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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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0007 SINGER

Ángel Parra

1943 - 2017

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0012 FOOTBALL

Elías Figueroa

Born 1946

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0017 PLAYWRIGHT

Gaston Salvatore

1941 - 2015

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0018 POET

Sergio Badilla Castillo

Born 1947

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0019 FILM

Valeria Sarmiento

Born 1948

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0022 POET

Juan Luis Martínez

1942 - 1993

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0032 FOOTBALL

Leonardo Véliz

Born 1945

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0052 ANTHROPOLOGIST

José Bengoa

Born 1945

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0063 PAINTER

José Muñoz-Cortes

1948 - 1997

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0065 PAINTER

Adolfo Couve

1940 - 1998

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0066 POET

Osvaldo Rodríguez (poet)

1943 - 1996

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0072 PRIEST

Gonzalo Duarte García de Cortázar

Born 1942

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0073 WRITER

Jacqueline Balcells

Born 1944

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0080 SINGER

Álvaro Peña-Rojas

Born 1943

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0081 ECONOMIST

Óscar Guillermo Garretón

Born 1943

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0083 AUTHOR

Omar Saavedra Santis

Born 1944

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0092 FILM

Sebastián Alarcón

1949 - 2019

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0117 PAINTER

Jorge Vidal

1943 - 2006

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0132 ECONOMIST

Carlos Cáceres Contreras

Born 1940

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0146 SINGER

Eduardo Alquinta

1945 - 2003

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0151 WRITER

Juan Cameron

Born 1947

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0153 LAWYER

Gonzalo Ibáñez

Born 1945

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0154 FOOTBALL

Eugenio Méndez

Born 1941

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0157 HISTORIAN

Eduardo Cavieres

Born 1945

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0165 SINGER

Luis Dimas

Born 1943

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0166 ACTOR

Fernando Gallardo

1942 - 2004

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0171 WRITER

Luis Mizón

Born 1942

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0177 ASTRONOMER

José Maza Sancho

Born 1948

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0181 POLITICIAN

Jorge Rodríguez

Born 1947

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0186 SINGER

Gabriel Parra

1947 - 1988

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0188 GUITAR

Payo Grondona

1945 - 2014

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0189 THERAPIST

Kurt Ludewig

Born 1942

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0193 LAWYER

Claudio Grossman

Born 1947

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0199 ANNOUNCER

Julio Videla

1944 - 2020

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0207 COACH

Nelson Oyarzún

1943 - 1978

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0208 LAWYER

Eduardo Vio Grossi

Born 1944

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0229 DIPLOMAT

Edgard Telles Ribeiro

Born 1944

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0234 PAINTER

Bernardita Vattier

Born 1944

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0263 JUDGE

Carlos Künsemüller

Born 1946

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0268 JUDGE

Pedro Pierry

Born 1941

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0277 SWIMMER

Víctor Contreras

1945 - 2018

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0284 ALMIRANTE

Rodolfo Codina

Born 1949

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0307 JUDGE

Raúl Bertelsen Repetto

Born 1945

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0334 ESTUDIOS

Miguel Ángel Vergara Villalobos

Born 1944

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0341 LAWYER

Hernán Hormazábal Malarée

Born 1940

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0353 DIPLOMÁTIC

Fabio Vio

Born 1949

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0363 DIPLOMAT

Marcelo Padilla Minvielle

1941 - 2013

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0377 ENGINEER

Mario Valcarce

Born 1949

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0389 GEOGRAPHER

Miguel Villa Soto

Born 1942

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0436 WRITER

Jorge Sasia Forés

Born 1948

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0444 FOOTBALL

Nelson Vásquez

Born 1948

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