
- Karlos Carcamo, visual artist
- Augusto Crespin, painter
- Noe Canjura, painter
- Jose Mejia Vides, painter, sculptor
- Alejandro Cotto, filmmaker
- Edwin Arévalo, filmmaker
- Pedro Ipiña, painter
- Fernando Llort, painter and sculptor
- Víctor Ruano, visual artist, filmmaker
- Toño Salazar, caricaturist
- Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, painter, sculptor, and author, wife of Antoine de Saint Exupéry
- Adrian Bellani Italian-Salvadoran actor born in Miami. Played the role of Miguel Lopez-Fitzgerald on the NBC daytime drama, Passions.
- Lilly Melgar actor, producer. Played the role of Lily Rivera Corinthos in ABC America's General Hospital. She has also starred in other hit shows such as The Bold and the Beautiful and Univisions Tu Musica.
- Mauricio Merino, Jr., actor born in Australia. Plays role of Simon Freedman in Neighbours.
- Karli Henriquez Mexican-Salvadoran VJ on MTV Tres show, Kalifornia.
- Kirmaya Cevallos, videographer, producer, editor. Won an Emmy Award in the Suncoast Chapter in 2009.
- Carla Vila, actress, starred in various films as well as having a small role on NBC drama, ER.
- Vanesa Tomasino, actress who has starred in various films most notably The X-Files: I Want to Believe as well as having small roles in TV shows like Smallville, Kyle XY and The L Word among others.
Scholars, Authors, and Educators
- Jose Samuel Ortiz, university professor, pharmacist
- Rafael Olmedo Artiga, music composer
- Emma Escalante Rubio (Carmen Navarro), singer
- Claribel Alegría,writer
- Manlio Argueta, novelist
- Alfredo Betancourt, educator, philosopher
- Carlos Córdova, writer
- Roque Dalton, poet
- Jacinta Escudos, novelist
- Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, poet, scholar
- Ana Sol Gutiérrez, educator
- David J. Guzmán, doctor, archeologist, botanist, writer, statesman
- Claudia Lars, poet
- Ignacio Martín-Baró, Social psychologist and Jesuit priest
- Alberto Masferrer, intellectual
- Dr. Tania Pleitez, art historian, author
- Salarrué (Salvador Salazar Arrué), novelist, poet, painter.
- Ramon Hernandez Quintanilla, journalist, intellectual, writer
- David Escobar Galindo, poet, educator
Entertainment
- Pescozada, Latino rap artist
- Big Ceaze, Latino rap artist
- DJ Keoki, Techno DJ
- Johnny Lopez, member of Crooked Stilo, Latino rap group
- Victor Lopez, member of Crooked Stilo, Latino rap group
- Álvaro Torres, singer
- Crooked Estilo, Latino rap artist
- Gianmarco Ruffatti, Grunge Rocker
- Hector Rico, Acid Rocker
- Pete sandoval, metal rocker morbid angel group
- Allison Iraheta, winner of Telemundo reality show, Quinceañera and finalist in the eighth season of American Idol.
- Fernando Melendez del Valle, Tenor, Pedagogue
- Lucía Parker Christian singer who claimed El Salvador's first Grammy nomination for her album “Alabanza y adoración: Del Corazón” at Latin Grammy Awards of 2009
- Jose Lara, bass player of infiel rock group
Heroes and Martyrs
Fashion Designers and Models
- Francesca Miranda Fashion Designer
- Somaya Reece Model, Internet Celebrity
- Miguel Ángel Cerna
- Christy Turlington (Half Salvadoran), supermodel (born January 2, 1969 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American supermodel
- María Isabel Arrieta Gálvez The only Central American to win second place in the global contest "Miss Universe." (1955)
Past and Current Political Figures
- Ana Maria, guerrilla leader
- Lynda Barros, Latina Civil Rights Activist
- Gerardo Barrios, liberal president
- Armando Calderón Sol, former president
- Cayetano Carpio, guerrilla leader
- Ernesto Antonio Claramount Rozeville"eternal" presidential candidate
- Alfredo Cristiani, former president
- Roberto D'Aubuisson, politician, ARENA founder
- Andres del Valle, President
- José Napoleón Duarte, former president
- Liz Figueroa, California state senator
- Francisco Flores, former president
- Mauricio Funes, Current President
- Rutilio Grande, martyred priest
- Schafik Hándal, guerrilla leader and presidential candidate
- Álvaro Magaña, banker and interim president
- Alejandro Melendez, san sebastian volunteer/leader
- Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, dictator-president
- Miguel Mármol, labor union activist
- Sigifredo Ochoa, colonel and ARENA deputy
- Farabundo Martí, communist leader
- Antonio Saca, former president
- Guillermo Ungo, opposition leader and former vice-president
- Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, defense minister, convicted of human rights abuses
- Joaquín Villalobos, noted guerrilla leader during Salvadoran civil war
- Rubén Zamora, former Presidential candidate for FMLN
- José Inocencio Alas, former priest and activist
- Juan Rafael Bustillo former Head of the Salvadoran Air Force
Sportspeople
See also
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