33.4499° S, 70.6663° W

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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3,702 notable people

0601 SINGER

Álvaro Véliz

Born 1972

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0602 MODEL

Nataly Chilet

Born 1985

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0603 POLITICIAN

Fernando Alessandri

1897 - 1982

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0604 SKIER

Henrik von Appen

Born 1994

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0605 WRITER

Arturo Aldunate Phillips

1902 - 1985

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0606 FOOTBALL

Pablo Aránguiz

Born 1997

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0607 FOOTBALL

Ignacio Herrera

Born 1987

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0608 FOOTBALL

Casimiro Torres

Born 1906

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0609 FOOTBALL

Isaías Peralta

Born 1987

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0610 PAINTER

Antonio Smith (artist)

1832 - 1877

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0611 ACADEMIC

Paula-Irene Villa

Born 1968

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0612 FOOTBALL

Rodrigo Goldberg

Born 1971

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0613 FOOTBALL

Nelson Pinto

Born 1981

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0614 FOOTBALL

Mauricio Donoso

Born 1976

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0615 FOOTBALL

Juan Pablo Úbeda

Born 1980

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0616 PRIEST

Fernando Natalio Chomalí Garib

Born 1957

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0617 ACTOR

Eduardo Alcaraz (actor)

1915 - 1987

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0618 ACTOR

Luz Valdivieso

Born 1977

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0619 PRESENTER

Rafael Araneda

Born 1969

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0620 DRAMA

Juan Rafael Allende

1848 - 1909

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0621 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Cantillana

Born 1992

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0622 FOOTBALL

Alex Varas

Born 1976

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0623 POLITICIAN

Francisco Vidal Salinas

Born 1953

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0624 ASTROPHYSICIST

Adelina Gutiérrez

1925 - 2015

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0625 WRITER

Nicomedes Guzmán

1914 - 1964

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0626 BUSINESS

Matías Cousiño

1810 - 1863

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0627 PLAYWRIGHT

Alonso Alegría

Born 1940

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0628 COMPOSER

Cirilo Vila

1937 - 2015

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0629 PLAYER

Andrea Koch Benvenuto

Born 1985

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0630 ACTOR

Carolina Fadic

1974 - 2002

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0631 POET

Guillermo Blest Gana

1829 - 1904

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0632 LAWYER

Luis Orrego Luco

1866 - 1948

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0633 FOOTBALL

Arturo Farías

Born 1927

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0634 FILM

Jorge Délano Frederick

1895 - 1980

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0635 MODEL

María Eugenia Larraín

Born 1973

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0636 MATHEMATICIAN

Leo Corry

Born 1956

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0637 PHOTOGRAPHER

Orlando Lagos

1913 - 2007

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0638 ACTOR

Héctor Morales (actor)

Born 1982

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0639 RESISTANCE

María Edwards

1893 - 1972

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0640 JOURNALIST

Raúl Silva Castro

1903 - 1970

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0641 FOOTBALL

Johan Fuentes

Born 1984

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0642 SPORT

Francisca Crovetto

Born 1990

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0643 POLITICIAN

Francisco Ramón Vicuña

1775 - 1849

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0644 HISTORIAN

Eugenio Pereira Salas

1904 - 1979

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0645 PAINTER

Samy Benmayor

Born 1956

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0646 COMPOSER

Alfonso Leng

1894 - 1974

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0647 POLITICIAN

Juan Gómez Millas

1900 - 1987

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0648 SAXOPHONIST

Melissa Aldana

Born 1988

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0649 FILM

Jorge Olguín (director)

