28 Notable alumni of University of El Salvador
Updated: May 20, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of El Salvador is ranked #3,771 in the world and #2 in El Salvador by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 28 notable alumni from University of El Salvador sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of El Salvador won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Jorge Arturo Reina Idiáquez
1935-. (aged 91)
diplomat
lawyer
politician
Jorge Arturo Reina Idiáquez is a Honduran politician and diplomat. He is the brother of former President Carlos Roberto Reina.
2. Nora Méndez
1969-. (aged 57)
poet
writer
Nora Méndez is a Salvadoran poet.
3. Antonia Navarro
1870-1891 (aged 21)
professor
civil engineer
engineer
Antonia Navarro Huezo was a topographic engineer and teacher from El Salvador. She was the first woman in Central America to graduate from university, earning a PhD from the University of El Salvador in 1889.
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4. Carlos Irigoyen Ruiz
1903-1947 (aged 44)
composer
conductor
Carlos Irigoyen Ruiz was a renowned Salvadoran musician during the 1920s-1940s. He directed the philharmonic and owned several of the most renowned marimba bands performing at the national and international level at the time.
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5. Victoria Marina Velásquez de Avilés
1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer
Victoria Marina Velásquez de Avilés is a Salvadoran jurist.
6. Reynaldo Galindo Pohl
1918-2012 (aged 94)
diplomat
lawyer
writer
Reynaldo Galindo Pohl was a Salvadoran lawyer and diplomat. He actively participated in the military movement which led to overthrew of Salvador Castaneda Castro in 1948. Galindo Pohl was a member of Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador and presided over the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution of 1950. He was the minister of education in the first half...
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7. José Antonio Morales Erlich
1935-2021 (aged 86)
politician
José Antonio Morales Ehrlich, also spelt Erlich, was a Salvadoran politician from the Christian Democratic Party who was a member of the Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador from 1980 to 1982.
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8. Hugo Lindo
1917-1985 (aged 68)
poet
lawyer
diplomat
politician
Hugo Lindo Olivares was a Salvadoran writer, diplomat, politician, and lawyer.
9. Ana María
1929-1983 (aged 54)
politician
Ana María was the nom-de-guerre of Dr. Mélida Anaya Montes, the second in command of the Fuerzas Populares de Liberación Farabundo Martí (FPL), the oldest of the five guerrilla organizations making up the FMLN, in El Salvador.
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10. Rafael Zaldívar
1834-1903 (aged 69)
politician
physician
Rafael Zaldívar Lazo was a Salvadoran politician, diplomat, and physician who served as President of El Salvador from 1876 to 1884 and 1884 to 1885.
11. Miguel Ángel Espino Najarro
1902-1967 (aged 65)
lawyer
writer
journalist
Miguel Ángel Espino was a Salvadoran writer, journalist and lawyer.
12. Hugo Martínez
1968-. (aged 58)
engineer
politician
Hugo Roger Martínez Bonilla is a Salvadoran industrial engineer, politician, diplomat and writer. He is a member of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), one of the two major political parties in El Salvador. Martínez served as Foreign Minister of El Salvador from 2009 until 2013 under former President Mauricio Funes and again from 2014 to 2018 within the...
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13. Juan José Cañas
1826-1918 (aged 92)
politician
Juan José Cañas Pérez is known for possibly having written the Himno Nacional De El Salvador (national hymn of El Salvador) along with Italian-born composer Juan Aberle.
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14. Francisco Bertrand
1866-1926 (aged 60)
politician
Francisco Bertrand Barahona was a Honduran politician. He was a two-term President of Honduras, first from 28 March 1911 to 1 February 1912, and then again between 21 March 1913 and 9 September 1919. His successor and predecessor was Manuel Bonilla, and Bertrand served as the Vice President in Bonilla's cabinet. He was a member of the National Party.
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15. Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas
1942-. (aged 84)
politician
Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas is a Salvadoran politician.
