NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of Chileans

Eduardo Aninat - finance minister during Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle presidential period. Former Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (1999-2003)
Hernán Büchi - Columbia University trained economist. Minister of Economy during Pinochet government. The father of the country's economic miracle
Ricardo Caballero - MIT professor, Department of Economics
Sebastián Edwards - UCLA professor, former World Bank officer (1993-1996), prolific author and media personality
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; current Foreign Affairs minister
Óscar Landerretche - University of Oxford D. Phil (PhD), former CEO of the Chilean Development Agency, CORFO, and former Minister of Energy during Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle presidential period
Manfred Max Neef - Alternative Nobel Price winner, presidential candidate, member of the Club of Rome, former president of the Universidad Austral
José Piñera - implemented the privatization of the Chilean pension system under Pinochet
Andrés Velasco - Sumitomo Professor of International Finance and Development in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; current Finance Minister
Nicolás Eyzaguirre - former Finance Minister
Waleska Daroch - University of Santo Tomas CEO of Walkomfinancial USA, former owner of Walkom-Media.com, and founder of the Colo-Colo Basketball, Chile, along with the first Colo-Colo Chilean Soccer Academy for Children.
Felix Senerman

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Filmmakers

Alejandro Amenábar - Chilean/Spanish director (Tesis (or Snuff), Abre los ojos, The Others, Mar Adentro)
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 - (Palomita Blanca, Genealogies of a Crime, Time Regained) resides in France
Alexander Witt - director (Resident Evil: Apocalypse)
Andrés Wood - (Machuca)
Jorge López Sotomayor - (El Último Grumete de la Baquedano, XS, la peor talla)
Germán A. Cornejo - Public television mogul.

Alejandro Fernando AmenÃ¡bar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago, Chile) is a Spanish film director, widely considered one of the most important Spanish directors working today even though he has directed only four films. ... Tesis (Thesis) is a 1996 Spanish film. ... Open Your Eyes redirects here. ... The Others is a 2001 psychological thriller film by the Spanish director Alejandro AmenÃ¡bar, starring Nicole Kidman. ... Mar adentro (English title: The Sea Inside) is a 2004 film by the Chilean-Spanish director Alejandro AmenÃ¡bar, written by Mateo Gil and AmenÃ¡bar. ... A asses is a ceremony marking the investment of a monarch with regal power through, amongst other symbolic acts, the placement of a crown upon his or her head. ... The Frontier (Spanish La Frontera) is a 1991 movie by Chilean filmmaker Ricardo LarraÃn. ... Miguel Littin was born on 9 August 1942 in Palmilla, Colchagua Province, Chile. ... Sandino (centre) en route to Mexico. ... Alejandro (or Alexandro) Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky or Alexandro Jodorowsky (IPA: ) (born February 7, 1929, in Tocopilla, Chile) is an actor, playwright, director, producer, composer, mime, comic book writer and psychotherapist born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents of Russian origin. ... The Holy Mountain, Mount Athos is an autonomous monastic republic in Greece. ... El Topo (The Mole) is a 1970 Mexican allegorical, cult western movie and underground film, directed by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky. ... Santa Sangre is a cult film by Alejandro Jodorowsky. ... Raoul Ruiz (born July 25, 1941) is a Chilean filmmaker trained as a painter and famous for his movies and exhibitions. ... Palomita Blanca is a book written by JosÃ© Donoso. ... Time Regained (fr. ... Alexander Witt is a Hollywood filmmaker that has worked mostly as a camera operator and Second Unit Director. ... Resident Evil: Apocalypse is the sequel to the 2002 film Resident Evil from Screen Gems, written by Paul W. S. Anderson and directed by Alexander Witt. ... AndrÃ©s Wood is a Chilean film director. ... A scene from Machuca. ...

Heads of State

(See President of Chile.) Flag of the President of Chile The President of Chile is both the chief of state and the head of government. ...

