List of Chileans
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This is a list of Chile
ans who are famous or notable.
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
ans who are famous or notable.
Economists
- Hernán BüchiHernán BüchiHernán Büchi Buc is a Chilean economist and politician. He served as Minister of the Treasury under the government of Augusto Pinochet between 1985 and 1989.After the recession of the early 1980s, Büchi's appointment as Finance Minister in 1985:...
– Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
trained economist. Minister of Economy during Pinochet government. The father of the country's economic miracleMiracle of ChileThe "Miracle of Chile" was a term used by free market Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman to describe liberal and free market reorientation of the economy of Chile in the 1980s, 1990s and the purported benefits of his style of economic liberalism... - Ricardo J. CaballeroRicardo J. CaballeroRicardo Jorge Caballero is a Chilean macroeconomist who holds the Ford International chair of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from MIT in 1988, and he taught at Columbia University before returning to the MIT faculty...
– MIT professor, Department of Economics - Sebastián EdwardsSebastian EdwardsSebastian Edwards is an international economist, professor, speaker, and consultant. He is currently the Henry Ford II Professor of International Business Economics at the Anderson School of Management at the University of California, Los Angeles...
– UCLA professor, former World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
officer (1993–1996), prolific author and media personality - Alejandro FoxleyAlejandro FoxleyAlejandro Tomás Foxley Rioseco is a Chilean economist and politician. He was the Foreign Minister of Chile from 2006 to 2009 and previously served as Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1994 and leader of the Christian Democrat Party from 1994 to 1996.-Education and personal life:Foxley received a...
– Chile's first Finance Minister after the return of democracy in 1990 and an engineer of the country's economic miracle during democracy; former Foreign Affairs minister, and former Chilean Senator for East Santiago. - Manfred Max Neef – Alternative Nobel PrizeRight Livelihood AwardThe Right Livelihood Award, also referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize", is a prestigious international award to honour those "working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today". The prize was established in 1980 by Jakob von Uexkull, and is...
winner, presidential candidate, member of the Club of RomeClub of RomeThe Club of Rome is a global think tank that deals with a variety of international political issues. Founded in 1968 at Accademia dei Lincei in Rome, Italy, the CoR describes itself as "a group of world citizens, sharing a common concern for the future of humanity." It consists of current and...
, former president of the Universidad Austral - José PiñeraJosé PiñeraJosé Piñera is the architect of Chile's private pension system based on personal retirement accounts. Piñera has been called "the world's foremost advocate of privatizing public pension systems" as well as "the Pension Reform Pied Piper"...
– implemented the privatization of the Chilean pension systemChile pension systemThe Chile Pension system refers to old-age, disability and survivor pensions for workers in Chile. The pension system was changed by José Piñera, during Augusto Pinochets military government on November 4, 1980 from a PAYGO-system to a fully funded capitalization system run by private sector...
under Pinochet - Andrés VelascoAndrés VelascoAndrés Velasco Brañes is an economist and professor. He served as the Finance Minister of Chile from March 2006 to March 2010, the complete presidential period of Michelle Bachelet.- Biography :...
– Sumitomo Professor of International Finance and Development in the John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentJohn F. Kennedy School of GovernmentThe John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a public policy and public administration school, and one of Harvard's graduate and professional schools...
, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
; Finance Minister during Bachelet's administration - Nicolás EyzaguirreNicolás EyzaguirreNicolás Eyzaguirre Guzmán is a Chilean economist who was Minister of Finance in Chile between 2000 and 2006. He is the son of architect Joaquín Eyzaguirre and well-known actress Delfina Guzmán...
– former Finance Minister
Military
- José Miguel CarreraJosé Miguel CarreraJosé Miguel Carrera Verdugo was a Chilean general, member of the prominent Carrera family, and considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Carrera was the most important leader of the Chilean War of Independence during the period of the Patria Vieja...
– First Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean ArmyChilean ArmyThe Chilean Army is the land arm of the Military of Chile. This 45,000-person army is organized into seven divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade....
and Independence leader of the Patria Vieja. - CaupolicánCaupolicanCaupolicán was a Toqui, the military leader of the Mapuche people of Chile, that commanded their army during the first Mapuche rising against the Spanish conquistadors from 1553 to 1558....
– leader of the MapucheMapucheThe Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...
who fiercely resisted the Spanish conquest of Chile - Manuel ContrerasManuel ContrerasJuan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda is a Chilean military officer and the former head of DINA, Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. As head of DINA he was the most powerful and feared man in the country, after Pinochet...
– head of Augusto Pinochet's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) - Manuel Rodríguez – Independentist leader and guerrilla leader during the Reconquista.
- Lautaro – Mapuche indigenous military leader during the Spanish conquest of Chile.
- Bernardo O'HigginsBernardo O'HigginsBernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder...
– founder of modern Chile, Fatherland's Father and Liberator - Carlos CondellCarlos CondellCarlos Arnaldo Condell De La Haza was a prominent Chilean naval officer and hero of the Battle of Punta Gruesa during the start of the War of the Pacific....
– captainCaptain (naval)Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
of the Covadonga ship at the Iquique Naval Combat. - Ignacio Carrera PintoIgnacio Carrera PintoIgnacio Carrera Pinto is a Chilean hero of the War of the Pacific.He was born in Santiago, Chile; the son of José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla, of Basque descent, and of Emilia Pinto Benavente. He was the grandson of Jose Miguel Carrera Verdugo, one of Chile's independence heroes...
– CaptainCaptain (naval)Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
in charge of the Chilean patrol who died in Battle of La ConcepciónBattle of La ConcepciónThe Battle of Concepción was fought on July 9 and July 10, 1882, during the Sierra Campaign of the War of the Pacific. Heavily outnumbered, the Chilean detachment of 77 men under the command of Lieutenant Ignacio Carrera Pinto was annihilated by a 1.300 Peruvian force, many of them armed with...
. - Arturo PratArturo PratAgustín Arturo Prat Chacón was a Chilean navy officer. He was killed shortly after boarding the Peruvian armored monitor Huáscar at the Naval Battle of Iquique after the ship under his command, the Esmeralda, was rammed by the Peruvian monitor...
– captainCaptain (naval)Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
of the Esmeralda ship at the Iquique Naval Combat; regarded as national hero. - Juan MacKennaJuan MackennaBrigadier Juan Mackenna was an Irish-born, Chilean military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. He is considered to have been the creator of the Corps of Military Engineers of the Chilean Army....
– Irish born organizer of O'HigginsBernardo O'HigginsBernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who, together with José de San Martín, freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile , he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder...
's Army. - Patricio LynchPatricio LynchPatricio Javier de los Dolores Lynch y Solo de Zaldívar was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a Rear Admiral in the Chilean navy, and one of the principal figures of the later stages of the War of the Pacific...
