This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable.
Bernardo O'Higgins , founder of modern Chile
Economists
Military
Jose Miguel Carrera
Musicians
Los Abandoned – alternative rock bandAltazores – rock band founded in 2004 by Mauricio HerreraAmérico – cumbia chilena singerTom Araya – singer/bassist for thrash metal band Slayer Daniela Aleuy - singer and songwriterClaudio Arrau – classical piano playerFloyyMenor – reggaeton singerCris MJ – reggaeton singerPaloma Mami – reggaeton singerGermán Casas – 1960s singerBeto Cuevas – lead singer from rock group La Ley Luis 'Lucho' Gatica – bolero singerEduardo Gatti – a leading composer of modern Chilean music Jorge González – controversial lead singer and songwriter of historic Chilean rock band Los Prisioneros Luis "Checho" González – folklore composer, born in Iquique Rodrigo González – bassist and singer of the German band die Ärzte Alberto Guerrero – Chilean–Canadian composer, pianist, and teacherMyriam Hernández – popular music singerAlicia Ika – native Rapa Nui actress, musician, songwriter, surf instructor and tourist agent. Star in 180 Degrees South: Conquerors of the Useless (2010).Pascuala Ilabaca – singer-songwriterInti-Illimani – pioneers of the nueva canción chilena movement; known communists and "pro-democracy" activists in exile during Pinochet dictatorshipIsleña Antumalen – Huilliche singer, rapper, and activistVíctor Jara – Chilean folk singer and theatrical director; political activist; communistAlain Johannes – Chilean-born musician, songwriter, sound engineer; best known as founding member of Alternative Rock American band Eleven Oscar Lopez – senior latin guitarists musician, born in SantiagoRafael Manríquez – nueva canción musicianJaviera Mena – Indie electropop musicianDJ Méndez – urban music producerMon Laferte – singer-songwriterEl Monteaguilino – Cueca composer, born in Monte Águila La Noche – cumbia chilena bandChañaral Ortega-Miranda – contemporary composerÁngel Parra – folk musician (nueva canción ); son of Violeta Parra Isabel Parra – folk musician; daughter of Violeta ParraJaviera Parra – lead singer from group Javiera y los Imposibles Violeta Parra – Chilean folk singerAntonio Prieto – singer and actor known in English for "The Bride" or "The Wedding" songQuilapayún – nueva canción ensemble, supporters of Popular Unity (UP) coalition during presidency of Salvador Allende Leo Rey – cumbia chilena singerAlejandro Silva – heavy metal guitar playerSaiko – pop rock bandClara Solovera (1909–1992) – songwriter, born in SantiagoEsther Soré (1915–1996) – 1940s singer, born in SantiagoFernando Ubiergo – folk singer-songwriter (Chilean folk ), born in Valparaíso Francisca Valenzuela – singer-songwriterRicardo Villalobos – minimal techno artistVerónica Villarroel – soprano Ramón Vinay – tenor
Artists
Carlos Sotomayor
Politicians
Diego Portales Aníbal Pinto Juana Rosa Aguirre – former first lady, wife of Pedro Aguirre Cerda Arturo Alessandri – served twice as president of ChileJorge Alessandri – 27th President of Chile; President of Council of State under Pinochet RegimeSalvador Allende – former senator and president of Chile; ousted in a military coupClodomiro Almeyda – socialist politicianSoledad Alvear – former Justice minister and Foreign minister; current PDC senatorCelinda Arregui – feminist politician, writer, teacher, suffrage activistGabriel Boric – first youth leader politician of ChileMichelle Bachelet – first woman president of ChileJuan Chandía – governor of Department of Tomé [es ] for 1946–1952Carlos Dávila – former Secretary General of the Organization of American States Florencio Durán – former president of the senateHéctor Faúndez – diplomatFernando Flores – businessman and former senatorGabriel González Videla – 25th President of Chile (1946-1952)Jaime Guzmán – right wing politician during the Pinochet regime; murdered by Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front on April 1, 1991; former UDI SenatorTomás Hirsch – former president of the Humanist Party of Chile ; 2005 candidate for presidentAntonia Illanes – lawyer and politicianJosé Miguel Insulza – former Interior minister; current Secretary General of the Organization of American States José Antonio Kast — president of the Republican Party , former deputy and councilman, presidential candidate in 2017 and in 2021 .Carlos Keller – former Leader of the National Socialist Movement of Chile, responsible for the organization of the Seguro Obrero Massacre Joaquín Lavín – Independent Democratic Union candidate for presidency in 2005 election; former mayor of Las Condes and SantiagoOrlando Letelier – Foreign Minister during Salvador Allende 's government murdered during the Pinochet regime in Washington, D.C.Gladys Marín – communist leader, feminist activist, lived in exile, opposed conservatism and liberal economy, admirer of Lenin and MarxRaúl Morales Beltramí – politician and