Military

José Miguel Carrera - Independentist leader of the Patria Vieja.
Caupolicán - leader of the Mapuche who fiercely resisted the Spanish conquest of Chile
Manuel Contreras - 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'Higgins - founder of modern Chile, Fatherland's Father and Liberator
Augusto Pinochet - military dictator and civil rights violator from 1973 to 1990
Carlos Condell - captain of the Covadonga ship at the Iquique Naval Combat.
Ignacio Carrera Pinto - Captain in charge of the Chilean patrol who died in Battle of La Concepción.
Arturo Prat - captain of the Esmeralda ship at the Iquique Naval Combat; regarded as national hero.
Juan MacKenna - Irish born organizer of O'Higgins's Army.
Patricio Lynch - Governor of Lima during the Chilean occupation of Lima, Perú, during the War of the Pacific.
Manuel Baquedano - General of the Chilean Forces during the War of the Pacific.
Eleuterio Ramírez - officer, hero of the War of the Pacific.
José Ignacio Zenteno - Lieutenant Colonel of the Army of the Andes, Minister of War and Marine in the O'Higgins government
Rafael Sotomayor - War minister during most of the War of the Pacific. Although a civilian, designed the Chilean strategy for most of the war.

JosÃ© Miguel Carrera Verdugo (15 October 1785 - 4 September 1821) was a Chilean general, considered one of the founders of independent Chile. ... CaupolicÃ¡n was a leader of the Mapuche people of Chile, who decided to choose a supreme war leader in response to the Spanish threat. ... Mapuche test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator Mapuche (Mapudungun; Che, People + Mapu, of the Land) are the Indigenous inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina. ... Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... General Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda (born May 4, 1929) was the head of Augusto Pinochets National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) and one of the most powerful men in Chile during Pinochets rule. ... Dina may refer to: A villBold textge in India where the Zafarnama was written A Sanskrit word meaning day An English spelling variation of Dinah, a Hebrew name. ... Monument of Manuel RodrÃquez displayed in Bustamante Park in Santiago, Chile // Early Years (1785-1810) Manuel RodrÃguez ErdoÃza, Chilean lawyer and guerrilla, was born on 27 February 1785 and was the son of Don Carlos RodrÃguez de Herrera y Zeballos, a customs officer of Peruvian nationality... For the volcano in Chile, see Lautaro (volcano). ... Bernardo OHiggins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 â€“ October 24, 1842), South American independence leader, was one of the commanders â€“ together with JosÃ© de San MartÃn â€“ of the military forces that freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. ... Augusto JosÃ© RamÃ³n Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 â€“ December 10, 2006) was President of Chile from 1974 to 1990, as well as head of the government junta from 1973 to 1974. ... Dictator is originally the title of a magistrate in ancient Rome appointed by the Senate to rule the state in times of emergency. ... Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ... Naval Combat of Iquique Conflict War of the Pacific Date May 21, 1879 Place Vicinity of Iquique Result Minor Peruvian victory Tactical Chilean victory Template:Campaignbox Pacific 1879 Iquique Naval Combat is a battle that took place during the War of the Pacific, between Chile and the joint forces of... Ignacio Carrera Pinto was born in Santiago, Chile in 1848. ... Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ... Battle of La ConcepciÃ³n (Spanish: Batalla de la ConcepciÃ³n) was a battle between a Chilean patrol and Peruvian forces during the War of the Pacific. ... AgustÃn Arturo Prat ChacÃ³n (April 3, 1848, near Ninhue - May 21, 1879, Iquique) was a Chilean navy officer, and is considered to be Chiles greatest hero. ... Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ... Naval Combat of Iquique Conflict War of the Pacific Date May 21, 1879 Place Vicinity of Iquique Result Minor Peruvian victory Tactical Chilean victory Template:Campaignbox Pacific 1879 Iquique Naval Combat is a battle that took place during the War of the Pacific, between Chile and the joint forces of... Brigadier Juan Mackenna (October 1771 - November 21, 1814) was an Irishman, Chilean military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. ... Bernardo OHiggins Riquelme (August 20, 1778 â€“ October 24, 1842), South American independence leader, was one of the commanders â€“ together with JosÃ© de San MartÃn â€“ of the military forces that freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. ... Patricio Lynch (1825-1886) Chilean naval officer, was born in Valparaiso on the 18th of December 1825, his father being a wealthy Irish merchant resident in Chile, and his mother, Carmen Solo de Saldiva, a descendant of one of the best-known families in the country. ... It may have been generated by a computer or by a translator with limited proficiency in English or the original language. ... Combatants Republic of Peru Republic of Bolivia Republic of Chile Commanders Juan BuendÃa AndrÃ©s CÃ¡ceres Miguel Grau Manuel Baquedano Patricio Lynch Juan Williams Strength Peru-Bolivian Army 7,000 soldiers in 1878 Peruvian Navy 2 ironclad, 1 corvette, 1 gunboat Army of Chile 4,000 soldiers in...

