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
• Gabriel Granillo

Tennis players

• Marcelo Arévalo
• Rafael Arévalo
• Rosemary Casals

Businesspeople and entrepreneurs

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

Entertainment

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
• Efren Ramirez

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
• Anabel Figueroa - Stamford, Connecticut representative, former Connecticut State Representative for District 148 in Stamford, Connecticut
• 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 - New York State Senator for District 4 in Suffolk County, New York; former State Senator for District 3 in Suffolk County, New York; former Suffolk County, New York Legislator
• Steve Montenegro - Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, representing District 29 in Maricopa County, Arizona, former representative for Districts 12 and 13, former Arizona State Senator representing District 13
• María Pérez - former member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Victor R. Ramirez - former State Senate for District 47 in Prince George's County, Maryland
• Jessie Rodriguez - Wisconsin State Assemblyman for District 21 in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
• Chris Sununu - former Republican Governor of New Hampshire. Brother of John E. Sununu and son of John H. Sununu
• John E. Sununu - former Republican senator and congressman from New Hampshire. First and only Salvadoran-American Member of Congress. Son of John H. Sununu and brother of Chris Sununu
• John H. Sununu - former Republican Governor of New Hampshire and White House Chief of Staff; mother is Salvadoran, of Arab descent.
• 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.

References