List of Chileans
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This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable.
See also Category:Chilean people.
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Economists
- Hernán Büchi - Columbia University trained economist. Minister of Economy during Pinochet government. The father of the country's economic miracle.
- Alejandro Foxley - Chile's first finance minister after the return of democracy in 1990 and an engineer of the country's economic miracle during democracy
- Sebastián Edwards - UCLA professor, former World Bank officer (1993-1996), prolific author and media personality
- Eduardo Aninat - finance minister during Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle presidential period. Former Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (1999-2003).
- Ricardo Caballero - MIT professor, Department of Economics.
- Carlos Noton
Filmmakers
- Alejandro Amenábar - Chilean/Spanish director (Tesis (or Snuff), Open Your Eyes, The Others)
- Silvio Caiozzi - (Julio Begins in July, The Moon in the Mirror, Coronation)
- Patricio Guzmán - Documentarian (The Battle of Chile)
- Ricardo Larraín - (The Frontier, Enthusiasm)
- Miguel Littin - (Jackal of Nahueltoro, Sandino, Tierra del Fuego)
- Alejandro Jodorowsky - Director (The Holy Mountain, El Topo, Santa Sangre), actor, and writer
- Raúl (Raoul) Ruiz - (White Dove, Genealogies of a Crime, Time Regained) Resides in France
- Alexander Witt - Director (Resident Evil: Apocalypse)
- Andrés Wood - (Machuca)
Heads of State
(See President of Chile.)
Military
- Caupolicán - Leader of the Araucanian who fiercely resisted the Spanish conquest of Chile
- Lautaro - Araucanian military leader during the Spanish conquest of Chile
- Bernardo O'Higgins - Founder of modern Chile
- José Miguel Carrera - Independentist leader of the Patria Vieja.
- Manuel Contreras - head of Augusto Pinochet's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA)
- Manuel Rodríguez - Independentist leader and guerrilla leader during the Reconquista.
- Augusto Pinochet - Military dictator from 1973 to 1990
- Arturo Prat - Captain of the Esmeralda ship at the Iquique Naval Combat; regarded as national hero
- Ignacio Carrera Pinto - Captain in charge of the Chilean patrol who died in La Concepción Battle.
Musicians
- Memo Aguirre - Singer
- Tom Araya - Singer/Bassist for rock group Slayer
- Claudio Arrau - Classical piano player
- Roberto Bravo - Classical piano player
- German Casas - singer
- Beto Cuevas - Lead singer from rock group La Ley
- Tito Fernández - Folklorist; known as El Temucano
- Luis 'Lucho' Gatica - Bolero singer
- Eduardo Gatti - One of the leading composers of modern Chilean music
- Myriam Hernández - Popular music singer
- Víctor Jara - Singer-songwriter, killed by the Pinochet regime in 1973
- DJ Méndez - Rap singer (resides in Sweden)
- Ángel Parra - Folk musician (Nueva Canción); son of Violeta Parra
- Isabel Parra - Folk musician; daughter of Violeta Parra
- Javiera Parra - Lead singer from group Javiera y los Imposibles
- Violeta Parra - Chilean Folk singer
- Palmenia Pizarro - Bolero singer (resides in Mexico)
- Buddy Richards - Bolero singer
- Verónica Villarroel - Soprano
- Sebastian Santa Maria - Jazz music player/singer
Performers
- Tamara Acosta - Actress
- Patricio Contreras - Actor
- Cristián de la Fuente - Actor, model
- Gloria Münchmeyer - Actress (The Moon in the Mirror)
- Leonor Varela - Actress (Blade II, The Man in the Iron Mask)
Plastic Artists
- Roberto Matta - Painter, sculptor
- Claudio Bravo - Hyper-realism painter
Poets
- Vicente Huidobro
- Enrique Lihn
- Gabriela Mistral - Winner of the Nobel prize for literature
- Pablo Neruda - Winner of the Nobel prize for literature
- Nicanor Parra - So-called anti-poet
- Gonzalo Rojas - 2004 Cervantes Prize winner
- Pablo de Rokha
Politicians