physicianHerman Chadwick Piñera – Chilean lawyer, businessman, trade union leader and politicianSebastián Piñera – Chilean billionaire, businessman and politician; former President of Chile Aníbal Pinto – 9th President of Chile (1876-1881)Augusto Pinochet – Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Chile, President of the Government Junta of Chile , dictator from 1973 until 1990 and President from 1981 onwards.Diego Portales – Minister, major designer of the Chilean State during the first half of the 19th centuryJuan Antonio Ríos (1888–1946) – Chilean lawyer, political figure and 24th President of ChileLaura Rodríguez – first Humanist Party deputy in the worldJennifer Rojas – social worker and politicianCamila Vallejo – Member of Parliament, led 2011 student protests in ChileAdolfo Zaldívar – PRI senator, former leader of the PDCAndrés Zaldívar – former PDC senatorHerminia Colihueque , Mapuche first woman to run in an election for a political office
Saint Alberto Hurtado
Sports
Omar Aguilar – long-distance runnerMarlene Ahrens – javelin thrower ; Olympic silver medalistFernando Alvarez – jockeyDavid Arellano – football player; namesake of Colo-Colo 's stadiumLuis Ayala – tennis player; twice French Open finalistGonzalo Barrios – eSports playerClaudio Bravo – football player, FC Barcelona Ben Brereton – football playerNick Carle – football player, Sydney FC Patricio Castañeda – football playerCarlos Caszely – football playerPatricio Cornejo – tennis player, 1976 Davis Cup finalistCristian Garín – tennis player, winner of 4 ATP titlesCarlo de Gavardo – KTM rally motorcyclistElías Figueroa – football player; three times elected as Best Football Player of AmericaJaime Fillol – tennis player, 1976 Davis Cup finalistArturo Godoy – boxer, fought Joe Louis twice for the World Heavyweight titleFernando González – tennis player; only Chilean to win gold, silver and bronze medals at the Summer OlympicsTomás González – gymnast, Olympic finalistJuan Halty – former professional footballerKai Horwitz (born 1998) – Olympic alpine skierLuis Jiménez (born 1987) – footballerBenjamín Kuscevic – football playerAlberto Larraguibel – horse rider, record for puissance (high jump) on horsebackSergio Sapo Livingstone – Chilean football goalkeeper Anita Lizana – tennis player; 1937 US Open champion; first Latin American, and first Hispanic person, to be ranked World Number 1 in tennis Nicolás Massú (born 1979) – tennis player; highest world ranking #9, Olympic 2-time champion (singles and doubles)Carlos Moreno – track and field sprinterIván Morovic – chess International Grandmaster Isidora Niemeyer – rowerÉrika Olivera – marathon runner ; gold medal winner in women's marathon at the 1999 Pan American Games Andrés Parada - footballerManuel Pellegrini – former footballer for Universidad de Chile , former manager of Real Madrid Alejandra Ramos – middle-distance runnerMonica Regonesi – long-distance runnerSammis Reyes – basketball and American football player; first Chilean to play in the NFL Fernando Riera – Chile's most successful soccer coach; led the national team to a third-place finish in the 1962 World Cup Marcelo Ríos – first Latin American man to become world number-one tennis playerEduardo Robledo – football player, Newcastle United F.C. Jorge Robledo – player, Newcastle United F.C.Jose Romero – AFL player, Western Bulldogs Sebastián Rozental (born 1976) - professional soccer playerBayron Saavedra (born 1997) – footballerMarcelo Salas – football player; holds the record for most goals playing for the national team; won titles with every team he played withEliseo Salazar – race car driver, competed in Formula One intermittently from 1980–1982, moved to Champ Car and the Indy Racing League Alexis Sánchez – football player, Inter Milan Leonel Sánchez – football player, 1962 World Cup top scorerJosé A. Santos – jockey, winner of US Triple Crown Alejandro Silva – long-distance runnerPablo Squella – middle-distance runnerJosé Sulantay – 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 Cup in CanadaEmilio Ulloa – long-distance runnerDion Valle – football player, Marconi Stallions FC Rodrigo Vargas – football player, Melbourne Victory FC Arturo Vidal – football player, FC Barcelona Gert Weil – shot putterIván Zamorano – football player
Scientists and engineers
F. J. Duarte
Film and television personalities
Writers
