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.

Athletes

Baseball players

• Steve Rodriguez - former second baseman/shortstop in Major League Baseball

Boxers

• Carlos Hernández

Football players

• McLeod Bethel-Thompson - NFL quarterback
• José Cortéz - former NFL placekicker

Martial artists

• Edwin Figueroa - American mixed martial artist currently competing in the bantamweight division of the UFC

Soccer players

• 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
• Pablo Punyed
• Steve Purdy
• Ricardo Ulloa
• Benji Villalobos
• Eriq Zavaleta

Tennis players

• Marcelo Arévalo
• Rafael Arévalo
• Rosemary Casals

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

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

Entertainment

Actors and actresses

• Linda Arsenio
• Adrian Bellani
• Maurice Benard
• J. R. Martinez
• Rolando Molina
• J. D. Pardo
• Mari Possa
• Ana Villafañe

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
• William Gonzalez - author of Black Bubblegum
• Francisco Machón Vilanova - novelist
• Marcos Villatoro - novelist

Comedians

• Julio Torres - comedian, writer for Saturday Night Live

Fashion

• Francesca Miranda - fashion designer

Journalists

• Jose Hernandez - soccer announcer
• Markos Moulitsas - writer

Models

• Marisela Demontecristo
• Christy Turlington

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
• Crooked Stilo - hip hop duo
• 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
• T-Bone - rapper
• Denyse Tontz - American songwriter and performing artist
• Álvaro Torres

Visual arts

• Mario Bencastro - painter
• RETNA - graffiti artist

Political figures

• Hala Ayala, Virginia State Delegate for District 51 in Prince William County, Virginia; 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 - 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 Governor of New Hampshire; mother is Salvadoran, of Arab descent

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
• Steve Ramirez - neuroscientist
• Francisco Rubio - NASA astronaut candidate
• George Melendez Wright - biologist
• Alicia Nash - mental health advocate and physicist; wife of John Forbes Nash Jr.