Musicians

Inti Illimani - Pioneers of the nueva canción chilena movement and pro-democracy activists in exile during Pinochet dictatorship.
Tom Araya - singer/bassist for thrash metal bandSlayer.
Claudio Arrau - classical piano player.
Roberto Bravo (pianist) - classical piano player.
Germán Casas - 1960s 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.
Jorge González - lead singer and song writer of historic Chilean rock band Los Prisioneros
Alberto Guerrero - Chilean–Canadian composer, pianist, and teacher
Rodrigo González - Bassist and Singer of the German band die Ärzte.
Alejandro Guarello - music composer, born in 1951.
Myriam Hernández - popular music singer.
DJ Méndez - Rap singer (resides in Sweden).
Peter Mociulski - rock and roll music singer better known as Peter Rock
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 - internationally known Chilean folk singer.
Quilapayún - nueva canción ensemble, supporters of Popular Unity (UP) coalition during presidency of Salvador Allende.
Víctor Jara - internationally known Chilean folk singer and theatrical director, murdered by Pinochet dictatorship.
Palmenia Pizarro - bolero singer (resides in Mexico).
Alberto Plaza - romantic ballad singer-songwriter.
Alejandro Silva - heavy metal guitar player.
Verónica Villarroel - soprano.
Ramón Vinay - tenor.
Gianina Ramos - soprano.
Ricardo Villalobos - minimal techno artist