– Governor of Lima during the Chilean occupation of Lima, Perú, during the War of the Pacific. - Manuel BaquedanoManuel BaquedanoManuel Jesús Baquedano González was a Chilean soldier and Chief of Government, who served as Commander-in-chief of the Army during the War of the Pacific. Manuel Baquedano was of Basque descent.-Early life:...
– General of the Chilean Forces during the War of the PacificWar of the PacificThe War of the Pacific took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. Despite cooperation among the three nations in the war against Spain, disputes soon arose over the mineral-rich Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna, and Arica, and the...
. - Eleuterio RamírezEleuterio RamírezEleuterio Ramírez Molina was a Chilean military figure. He founded the Foro Militar military newspaper in 1871.-References:...
– officer, hero of the War of the Pacific. - José Ignacio ZentenoJosé Ignacio ZentenoJosé Ignacio Zenteno del Pozo y Silva , was a Chilean soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean War of Independence....
– Lieutenant Colonel of the Army of the Andes, Minister of War and Marine in the O'Higgins government
Musicians
- Tom ArayaTom ArayaTom Araya is a Chilean musician, best known as the bassist and vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer...
– singer/bassist for thrash metalThrash metalThrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...
band SlayerSlayerSlayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...
. - Claudio ArrauClaudio ArrauClaudio Arrau León was a Chilean pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Brahms and Debussy...
– classical pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
player. - Germán CasasGerman Casas-Brief bio:German Casas became famous during the 1960s and 1970s. Many of his songs hit Chilean airwaves and television, making him a household name all over his native country. He was one of Chile's best known rock and roll and twist musicians of the era...
– 1960s singer. - Beto CuevasBeto CuevasLuis Alberto "Beto" Cuevas Olmedo is the former lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean rock band, La Ley. He grew up in Montréal, Quebec, and is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He was born in Santiago, Chile, and now resides in Los Angeles and is pursuing a solo career.-Biography:His...
– lead singer from rockRock BandRock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
group La LeyLa Ley (band)La Ley was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by Andrés Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Beto Cuevas and Luciano Rojas. After a failed first album, Desiertos , they released Doble Opuesto , which appears as the official first album... - Luis 'Lucho' GaticaLucho GaticaLuis Enrique Gatica Silva, better known as Lucho Gatica, is a Chilean bolero singer, film actor, and television host. It is estimated that Gatica has released more than 90 recordings. He has toured a vast portion of the world, having made concerts in Europe, the Middle East and Asia...
– boleroBoleroBolero is a form of slow-tempo Latin music and its associated dance and song. There are Spanish and Cuban forms which are both significant and which have separate origins.The term is also used for some art music...
singer. - Eduardo GattiEduardo GattiEduardo Gatti is a well known Chilean singer-songwriter in the tradition of Nueva Canción and Nueva Trova. His best known song is "Los Momentos" , originally recorded in 1970 by Gatti when he was a member of the band Los Blops....
– one of the leading composers of modern Chilean musicMusic of ChileThe music of Chile ranges from folkloric music, popular music and also to classical music.-Folk music:Chile has a very rich folklore music that has three different continental geographical zones: northern, central, and southern, each with their own characteristics and sounds. Also it has other...
. - Jorge GonzálezJorge González (musician)Jorge González is the former lead singer, main songwriter and sole composer of the Chilean band Los Prisioneros, and is currently the frontman of Los Updates. Los Prisioneros enjoyed a huge level of popularity and success initially in Chile and eventually all of Latin America beginning in 1984...
– Controversial lead singer and songwriter of historic Chilean rock band Los PrisionerosLos PrisionerosLos Prisioneros was a chilean rock band formed in San Miguel, Santiago, Chile in 1982. They began as a local band during the early 1980s, playing small shows in their neighborhood and high school... - Alberto GuerreroAlberto GuerreroAntonio Alberto García Guerrero was a Chilean-Canadian composer, pianist, and teacher. While he is most famously remembered as the mentor of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, Guerrero influenced several generations of musicians through his many years of teaching at the Toronto Conservatory of...
– Chilean–Canadian composer, pianist, and teacher - Rodrigo González – Bassist and Singer of the German band die ÄrzteDie ÄrzteDie Ärzte is a punk band from Berlin. Die Ärzte are one of the best-known German punk rock bands and have released over 20 albums. The band consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B. and bass player Rodrigo González...
. - Myriam HernándezMyriam HernándezMyriam Raquel Hernández Navarro is a Chilean singer-songwriter and television presenter. She is known throughout Latin America for her romantic ballads.-Biography:Myriam Hernández began her career in the late 80's...
– popular musicPopular musicPopular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
singer. - Inti Illimani – Pioneers of the nueva canción chilena movement and known communists and "pro-democracy" activists in exile during Pinochet dictatorship.
- Víctor JaraVíctor JaraVíctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, political activist and member of the Communist Party of Chile...
– internationally known Chilean folkMusic of ChileThe music of Chile ranges from folkloric music, popular music and also to classical music.-Folk music:Chile has a very rich folklore music that has three different continental geographical zones: northern, central, and southern, each with their own characteristics and sounds. Also it has other...
singer and theatrical director, political activist and a communist. - DJ MéndezDJ MéndezLeopoldo Méndez Alcayaga is a Chilean-Swedish DJ, singer and producer, known by his stage name Méndez, formerly DJ Méndez. He won the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica Awards for Best Southwest New Artist.-Early life:...
– RapHip hop musicHip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
singer (resides in SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
). - Chañaral Ortega-MirandaChañaral Ortega-MirandaChañaral Ortega-Miranda is a Chilean composer of classical music.Born in Arica, Chile, in 1973, Ortega-Miranda was exiled in France for the first six years of his life. After studying musical theory and composition in Buenos Aires from 1989 to 1993, he attended Sergio Ortega's composition classes...
– contemporary composer - Ángel ParraÁngel ParraÁngel Cereceda Parra is a Chilean singer and songwriter, son of Violeta Parra, notable Chilean folklorist and brother of Isabel Parra. He travels abroad helping to maintain the Nueva Canción tradition in Chilean expatriate communities in Europe, North America, and Australia. His son -also named...
– folk musician (Nueva CanciónNueva canciónNueva canción is a movement and genre within Latin American and Iberian music of folk music, folk-inspired music and socially committed music...
); son of Violeta ParraVioleta ParraVioleta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist...
. - Isabel ParraIsabel ParraIsabel Parra is a famous Chilean singer-songwriter and interpreter of Latin American musical folklore.Isabel Parra was born in Chile in 1939 and began her career in music at the age of 13 when she made her first recording with her world-renowned mother, the folklorist Violeta Parra...
– folk musician; daughter of Violeta ParraVioleta ParraVioleta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist...