Born 1972

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0650 FOOTBALL

Mario Lepe

Born 1965

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0651 CHESS

Roberto Cifuentes

Born 1957

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0652 COMPOSER

José Vicente Asuar

1933 - 2017

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0653 FOOTBALL

Luka Tudor

Born 1969

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0654 FOOTBALL

Luis Subercaseaux

1882 - 1973

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0655 SCULPTOR

Matilde Pérez

1916 - 2014

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0656 COMPOSER

Juan Allende-Blin

Born 1928

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0657 POLITICIAN

Luciano Astudillo

Born 1972

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0658 SOCIOLOGIST

Karine Espineira

Born 1967

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0659 FOOTBALL

Cristián Muñoz Corrales

Born 1983

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0660 JOURNALIST

Jenaro Prieto

1889 - 1946

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0661 FOOTBALL

Diego Oyarzún

Born 1993

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0662 SECRETARY

Karol Cariola

Born 1987

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0663 FOOTBALL

Rodrigo Naranjo

Born 1979

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0664 NUN

Úrsula Suárez

1666 - 1749

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0665 PAINTER

Eugenio Dittborn

Born 1943

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0666 PLAYER

Juan Carlos Sáez

Born 1991

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0667 POET

Winétt de Rokha

1892 - 1951

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0668 ARCHBISHOP

Antonio Moreno Casamitjana

1927 - 2013

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0669 FOOTBALL

Alex von Schwedler

Born 1980

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0670 WRITER

José Domingo Gómez Rojas

1896 - 1920

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0671 PAINTER

Aurora Mira

1863 - 1939

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0672 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Claudio Lomnitz

Born 1957

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0673 SINGER

Denisse Malebrán

Born 1976

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0674 ECONOMIST

Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz

1919 - 1996

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0675 FOOTBALL

Miguel Ponce

Born 1971

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0676 DIPLOMAT

Juan Gabriel Valdés

Born 1947

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0677 FOOTBALL

José Quezada

Born 1990

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0678 WRITER

Oreste Plath

1907 - 1996

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0679 FOOTBALL

Óscar Ignacio Hernández

Born 1993

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0680 DIPLOMAT

Eduardo de la Barra

1839 - 1900

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0681 WRITER

Andrea Maturana

Born 1969

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0682 PAINTER

Ximena Armas

Born 1946

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0683 FOOTBALL

Patricio Jerez

Born 1985

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0684 FOOTBALL

Nelson San Martín

Born 1980

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0685 PHYSICIAN

Eloísa Díaz

1866 - 1950

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0686 WRITER

Carlos Ruiz-Tagle

1932 - 1991

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0687 SINGER

Álvaro López

Born 1979

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0688 FOOTBALL

Felipe Reynero

Born 1989

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0689 LAWYER

Camilo Marks

Born 1948

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0690 PLAYER

Patricio Rodríguez

1938 - 2020

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0691 POLITICIAN

Jaime Ravinet

Born 1946

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0692 FOOTBALL

José Lafrentz

Born 1992

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0693 POLITICIAN

Laura Rodríguez

1957 - 1992

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0694 NOVELIST

Roberto Brodsky

Born 1957

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0695 ACTOR

Carla Jara

Born 1984

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0696 ARTIST

Guillermo Núñez

Born 1930

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0697 PAINTER

Carlos Maturana

Born 1953

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0698 HISTORIAN

Armando de Ramón

1927 - 2004

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0699 JOURNALIST

José Carrasco Tapia

1943 - 1986

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0700 TELEVISION

Marcela Vacarezza

Born 1970

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0701 WRITER

Eduardo Labarca

Born 1938

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0702 FOOTBALL

Rodolfo Moya

Born 1979

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0703 ACTOR

Carlos Miranda

1945 - 2016

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0704 WRITER

Juan Emar

1893 - 1964

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0705 MUSIC

Oscar Lopez (guitarist)