Inti-Illimani is a musical group from Chile, formed in 1967. ... Tom Araya (born TomÃ¡s Enrique Araya June 6, 1961 in ValparaÃso, Chile) is the bassist and lead vocalist of the American thrash metal band Slayer. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its signature high speed and aggression. ... For other uses, see Slayer (disambiguation). ... Claudio Arrau Claudio Arrau LeÃ³n (February 6, 1903 â€“ June 9, 1991) was a Chilean pianist of world fame for his deep interpretations of a huge, vast repertoire spanning from the baroque to 20th-century composers. ... Classical music is a broad, somewhat imprecise term, referring to music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of, European art, ecclesiastical and concert music, encompassing a broad period from roughly 1000 to the present day. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Luis Alberto Beto Cuevas Olmedo was the lead singer of the now-defunct Chilean and Latin American rock band, La Ley. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... La Ley (Spanish for The Law) was a Grammy Award and two-time Latin Grammy Award-winning Chilean pop rock band formed by AndrÃ©s Bobe and Rodrigo Aboitiz with Mauricio Claveria, Luis Alberto Beto Cuevas Olmedo and Luciano AndrÃ©s Rojas. ... Luis Gatica (born 1928), better known in show business as Lucho Gatica, is a famous bolero singer from Chile. ... The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ... Eduardo Gatti is a well known Chilean singer-songwriter in the tradition of Nueva CanciÃ³n and Nueva Trova. ... Northern Chile was an important center of culture in ancient Tahuantinsuyu (Inca empire), and was afterwards dominated by the Spanish. ... For other persons of the same name, see Jorge GonzÃ¡lez. ... Los Prisioneros was a Rock en EspaÃ±ol band from San Miguel, Santiago, Chile completely formed in 1982. ... Alberto Guerrero (standing) with his student Glenn Gould, 1945 Alberto Guerrero (6 February 1886 â€“ 7 November 1959) was a Chileanâ€“Canadian composer, pianist, and teacher, perhaps now best remembered as a mentor of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. ... Die Ã„rzte (also spelled die Ã¤rzte; German for the physicians or the doctors) are a German rock/punk rock band from Berlin. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more of the mass media. ... Hip hop music is a style of music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Ãngel Parra is the son of Violeta Parra, the Chilean folklorist of the Nueva CanciÃ³n movement. ... Nueva CanciÃ³n (Spanish for new song) is a movement in Latin American music that was developed first in the Southern Cone of South America - Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay - during the 1950s and 1960s, but also popularized shortly after in Central America. ... Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (October 14, 1917 â€“ February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual artist. ... Isabel Parra (b. ... Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (October 14, 1917 â€“ February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual artist. ... Javiera Cereceda Orrego (born c. ... Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (October 14, 1917 â€“ February 5, 1967) was a notable Chilean folklorist and visual artist. ... Northern Chile was an important center of culture in ancient Tahuantinsuyu (Inca empire), and was afterwards dominated by the Spanish. ... QuilapayÃºn QuilapayÃºn are an instrumental and vocal folk musical group from Chile and the most lasting and influential exponents of the Nueva canciÃ³n (New Song) movement. ... VÃctor Lidio Jara MartÃnez (September 28, 1932 â€“ September 15, 1973 [1]) was a Chilean pedagogue, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist. ... Northern Chile was an important center of culture in ancient Tahuantinsuyu (Inca empire), and was afterwards dominated by the Spanish. ... The bolero is a type of dance and musical form. ... Alejandro Silva is a Chilean rock guitarist. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... VerÃ³nica Villarroel GonzÃ¡lez is a Chilean soprano. ... This article is about the singing voice part. ... RamÃ³n Vinay (August 31, 1912 â€“ January 4, 1996) was a famous opera tenor. ... This article is about the singing voice part. ... Ricardo Villalobos is a German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well-known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse. ... Minimal techno, a minimalist sub-genre of Techno music, is characterized by a stripped-down, glitchy sound, simple 4/4 beats (usually around 120-135 BPM), repetition of short loops, and subtle changes. ...

Performers

Tamara Acosta - actress
Patricio Contreras - actor
Daniel Emilfork - actor
Cristián de la Fuente - actor, model
Jorge Garcia - actor, comedian(Lost)
Malú Gatica - actress and singer
Gloria Münchmeyer - actress (The Moon in the Mirror)
Horatio Sanz - comedian, actor, (SNL)
Leonor Varela - actress (Blade II, The Man in the Iron Mask)
Cote de Pablo - actress (NCIS)
Santiago Cabrera - actor (Heroes)

Patricio Contreras (b. ... Daniel Emilfork is a French stage and movie actor of Russian and Jewish ascent. ... CristiÃ¡n de la Fuente CristiÃ¡n de la Fuente (born March 10, 1974 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean television actor who has gone on to make a name for himself in U.S. film and television. ... Jorge Garcia (born April 28, 1973) is an Chilean actor and comedian. ... Horatio Sanz (born June 4, 1974[1]) is an American comedian and actor, known as a former cast member of Saturday Night Live. ... Leonor Varela (born December 29, 1972) is a Chilean actress. ... Blade II is a 2002 vampire action movie starring Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson. ... The Man in the Iron Mask was a prisoner believed to have been held in the Bastille prison from an unknown date to his death on November 19, 1703. ... From TV RISING STAR: Cote De Pablo By Stephanie DuBois NCIS babe Cote de Pablo is not the least bit concerned with whether you love or hate her character on the CBS drama, undercover Israeli Special Agent Ziva David. ... NCIS is a CBS network show about a team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. ... Santiago Cabrera (born May 5, 1978) is a Chilean actor. ... Heroes is an American science fiction drama television series, created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. ...

