Arts and Music

• Salvador Dali (born 1904, died 1989)

  Spanish Surrealist painter.

  • Painted The Persistence of Memory (see list of 20th-century Modern Artists)

Leadership

• Salvador Allende (born 1908, died 1973)

  Chilean socialist leader.

  • President of Chile, 1970-73; overthrown by a coup (see list of Miscellaneous Political Leaders)

Science and Philosophy

• Salvador E. Luria (born 1912)

  Italian-American biologist known for his work on the genetic structure of viruses.

  • 1969 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology/Medicine, with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey (see list of Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine)
  • 1991 National Medal of Science winner (see list of National Medal of Science Winners)

Sports

• Salvador Garcia

  Mexican runner.

  • 1991 New York Marathon champion (see list of New York Marathon Winners)
• Salvador Sanchez (born 1959, died 1982)

  Mexican featherweight boxer.

  • Member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame (see list of Modern inductees)