Born 1954

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0706 FOOTBALL

José Ignacio González

Born 1989

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0707 MUSIC

Maximiano Valdés

Born 1949

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0708 POLITICIAN

Jaime Parada

Born 1977

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0709 ACTOR

Silvia Santelices

Born 1940

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0710 PRESENTER

Pablo Mackenna

Born 1969

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0711 ACTOR

Edgardo Bruna

1947 - 2017

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0712 FOOTBALL

Roberto Cartes

Born 1972

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0713 FOOTBALL

Mario Larenas

Born 1993

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0714 SINGER

Patricia Maldonado Aravena

Born 1950

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0715 FOOTBALL

Franco Cabrera

Born 1983

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0716 FOOTBALL

Fernando Cordero

Born 1987

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0717 SPORT

Joaquín Niemann

Born 1998

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0718 FOOTBALL

Jonathan Cisternas

Born 1980

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0719 FILM

Ignacio Agüero

Born 1952

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0720 BASKET

Ziomara Morrison

Born 1989

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0721 FOOTBALL

Nélson Saavedra

Born 1988

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0722 FOOTBALL

Nicolás Orellana

Born 1995

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0723 FILM

Orlando Lübbert

Born 1945

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0724 SINGER

Javiera Parra

Born 1968

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0725 PRIEST

Juan Subercaseaux

1896 - 1942

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0726 FOOTBALL

Daniel Malhue

Born 1995

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0727 ACTOR

Catherine Mazoyer

Born 1979

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0728 ACTOR

Sandra O'Ryan

Born 1961

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0729 WRESTLER

Alejandro Saez

Born 1987

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0730 INDEPENDENCE

Javiera Carrera

1781 - 1862

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0731 FOOTBALL

Nicolás Ramírez Aguilera

Born 1997

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0732 FOOTBALL

Mario Ortiz (Chilean footballer)

1929 - 2006

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0733 PRODUCER

Simón Echeverría

1972 - 2006

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0734 FOOTBALL

Mirko Opazo

Born 1991

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0735 HISTORIAN

Leonardo León

Born 1952

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0736 PLAYER

Esteban Grimalt

Born 1991

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0737 ACTOR

Nicanor Molinare

1896 - 1957

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0738 FOOTBALL

Fernando Burgos

Born 1980

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0739 FOOTBALL

Kevin Medel

Born 1996

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0740 POLITICIAN

Rossana Dinamarca

Born 1974

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0741 POET

Andrés Morales

Born 1962

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0742 WRITER

Jorge Marchant Lazcano

Born 1950

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0743 COMEDIAN

Fernando Larraín

Born 1962

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0744 ACTOR

Karen Bejarano

Born 1985

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0745 ECONOMIST

René Cortázar Sanz

Born 1952

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0746 AGRONOMIST

Jacques Chonchol

Born 1926

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0747 PSYCHIATRIST

Paulina Kernberg

1935 - 2006

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0748 FOOTBALL

David Arellano

1902 - 1927

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0749 ACTOR

Esteban Serrador

1903 - 1978

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0750 WRITER

Gonzalo Contreras

Born 1958

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0751 ACTOR

Miranda Bodenhöfer

Born 1990

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0752 JOURNALIST

Isidoro Errázuriz

1835 - 1898

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0753 LAWYER

Jovino Novoa

Born 1945

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0754 WRITER

Sergio Infante

Born 1947

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0755 FOOTBALL

Ramsés Bustos

Born 1991

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0756 JOURNALIST

José Miguel Viñuela

Born 1974

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0757 ACTOR

Claudia Celedón

Born 1966

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0758 WRITER

Marcelo Leonart

Born 1970

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0759 COMPOSER

Jorge Peña Hen

1928 - 1973

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0760 PHYSICIAN

Juan de Dios Vial Correa

1925 - 2020

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0761 FOOTBALL

Nicolás Larrondo

Born 1987

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0762 FOOTBALL

Carlos Lobos (footballer)

Born 1997

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0763 ACTOR

Carlos Díaz (actor)

Born 1970

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0764 FOOTBALL

Javier Parraguez

Born 1989

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0765 FOOTBALL

Diego Sánchez Carvajal

Born 1987

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0766 FOOTBALL

Benjamín Ruiz

Born 1981

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0767 FOOTBALL

Luis Pérez Ramírez

Born 1964

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0768 PRESENTER

Paulina Nin de Cardona

Born 1960

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0769 ATHLETE

Cristián Bustos

Born 1965

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0770 PHOTOGRAPHER

Antonio Quintana

1904 - 1972

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0771 PRIEST

Ronaldo Muñoz

1933 - 2009

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0772 FOOTBALL

Hugo Berly

1941 - 2009

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0773 FILM

Dominga Sotomayor Castillo

Born 1985

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0774 POLITICIAN

Emilio Bello Codesido

1868 - 1963

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0775 FOOTBALL

Camilo Rodríguez

Born 1995

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0776 MILITAR

José Alejandro Bernales

1949 - 2008

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0777 FOOTBALL

Rodrigo Toloza

Born 1984

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0778 MINISTRE

Carlos Matus

1931 - 1998

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0779 FOOTBALL

Francisco Alarcón (footballer)

