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.

List

Athletes

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.
• Roger Huerta- American mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship and later Bellator Fighting Championships.

Soccer players

• Arturo Alvarez
• Oscar Araujo
• Efrain Burgos, Jr. - Salvadoran American and son of former footballer Efrain Burgos.
• Derby Carrillo
• Dustin Corea
• Gerson Mayen
• Carlos Menjívar
• Edwin Miranda
• Hugo Pérez - former U.S. national team player
• Pablo Punyed
• Steve Purdy
• Víctor Ramírez
• Benji Villalobos
• Ricardo Ulloa
• Eriq Zavaleta

Tennis players

• Rosemary Casals
• Rafael Arévalo
• Marcelo Arévalo

Baseball

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

Entertainment

Actors and actresses

• Cesar Ventura
• Linda Arsenio
• Adrian Bellani
• Maurice Benard
• J. R. Martinez
• Rolando Molina
• Mayteana Morales
• Anita Page
• J. D. Pardo
• Mari Possa - pornographic actress

Authors and poet

• Consuelo de Saint Exupéry writer, poet, sculptural, wife of French writer and pioneering aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• William Gonzalez - Author of Black Bubblegum
• Francisco Machón Vilanova - novelist
• Marcos Villatoro - novelist

Fashion

• Francesca Miranda - fashion designer

Journalist

• Markos Moulitsas - writer

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 rose to fame when she came in 13-16th place on the fourth season of the American version of reality television singing competition The Voice.
• Crooked Stilo - hip hop duo.
• Fernando del Valle - operatic tenor
• DJ Keoki - Techno DJ
• Allison Iraheta - singer; Telemundo's Quinceañera winner and American Idol season 8 finalist.
• Sabi (singer)
• Pete Sandoval - death metal drummer for Terrorizer and Morbid Angel
• T-Bone - rapper
• Denyse Tontz is an American songwriter and performing artist
• Álvaro Torres

Models

• Marisela Demontecristo
• Christy Turlington

Visual arts

• Mario Bencastro - painter

Political figures

• Liz Figueroa - Democratic politician and former California state senator
• Ana Sol Gutierrez - State Delegate for District 18 in Montgomery County, Maryland
• Steve Montenegro - Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives.
• Victor R. Ramirez - 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.
• Monica Lewinsky - Former White House intern under United States President Bill Clinton https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky

Religion

• Silvia H. Allred - missionary
• Erwin McManus - lead pastor of Mosaic Church
• Santiago Mellado - president, Willow Creek Association

Science and technology

• George Melendez Wright - biologist
• Bernard Lewinsky - Salvadoran-born American physician and medical researcher also father of Monica Lewinsky https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Lewinsky
• Steve Ramirez - neuroscientist