List of Salvadoran Americans

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.


 * Arturo Alvarez
 * Efrain Burgos, Jr. - Salvadoran American; son of former footballer Efrain Burgos
 * Derby Carrillo
 * Dustin Corea
 * Joe Corona
 * Gerson Mayen
 * Carlos Menjívar
 * Edwin Miranda
 * Hugo Pérez - former US national team player
 * Joshua Perez
 * Pablo Punyed
 * Steve Purdy
 * Alex Roldan
 * Cristian Roldan
 * Ricardo Ulloa
 * Benji Villalobos
 * Eriq Zavaleta

Tennis players

 * Marcelo Arévalo
 * Rafael Arévalo
 * Rosemary Casals

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

 * Abigail Folger - coffee heiress of Folgers; murdered by the Manson Family in 1969

Actors and actresses

 * Linda Arsenio
 * Adrian Bellani
 * Maurice Benard
 * Lisseth Chavez
 * J. R. Martinez
 * Rolando Molina
 * J. D. Pardo
 * Mari Possa
 * Brennan Mejia
 * Ana Villafañe
 * Denyse Tontz
 * René Mena

Authors and poets

 * Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry - writer, poet, sculptor, wife of French writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
 * Jose B. Gonzalez - author of Toys Made of Rock
 * Francisco Machón Vilanova - novelist
 * Marcos Villatoro - novelist

Comedians

 * Julio Torres - comedian, writer for Saturday Night Live

Fashion

 * Francesca Miranda - fashion designer

Journalists

 * Markos Moulitsas - writer

Models

 * Marisela Demontecristo
 * Christy Turlington
 * Zuleika Soler

Musicians and music groups

 * Joey Castillo - drummer for hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and ex-drummer for Wasted Youth and Danzig
 * Cáthia - competitor on reality television singing competition The Voice
 * Fernando del Valle - operatic tenor
 * Allison Iraheta - singer; Telemundo's Quinceañera winner and American Idol season 8 finalist
 * DJ Keoki - techno DJ
 * Sabi - singer
 * Pete Sandoval - death metal drummer for Terrorizer and Morbid Angel
 * Angelica - freestyle singer
 * Denyse Tontz - American songwriter and performing artist
 * Álvaro Torres
 * Angelica Garcia
 * Rican Da Menace - rapper

Visual arts

 * Edwin E. Aguilar - television animator, character layout artist, assistant director on The Simpsons
 * Mario Bencastro - painter
 * RETNA - graffiti artist
 * Vivienne Medrano - animator, illustrator, comic creator, and voice actress
 * Nicolas F. Shi
 * Marta Ayala
 * Gabriela Alemán
 * Thalia Gochez
 * Kiara Aileen Machado
 * Julie Tolentino

Political figures

 * Hala Ayala - Virginia State Delegate for District 51 in Prince William County, Virginia; Her father is Salvadoran.
 * Wendy Carrillo - California State Assemblywoman for District 51 in Los Angeles County, California
 * Liz Figueroa - Democratic politician and former California state senator
 * Ana Sol Gutierrez - former Maryland State Delegate for District 18 in Montgomery County, Maryland
 * Monica Martinez - former State Senator for District 3 in Suffolk County, New York
 * Steve Montenegro - Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives
 * Victor R. Ramirez - former State Senate for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland
 * Jessie Rodriguez - Republican representative of the Wisconsin State Assembly
 * John H. Sununu - former Republican Governor of New Hampshire; mother is Salvadoran, of Arab descent. First and only Salvadoran-American Member of Congress.
 * Yesli Vega - Republican member of the Prince William County, Virginia Board of Supervisors

Religion

 * Erwin McManus - lead pastor of Mosaic Church
 * Santiago Mellado - president of Willow Creek Association

Science and technology

 * Bernard Lewinsky - Salvadoran-born American physician and medical researcher; father of Monica Lewinsky
 * Francisco Rubio - NASA astronaut
 * George Melendez Wright - biologist
 * Alicia Nash - mental health advocate and physicist; wife of John Forbes Nash Jr.