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Most Famous People from El Salvador
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El Salvador 103
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By the numbers
103 notable people in this slice of the dataset.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in El Salvador during each.
Notable births in El Salvador peaked in the 1980s with 27 people.
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Sports is El Salvador's biggest group — 45% of all notables (46).
El Salvador over-indexes on sports — 2.1× the global rate.
El Salvador under-produces writing — only 0.7× the global rate.
Each band shows a profession family's share of El Salvador's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.