Plastic artists

Main article: List of Chilean artists

Jaime Bendersky - magic-realism painter and architect (1922-1997)
Claudio Bravo - hyper-realism painter (1936- ?)
Miguel Venegas - painter. Called "El Maestro" (the Master)
José Balmes - painter (1927- ?)
Benito Rojo - painter
Cristián Abelli - Chilean painter
Mario Carreño - Cuban born Chilean painter
Carlos Catasse - painter
Ana Cortes - painter
Augusto Eguiluz - painter
Gregorio de la Fuente - painter (1875-1964)
Roberto Humeras - painter
Fernando Ibarra - painter
Pedro Lobos - painter
Enrique Lopez - painter
Roberto Matta - painter, sculptor
Camilo Mori - painter
Enriqueta Petit - painter
Carlos Sotomayor - Cubist painter
Pablo Vidor - painter
Pedro Lira - painter (1845-1912)
Nemésio Antúnez - painter (1918-1993)
Samy Benmayor - painter
Hector Caceras - painter
Pablo Burchard - German born Chilean painter (1875-1964)
Juan Egenau - sculptor (1927-1987)
Thomas Sommerscales - English born Chilean painter (1842-1927)

CristiÃ¡n Abelli - Chilean painter NemÃ©sio AntÃºnez, painter (1918-1993) JosÃ© Balmes - painter (1927- ?) Samy Benmayor - painter Jaime Bendersky - magic realist painter and architect (1922-1997) Claudio Bravo - hyper-realism painter (1936- ?) Roser Bru (1923 Spain-??) Pablo Burchard - German born Chilean painter (1875-1964) Hector Caceras - painter Mario... Magic realism (or magical realism) is an artistic genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realistic setting. ... Claudio AndrÃ©s Bravo MuÃ±oz (born on April 13, 1983 in Santiago) is a Chilean football player. ... In semiotics and postmodern philosophy, hyperrealism (not to be confused with surrealism) is a symptom of an evolved, postmodern culture. ... Miguel Venegas (1680-1764) was a Jesuit administrator and historian, producing a standard geographical, historical, and ethnographic description of Baja California, Mexico -- a region he never personally visited. ... Carlos Catasse (b. ... Invasion of the Night, oil on canvas, 1940, SFMOMA. Roberto Sebastian Matta Echaurren (1911-2002), usually known as Matta, was one of Chiles best-known painters. ... La Modela by Mori Camilo Mori (b. ... Carlos Sotomayor RomÃ¡n Carlos Sotomayor (1911-1988) was a Chilean painter, born in La Serena, Chile. ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubist villa in Prague, Czech Republic Cubist house in Prague, Czech Republic Cubist House of the Black Madonna, Prague, Czech Republic Cubism was a 20th century art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music and literature. ...

Poets

Vicente Huidobro - father of the "Creationism" movement in Paris
Enrique Lihn-
Gabriela Mistral - winner of the Nobel prize for literature
Pablo Neruda - winner of the Nobel prize for literature
Nicanor Parra - self-proclaimed anti-poet
Gonzalo Rojas - 2004 Cervantes Prize winner
Pablo de Rokha-
Jorge Teillier-

Vicente Huidobro Vicente GarcÃa-Huidobro FernÃ¡ndez (January 10, 1893 â€“ January 2, 1948) was a Chilean poet born to an aristocratic family. ... Enrique Lihn (b. ... Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 â€“ January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de MarÃa del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat and feminist who was the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, in 1945. ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine. ... Pablo Neruda (July 12, 1904 â€“ September 23, 1973) was the penname and, later, legal name of the Chilean writer and communist politician Ricardo Eliecer NeftalÃ Reyes Basoalto. ... The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine. ... Nicanor Parra (born in San FabiÃ¡n de Alico on September 5, 1914) is a Chilean poet. ... Gonzalo Rojas is a Chilean poet winner of the 2003 Cervantes Prize. ... Premio Miguel de Cervantes (the Miguel de Cervantes Prize) is awarded annually to honor the whole career of an outstanding writer in the Spanish language. ...