. - Javiera ParraJaviera ParraJaviera Cereceda Orrego , better known as Javiera Parra, is a Chilean musician and singer born in Santiago. She is the lead singer of rock band Javiera y Los Imposibles. A third generation member of Chile's Parra family, known for its many musicians, she is the granddaughter of famous Chilean...
– lead singer from group Javiera y los ImposiblesJaviera y Los ImposiblesJaviera y Los Imposibles is Chilean pop band led by Javiera Parra, granddaughter of Chilean folk musician Violeta Parra. The band was formed when Álvaro Henríquez from Los Tres met Javiera and helped her to produre the first album corte en Trámite together with other musicians....
. - Violeta ParraVioleta ParraVioleta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a notable Chilean composer, songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist...
– internationally known Chilean folkMusic of ChileThe music of Chile ranges from folkloric music, popular music and also to classical music.-Folk music:Chile has a very rich folklore music that has three different continental geographical zones: northern, central, and southern, each with their own characteristics and sounds. Also it has other...
singer. - QuilapayúnQuilapayúnQuilapayún are an instrumental and vocal folk music group from Chile and among the longest lasting and most influential exponents of the Nueva Canción Chilena movement. Formed in Chile during the mid-1960s, the group became inseparable with the revolution that occurred in the popular music of the...
– nueva canción ensemble, supporters of Popular Unity (UP) coalition during presidency of Salvador Allende. - Alejandro SilvaAlejandro SilvaFor the Chilean long-distance runner with the same name see Alejandro Silva Alejandro Silva is a Chilean instrumental heavy metal guitarist, best known as the founder and lead guitarist of his band, Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto....
– heavy metalHeavy metal musicHeavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
guitar player. - Clara SoloveraClara SoloveraClara Solovera was a famous Chilean folk musician.-External links:*...
– song writer. Born in Santiago 15 May 1909 – Died in Santiago on 27 January 1992. - Esther SoréEsther SoréEsther Soré is the main singer of Chilean melodies of the 20th century. She recorded for the first time the successful one pretty Chile, of Clara Solovera, and did not only he contribute to enrich the way to interpret those songs thanks to a voice recognized among the clearest and expressive of...
– 1940s singer. Born in Santiago on 27 May 1915 – Died in Santiago on 6 September 1996 - Francisca ValenzuelaFrancisca ValenzuelaFrancisca Valenzuela is an American born Chilean singer, songwriter, poet, instrumentalist, and composer of Pop and Rock songs. She was born and raised in San Francisco, California, where she resided until the age of 12, before moving to Chile. She is considered to be one of the singing...
- singer and songwriter - Verónica VillarroelVerónica VillarroelVerónica Villarroel González is a Chilean soprano. In 1989 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She studied singing with Ellen Faull at the Juilliard School.Villarroel was born in Santiago, Chile to Gueraldo Villarroel and Luisa González...
– sopranoSopranoA soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
. - Ramón VinayRamón VinayRamón Vinay was a famous Chilean operatic tenor with a powerful, dramatic voice. He is probably best remembered for his appearances in the title role of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic opera Otello....
– tenor - Ricardo VillalobosRicardo VillalobosRicardo Villalobos is a Chilean-German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well-known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in today's minimal techno scene....
– minimal technoMinimal technoMinimal techno is a minimalist sub-genre of techno. It is characterized by a stripped-down aesthetic that exploits the use of repetition, and understated development. This style of dance music production generally adheres to the motto less is more; a principle that has been previously utilized, to...
artist
Artists
- Claudio Bravo – World famous hyper-realism painter (1936–2011)
- Miguel VenegasMiguel VenegasMiguel Venegas was a Jesuit administrator and historian, producing a standard geographical, historical, and ethnographic description of Baja California, Mexico -- a region he never personally visited....
– painter. Called "El Maestro" (the Master) - Carlos CatasseCarlos CatasseCarlos Catasse , born Carlos Tapia Sepúlveda in Santiago, Chile, formed his new last name by combining the first two letters of his first, middle and last names. Catasse is a Chilean painter of international recognition...
– painter - Marta ColvinMarta ColvinMarta Colvin Andrade is a sculptress from, Chillán, Chile.-Biography:Marta Colvin Andrade was the daughter of James Colvin and Elcira Andrade....
– sculptor - Alfredo JaarAlfredo JaarAlfredo Jaar is a Chilean-born artist, architect, and filmmaker who lives in New York. He was born in 1956 in Santiago de Chile. He is mostly known as an installation artist, often incorporating photography and covering socio-political issues and war - the best known perhaps being the 6-year long...
– installation artist, film maker and architect - Roberto MattaRoberto MattaRoberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren , better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art....
– painter, sculptor - Camilo MoriCamilo MoriCamilo Mori Serrano was a painter and a founder of the Grupo Montparnasse....
– painter - Carlos SotomayorCarlos SotomayorCarlos Sotomayor was a Chilean painter, born in La Serena, Chile. He is considered to be one of the principal exponents of the cubism from South America.-Early years:...
– CubistCubismCubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...
painter
Poets
- Vicente HuidobroVicente HuidobroVicente García-Huidobro Fernández was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. He was an exponent of the artistic movement called Creacionismo , which held that a poet should bring life to the things he or she writes about, rather than just describe them.Huidobro was born into a wealthy...
– father of the "Creationism" movement in Paris - Enrique LihnEnrique LihnEnrique Lihn Carrasco was a Chilean poet, playwright, and novelist. The son of Enrique Lihn Doll and María Carrasco Délano, he married Ivette Mingram and they had one daughter: Andrea María Lihn Mingram, an actress.Born in 1929 at Santiago, Chile, Lihn aspired to be a painter but after a failed...
- poet, playwright, and novelist - Gabriela MistralGabriela MistralGabriela Mistral was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945...
– winner of the Nobel prizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for literature - Pablo NerudaPablo NerudaPablo Neruda was the pen name and, later, legal name of the Chilean poet, diplomat and politician Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto. He chose his pen name after Czech poet Jan Neruda....
– winner of the Nobel prizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
for literature - Nicanor ParraNicanor ParraNicanor Parra Sandoval is a mathematician and poet born in San Fabián de Alico, Chile, who has been considered to be a popular poet in Chile with enormous influence and popularity in Latin America, and also considered one of the most important poets of the Spanish language literature...
– self-proclaimed anti-poet - Gonzalo RojasGonzalo RojasGonzalo Rojas Pizarro was a Chilean poet. His work is part of the continuing Latin American avant-garde literary tradition of the twentieth century.- Biography :...
– 2004 Cervantes Prize winner - Pablo de RokhaPablo de RokhaPablo de Rokha . His real name was Pablo Díaz Loyola, and was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965....
- Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965 - Óscar HahnOscar HahnÓscar Arturo Hahn Garcés is a Chilean writer and poet. Known in Chile as one of the writers of the Generation of the 70s , Hahn studied at the Pedagogical Institute of Santiago during his youth...
