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SANTIAGO

Most Famous People Born in Santiago, Chile

Notable people
3,702
Peak decade
1970s
Median birth year
1952
Most distinctive
Lawyer 4.4×

A capital where the 20th century arrives under a long political shadow. Santiago's distinctive professions are lawyers and economists at the top — the legal-and-technocratic spine of the Chicago Boys era and the constitutional fights that came after — alongside journalists, diplomats, actors, and a very South American footballing base. The literary bench runs from Gabriela Mistral's generation through Bolaño and Pedro Pascal, and more than four in five notables here were born after 1930.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Santiago during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 468 notable births.

What Santiago Is Known For

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Football is Santiago's biggest profession — 17% of all notables (646).

Santiago over-indexes on lawyer4.4× the global rate.

  1. Football646
  2. Politician507
  3. Actor363
  4. Lawyer284
  5. Writer154
  6. Journalist137
  7. Singer84
  8. Painter83
  1. Lawyer2844.4×
  2. Economist573.7×
  3. Journalist1372.4×
  4. Diplomat452.1×
  5. Actor3631.9×
  6. Football6461.6×
  7. Sculptor371.5×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Santiago's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 98 of 3,702 notable people

0008 POET

Vicente Huidobro

1893 - 1948

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0016 POLITICIAN

Jorge Alessandri

1896 - 1986

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0061 KIRCHE

Laura Vicuña

1891 - 1904

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0268 TRADE UNION

Clotario Blest

1899 - 1990

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0338 WRITER

Angel Cruchaga Santa María

1893 - 1964

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0343 WRITER

Juan Guzmán Cruchaga

1895 - 1979

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0387 COMPOSER

Joaquim Zamacois

1894 - 1976

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0390 PIANIST

Rosita Renard

1894 - 1949

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0400 BOTANIST

Gualterio Looser

1898 - 1982

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0407 WRITER

Hernán Díaz Arrieta

1891 - 1984

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0447 ACADEMIC

Rodolfo Oroz

1895 - 1997

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0603 POLITICIAN

Fernando Alessandri

1897 - 1982

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0634 FILM

Jorge Délano Frederick

1895 - 1980

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0639 RESISTANCE

María Edwards

1893 - 1972

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0646 COMPOSER

Alfonso Leng

1894 - 1974

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0667 POET

Winétt de Rokha

1892 - 1951

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0670 WRITER

José Domingo Gómez Rojas

1896 - 1920

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0704 WRITER

Juan Emar

1893 - 1964

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0725 PRIEST

Juan Subercaseaux

1896 - 1942

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0737 ACTOR

Nicanor Molinare

1896 - 1957

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0781 PAINTER

Henriette Petit

1894 - 1983

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0887 PAINTER

Ana Cortés

1895 - 1998

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0891 ARTIST

Tótila Albert Schneider

1892 - 1967

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0904 PAINTER

Herminia Arrate

1895 - 1941

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0939 SCULPTOR

José Perotti

1893 - 1956

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0961 ARCHITECT

Charles Trochu

1898 - 1961

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1013 LAWYER

Arturo Matte

1893 - 1980

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1026 PAINTER

Judith Alpi

1893 - 1983

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1030 PAINTER

Ezequiel Plaza

1892 - 1947

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1138 LAWYER

Eugenio Matte

1895 - 1934

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1329 WRITER

Armando Moock

1894 - 1942

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1409 OFFICER

Peter Hansen (militare)

1896 - 1967

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1436 CONDUCTOR

Armando Carvajal

1893 - 1972

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1506 NOVELIST

Alberto Romero (escritor)

