List of Famous people named El
El Risitas
Juan Joya Borja was a Spanish comedian and actor known by the stage name El Risitas. He gained widespread popularity in 2015 thanks to a series of memes from a television interview from June 2007 on Jesús Quintero's show Ratones Coloraos.
El Cordobés
Manuel Benítez Pérez, more commonly known as El Cordobés, is a Spanish bullfighter, matador, and actor active in the 1960s who brought an unorthodox acrobatic and theatrical style to the bullring.
Will Jimeno
William J. "Will" Jimeno is an American author and retired Colombian American Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department officer who survived the September 11 attacks in 2001. He was buried under the rubble for a total of 13 hours, but survived, along with fellow Port Authority officer John McLoughlin. He has written two books regarding the experience.
Rubén Doblas Gundersen
Rubén Doblas Gundersen, better known by his pseudonym El Rubius or elrubiusOMG, is a Spanish-Norwegian YouTube personality whose channel primarily consists of gameplays and vlogs. His channel currently has over 8.8 billion views and 39 million subscribers. It also the 36th most subscribed YouTube channel in the world.
El Hadji Diouf
El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Throughout his career, Diouf played as a winger or a forward.
El General
Edgardo Armando Franco, better known as El General, is a Panamanian former reggae artist considered by some to be one of the fathers of "Reggae Español". During the early 1990s, he was one of the artists who initiated the Spanish-language dancehall variety of reggae music. Early examples of this were the international and somewhat mainstream songs, "Te Ves Buena" and "Tu Pum Pum". Both songs, performed in Spanish deejaying style, were very successful in North America. After getting his foot in the door of the commercial market, many other Spanish-language dancehall reggae artists became famous in the mainstream as well. He has a unique, easy to listen to style of dance music and has produced many well-known songs all over Latin America. His musical works have become popular in Latin America over the last few years. This style is called reggae en Español, because he makes dancehall reggae music with Spanish-language lyrics and is an early precursor to reggaeton.
El Gran Wyoming
José Miguel Monzón Navarro, better known as El Gran Wyoming or Guayo, is a Spanish television presenter, actor, musician, director and humorist.
El DeBarge
Eldra Patrick "El" DeBarge is an American singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He was the focal point and primary lead singer of the family group DeBarge. Popular songs led by El DeBarge include "Time Will Reveal", "Stay with Me", "All This Love", and "Rhythm of the Night". As a solo artist, he is best known for his unique high tenor register, strong falsetto and hits like "Who's Johnny" and "Love Always". He's also collaborated with artists such as Dionne Warwick, Al Green, Lalah Hathaway, Tone Loc, Babyface, Faith Evans, Quincy Jones, Fourplay, and DJ Quik. DeBarge is a five time Grammy Award nominee.
El Hijo del Santo
Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler and political activist, best known under the ring name, El Hijo del Santo. Guzmán is the youngest child, out of eleven, of Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, better known as El Santo, a professional wrestler, film actor, and Mexican folk hero. Jorge Guzmán's son made his debut under the name "Santo Jr.", the third-generation Guzmán to use the name "Santo". Jorge Guzmán's uncles, Miguel "Black" Guzmán, Jesús Guzmán and Jimmy Guzmán were also wrestlers. Axxel, Jorge Guzmán's nephew, originally wrestled as "El Nieto del Santo" but Jorge Guzmán owned the rights to the "Santo" name and objected. Guzmán has also followed in his father's footsteps, as he has starred in several lucha films.
El Koala
Jesús Manuel Rodríguez, also known as El Koala, is a Spanish musician.
El Hijo del Fantasma
Jorge Luis Alcantar Bolly, is a Mexican second-generation luchador. He is currently signed to WWE, under the ring name Santos Escobar.
El Barrio
José Luis Figuereo Franco, better known by the stage name El Barrio, is a Spanish new flamenco singer. He was born on the 4 June 1970 in Cádiz in Calle Botica 29 in the district of Santa María.
El Amry Farouk
El Amry Farouk is an Egyptian businessman and Egypt's former minister of state for sports as part of the Qandil cabinet.
El Sevilla
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Jiménez, better known as El Sevilla, is a Spanish actor and the lead singer of the comedy rock band Mojinos Escozíos. He is also a contributor on radio programs on Cadena 100 and National Spanish Radio.
El Chombo
Rodney Sebastian Clark Donalds, better known by his stage name El Chombo, is a Panamanian reggaeton artist and producer. He is best known for the hit songs "Chacarron Macarron" and "Dame Tu Cosita" which both became Internet memes. "Chacarron Macarron"'s mumbling vocals and lyrics earned him the nickname El Mudo, translating as "the mute".
El Vez
Robert Alan Lopez, better known by his stage name El Vez, is an American singer-songwriter and musician, who performs and records original material and covers classic rock songs. Mixing the styles of Elvis Presley and many other American rock artists with his own Latin-American heritage and music, he is known for expressing revolutionary views through the satire and humor in his songs.
Tainy
Marco Masís, artistically known as Tainy, is a Puerto Rican record producer and songwriter. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he entered the world of reggaeton with his work on Mas Flow 2.
El Fardou Ben Nabouhane
El Fardou Mohamed Ben Nabouhane, also simply known as Ben, is a Comorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Red Star Belgrade and the Comoros national team.
El Potro Álvarez
Antonio Enrique Álvarez Cisneros is a Venezuelan politician and a former professional baseball player.
El Hadji Ba
El Hadji Ba is a French professional footballer who plays for En Avant de Guingamp as a midfielder.