– Chilean writer and poet
Politicians
- Juana Rosa AguirreJuana Rosa AguirreJuana Rosa Aguirre Luco was First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, who was also her cousin....
– former first lady, wife of Pedro Aguirre CerdaPedro Aguirre CerdaPedro Aguirre Cerda was a Chilean political figure. A member of the Radical Party, he was chosen as the Popular Front's candidate for the 1938 presidential election, and was triumphally elected. He governed Chile until his death in 1941... - Salvador AllendeSalvador AllendeSalvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....
– former senator and president of Chile; ousted in a military coup - Clodomiro AlmeydaClodomiro AlmeydaClodomiro Almeyda Medina was a Chilean politician. A leading member of the Socialist Party, served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile from 1970 to 1973 during the Presidency of Salvador Allende....
– socialist politician - Soledad AlvearSoledad AlvearMaría Soledad Alvear Valenzuela , is a Chilean lawyer and Christian Democrat politician, who was a cabinet member of the Aylwin, Frei and Lagos administrations. She was president of the Christian Democrat Party from 2006-2008...
– former Justice minister and Foreign minister; current PDC senator - Michelle BacheletMichelle BacheletVerónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Social Democrat politician who was President of Chile from 11 March 2006 to 11 March 2010. She was the first woman president of her country...
– first woman president of Chile - Carlos DávilaCarlos DávilaCarlos Gregorio Dávila Espinoza , was a Chilean political figure, Chairman of Government Junta of Chile in 1932, and Secretary General of the Organization of American States from 1954 until his death in 1955.-Early life:...
– former Secretary General of the Organization of American StatesSecretary General of the Organization of American StatesAccording to the Charter of the Organization of American States:-Secretaries General of the OAS:-Assistant Secretaries General of the OAS:*William Manger *William Sanders... - Florencio DuránFlorencio DuránFlorencio Durán Bernales was a Chilean physician, lawyer, and politician. As member of the Radical Party of Chile he served as President of the Senate of Chile from 1941 to 1944. He ran also as precandidate for the Radical Party in 1942 but lost to Juan Antonio Ríos, who then won the elections.-...
– former president of the senate - Fernando FloresFernando FloresCarlos Fernando Flores Labra is a Chilean engineer, entrepreneur and politician. He is a former cabinet minister of president Salvador Allende and was senator for the Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá regions between 2001 and 2009...
– businessman and former senator - Jaime GuzmánJaime GuzmánJaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz was a Chilean lawyer and senator, member and doctrinal founder of the conservative Independent Democrat Union party. He opposed Marxist President Salvador Allende and later became a close advisor to dictator Augusto Pinochet. A professor of Constitutional Law, he...
– right wing politician during the Pinochet regime, murdered by Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic FrontManuel Rodríguez Patriotic FrontThe Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front , also known as El Frente Patriótico, or simply El Frente, is a left-wing urban guerrilla movement in Chile, named for a figure in Chile's independence movement, Manuel Rodríguez. The group was founded on September 14, 1983 as an armed resistance against the...
on April 1, 1991; Former UDI Senator - Tomás HirschTomás HirschTomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt is a leftist Chilean politician and businessman. He was the Together We Can Do More pact candidate for the 2005 Chilean presidential election, winning 5.4% of the vote.- Biography :...
– former president of the Humanist Party of Chile and 2005 candidate for president - Carlos KellerCarlos KellerCarlos Keller Rueff was a far-right Chilean writer, historian, and political figure.-Early years:Keller was born in Concepción, Chile, into a family of German origin and completed his education at universities in Germany...
- former Leader of the National Socialist Movement of Chile, responsible for the organization of the Seguro Obrero Massacre - José Miguel InsulzaJosé Miguel InsulzaJosé Miguel Insulza Salinas is a Chilean politician and statesman. He is currently the Secretary General of the Organization of American States. He is nicknamed El Panzer, for his tank-like drive and reputation due to his ability to take political heat with little apparent damage...
– former Interior minister; current Secretary GeneralSecretary General of the Organization of American StatesAccording to the Charter of the Organization of American States:-Secretaries General of the OAS:-Assistant Secretaries General of the OAS:*William Manger *William Sanders...
of the Organization of American StatesOrganization of American StatesThe Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States... - Joaquín LavínJoaquín LavínJoaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician and economist. He is a member of the Independent Democrat Union party and former mayor of Santiago and Las Condes municipalities of capital Santiago...
– Independent Democratic Union candidate for presidency in 2005 election; former mayor of Las CondesLas CondesLas Condes is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. The area is inhabited primarily by upper-mid to high income families...
and Santiago - Orlando LetelierOrlando LetelierMarcos Orlando Letelier del Solar was a Chilean economist, Socialist politician and diplomat during the presidency of Socialist President Salvador Allende...
– Foreign Minister during Salvador AllendeSalvador AllendeSalvador Allende Gossens was a Chilean physician and politician who is generally considered the first democratically elected Marxist to become president of a country in Latin America....
's government murdered during the Pinochet regime in Washington D.C. - Gladys MarínGladys MarínGladys del Carmen Marín Millie was a Chilean activist and political figure. She was Secretary-General of the Communist Party of Chile and then president of the PCCh until her death...
– communistCommunismCommunism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...
leader, feminist activist, lived in exile, opposed conservatism and liberal economy, admirer of Lenin and Marx - Diego PortalesDiego PortalesDiego José Pedro Víctor Portales Palazuelos was a Chilean statesman and entrepreneur. As a minister of president José Joaquín Prieto Diego Portales played a pivotal role in shaping the state and government politics in the 19th century, delivering with the Constitution of 1833 the framework of the...
– Minister, major designer of the Chilean State during the first half of 19th century - Sebastián PiñeraSebastián PiñeraMiguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique is a Chilean businessman and politician. He was elected President of Chile in January 2010, taking office in March 2010.- Education :...
– Chilean billionaire, businessman and politician; current President of Chile - Laura RodríguezLaura RodríguezLaura Fiora Rodríguez Riccomini was a Chilean political activist from the Humanist Party. In 1989 she became the world's first Humanist to win a seat in parliament, after claiming victory as part of the Concertación coalition....
– first Humanist Party deputy in the world - Adolfo ZaldívarAdolfo ZaldívarMiguel Adolfo Gerardo Zaldívar Larraín is a Chilean politician and lawyer. He is currently senator for Aisén and since March 2008 he has been President of the Senate. He was a historic member of the Christian Democratic Party until his expulsion in December 2007.Zaldívar is married to María Alicia...
– PRI senator, former leader of the PDC - Andrés ZaldívarAndrés ZaldívarJosé Andrés Rafael Zaldívar Larraín, popularly known as El Chico Zaldívar , is a prominent Chilean Christian Democrat politician. Andrés Zaldívar is of Basque descent.-Early years:...