Lorenzo Aillapán – poetFernando Alegría – writerIsabel Allende – novelist (The House of Spirits Roberto Ampuero – novelist (Cayetano Brulé series)Roberto Bolaño [ 2] The Savage Detectives 2666 Liborio Brieba – writerFrancisco Coloane – (Tierra del fuego )Angel Cruchaga Santa Maria (1893–1964) – writer, won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1948Eugenio Cruz Vargas (1923–2014) – poet and painter, of Basque descentFrancisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán – writer of Cautiverio feliz y razón individual de las guerras dilatadas del Reino de Chile in 1673Pablo de Rokha – Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1965José Donoso [ 3] Coronation , The Obscene Bird of Night Ariel Dorfman – novelist, playwright (Death and the Maiden Jorge Edwards – 1999 Cervantes Prize winnerAlberto Fuguet – novelist; short story writer, Mala Onda Las películas de mi vida Se Arrienda Alberto Blest Gana – novelist (Martín Rivas Olga Grau - philosopherJuan Guzman Cruchaga (1895–1979) – poet and diplomat, won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1962; of Basque descentÓscar Hahn – writer and poetVicente Huidobro – father of the "Creationism" movement in ParisCristián Huneeus – writerEnrique Lafourcade – novelistHernán Rivera Letelier – novelist (Santa María de las Flores Negras , La Reina Isabel Cantaba Rancheras ), poet, writer of short storiesEnrique Lihn – poet, playwright, and novelistCarmen Marai – novelist El Alba de la Mandrágora (The Dawn of the Mandrake ), poet, writer of short storiesSergio Missana – novelistGabriela Mistral – winner of the Nobel prize for literatureNicolasa Montt – poetTomás Moulian – political scientist and sociologistPablo Neruda [ 4] Nobel prize for literatureRaquel Olea – writer, professorNicanor Parra – self-proclaimed "anti-poet"Adolfo Quiros – (1853–1910), poetGonzalo Rojas – 2004 Cervantes Prize winnerElvira Santa Cruz Ossa – dramatist and novelistLuis Sepúlveda – novelistAntonio Skármeta – author of Ardiente Paciencia Burning Patience ), which inspired the movie Il Postino The Postman ), about poet Pablo NerudaAmelia Solar de Claro – poet, playwright, and essayistMercedes Valdivieso – writerSergio Vodanovic – playwright
Architects
Others
Raúl Aldunate Phillips – writer, politician, and soldier[ 5] Cecilia Magni Camino – guerilla leader and sociologist[ 6] Vanessa Ceruti – Miss Universe Chile 2011[citation needed
Nataly Chilet – Miss World Chile 2008[citation needed
Claudio Grossman – chairman of the Human Rights Interamerican CourtHil Hernández – Miss Earth 2006Immanuel Holger – soldier and politicianCarlos Kaiser – former National Director of the National Fund for DisabilitiesThemo Lobos – comic artistAndrónico Luksic – chairman of Quiñenco Holdings, which owns Banco de Chile, Antofagasta Minerals, one of the largest Chilean financial groupsLa Quintrala – Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer, aristocratic and sadistic landowner and witch during the Colonial PeriodRene Ríos Boettiger (Pepo ) – comic artist (Condorito Juana Ross Edwards (1830–1913) – philanthropistSergio Saavedra (1927–2022) – engineer and politicianSola Sierra – human rights activistJuan Somavia – Director-General of the International Labour Organization Joaquín Toesca – designer of the presidential house "La Moneda ", in SantiagoMaria Jose Ubiergo – Chilean DREAMer in the United States, Story Featured in the New York Times; Family member to notable Chilean Folk Singer Fernando Ubiergo [ 7]
Arturo Valenzuela – former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere AffairsBernardita Zúñiga – Miss World Chile 2007Sergio Catalán – first to discover crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 , and integral to rescuing all 16 remaining survivors[ 8]
See also
References
^ Rosenbaum, Jonathan (2004). Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons . Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 419– 421. ISBN 0-8018-7840-3 ^ "The 21st Century's 12 Greatest Novels" . BBC. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2021 .^ Bloom, Harold (1994). The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. p. 560. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ Bloom, Harold (1994). "Borges, Neruda, and Pessoa: Hispanic-Portuguese Whitman". The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages . NY/San Diego/London: Harcourt Brace & Company. pp. 463– 492. ISBN 978-1-57322-514-4 ^ Aldunate Phillips, Raúl (1970). La revolución de los tenientes: tres años de la historia de Chile. Desde el ruido de sables en el Senado (septiembre de 1924) durante la presidencia de don Arturo Alessandri Palma, hasta el 2 de julio de 1927 en que asume el mando supremo el coronel Carlos Ibáñez del Campo . Retrieved 2021-03-21 . Una mañana, llegó a la Comandancia de "Cazadores", mi compadre el doctor Emilio Aldunate Bascuñán con su hijo Raúl como premio por haberse recibido tempranamente de Bachiller en Humanidades. Cumpliendo sus deseos, me lo traía a hacer la Guardia en mi Regimiento (...) ^ "Recuerdan la vida de Cecilia Magni, la "Comandante Tamara" [Remembering the life of Cecilia Magni, "Commander Tamara"]. El Ciudano . 2023-02-28.^ "American Dreamers: Maria Jose Ubiergo" . The New York Times . 12 June 2017.^ "Sergio Catalán, the Chilean muleteer who came to the rescue of the Andes tragedy survivors" . El País . 31 January 2024.
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