The Most Famous

SOCIAL ACTIVISTS from El Salvador

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This page contains a list of the greatest Salvadoran Social Activists. The pantheon dataset contains 840 Social Activists, 2 of which were born in El Salvador. This makes El Salvador the birth place of the 64th most number of Social Activists behind Australia, and Ghana.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Salvadoran Social Activists of all time. This list of famous Salvadoran Social Activists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Prudencia Ayala (1885 - 1936)

With an HPI of 46.41, Prudencia Ayala is the most famous Salvadoran Social Activist.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Prudencia Ayala (28 April 1885 – 11 July 1936) was a Salvadoran writer, social activist, and pioneer campaigner for women's rights in El Salvador, as well as the first woman to run for president in El Salvador and Latin America.

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2. Karla Avelar (b. 1978)

With an HPI of 35.24, Karla Avelar is the 2nd most famous Salvadoran Social Activist.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Karla Avelar (born 1978) is a Salvadoran transgender rights activist. She is the executive director of Comcavis Trans.

People

Pantheon has 2 people classified as Salvadoran social activists born between 1885 and 1978. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Salvadoran social activists include Karla Avelar. The most famous deceased Salvadoran social activists include Prudencia Ayala.

Living Salvadoran Social Activists

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Deceased Salvadoran Social Activists

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