– former PDC senator
Religious figures
- Saint Teresa de los Andes – first Chilean saint
- Blessed Laura VicuñaLaura VicuñaBlessed Laura Vicuña is a blessed person in the Roman Catholic Church. She is the patron of abuse victims.-Escape from Chile:...
- José María CaroJosé María CaroJosé María Caro Rodríguez was a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1939 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII....
– first Chilean cardinal - Raúl Silva Henríquez – second Chilean cardinal born in Talca; a human rights advocate.
- Alberto HurtadoAlberto HurtadoSaint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga , popularly known in Chile as Padre Hurtado , was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker and writer of Basque origin, founder of the Hogar de Cristo foundation...
- saint - Juan Francisco FresnoJuan Francisco FresnoJuan Francisco Fresno Larrain was a Chilean cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1983 to 1990, and was elevated to the Cardinalate in 1985.-Early life and ordination:...
– third Chilean cardinal - Francisco Javier Errázuriz – fourth Chilean cardinal
- Jorge Medina EstévezJorge Medina EstévezJorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez is a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Cardinal Protodeacon until February 23, 2007, and is Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.-Early life and ordination:Medina was born in Santiago in...
– fifth Chilean cardinal; a conservative figure.
Sports
- Marlene AhrensMarlene AhrensMarlene Ahrens Ostertag is a female Chilean athlete. She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres. She remains the only Chilean woman to have won an Olympic medal. She is the mother of the journalist Karin Ebensperger.-References:...
– javelin throwJavelin throwThe javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
er; Olympic silver medalist - Omar AguilarOmar AguilarDomingo Omar Aguilar Cardenas is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988....
– long-distance runner - David ArellanoDavid ArellanoDavid Alfonso Arellano Moraga was a Chilean footballer. He is credited as a founding member of the Colo Colo football club.- Career :...
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, Colo-ColoColo-ColoClub Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo is a Chilean football club based in the commune of Macul, Santiago. It competes in the Primera División, the top-flight football league in the country, from which they have never been relegated. Their home ground is the Estadio Monumental David Arellano.Colo-Colo...
's stadium is named after him. - Luis AyalaLuis Ayala (tennis)Luis Alberto Ayala Salinas is a former Chilean world-ranked tennis player who competed in the 1950s and 1960s. When he retired, he became a tennis professional at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas. Currently, he is the Director of Tennis at the Forest Club in Houston, Texas.-Grand slams:...
– tennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player; twice French Open finalist - Carlos CaszelyCarlos CaszelyCarlos Humberto Caszely Garrido is a former Chilean footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" .Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, between 1969 and 1985, Caszely won 49 caps and scored 29 goals for the Chile national team, including participations in the 1974 and 1982 World...
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player. - Patricio CornejoPatricio CornejoPatricio Cornejo is a retired Chilean professional tennis player of the 1970s. He competed at the 1975 Davis Cup with Jaime Fillol and played the longest Davis Cup rubber in terms of games, eventually losing to Stan Smith/Erik Van Dillen of the 9–7, 39–37, 6–8, 1–6, 3–6 in the 1973 American Zone...
– tennis player, 1976 Davis CupDavis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
Finalist - Carlo de GavardoCarlo de GavardoCarlo de Gavardo Prohens is a Chilean motorist and motorcyclist who has participated in numerous rallies worldwide, including the Rallye Dakar and Rallye des Pharaons...
– KTMKTMKTM Sportmotorcycle AG is an Austrian motorcycle, bicycle and moped manufacturer.The company was founded in 1934 by engineer Hans Trunkenpolz in Mattighofen. It started out as a metal working shop and was named Kraftfahrzeuge Trunkenpolz Mattighofen...
rally motorcyclist. - Elías FigueroaElías FigueroaElías Ricardo Figueroa Brander is a former football player from Chile. He is considered the best Chilean footballer of all time, as well as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game....
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player; three times elected as Best Football Player of America - Jaime FillolJaime FillolJaime Fillol is a former tennis player from Chile. He played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s.Fillol was ranked as high as world number 14 in singles on the ATP Rankings and number 82 in doubles .In the Open era , Fillol won seven singles titles and 15 doubles titles...
– tennis player, 1976 Davis CupDavis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
finalist - Arturo GodoyArturo Godoy-Biography:He was born in Iquique, Chile, in 1910.He was South American Heavyweight Champion and had an extensive and successful career in Argentina, Cuba, Spain, and the United States roughly between 1931 and 1954.In New York he beat Tony Galento....
– boxer, fought Joe LouisJoe LouisJoseph Louis Barrow , better known as Joe Louis, was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1937 to 1949. He is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweights of all time...
twice for the World HeavyweightHeavyweightHeavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...
title - Fernando GonzálezFernando González----Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi is a professional tennis player from Chile. He is known for having one of the hardest forehands on the circuit. In Spanish he is called El Bombardero de La Reina and Mano de Piedra...
– tennis player; only Chilean to win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals at the Summer Olympics. - Alberto LarraguibelAlberto LarraguibelColonel Alberto Larraguibel Morales was a Chilean Army officer of Basque descent born in Angol, Chile. He remains the record holder for Puissance on Horseback, one of the longest-running unbroken sport records in history -- years as of .Then-Captain Larraguibel broke the record for the...
– horserider, record for PuissancePuissancePuissance is the high-jump competition in the equestrian sport of show jumping.The competition involves a maximum of five rounds - opening round followed by four jump-offs not against the clock. The first round consists of four to six large single obstacles including the puissance wall, the...
(high-jump) on Horseback. - Sergio Sapo LivingstoneSergio LivingstoneSergio Roberto "Sapo" Livingstone Pohlhammer , affectionally called Sapito Livingstone, is a former Chilean goalkeeper, considered the first great footballer in the country's history, who later became a well regarded journalist. He was called El Sapo for his typical posture in the goal mouth...
– Chilean footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
goalkeeper - Anita LizanaAnita LizanaAnita Lizana de Ellis was a World Number 1 tennis player from Chile. She was the first Latin American, and first Hispanic person, to be ranked World Number 1 tennis player. Also, Anita Lizana was the first Latin American to win a Grand Slam singles championship. She won the U.S...
– tennis player; 1937 US Open champion. First Latin American, and first HispanicHispanicHispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
person, to be ranked World Number 1 in tennisWorld number one women tennis players-1883-1920 rankings:1883-1920 rankings are more variable in nature because of limited sourcing.-1921–present:More recent rankings are much better sourced.-See also:* List of WTA number 1 ranked players* World number one male tennis player rankings...
. - Nicolás MassúNicolás MassúNicolás Alejandro Massú Fried , nicknamed Vampiro , is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist...
– tennis player; highest world ranking # 9, Olympic 2-time champion (singles & doubles) - Carlos MorenoCarlos Moreno (athlete)Carlos Bernardo Moreno Lira is a retired track and field sprinter from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Achievements:-References:*...