Politicians

Salvador Allende Gossens - former democratically elected president, senator, and doctor who died during the violent military coup of September 11, 1973
Clodomiro Almeyda - socialist politician
Soledad Alvear - former Justice minister and Foreign minister; current PDC senator
Carlos Dávila - former Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Florencio Durán - former president of the senate
Fernando Flores - socialist politician; current PS senator
Sergio Fernández - right wing politician during the Pinochet regime.
Jaime Guzmán - right wing politician during the Pinochet regime.
Tomás Hirsch - former president of the Humanist Party of Chile and 2005 candidate for president
José Miguel Insulza - former Interior minister; current Secretary General 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 Washington D.C.
Gladys Marín - communist leader, feminist activistm, victim of repression during Pinochet dictatorship.
Diego Portales - Minister, major designer of the Chilean State during the first half of 19th century
Sebastián Piñera - businessman and politician; National Renewal candidate for presidency in 2005
Laura Rodríguez - first Humanist Party deputy in the world
Adolfo Zaldívar - ex PDC senator and leader of the party.
Andrés Zaldívar - ex PDC senator, brother to Adolfo

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Religious figures

Monseñor Enrique Alvear Urrutia (1916 - 1982). Serve of God. Called "The bishop of the poor people".
Rev. Juan B. Canut de Bon - Methodist Missionary.
Saint Teresa de los Andes - first Chilean saint
Saint Alberto Hurtado - second Chilean saint (1901 - 1952)
Blessed Laura Vicuña
Fray Camilo Henríquez - founder of the first newspaper in Chile.
Mario Hiriart - (1931 - 1964). Serve of God. Engineering Professor at Pontifice Catholic University of Chile.
Monseñor José Ignacio Cienfuegos - Catholic Bishop from Talca who led the Chilean independence movement in 1810.
José María Caro - first Chilean cardinal
Raúl Silva Henríquez - second Chilean cardinal born in Talca; a human rights advocate.
Juan Francisco Fresno - third Chilean cardinal
Francisco Javier Errázuriz - fourth Chilean cardinal
Jorge Medina Estévez - fifth Chilean cardinal; a conservative figure.
Rev. Neftali Aravena Bravo - First Protestant Chaplain appointed to La Moneda (The State House), Methodist.

Saint Alberto Hurtado Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, born Luis Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, popularly known as Padre Hurtado (January 22, 1901 â€“ August 18, 1952), was a Chilean priest of the Roman Catholic Church religious order of the Society of Jesus. ... Cardinal HenrÃquez (left) with Augusto Pinochet (right) after a religious ceremony. ... Francisco Javier ErrÃ¡zuriz Talavera (b. ... Cardinal Medina EstÃ©vez announcing the election of Pope Benedict XVI Jorge Arturo AgustÃn Medina EstÃ©vez (born December 23, 1926 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. ...

Sports

Marlene Ahrens - athlete; Olympic silver medalist
Luis Ayala - tennis player; twice French Open finalist
Carlos Caszely - football player.
Patricio Cornejo - tennis player, 1976 Davis Cup Finalist
Carlo de Gavardo - KTM rally motorcyclist.
Elías Figueroa - 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 football 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 - football player. Holds the record for most goals playing for the national team. Won titles with every team where he played.
Eliseo Salazar - race car driver. Competed in Formula 1 intermittently from 1980-1982, moved to Champ Car and the Indy Racing League
Leonel Sánchez - football player, 1962 World Cup top scorer.
José Santos - jockey, winner of US Triple Crown
Martín Vargas - Boxer, arguably the most famous boxer in Chile's history
Iván Zamorano - football player; first Chilean top scorer in a major league with Real Madrid, top national team top scorer before Marcelo Salas
Cristian Bustos - triathlete; He achieved the second place on 1992 Hawaii Ironman World Championship.