16. Marianella García Villas
1948-1983 (aged 35)
lawyer
politician
Marianella García Villas was a Salvadoran attorney, who served in the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 1974 to 1976 before resigning her post to found the first independent human rights commission in the country. After the 1979 coup d'état led to the installation of a military junta, she began documenting human rights abuses in the country, helping families report...
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17. Sigfrido Reyes Morales
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Othon Sigfrido Reyes Morales, is a Salvadoran politician. He served as President of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador from 2011 to 2015.
18. Violeta Menjívar
1952-. (aged 74)
politician
physician
Elvia Violeta Menjívar Escalante is a Salvadoran politician affiliated with the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front. She has been Minister of Health and Social Welfare since 1 June 2014. She is the former mayor of San Salvador.
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19. Lil Milagro Ramírez
1946-1979 (aged 33)
poet
writer
Lil Milagro de la Esperanza Ramírez Huezo Córdoba was a Salvadoran poet and revolutionary leader, a founding member of the first guerrilla organizations that would come together in 1980 to form the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). She was captured by agents of the National Guard in November, 1976. Her detention was kept secret and from that moment on...
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20. Fernando Llort Choussy
1949-2018 (aged 69)
ceramicist
painter
printmaker
Fernando Llort Choussy was a Salvadoran artist, often dubbed "El Salvador's National Artist" by the Foundation for Self Sufficiency in Central America (now called EcoViva).
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21. Norman Quijano
1946-. (aged 80)
politician
Norman Noel Quijano González is a Salvadoran politician and former Mayor of San Salvador, under the Nationalist Republican Alliance ticket, serving from 1 May 2009 until his resignation on 15 August 2013 in order to run as a presidential candidate. He was succeeded by Gloria Calderón de Oñate while the presidential campaign was taking place. After the election, he returned...
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22. Farabundo Martí
1893-1932 (aged 39)
political activist
Agustín Farabundo Martí Rodríguez was a Salvadoran Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and activist during La Matanza.
23. Salvador Moncada
1944-. (aged 82)
university teacher
pharmacologist
researcher
Sir Salvador Enrique Moncada Seidner is a Honduran-British pharmacologist and professor. He is currently Research Domain Director for Cancer at the University of Manchester.
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24. Alfredo Espino Najarro
1900-1928 (aged 28)
poet
Alfredo Espino, also known as el poeta niño (transl. the Boy Poet), was a Salvadoran poet known for his posthumous anthology of 96 poems, Jícaras tristes (transl. Sad Gourds), which has become one of the most well known poetic works in El Salvador. His poetry has been described as part of the Salvadoran development of costumbrismo. Espino was born in Ahuachapán Department...
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25. Manuel Enrique Araujo
1865-1913 (aged 48)
politician
physician
Manuel Enrique Araujo Rodríguez was a Salvadoran politician and physician. He served as President of El Salvador from 1 March 1911 until his death on 9 February 1913 from injuries sustained in an assassination attempt. Araujo is the only Salvadoran president to have been assassinated while in office.
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26. Álvaro Magaña
1925-2001 (aged 76)
economist
lawyer
politician
Álvaro Alfredo Magaña Borja was a Salvadoran politician, lawyer, and economist who was the president of El Salvador from 1982 to 1984.
27. María Isabel Rodríguez
1922-. (aged 104)
physician
María Isabel Rodríguez is a Salvadoran physician, academic, and government official. In 1956, she became one of the first group of four women to enter the Legislative Assembly. From 1999 to 2007, she was the rector of the University of El Salvador. She was appointed El Salvador's Minister of Health in 2009, a position she held until 2014.
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28. Roque Dalton Garcia
1935-1975 (aged 40)
writer
poet
journalist
politician
Roque Antonio Dalton García, known professionally as Roque Dalton, was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, journalist, political activist, and intellectual. He is considered one of Latin America's most compelling poets and one of the greatest Salvadoran writers of the 20th century.
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