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VALPARAISO

Most Famous People Born in Valparaiso, Chile

Notable people
477
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1928
Most distinctive
Lawyer 5.8×
Through the Decades

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

Notable Births by Decade

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What Valparaiso Is Known For

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Politician is Valparaiso's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (61).

Valparaiso over-indexes on lawyer — 5.8× the global rate.

  1. Politician61
  2. Football59
  3. Lawyer48
  4. Writer24
  5. Actor23
  6. Painter20
  7. Journalist14
  8. Singer13
  1. Lawyer485.8×
  2. Diplomat82.9×
  3. Economist52.5×
  4. Judge52.2×
  5. Physician72.1×
  6. Engineer62.0×
  7. Journalist141.9×
  8. Architect71.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

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

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0045 SCREENWRITER

Arturo Moya Grau

1920 - 1994

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0056 PRIEST

Carlos Camus

1927 - 2014

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0060 LAWYER

Felipe Herrera

1922 - 1996

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0094 WRITER

Eliana Navarro

1920 - 2006

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0101 POET

Carlos de Rokha

1920 - 1962

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0102 PHYSICIAN

Aldo Francia

1923 - 1996

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0134 BASKET

Hernán Raffo

1929 - 2012

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0138 ACTOR

Arnaldo Berríos

1928 - 2016

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0141 PLAYER

Ian Campbell (rugby player)

Born 1928

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0145 ACTOR

Arno Görke

1923 - 1992

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0149 BIOGRAPHER

Fernando Lamberg

1928 - 2011

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0162 JOURNALIST

Emilio Filippi

1928 - 2014

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0172 SPRINT

Betty Kretschmer

Born 1928

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0185 LAWYER

Alicia Herrera Rivera

1928 - 2013

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0217 ATHLETIC

Guillermo Solá

1929 - 2020

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0225 LAWYER

Gustavo Lorca

1921 - 2013

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0252 ACTOR

Amalia Pérez Díaz

1923 - 2003

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0257 COMPOSER

Eduardo Maturana

1920 - 2003

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0278 FILM

Naum Kramarenco

1923 - 2013

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0310 PRIEST

Sergio Otoniel Contreras Navia

1926 - 2019

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0328 LAWYER

Hugo Gálvez

1920 - 1995

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0349 TRADE UNION

Luis Figueroa Mazuela

1922 - 1976

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0357 POLITICIAN

Vicente Atencio

1929 - 1976

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0380 SPORT

Agustín Prat

1923 - 2017

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0387 LAWYER

Benjamín Prado Casas

Born 1926

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0401 ENGINEER

Sergio Markmann

1921 - 2009

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0413 POLITICIAN

René Benavides

1922 - 2009

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0425 SPORT

Arturo Hammersley

1922 - 2014

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0427 BUSINESS

Jorge Cheyre

1927 - 2013

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0449 ARTIST

Inés Laredo

1922 - 2019

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0454 POLITICIAN

Manuel Cantero Prado

1925 - 2010

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0476 POLITICIAN

Víctor Henríquez Garat

1926 - 2016

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