– track and field sprinter - Iván MorovicIván MorovicIván Eduardo Morović Fernández is a Chilean chess player and an International Grandmaster of Croatian origin. He often has been the best Latin American chess player....
– chessChessChess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
International GrandmasterInternational GrandmasterThe title Grandmaster is awarded to strong chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain.... - Érika OliveraÉrika OliveraÉrika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente is a female marathon runner from Chile. She took the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games, setting a Pan American Games record at 2:37.41 hours. She won a bronze at the following edition in 2003...
– marathon runner; gold medal winner in women's marathon at the 1999 Pan American GamesPan American GamesThe Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics... - Manuel PellegriniManuel PellegriniManuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti is a Chilean manager and former footballer. His current club is La Liga side Málaga CF.-Club career:...
- former footballer player for Universidad de Chile, ex manager of Real MadridReal MadridReal Madrid Club de Fútbol , commonly known as Real Madrid, is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. The club have won a record 31 La Liga titles, the Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , 18 Copas del Rey, 8 Spanish Super Cups, 1 Copa Eva Duarte and 1 Copa de la...
. - Alejandra RamosAlejandra RamosAlejandra Purisina Ramos Sánchez is a retired female middle-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native South American country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Ramos obtained a personal best time of 4:13.07 in the 1,500 metres event in...
– middle-distance runner - Monica RegonesiMonica RegonesiMónica Patricia Regonesi Muranda is female long-distance runner from Chile. She competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There she ended up in 32nd place in the women's marathon. Regonesi set her personal best in the classic distance in 1988...
– long-distance runner - Fernando RieraFernando RieraFernando Riera Bauzá was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.Riera was born in Santiago, Chile...
- Chile's most successful soccer coach, led the national team to a third place finish in the 1962 World Cup. - Marcelo RíosMarcelo RíosMarcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Chile. Nicknamed El Chino and El zurdo de Vitacura , he became the first Latin American player to reach the top position on the Association of Tennis Professionals singles rankings in 1998. He held the World No...
– first Latin American man to become world number-one tennis player. - Sebastián RozentalSebastián RozentalSebastián Rozental Igualt is a retired Chilean-Israeli professional football player.On the club level, Rozental has played for Universidad Católica , Colo-Colo , and Unión Española in his native Chile, Rangers in Scotland, where he became the first player from South America to play for the...
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player. - Marcelo SalasMarcelo SalasJosé Marcelo Salas Melinao , better known as El Matador, Shileno or simply Marcelo Salas, is a former football player from Chile. He, along with world cup veterans, 3 time Best Player of America Elías Figueroa and former Real Madrid and Inter Milan forward Iván Zamorano, has been one of Chile's...
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player. Holds the record for most goals playing for the national team. Won titles with every team where he played. - Eliseo SalazarEliseo SalazarEliseo Salazar Valenzuela is a Chilean racing driver, and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. He participated in 37 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix scoring a total of three championship points...
– race car driver. Competed in Formula OneFormula OneFormula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" designation in the name refers to a set of rules with which...
intermittently from 1980–1982, moved to Champ CarChamp CarChamp Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...
and the Indy Racing League - Leonel SánchezLeonel SánchezLeonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros is a former professional football player.Regarded as one of Chile's most important players, Sánchez holds the record for most games played for Chile with 84 games and 23 goals between 1955 and 1968...
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player, 1962 World Cup top scorer - José SantosJosé SantosJose Abon Santos is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.-Career:...
– jockey, winner of US Triple CrownTriple Crown of Thoroughbred RacingThe Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of three races for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses. Winning all three of these Thoroughbred horse races is considered the greatest accomplishment of a Thoroughbred racehorse... - Alejandro SilvaAlejandro Silva (athlete)Alejandro Silva is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in the men's marathon in 1985.-Achievements:-References:*...
– long-distance runner - Pablo SquellaPablo SquellaPablo Squella Serrano is a retired middle distance runner from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-Achievements:-References:* * *...
– middle-distance runner - José SulantayJosé SulantayJosé Sulantay Silva is an ex-football player and former manager of both the Chile national under-20 football team and Chile national under-17 football team. He led Chile's under-20 football team to a third place finish at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada...
- Chile's second most successful soccer coach, led the under 20 national team to a third place finish at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup2007 FIFA U-20 World CupThe 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup , hosted by Canada from June 30 to July 22, 2007. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth...
in Canada. - Emilio UlloaEmilio UlloaEmilio Ulloa Valenzuela is a retired male long-distance runner from Chile. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984.-Achievements:-References:* * *...
– long-distance runner - Martín VargasMartín VargasMartín Vargas Fuentes is a former boxer from Chile, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. He attempted to obtain Chile's first boxing world title four times...
– Boxer, arguably the most famous boxer in Chile's history - Gert WeilGert WeilGert Michael Weil is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global event was a sixth place at the 1988 Olympic Games...
– shot putter - Iván ZamoranoIván ZamoranoIván Luis Zamorano Zamora is a retired Chilean football striker. Along with former world-class forward Marcelo Salas and former world player of the year Elias Figueroa he is regarded as one of Chile's most recognized footballers.He was a member of the Chilean national team and played in the 1998...
– footballFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player.
Scientists and engineers
- Ricardo Baeza-YatesRicardo Baeza-YatesRicardo Baeza-Yates is a Chilean computer scientist and currently VP for EMEA and Latin America leading the Yahoo! Research labs at Barcelona, Spain and Santiago, Chile, supervising also the lab in Haifa, Israel. His Ph.D...
– Computer scientist - Claudio BunsterClaudio BunsterClaudio Bunster Weitzman is a Chilean scientist.Bunster studied Sciences at the University of Chile , Santiago and received his Ph.D in Physics from Princeton University, U.S. in 1973. He remained at the university, at the Institute for Advanced Study and also at the University of Texas, until 1984...
– Physicist - Erik Bongcam-RudloffErik Bongcam-RudloffErik Bongcam-Rudloff is a Chilean-born Swedish biologist and computer scientist. He received his doctorate in medical sciences from Uppsala University in 1994. , he is an Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His main research deals with mammalian promoters...
– Bioinformatician - Marcela ContrerasMarcela ContrerasDame Marcela Contreras Arriagada, DBE is a Chilean-born British leading blood expert, immunologist and university educator....
-Immunologist - F. J. DuarteF. J. DuarteF. J. Duarte is a laser physicist and author/editor of several well-known books on tunable lasers. He introduced the generalized multiple-prism dispersion theory and has discovered various multiple-prism grating oscillator laser configurations...
– Laser physicist and author - Eric GolesEric GolesEric Antonio Goles Chacc is a Chilean mathematician and computer scientist of Croatian descent. He studied civil engineering at the University of Chile before taking two doctorates at the University of Grenoble in France...
