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This is a list of notable people born in
El Salvador or of Salvadoran descent (also see
Salvadoran American).
Arts
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Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, painter, sculptor, and author; wife of
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Fernando Llort, painter and sculptor
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Noe Canjura, painter
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Nicolas F. Shi, painter
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Patricia Chica, filmmaker
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Ana Maria de Martinez, artist
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Toño Salazar, caricaturist
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Retna, graffiti artist
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Giovanni Gil, painter, engraver and watercolorist
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Rubén Martínez Bulnes, sculptor, architect
Scholars, authors and educators
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Alberto Masferrer, intellectual
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Alfredo Betancourt, educator, philosopher
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Ana Sol Gutiérrez, educator
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Claribel Alegría, writer
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Claudia Lars, poet
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René Núñez Suárez, engineer
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Ignacio Martín-Baró, social psychologist and priest
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José Matías Delgado, writer, father of the Salvadoran fatherland
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Juan José Cañas, writer, the national anthem
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Manlio Argueta, novelist
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Marcos Villatoro, author
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Martin Guardado, applied linguist, sociolinguist, educator
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Matilde Elena López, poet, essayist, playwright
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Pedro Geoffroy Rivas, poet, scholar
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Roque Dalton, poet
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Salarrué (Salvador Salazar Arrué), novelist, poet, painter
Entertainment
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Ana Villafañe, actress
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Gerardo Celasco, Miami-born Italian-Salvadoran actor
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Álvaro Torres, singer
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Cáthia, singer, season 4 of the American
The Voice
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Sabi, singer
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Efren Ramirez, actor
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Isabel Dada, actress
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J.D. Pardo, actor
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DJ Keoki, techno DJ
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Martina Topley-Bird, vocalist and songwriter
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Pescozada, Latino rap artist
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Pete Sandoval, drummer for the group Morbid Angel
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The Fabulous Wonder Twins, entertainment personalities
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Fernanfloo, Comedy YouTuber
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Julio Torres, writer, comedian, actor, and producer
Fashion designers and models
Politicians
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Alfredo Cristiani, former president
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Álvaro Magaña, banker and interim president
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Ana Maria, guerrilla leader
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Anastasio Aquino, King of the Nonualco tribes, who defeated the government army in 1833
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Antonio Saca, former president
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Armando Calderón Sol, former president
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Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, defense minister, convicted of human rights abuses
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Cayetano Carpio, leader of the leftist insurgency, founder of the FPL.
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Egriselda López, diplomat, Permanent Representative to the UN
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Domingo Monterrosa, military commander of the Armed Forces of El Salvador during the Salvadoran Civil War
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Farabundo Martí, revolutionary
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Francisco Flores, former president
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Gerardo Barrios, liberal president
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Guillermo Ungo, opposition leader and former vice-president
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Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán, national hero
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Joaquín Villalobos, noted guerrilla leader during Salvadoran civil war
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José Inocencio Alas, former priest and activist
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José Matías Delgado, national hero
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José Napoleón Duarte, former president
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Juan Rafael Bustillo, former Head of the Salvadoran Air Force
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Manuel José Arce, decorated General, president of the Federal Republic of Central America, 1825–1829
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Mauricio Funes, former president
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Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, dictator-president
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Nayib Bukele, current president
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Roberto D'Aubuisson, politician, ARENA
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Rutilio Grande, martyred priest
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Marisol Argueta de Barillas, chancellor, ARENA, Senior Director World Economic Forum
Humanitarians and activists
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María Álvarez de Guillén, women's rights activist, writer, and businessperson
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Prudencia Ayala, social activist and writer
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José Castellanos Contreras, humanitarian
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Rosa Amelia Guzmán, suffragette and journalist
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Vicky Guzman, doctor and humanitarian
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Morena Herrera, women's rights activist
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José Gustavo Guerrero, lawyer, diplomat, humanitarian, first president of the International Court of Justice
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María Teresa Rivera, women's rights activist
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Óscar Arnulfo Romero, humanitarian, fourth Archbishop of San Salvador
Sports
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Ronnie Aguilar, basketball player
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Dennis Alas, soccer player
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Jaime Alas, soccer player
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Rafael Alfaro, swimmer
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Arturo Alvarez, soccer player
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Frank Avelar, boxer
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Juan Barahona, soccer player
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Pamela Benítez, swimmer
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Léster Blanco, soccer player
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Nelson Bonilla, soccer player
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Junior Burgos, soccer player
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Rosemary Casals, tennis player
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Darwin Cerén, soccer player
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Óscar Cerén, soccer player
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Mauricio Cienfuegos, soccer player
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Jose Cortez, former NFL football player
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Raúl Díaz Arce, soccer player
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Roberto Domínguez, soccer player
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Carlos Figueroa, judoka
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Edwin Figueroa, mixed martial arts fighter
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Andrés Flores, soccer player
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Evelyn García, cyclist
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Mágico González, soccer player
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Tomás Granitto, soccer player
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Carlos Hernandez, boxer
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Emerson Hernández,
racewalker
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Gladys Landaverde, runner
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Roberto López, rower
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Ivan Menjivar, mixed martial arts fighter
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Melissa Mikec,
sports shooter
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Alfredo Pacheco, soccer player
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Denis Pineda, soccer player
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Steve Purdy, soccer player
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Joaquín Rivas, soccer player
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Steve Rodriguez, baseball player
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Ramón Sánchez, soccer player
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Ricardo Saprissa, athlete, coach, and sport promoter
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Rodolfo Zelaya, soccer player
Other
See also
References