This is a list of famous or notable people born in El Salvador or of Salvadoran descent (also see Salvadoran American).
Scholars, Authors and Educators
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry writer, poet, sculptural, wife of French writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Rafael Mora Maza, writer, books published: "el regalo de la violencia"
Alberto Masferrer, intellectual
Alfredo Betancourt, educator, philosopher
Ana Sol Gutiérrez, educator
Claribel Alegría, writer
Claudia Lars, poet
Ignacio Martín-Baró, social psychologist and priest
Manlio Argueta, novelist
Marcos Villatoro, author
Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, poet, scholar
Roque Dalton, poet
Salarrué (Salvador Salazar Arrué), novelist, poet, painter.
Dr. Tania Pleitez, art historian, author
Juan Jose Canas, writer, the national anthem
Jose Matias Delgado, writer, father of the Salvadoran fatherland
Roque Dalton, poet
Claudia Lars, poet
Cesar Ventura, actor
Ana Villafañe, actress
Adrian Bellani Miami-born Italian-Salvadoran actor
Álvaro Torres, singer
Cáthia, singer season 4 of the American The Voice
Sabi (singer)
Crooked Stilo, urban artist
Efren Ramirez, actor
J.D. Pardo, actor
DJ Keoki, Techno DJ
Martina Topley-Bird, vocalist and songwriter
Julio Torres, comedian and screenwriter
Mauricio Merino Jr actor and model
Pescozada, Latino rap artist
Pete Sandoval, drummer for the group Morbid Angel
The Fabulous Wonder Twins, entertainment personalities
Josué Pineda, Singer, Producer and Creative Director. -Associate Producer for Best Christian Album (Marcos Vidal) *Latin Grammys 2016
Fashion Designers and Models
Christy Turlington American-Salvadoran, supermodel
Francesca Miranda internationally renowned fashion designer.
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.
Domingo Monterrosa, was a 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, was a decorated General and president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1825 to 1829.
Mauricio Funes, former president
Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, dictator-president
Roberto D'Aubuisson, politician, ARENA
Rutilio Grande, martyred priest
José Castellanos Contreras, humanitarian
Óscar Arnulfo Romero, humanitarian he was the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador.
Vicky Guzman, doctor and humanitarian
Arturo Alvarez, soccer player
Edwin Figueroa, mixed martial arts fighter
Ivan Menjivar, mixed martial arts fighter
Jaime Alas, soccer player
Jose Cortez, former NFL football player
Léster Blanco, soccer player
Mágico González, soccer player.
Mauricio Cienfuegos, soccer player
Raúl Díaz Arce, soccer player
Ricardo Saprissa, athlete, coach, and sport promoter
Rodolfo Zelaya, soccer player
Ronnie Aguilar, basketball player who also played in NBA
Rosemary Casals, former tennis player and winner of many Grand Slam women's doubles and mixed doubles tournaments
Steve Purdy, soccer player
Carlos Hernandez, boxer
Ingmar Guandique, undocumented U.S. immigrant convicted in death of Chandra Levy and two other American women
José Salvador Alvarenga, claimed to have spent 13 months adrift in a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean
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