– Mathematician - Humberto MaturanaHumberto MaturanaHumberto Maturana is a Chilean biologist and philosopher. He is considered a member of the second wave of cybernetics, known for developing a theory of autopoiesis about the nature of reflexive feedback control in living systems.- Biography :After completing secondary school at the Liceo Manuel de...
– Biologist, co-author of the theory of Autopoiesis - María Teresa Ruiz - Astronomer
- Tito Ureta – Biochemist
- Francisco VarelaFrancisco VarelaFrancisco Javier Varela García , was a Chilean biologist, philosopher and neuroscientist who, together with his teacher Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology.-Biography:...
– Biologist, co-author of the theory of Autopoiesis - Pablo DT ValenzuelaPablo DT ValenzuelaPablo DT Valenzuela is a Chilean biochemist dedicated to biotechnology development. He is known for his genetic studies of hepatic viruses; participated as R&D Director in the discovery of Hepatitis C virus and the invention of the first recombinant vaccine, against Hepatitis B virus...
- Biotechnologist, cofounder of Chiron CorporationChiron CorporationChiron Corporation was a multinational biotechnology firm based in Emeryville, California that was acquired by Novartis International AG on April 20, 2006. It had offices and facilities in eighteen countries on five continents. Chiron's business and research was in three main areas:...
and Fundacion Ciencias Para la Vida
Film and television personalities
- Cecilia Bolocco – Former Miss UniverseMiss UniverseMiss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....
, TV host - Santiago CabreraSantiago CabreraSantiago Cabrera is a Chilean actor, most known for his role as the character Isaac Mendez in the television series Heroes and as Lancelot in the BBC drama series Merlin...
- actor - Cristián de la FuenteCristián de la FuenteCristián de la Fuente Sabarots is a Chilean-American actor.-Early life:De la Fuente was born in Santiago, Chile, as the only child of chemist Hugo de la Fuente and Adriana Sabarots, a homemaker of French descent...
- actor - Cote de PabloCote de PabloMaría José de Pablo Fernández, better known as Coté de Pablo , is a Chilean-American actress and recording artist. De Pablo has won an ALMA Award for her role as NCIS Special Agent Ziva David in the television series NCIS...
– vocalist-actress (Ziva David in the TV series NCISNCIS (TV series)NCIS, formerly known as NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural drama television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the U.S...
) - Mario Kreutzberger (Don Francisco) – Host of television show Sábado GiganteSábado GiganteSábado Gigante is a Spanish-language television show that is Univision's longest-running program and the longest-running variety TV show in the world. Sábado Gigante is an eclectic and frenetic mix of various contests, human-interest stories, and live entertainment...
- Nicole PolizziNicole PolizziNicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi is an American reality television personality who appeared on the MTV reality show Jersey Shore starting in 2009.- Early life :Polizzi was born in Santiago, Chile...
– Member of the Jersey Shore - Antonio Prieto (actor) - actor and singer ("La Novia" known in Great Britain and the US as "The Wedding")
- Horatio SanzHoratio SanzHoratio Sanz is a Chilean-born American actor and comedian best known as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1998-2006. Sanz most recently starred alongside his former SNL castmate Chris Parnell in the Comedy Central series Big Lake.-Early life:Sanz, the youngest of three sons, was born in...
- actor and comedian - Leonor VarelaLeonor VarelaLeonor Varela Palma is a Chilean actress, and model. She played the character Cleopatra in the 1999 film Cleopatra...
- actress and model
Writers
- Angel Cruchaga Santa MariaAngel Cruchaga Santa MaríaAngel Cruchaga Santa María was a Chilean writer. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1948....
(1893–1964) was a Chilean writer. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1948. - Isabel AllendeIsabel AllendeIsabel Allende Llona is a Chilean writer with American citizenship. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the "magic realist" tradition, is famous for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts , which have been commercially successful...
– novelist (The House of Spirits) - Roberto AmpueroRoberto AmpueroRoberto Ampuero is a Chilean author, columnist, and a university professor. His first novel ¿Quién mató a Kristián Kustermann? was published in 1993 and in it he introduced his private eye, Cayetano Brulé, winning the Revista del Libro prize of El Mercurio. Since then the detective has appeared...
– novelist (Cayetano Brulé series) - Roberto BolañoRoberto BolañoRoberto Bolaño Ávalos was a Chilean novelist and poet. In 1999 he won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel Los detectives salvajes , and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel 2666, which was described by board member Marcela Valdes...
– novelist (The Savage DetectivesThe Savage DetectivesThe Savage Detectives is an award-winning novel published by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño in 1998. Natasha Wimmer's English translation was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2007...
) - Francisco ColoaneFrancisco ColoaneFrancisco Coloane Cárdenas was a Chilean novelist and short fiction writer whose works have been translated into many languages...
– (Tierra del fuego) - Juan Guzman CruchagaJuan Guzmán CruchagaJuan Guzmán Cruchaga was a Chilean poet and diplomat. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1962. Was of Basque descent.-References:...
(1895–1979) was a Chilean poet and diplomat. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1962. Was of Basque descent. - José DonosoJosé DonosoJosé Donoso Yáñez was a Chilean writer. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and mainly Spain. Although he had left his country in the sixties for personal reasons, after 1973 he claimed his exile was also a form of...
– (Coronation) - Ariel DorfmanAriel DorfmanVladimiro Ariel Dorfman is an Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist. A citizen of the United States since 2004, he has been a professor of literature and Latin American Studies at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina since 1985.-Personal...
– novelist, playwright (Death and the MaidenDeath and the Maiden (play)Death and the Maiden is a 1990 play by Chilean playwright Ariel Dorfman. The world premiere was staged at the Royal Court Theatre in London on 9 July 1991, directed by Lindsay Posner...
), academic, essayist, journalist and human rights activist - Jorge EdwardsJorge EdwardsJorge Edwards Valdés is a Chilean novelist, journalist and diplomat. He is currently the Chilean ambassador to France.-Life and career:...
– 1999 Cervantes Prize winner - Alberto FuguetAlberto FuguetAlberto Fuguet de Goyeneche is a popular Chilean writer, journalist, film critic and film director who rose to critical prominence in the 1990s as part of the movement known as the New Chilean Narrative. Although he was born in Santiago, he spent his first 13 years of life in Encino, California...
– novelist, short story writer Mala OndaMala ondaMala onda is a bildungsroman novel and social commentary by Alberto Fuguet. It is also Fuguet's debut novel, first published in 1992.Mala onda is set in Chile during a ten-day period in late 1980, around the time of the Chilean constitutional referendum...
, Las películas de mi vidaLas películas de mi vidaLas películas de mi vida is a 2002 semi-autobiographical novel by Chilean writer Alberto Fuguet. The novel has received a significant amount of critical attention.-Plot summary:...