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For the mixed martial arts division of the same name, see Heavyweight (MMA). ... Fernando Francisco GonzÃ¡lez Ciuffardi (born July 29, 1980), nicknamed Bombardero de La Reina (Spanish The La Reina Bomber), is a professional tennis player from Chile. ... Sergio Sapo Livingstone (born March 26, 1920 in Santiago, Chile) is a former Chilean goalkeeper, considered the first great footballer in the countrys history. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... A football goalkeeper leaves the ground to parry a shot on goal In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, netminder, goalie, or keeper in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. ... Anita Lizana is a former tennis player from Chile. ... The U.S. Open is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam in tennis. ... NicolÃ¡s Alejandro MassÃº Fried (born October 10, 1979, in ViÃ±a del Mar, Chile), nicknamed Vampiro (Spanish: vampire), is a Chilean tennis player. ... IvÃ¡n Morovic FernÃ¡ndez (born March 24, 1963) is a Chilean chess player and an International Grandmaster. ... For other uses, see Chess (disambiguation). ... The title Grandmaster is awarded to world-class chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. ... Ã‰rika Alejandra Olivera de la Fuente (born January 4, 1976 in Quinta Normal) is a female marathon runner from Chile. ... A womens 400m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... Modern day marathon runners The word marathon refers to a long-distance road running event of 42. ... The Pan American Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. ... Marcelo AndrÃ©s RÃos Mayorga (born December 26, 1975) is a former world number one tennis player from Chile. ... JosÃ© Marcelo Salas Melinao (born December 24, 1974 in Temuco), better known as Marcelo Salas, is a football player from Chile. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Eliseo Salazar Valenzuela (born in Santiago, November 14, 1955) is a former racing driver from Chile and the only one of his countrymen to compete in Formula One. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... â€œCARTâ€ redirects here. ... The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. ... 40 years after the Ballet Azul, Universidad de Chile supporters still idolize him Leonel Guillermo SÃ¡nchez Lineros (born April 25, 1936 in Santiago de Chile) is a former professional footbal player. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... In 1962 the Football World Cup returned to the continent of South America. ... JosÃ© Santos (born April 26, 1961 in Concepcion, Chile) is an United States thoroughbred horse racing jockey. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... MartÃn Vargas Fuentes (born January 24, 1955) is a former boxer from Chile. ... IvÃ¡n Luis Zamorano Zamora (born January 18, 1967) is a former Chilean football forward, one of the most successful footballers ever for Chile. ... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Real Madrid Club de FÃºtbol is a Spanish sports club most widely known for its professional football team based in Madrid. ... JosÃ© Marcelo Salas Melinao (born December 24, 1974 in Temuco), better known as Marcelo Salas, is a football player from Chile. ... A triathlon is an athletic event made up of three contests (from the Greek). ...

Scientists

Claudio Bunster - Physic
Erik Bongcam-Rudloff - bioinformatician
Eric Goles - mathematician
Humberto Maturana - biologist, co-author of the theory of Autopoiesis
Francisco Varela - biologist, co-author of the theory of Autopoiesis.
Ricardo Baeza-Yates - computer scientist

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Television personalities

Cecilia Bolocco - Former Miss Universe, former wife of former president of Argentina Carlos Saúl Menem
Gonzálo Cáceres - anchor man for Spanish Language News Deutsche Welle
Mario Kreutzberger (Don Francisco) - Host of television show Sábado Gigante
Lucía Newman - former CNN senior correspondent; Al-Jazeera reporter
Antonio Vodanovic - former Viña del Mar International Song Festival host

Cecilia Bolocco Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck (May 19, 1965) is a Chilean television entertainer and personality, and a former Miss Universe. ... Miss Universe is an annual international female beauty contest, and the title for the winner of the contest, founded in 1952 by California clothing company Pacific Mills. ... Carlos SaÃºl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from 8 July 1989 to 10 December 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Peronist). ... This article is about the German international broadcaster. ... Don Francisco Don Francisco (born December 28, 1940 in Talca, Chile) is the artistic name of Mario Kreutzberger, a Chilean television host. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Cable News Network, commonly known as CNN, is a major cable television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. ... A journalist is a person who practices journalism. ... This article is about the TV network and channel. ... Opening at ViÃ±a del Mar International Festival. ...