- Clodomiro Almeyda - Socialist politician
- Soledad Alvear - Former Justice minister and Foreign minister
- Michelle Bachelet - Concertación candidate for presidency in 2005
- Carlos Dávila - Former Secretary General of the Organization of American States
- Fernando Flores - Socialist politician; senator
- Tomás Hirsch - Former president of the Humanist Party of Chile and candidate for presidency in 2005
- José Miguel Insulza - Current interior minister; Secretary General-elect of the Organization of American States
- Joaquín Lavín - Independent Democratic Union candidate for presidency in 2005 election
- Orlando Letelier - Foreign minister during Salvador Allende's government murdered by the Pinochet regime in New York
- Gladys Marín - Communist leader
- Sebastián Piñera - Businessman and politician; National Renewal candidate for presidency in 2005
Religious figures
- Father Alberto Hurtado - Future saint
- Saint Teresa of the Andes
- Laura Vicuña
- Cardinal Raúl Silva Henríquez
- Cardinal Juan Francisco Fresno
- Fray Camilo Henríquez
Sports
- Marlene Ahrens - Athlete; Olympic silver medalist
- Luis Ayala - Tennis player; twice French Open finalist
- Carlos Caszely - Association football player
- Patricio Cornejo - Tennis player, 1976 Davis Cup Finalist
- Carlo de Gavardo - KTM rally motorcyclist.
- Patricia Demick - Chile's first world boxing champion.
- Elías Figueroa - Association football player; three times elected as Best Football Player of America
- Jaime Fillol - Tennis player, 1976 Davis Cup finalist
- Arturo Godoy - Boxer, fought Joe Louis twice for the World Heavyweight title
- Fernando González - Tennis player; Chile's first Olympic gold medal with Massú
- Sergio Sapo Livingstone - Chilean goalkeeper
- Anita Lizana - Tennis player; 1937 US Open champion
- Nicolás Massú - Tennis player; two-time Olympic gold medalist
- Iván Morovic - Chess International Grandmaster
- Érika Olivera - Athlete; gold medal winner in women's marathon at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Marcelo Ríos - First Latin American man to become world number-one tennis player
- Marcelo Salas - Association football player
- José Santos - Jockey, winner of US Triple Crown
- Martín Vargas - Boxer, arguably the most famous boxer in Chile's history
- Iván Zamorano - Association football player
Scientists
- Humberto Maturana - Biologist, co-author of the theory of Autopoiesis
- Francisco Varela - Biologist, co-author of the theory of Autopoiesis.
- Eric Goles - Mathematician
- María Teresa Ruiz - Astronomer
- Klaus von Storch - Chile's first likely astronaut
- Claudio Teitelboim - Physicist
Television personalities
- Cecilia Bolocco - Ex-Miss Universe, wife of ex-president of Argentina Carlos Menem
- Gonzalo Cáceres - Anchor man for Spanish Deutsche Welle
- Angélica Castro - Model, E! host
- Amaro Gómez-Pablos - TVN's news show 24 Horas anchorman; CNN en Español correspondent
- Mario Kreutzberger (Don Francisco) - Host of television show Sábado Gigante
- Lucía Newman - CNN senior correspondent
- Antonio Vodanovic - former Viña del Mar International Festival host
Writers
- Isabel Allende - Novelist (The House of Spirits)
- Roberto Ampuero - Novelist (Cayetano Brulé series)
- Roberto Bolaño - Novelist (The Wild Detectives)
- Francisco Coloane - (Tierra del fuego)
- José Donoso - (Coronation)
- Ariel Dorfman - Novelist, playwright (Death and the Maiden), essayist, journalist and human rights activist
- Jorge Edwards - 1999 Cervantes Prize winner
- Luis Sepúlveda - Novelist
- Antonio Skármeta - Author of Ardiente Paciencia ("Burning Patience") which inspired the movie Il Postino (The Postman) about poet Pablo Neruda
Other
- Borja Huidobro - Architect
- José Miguel Vivanco - Executive director, Human Rights Watch Americas Division (Latin America and the Caribbean)
- Juan Somavia - Director-General of the International Labour Organization