Jose Inocencio "Chencho" Alas former priest, activist
Claribel Alegria poet, author, journalist (born in Nicaragua)
Manuel Jose Arce general, president Federal Republic of Central America
Gerardo Barrios former president
Adrian Bellani actor (born in Miami, US)
Alfredo Betancourt author
Juan Jose Canas co-writer national hymn of El Salvador, poet, ambassador
Noe Canjura artist
Cayetano Carpio former leader communist party
Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova head of national guard, former defense minister
Fernando Llort Choussy artist, "El Salvador's national artist"
Jose Castellanos Contreras army colonel, diplomat
Jose Antonio Cortez football player
Augusto Crespin artist
Alfredo Cristiana former president
Roque Dalton poet, journalist
Roberto D'Aubuisson army officer, political leader, founder Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA)
Jose Matias Delgado father of the Salvadoran Fatherland
Consuelo de Saint Exupery author, artist
Jose Napoleon Duarte former president
Jacinta Escudos author
Mauricio Funes president
Francisco Galindo poet, dramatist
Jorge "Magico" Gonzalez footballer
Ana Sol Gutierrez politician (US)
Joaquin Eufrasio Guzman statesman, former president (born in Costa Rica)
Schafik Handal politician
Claudia Lars poet
Alvaro Magana former president
Ana Maria military leader
Farabundo Marti social activist, communist leader
Ignacio Marton-Baro scholar, philosopher
Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez former president
Alberto Masferrer essayist, journalist
Francesca Miranda fashion designer
Rolando Molina actor
Sigifredo Ochoa military commander, politician, ambassador
Francisco Flores Perez former president
Pedro Geoffroy Rivas poet, linguist, anthropologist
Oscar Romero former archbishop, martyr
Antonio Saca former president
Salarrue author, poet
Antonio "Tono" Salaza caricaturist, illustrator, diplomat
Armando Calderon Sol former president
Vanesa Tomasino radio and television host
Alvaro Torres singer, songwriter