1896 - 1981

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1649 DIPLOMAT

Tobías Barros Ortiz

1894 - 1995

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1699 JOURNALIST

Francis Amunategui

1898 - 1972

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1828 JOURNALIST

Conrado Ríos Gallardo

1896 - 1983

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1832 PAINTER

Marco Bontá

1899 - 1974

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1865 BOXER

Quintín Romero

1896 - 1972

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1867 SPORT

Arturo Friedemann

Born 1893

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2012 WRITER

Luz de Viana

1894 - 1995

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2096 ENGINEER

Justicia Espada Acuña

1893 - 1980

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2118 PHILOSOPHER

Alfredo Silva Santiago

1894 - 1975

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2129 FENCER

Tomás Goyoaga

Born 1898

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2283 COMPOSER

Samuel Negrete

1892 - 1981

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2292 HISTORIAN

José Antonio de Sangróniz

1895 - 1980

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2390 ARCHBISHOP

Alfredo Cifuentes Gómez

1890 - 1989

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2417 POLITICIAN

Fernando Aldunate

1895 - 1990

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2445 SCULPTOR

Blanca Merino

1893 - 1973

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2470 POLITICIAN

Emilio Zapata Díaz

1896 - 1977

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2584 ATHLETIC

Leopoldo Palma

Born 1891

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2603 POLITICIAN

Carlos Izquierdo Edwards

1896 - 1980

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2632 LAWYER

Pedro León Ugalde

1892 - 1935

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2688 PROFESOR

Álvaro Bunster

1894 - 2004

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2714 WRITER

Isaura Dinator

1894 - 1966

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2728 JINETE

Gil Letelier

1895 - 1933

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2737 HISTORIAN

Aniceto Almeyda Arroyo

1890 - 1972

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2752 PAINTER

Augusto Eguiluz

1893 - 1969

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2792 CIVIL SERVICE

Osvaldo Koch Krefft

1896 - 1963

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2796 PAINTER

Enrique Bertrix

1895 - 1915

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2819 PHYSICIAN

Oscar Cifuentes Solar

1892 - 1952

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2832 ARTE

Celia Leyton

1895 - 1975

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2858 DIPLOMAT

Joaquín Fernández Fernández

1891 - 1979

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2933 LAWYER

Joaquín Prieto Concha

1892 - 1976

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2960 MILITAR

Ariosto Herrera

1892 - 1952

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2974 POLITICIAN

Andrés Walker Valdés

1894 - 1959

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2975 SCULPTOR

Julio Antonio Vásquez

1897 - 1976

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2996 COMPOSER

Juan Casanova Vicuña

1894 - 1976

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3013 MILITAR

Ramón Cañas Montalva

1896 - 1977

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3016 PHYSICIAN

Gontrán de Beaumont Portales

1893 - 1975

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3018 ENGINEER

Francisco Javier Domínguez

1890 - 1988

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3064 ARCHITECT

Ismael Edwards Matte

1891 - 1954

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3162 POLITICIAN

Enrique Alcalde

1894 - 1966

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3176 FOOTBALL

Francisco Arellano

1896 - 1976

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3185 POLITICIAN

Jorge Lavandero Eyzaguirre

1899 - 1980

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3207 ACTOR

Elena Moreno

1892 - 1974

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3211 MILITAR

Alfredo Portales Mourgues

Born 1892

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3337 ARCHITECT

Federico Corssen Decher

1895 - 2002

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3346 SPORT

Luis Ruíz Tagle

Born 1898

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3358 LAWYER

José Ignacio Escobar Ramírez

1898 - 1935

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3367 BUSINESS

Walter Müller Hess

1894 - 1977

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3374 DIPLOMÁTIC

Benjamín Cohen Gallerstein

1896 - 1960

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3384 POLITICIAN

Marcelo Pizarro Herrera

1898 - 1987

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3391 POLITICIAN

Pedro Cárdenas

1891 - 1952

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3419 POLITICIAN

Juan Silva Pinto

1898 - 1991

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3434 DIPLOMAT

Óscar Rafael Blanco Viel

1896 - 1964

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3440 LAWYER

Pablo Larraín Tejada

1894 - 1982

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3464 LAWYER

Sebastián Santandreu Herrera

1896 - 1973

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3479 POLITICIAN

Fernando Jaramillo Valderrama

1892 - 1966

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3525 LAWYER

Camilo Prieto Concha

1897 - 1965

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3528 ARCHITECT

Arturo Bianchi

1897 - 1946

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3551 LAWYER

Ramón Herrera Lira

1890 - 1945

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3594 POLITICIAN

Luis Nelson Cruz

1897 - 1958

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3602 POLITICIAN

Luis Mandujano

1892 - 1956

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3620 POLITICIAN

Enrique Curti

1899 - 1992

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3658 PAINTER

Ulises Vásquez

1892 - 1949

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3661 PAINTER

Ricardo Gilbert

1891 - 1964

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3681 PAINTER

Fernando Meza

1890 - 1929

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