The Most Famous
JOURNALISTS from El Salvador
This page contains a list of the greatest Salvadoran Journalists. The pantheon dataset contains 196 Journalists, 1 of which were born in El Salvador. This makes El Salvador the birth place of the 27th most number of Journalists behind Romania, and Switzerland.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Salvadoran Journalists of all time. This list of famous Salvadoran Journalists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Mauricio Funes (1959 - 2025)
With an HPI of 65.11, Mauricio Funes is the most famous Salvadoran Journalist. His biography has been translated into 50 different languages on wikipedia.
Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena (18 October 1959 – 21 January 2025) was a Salvadoran politician and journalist who served as the 79th president of El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. Funes won the 2009 presidential election as the candidate of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). Funes resided in exile in Nicaragua from 2016 until his death, while his immediate family continues to reside there, following allegations of criminal conduct during his tenure. In July 2023, he was placed under sanctions by the U.S. State Department following his conviction in absentia for negotiations related to the gang truces he made while in office, illicit enrichment, and tax evasion. Funes died in exile in Nicaragua in 2025.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Salvadoran journalists born between 1959 and 1959. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Salvadoran journalists include Mauricio Funes.