, and filmmaker Se ArriendaSe arriendaSe Arrienda is a 2005 Chilean film directed by Alberto Fuguet and starring Luciano Cruz-Coke. The film follows the fictional life of Gastón Fernández, a composer in his thirties who has achieved little career success since composing the score to a B movie during his time as a student.... - Alberto Blest GanaAlberto Blest GanaAlberto Blest Gana was a Chilean novelist and diplomat, considered the father of Chilean novel. Blest Gana was of Irish and Basque descent....
– novelist (Martín RivasMartín Rivas (novel)Martin Rivas is an 1862 novel by Alberto Blest Gana , and is widely acknowledged as the first Chilean novel.The novel is at once a passionate love story and an optimistic representation of Chilean nationhood...
) - Cristián HuneeusCristián Huneeus-Biography:In 1958 Cristián Huneeus began collaborating with articles in the Pomaire magazine. Their journalistic deliveries appeared in different national journals, but mainly in the magazines Cormorán and Mensaje, where he published articles until 1983. Later, from 1977 to 1985, he evolved...
– writer - Enrique LafourcadeEnrique LafourcadeEnrique Lafourcade Valdenegro is a Chilean writer, critic and journalist who was born in Santiago, Chile, on October 14, 1927.-Brief Biography:...
– novelist - Hernán Rivera LetelierHernán Rivera LetelierHernán Rivera Letelier is a Chilean novelist. Until the age of 11 he lived in the Algorta saltpeter mining town. When it was closed down, he and his family moved to Antofagasta, where his mother died. His siblings went to live with his aunts. He stayed in Antofagasta, alone, until he was about 11....
– novelist (Santa María de las Flores Negras, La Reina Isabel Cantaba Rancheras), poet and writer of short stories. - Carmen MaraiCarmen MaraiCarmen Marai is the nom de plume of Carmen María Bassa Rodríguez, a Chilean poet and novelist.- Writing :The central themes in her poems are primarily sorrow, betrayal, a mother's love, the struggle for life, and anti-violence, though she has also written humorous works...
– novelist El Alba de la Mandrágora ("The Dawn of the Mandrake"), poet and writer of short stories. - Antonio SkármetaAntonio SkármetaAntonio Skármeta is a Chilean writer, born November 7, 1940 in Antofagasta, Chile. He was born to Croatian immigrants from the Adriatic island of Brač, region of Dalmatia....
– author of Ardiente PacienciaArdiente pacienciaArdiente Paciencia, or El Cartero De Neruda, is a 1983 novel by Antonio Skármeta. The novel was published in the English market under the title The Postman...
("Burning Patience") which inspired the movie Il PostinoIl PostinoIl Postino is a 1994 Italian film directed by Michael Radford. The film was originally released in the U.S. as The Postman, a straight translation of the Italian title...
(The Postman) about poet Pablo Neruda. - Luis SepúlvedaLuis SepúlvedaLuis Sepúlveda is a Chilean writer, film director, journalist and political activist.- Life :Luis Sepùlveda was born in Ovalle, Limarí Province...
– novelist - Sergio VodanovićSergio VodanovicSergio Vodanović was a lawyer, journalist, dramatist and television writer from Chile of Croatian ancestry. His works were critical of corruption and social structures.He studied theater at Columbia and Yale Universities...
– playwright
Architects
- Guillermo Jullian de la FuenteGuillermo Jullian de la FuenteGuillermo Jullian de la Fuente was a Chilean architect and painter . After finishing his studies of architecture at the Catholic University of Valparaiso, Jullian left his country for Europe, with the declared desire to work with Le Corbusier...
- Joaquín ToescaJoaquín ToescaJoaquín Toesca y Ricci , born Gioacchino Toesca, was an Italian architect who worked for the king and governors of the Spanish Empire, especially in colonial Chile....
– designer of the presidential house "La Moneda", in Santiago - Mathias KlotzMathias KlotzMathias Klotz Germain is a Chilean architect, born in Viña del Mar on 13 April 1965. Studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated in 1991...
– Winner of the Borromini Prize of Architecture in 2001 for under-40 architects.
Others
- Carlos KaiserCarlos KaiserCarlos Kaiser is a Chilean campaigner on issues affecting people with disabilities. He has an amputated upper and lower limbs...
– former National Director of de National Found of Disabilities - Claudio GrossmanClaudio GrossmanClaudio Grossman is a lawyer and law professor. He is the dean of the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C.. Grossman served as vice chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture and now as Chair . He is a former member of the Inter-American Commission on...
– chairman of the Human Rights Interamerican Court - Themo LobosThemo LobosThemístocles Nazario Lobos Aguirre , better known as Themo Lobos, is a Chilean comic strip, comic book writer and artist. He is the creator of characters such as Máximo Chambónez, Ferrilo, Nick Obre, and Alaraco, but his most famous work is Mampato, a character first developed, briefly, by Eduardo...
– comic artist - Rene Ríos BoettigerRené Ríos BoettigerRené Ríos Boettiger , also known as Pepo, was a Chilean cartoonist, creator of the famous character Condorito....
(Pepo) – comic artist (CondoritoCondoritoCondorito is a comic strip that features an anthropomorphic condor living in a fictitious town named Pelotillehue — a typical small Chilean provincial town. He is meant to be a representation of the Latin American people....
) - Juan SomaviaJuan SomavíaJuan Somavía is the current Director-General of the International Labour Organization .He was elected to serve as the ninth Director-General of the ILO by the Governing Body on 23 March 1998.-Term as Director-General:...
– Director-General of the International Labour OrganizationInternational Labour OrganizationThe International Labour Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues pertaining to international labour standards. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. Its secretariat — the people who are employed by it throughout the world — is known as the... - Arturo Valenzuela – former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
- Andrónico LuksicAndrónico LuksicAntonio Andrónico Luksic Abaroa was a Chilean businessman of Croatian origin and founder of the Luksic Group...
– chairman of Quiñenco Holdings, which owns Banco de Chile, Antofagasta Minerals, one of the largest Chilean financial groups. - Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer, La QuintralaLa QuintralaCatalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer was an aristocratic 17th century Chilean landowner, nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair. During Chile's colonial period, she was noted for her extreme cruelty to her inquils , accused and tried for over 40 murders, becoming an icon of colonial...
, aristocratic and sadistic landowner and witch during the Colonial Period.
See also
- Chilean AmericanChilean AmericanChilean Americans are United States citizens or residents of Chilean origin. They number about 124,116 in 2009.In 2000, close to 14,000 lived in the states of Florida and California, while around 16,330 lived in the states of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and other New England states...
- Chilean AustralianChilean AustralianChilean Australians are Australians of Chilean descent or Chileans who have obtained Australian citizenship. In Australia, Chilean Australians are the biggest group of Latin American origin residing in the nation. The biggest Chilean Australian communities are primarily found in Sydney and Melbourne...
- Chilean British
- List of people by nationality