Born 1990

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0780 FOOTBALL

Diego Rosende

Born 1986

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0781 PAINTER

Henriette Petit

1894 - 1983

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0782 WRITER

Mauricio Electorat

Born 1960

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0783 WRITER

Carlos Cerda

1942 - 2001

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0784 FENCER

Paris Inostroza

Born 1972

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0785 PAINTER

Rodolfo Opazo Bernales

1935 - 2019

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0786 ACTOR

Tara Holiday

Born 1967

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0787 FOOTBALL

Raimundo Infante

1928 - 1986

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0788 ACTOR

Belén Soto

Born 1997

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0789 JOURNALIST

Pedro Félix Vicuña

1805 - 1874

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0790 FOOTBALL

Dilan Zúñiga

Born 1996

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0791 SINGER

Monna Bell

1938 - 2008

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0792 FOOTBALL

Mario Esteban Berríos

Born 1981

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0793 PRIEST

Juan Ignacio González Errázuriz

Born 1956

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0794 WRITER

Elena Aldunate

1925 - 2005

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0795 FOOTBALL

Miguel Escalona (Chilean footballer)

Born 1990

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0796 FOOTBALL

Víctor Loyola

Born 1981

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0797 POLITICIAN

María Maluenda

1920 - 2011

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0798 FOOTBALL

Hans Salinas

Born 1990

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0799 DIPLOMAT

Joseph W. Westphal

Born 1948

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0800 FOOTBALL

Enrique Osses

Born 1974

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0801 LITERARY

Adriana Valdés

Born 1943

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0802 FOOTBALL

Carlos Toro

Born 1976

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0803 SINGER

Gloria Simonetti

Born 1948

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0804 ENGINEER

Rodrigo Díaz (danseur)

