# 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
* 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.