List of Salvadorans

This is a list of famous or notable people born in El Salvador or of Salvadoran descent.

Arts

* 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 stared in other hit shows such as The Bold and the Beautiful and Univisions Tu Musica.
*Karli Henriquez Mexican-Salvadoran VJ on MTV Tres show, Kalifornia.

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
*Salarrué (Salvador Salazar Arrué), novelist, poet, painter.
*Ramon Hernandez Quintanilla, journalist, intellectual, writer
*David Escobar Galindo, poet, educator
*Gianmarco Ruffatti, writer

Entertainment

*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
*Casanova, English/Spanish rap artist
*Crooked Estilo, Latino rap artist

Heroes and Martyrs

*José Castellanos Contreras, WWII humanitarian
*José Matías Delgado, national hero
*Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán, national hero
*Óscar Romero, former Archbishop and martyr

Fashion Designers and Models

*Francesca Miranda Fashion Designer
*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
*Antonio Claramount Lucero, "eternal" presidential candidate
*Alfredo Cristiani, former president
*Roberto D'Aubuisson, politician, ARENA founder
*José Napoleón Duarte, former president
*Liz Figueroa, California state senator
*Francisco Flores, former president
*Mauricio Funes, journalist, commentator, rising politician
*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, current president
*Guillermo Ungo, opposition leader and former vice-president
*Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, defense minister, convicted of human rights abuses
*Joaquín Villalobos, guerrilla leader
*Rubén Zamora, opposition leader
*José Inocencio Alas, "Chencho", former priest and activist

Sportspeople

*Ronald Cerritos, footballer, in the MLS
*Mauricio Cienfuegos, footballer, former player for the Los Angeles Galaxy
*Jose Cortez, NFL Football
*Raúl Díaz Arce, footballer in the MLS
*Jorge González, footballer, better known as el Mágico González
*Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández, Boxer, holds the Jr. Lightweight world title
*Eliseo Quintanilla, footballer, in the MLS
*Jorge Rodríguez, footballer, in the MLS
*Jaime Rodriguez, footballer, former player of the Bayer Uerdingen
*Hugo Perez, footballer, born in El Salvador, played for United States in the 1994 world cup and 1984 summer olympic games
*Rosemary Casals, Salvadoran parents, American tennis player

ee also

*List of Salvadoran Americans