Born 1979

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0805 ACTOR

Carlos Monden

1937 - 2011

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0806 SCULPTOR

Alejandra Ruddoff

Born 1960

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0807 FOOTBALL

Sebastián Montesinos

Born 1986

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0808 FOOTBALL

Gonzalo Villagra

Born 1981

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0809 POLITICIAN

Cecilia Morel

Born 1954

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0810 WRITER

Salvador Sanfuentes

1817 - 1860

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0811 FOOTBALL

Miguel Busquets

1920 - 2002

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0812 FOOTBALL

Andrés Oroz

Born 1980

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0813 ACTOR

Catalina Vera

Born 1987

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0814 FOOTBALL

Jorge Carrasco

Born 1982

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0815 ECONOMIST

Fernando Fajnzylber

1940 - 1991

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0816 POLITICAL

José Tomás Ovalle

1787 - 1831

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0817 FOOTBALL

Benjamín Inostroza

Born 1997

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0818 FILM

Rodrigo Sepúlveda

Born 1959

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0819 POLITICIAN

Felipe Kast

Born 1977

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0820 BUSINESS

Andrónico Luksic Craig

Born 1954

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0821 PAINTER

Inés Puyó

1906 - 1996

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0822 FOOTBALL

Osvaldo Bosso

Born 1993

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0823 FOOTBALL

Fernando Manríquez

Born 1984

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0824 RACER

Carlo de Gavardo

1969 - 2015

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0825 ACTOR

Tato Cifuentes

1925 - 2017

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0826 FILM

Gonzalo Justiniano

Born 1955

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0827 CHEMIST

Ramón Latorre

Born 1941

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0828 POLITICIAN

José Ignacio Palma

1910 - 1988

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0829 JOURNALIST

Juan Pablo Meneses

Born 1969

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0830 ACTOR

Katherine Salosny

Born 1964

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0831 SCULPTOR

Nicanor Plaza

1844 - 1918

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0832 FOOTBALL

Manuel Machuca

1924 - 1985

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0833 DIPLOMAT

Luis Pardo

1882 - 1935

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0834 WRITER

Ana Vásquez-Bronfman

1931 - 2009

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0835 FOOTBALL

Jaime Baeza

Born 1962

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0836 FREESTYLE

Dominique Ohaco

Born 1995

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0837 PRIEST

Horacio Valenzuela

Born 1954

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0838 POLITICIAN

Lucía Pinochet

Born 1943

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0839 WRITER

Maité Allamand

1911 - 1996

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0840 PRIEST

Juan Barros Madrid

Born 1956

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0841 FOOTBALL

Octavio Pozo

Born 1983

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0842 FOOTBALL

Pablo Galdames

Born 1974

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0843 FOOTBALL

Pablo Pozo

Born 1973

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0844 FOOTBALL

Luis Pavez Contreras

Born 1988

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0845 SOCIOLOGIST

Mireya Baltra

Born 1932

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0846 LAWYER

Maite Orsini

Born 1988

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0847 SCULPTOR

Sergio Castillo Mandiola

1925 - 2010

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0848 FOOTBALL

José Luis Jerez

Born 1978

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0849 ACTOR

Sofía García

Born 1983

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0850 ACTOR

Francisca Lewin

Born 1980

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0851 GYMNAST

Simona Castro

Born 1989

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0852 ECONOMIST

Ricardo Raineri

Born 1961

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0853 FOOTBALL

Christian Sepúlveda

Born 1987

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0854 FOOTBALL

Alejandro Gaete

Born 1986

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0855 JOURNALIST

Mathias von Gersdorff

Born 1964

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0856 FOOTBALL

Mauricio Segovia

Born 1977

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0857 PAINTER

Ricardo Yrarrázaval Larraín

Born 1931

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0858 PRIEST

José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate

1731 - 1811

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0859 FOOTBALL

Fabián Núñez Cortés

Born 1992

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0860 ARTIST

Claudia Aravena

Born 1968

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0861 ACTOR

Alison Mandel

Born 1983

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0862 ACTOR

Yoya Martínez

1912 - 2009

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0863 ACTOR

Gonzalo Olave

1983 - 2009

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0864 CHOREOGRAPHER

Ana Itelman

1927 - 1989

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0865 FOOTBALL

Jorge Araya

Born 1996

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0866 CHESS

Rodrigo Flores

1913 - 2007

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0867 FOOTBALL

Jorge Ampuero

Born 1987

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0868 ACTOR

Maricarmen Arrigorriaga

Born 1957

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0869 FOOTBALL

Joe Abrigo

Born 1995

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0870 FOOTBALL

Matías Ramírez

Born 1996

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0871 FOOTBALL

Ángel Carreño

Born 1981

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0872 PLAYER

Matías Sborowitz

Born 1993

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0873 FOOTBALL

Francisco Ibáñez Campos

Born 1986

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0874 FOOTBALL

Sergio Valdés (footballer)

1935 - 2019

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0875 WRITER

Paulina Flores (writer)

Born 1988

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0876 WRITER

Roberto Merino (writer)

Born 1961

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0877 FOOTBALL

Alejandro Vásquez

Born 1984

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0878 FOOTBALL

Oliver Toledo

Born 1987

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0879 PRIEST

Alonso de Briceño

1587 - 1668

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0880 JOURNALIST

Bambi Sheleg

1958 - 2016

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0881 FOOTBALL

Fernando Hurtado

Born 1983

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0882 LAWYER

Nicolás Monckeberg

Born 1973

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0883 SPORT

Alfonso de Iruarrizaga

Born 1957

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0884 FOOTBALL

María José Rojas

Born 1987

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0885 FOOTBALL

Nicolás Guerra

Born 1999

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0886 ACTOR

Juan José Gurruchaga

Born 1977

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0887 PAINTER

Ana Cortés

1895 - 1998

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0888 ACTOR

Rodolfo Onetto

1913 - 1983

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0889 FOOTBALL

Josepablo Monreal

Born 1996

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0890 LINGUIST

Fernando Zúñiga

Born 1968

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0891 ARTIST

Tótila Albert Schneider

1892 - 1967

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0892 PRIEST

Andrés Arteaga Manieu

Born 1959

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0893 COMPOSER

Próspero Bisquertt Prado

1881 - 1959

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0894 MUSIC

Anton Reisenegger

Born 1969

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0895 JOURNALIST

Ivette Vergara

Born 1971

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0896 JUDGE

Julio Philippi Izquierdo

1912 - 1997

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0897 PAINTER

Augusto Barcia

1926 - 2001

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0898 FILM

León Errázuriz

Born 1968

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0899 ECONOMIST

Rodrigo Valdés

Born 1966

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0900 MODEL

Catalina Pulido

Born 1974

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