Writers

Isabel Allende - novelist (The House of Spirits)
Roberto Ampuero - novelist (Cayetano Brulé series)
Roberto Bolaño - novelist (The Savage Detectives)
Francisco Coloane - (Tierra del fuego)
José Donoso - (Coronation)
Ariel Dorfman - novelist, playwright (Death and the Maiden), academic, essayist, journalist and human rights activist
Jorge Edwards - 1999 Cervantes Prize winner
Alberto Fuguet - novelist, short story writer Mala Onda, Las películas de mi vida, and filmmaker Se Arrienda
Alberto Blest Gana - novelist
Cristián Huneeus - writer
Enrique Lafourcade - novelist
Hernán Rivera Letelier - novelist (Santa María de las Flores Negras, La Reina Isabel Cantaba Rancheras), poet and writer of short stories.
Gabriela Mistral - poetry, first Latin American Nobel Prize winner in literature.
Pablo Neruda - poet, Nobel Prize winner in literature, often considered the greatest of all Spanish-language poets.
Antonio Skármeta - author of Ardiente Paciencia ("Burning Patience") which inspired the movie Il Postino (The Postman) about poet Pablo Neruda.
Luis Sepúlveda - novelist
Sergio Vodanović - playwright

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Architects

Francisco Borja Huidobro
Alberto Cruz Covarrubias - founder of the avant garde "Amereida" movement and of the School of Architecture of the Catholic University of Valparaíso.
Gioacchino Toesca - designer of the presidential house "La Moneda", in Santiago
Fernando Castillo Velasco

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Others

Agustin Huneeus - respected vintner that was a pioneer in Chile and was awarded the Wine Spectator's Service Award, their highest honor.
Carlos Kaiser - former National Director of de National Found of Disabilities
Claudio Grossman - chairman of the Human Rights Interamerican Court
Themo Lobos - comic artist
Rene Ríos Boettiger (Pepo) - comic artist (Condorito)
Juan Somavia - Director-General of the International Labour Organization
Arturo Valenzuela - former White House adviser to President Clinton
José Miguel Vivanco - executive director, Human Rights Watch Americas Division (Latin America and the Caribbean)
Andrónico Luksic - chairman of Quiñenco Holdings, which owns Banco de Chile, Antofagasta Minerals, one of the largest Chilean financial groups.
Ricardo Claro - lawyer and businessman, link to Megavisión, a TV station, Claro & Cia, law firm, and Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores, a shipping line.
Catalina de los Rios y Lisperguer, La Quintrala, aristocratic and sadistic landowner and witch during the Colonial Period.

Carlos Kaiser is a Chilean leader of Persons with Disabilities (PwD). ... Claudio Grossman is Professor of Law and Dean of American University Washington College of Law (WCL) and the Raymond Geraldson Scholar for International and Humanitarian Law. ... Themo Lobos is a chilean comic book writer. ... RenÃ© RÃos Boettiger (ConcepciÃ³n, 15 December 1911 - 14 July 2000), also known as Pepo, was a Chilean cartoonist, creator of the famous character Condorito. ... Condorito is a famous cartoon character, a personification of a funny condor living in a fictitious town named Pelotillehue â€” a setting typical of many small Chilean provincial towns. ... Juan SomavÃa (b. ... The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that deals with labour issues. ... Arturo Valenzuela is an Chilean-American academic who is currently the director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University. ... Human Rights Watch Banner Human Rights Watch is a United States-based international non-government organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. ... World map showing the Americas The Americas are the lands of the Western hemisphere historically considered to consist of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... â€œWest Indianâ€ redirects here. ... Antonio AndrÃ³nico Luksic Abaroa (November 5, 1926 â€“ August 18, 2005) was a Chilean businessman and founder of the Luksic Group. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

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