List of Famous people born in El Salvador

Antonio José Cañas Quintanilla was a Salvadoran military officer, diplomat, and politician. For two brief periods he was head of state of the State of El Salvador, within the Federal Republic of Central America.

Sergio de Jesús Méndez Bolanos was a football player from El Salvador who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

José Gregorio Salazar was a general and a Liberal politician in Central America. He was acting president of the Federal Republic of Central America from September 16, 1834 to February 14, 1835, in between two administrations of Francisco Morazán. In 1838 he was assassinated by a mob supporting rebel General Rafael Carrera.

José Adolfo Mojica Morales was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsonate, El Salvador.

Carlos Salazar Castro was a Central American military officer and Liberal politician. Briefly in 1834 he was provisional president of El Salvador, and in 1839 he was provisional president of Guatemala.

Carlos Humberto Recinos Ortíz is a retired football player from El Salvador.

José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador in El Salvador, succeeded Archbishop Emeritus Fernando Sáenz Lacalle as the seventh archbishop, a successor of Archbishop Óscar Romero who was assassinated in 1980.

Evelyn Yesenia García Marroquín is a Salvadoran cycle racer who rides for the Fenixs team. She is something of an all-rounder, having won time-trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the only woman yet to do so, in 2004 and 2007. She was born in Santa Ana. García competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Summer Games, both times in the road race and the 3000 m individual pursuit. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 26th.

Nicolás Espinoza, general and licenciado, governed the State of El Salvador from April 10, 1835 to November 15, 1835. At the time, El Salvador was a constituent state of the Federal Republic of Central America.