List of Salvadoran Americans
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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.
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[edit] List
[edit] Academics
[edit] Athletes
[edit] Boxers
[edit] Football players
- Joe Corona - Mexican-Salvadoran American football player who currently plays for Club Tijuana in the Mexican Primera División de México as a winge
- José Cortéz - former NFL placekicker
- Efrain Burgos, Jr. - Salvadoran American and son of former footballer Efrain Burgos.
[edit] Martial artists
- Edwin Figueroa- American mixed martial artist currently competing in the bantamweight division of the UFC.
- Roger Huerta - UFC, mixed martial arts
[edit] Soccer players
- Oscar Araujo
- Arturo Alvarez - Real Salt Lake player
- Derby Carrillo - American soccer player who is currently without a club.
- Gerson Mayen - Miami FC player[1]
- Carlos Menjívar - Municipal Limeño player
- Edwin Miranda - Puerto Rico Islanders player
- Hugo Pérez - former U.S. national team player
- Steve Purdy - Portland Timbers player
- Víctor Ramírez
- Armando Romero
[edit] Tennis players
[edit] Baseball
- Steve Rodriguez- former second baseman/shortstop in Major League Baseball
[edit] Entertainment
[edit] Actors and actresses
- Linda Arsenio
- Adrian Bellani
- Maurice Benard
- J. R. Martinez
- Rolando Molina
- Anita Page
- Mari Possa - pornographic actress
- Efren Ramirez - He is of Mexican and Salvadoran descent[2]
[edit] Authors and poet
- Francisco Machón Vilanova - novelist
- Marcos Villatoro - novelist
- Pablo Cesar Hernandez Serrano - Locutor, Poet, writer ,actor and Educator.
[edit] Fashion
- Francesca Miranda - fashion designer
- Johana Hernandez - fashion designer. Founder of GLAUDI and Latinos con Corazon. Has designed for Elie Tahari among others.
[edit] Journalist
- Markos Moulitsas - writer
[edit] Musicians and music groups
- Crooked Stilo - hip hop duo.
- DJ Keoki - Techno DJ
- Joey Castillo - drummer for hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age and ex-drummer for Wasted Youth and Danzig
- Fernando del Valle - operatic tenor
- Allison Iraheta - singer; Telemundo's Quinceañera winner and American Idol season 8 finalist.
- Pete Sandoval - death metal drummer for Terrorizer and Morbid Angel
- T-Bone - rapper
- Álvaro Torres
- Somaya Reece
- Sabi (singer)
- Jazmin Siguenza
[edit] Models
[edit] Visual arts
- Rosa Barandiaran - artist
- Mario Bencastro - painter
[edit] Political figures
- Liz Figueroa - Democratic politician and former California state senator[4]
- Ana Sol Gutierrez - State Delegate for District 18 in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Victor R. Ramirez - State Delegate for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland
[edit] Civil rights leaders and community activists
- Daisy Velasquez - activist
[edit] Religion
- Silvia H. Allred - missionary
- Edgar Lopez Bertrand - Megachurch Televangelist
[edit] Science and technology
- George Melendez Wright - biologist
- Mario A. Rivas - engineering and business
[edit] Other
- Evelyn Hernandez - was a woman who disappeared along with her five-year-old son in San Francisco, California in May 2002.
- Ingmar Guandique
