# List of people from Santiago

This is a list of notable people who were born, lived or are/were famously associated with Santiago, Chile.

## A

* Joe Abrigo (born 1995), footballer player.
* Miguel Aceval (born 1983), footballer player.
* Gerson Acevedo (born 1988), footballer player.
* Claudia Acuña (born 1971), jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger.
* Tomás Ahumada (born 2001), footballer player.
* Williams Alarcón (born 2000), footballer player.
* Melissa Aldana (born 1988), tenor saxophone player.
* Carlos Aldunate Lyon (1916–2018), Catholic Jesuit priest, teacher, writer, and promoter.
* Jorge Alessandri (1896–1986), politician.
* Isabel Allende (born 1945), politician.
* Salvador Allende (1908–1973), socialist politician.
* Juan Allende-Blin (born 1928), composer and academic teacher.
* Pedro Humberto Allende (1885–1959), composer.
* Clodomiro Almeyda (1923–1997), politician.
* Judith Alpi (1893–1983), painter and teacher.
* Carlos Altamirano (1922–2019), lawyer and socialist politician.
* Soledad Alvear (born 1950), lawyer and former Christian Democrat politician.
* Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972), film director, screenwriter and composer.
* René Amengual Astaburuaga (1911–1954), composer, educator and pianist.
* Luis Araneda (born 1953), footballer
* Graciela Aranis (1908–1996), painter and cartoonist.
* Manuel Araya Díaz (1948–1994), footballer
* Pedro Araya Toro (born 1942), footballer player.
* Baruch Arensburg (born 1934), physical anthropologist.
* Fernando Astengo (born 1960), footballer and current manager.
* Fernanda Astete (born 1997), tennis player.
* Isaías Azerman (1912–1983), footballer player.

## B

* Michelle Bachelet (born 1951), politician.
* Manuel Baquedano (1823–1897), soldier and politician.
* Tomás Barrios Vera (born 1997), tennis player.
* Carmen Barros (1925–2023), actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera.
* Luis Barros Borgoño (1858–1943), politician.
* Ramón Barros Luco (1835–1919), politician.
* Juan Barros Madrid (born 1956), prelate of the Catholic Church.
* Rubén Bascuñán (born 1982), footballer player.
* Jaime Bassa (born 1977), politician and attorney.
* Luis Bates (1934–2023), lawyer and politician.
* Marco Bechis (born 1955), film screenwriter and director.
* Hugo Berly (1941–2009), footballer player.
* Vicente Bianchi (1920–2009), composer, pianist, conductor, and orchestra and choir director.
* Vladimir Bigorra (born 1954), footballer defender.
* Matías Bize (born 1979), film director, producer and screenwriter.
* José Miguel Blanco (1839–1897), sculptor, illustrator and writer.
* Nico Bodonczy (born 1955), footballer.
* Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003), novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist.
* Cecilia Bolocco (born 1965), actress, tv host and beauty queen.
* Alberto Buccicardi (1914–1970), footballer player and manager.
* Pablo Burchard (1875–1964), painter.

## C

* Carlos Campos (1937–2020), footballer player.
* Marta Canales (1893–1986), violinist, choral conductor and composer.
* Jorge Carrasco (born 1982), footballer player.
* Ignacio de la Carrera (1747–1819), aristocrat.
* Javiera Carrera (1781–1862), independence activist.
* José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821), general, formerly Spanish military, member of the prominent Carrera family, and considered one of the founders of independent Chile.
* Luis Carrera (1791–1818), military officer.
* María Elena Carrera (born 1929), physician and politician.
* Fernando Carvallo (born 1948), footballer player.
* Hernán Carvallo (1922–2011), footballer midfielder.
* Luis Hernán Carvallo (born 1949), footballer and manager.
* Sandrino Castec (born 1960), footballer player.
* Carlos Caszely (born 1950), footballer player.
* Roberto Cereceda (born 1984), footballer player.
* Arturo Chávez (born 1990), athlete specialising in the high jump.
* María Soledad Cisternas (born 1959), lawyer and disability rights activist.
* Jaime Collyer (born 1955) writer.
* Marcelo Corrales (born 1971), footballer player.
* Francisco José Cox (1933–2020), archbishop of the Catholic Church.
* Carlos Cubillos (1929–2003), footballer player.

## D

* Guillermo Deisler (1940–1995), stage designer, visual poet and mail artist.
* Jorge Délano Frederick (1895–1980), cartoonist, screenwriter, film director, and actor.
* Andrés Díaz (born 1964), cellist.
* Carlos Díaz (born 1993), middle-distance runner.
* César Díaz (born 1975), footballer player.
* Daniel Díaz (born 1948), footballer player.
* Fernando Díaz (born 1961), footballer manager and former player.
* Ítalo Díaz (born 1971), footballer and current manager.
* Marcelo Díaz (born 1986), footballer player.
* Marcelo Díaz (politician) (born 1971), politician.
* Marit Dopheide (born 1990), athlete.
* Miguel Droguett (born 1961), cyclist.

## E

* Rodrigo Echeverría (born 1995), footballer player.
* Mariano Egaña (1793–1846), lawyer, conservative politician and the main writer of the Chilean Constitution of 1833.
* Gustavo Ehlers (1925–2017), sprinter.
* Humberto Elgueta (1904–1976), footballer midfielder.
* Crescente Errázuriz (1839–1931), Dominican friar, Roman Catholic archbishop of Santiago, professor, writer and historian. Crescente Errázuriz was of Basque descent.
* Francisco Javier Correa Errázuriz (1879–1934), farmer and deputy.
* Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (born 1933), prelate of the Catholic Church.
* Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera (born 1942), businessman and a former senator and presidential candidate of the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center.
* Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850–1901), politician.
* Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825–1877), political figure.
* Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841), political figure.
* José Antonio Errázuriz (1747–1821), priest and political figure.
* José Tomás Errázuriz (1856–1927), landscape painter and diplomat.
* María Errázuriz (1861–1922), First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Germán Riesco Errázuriz.
* Maximiano Errázuriz (1832–1890), politician, industrialist and winemaker of Basque descent.
* Rafael Errázuriz Urmeneta (1861–1923), politician and diplomat.
* Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837), political figure.

## F

* Rogelio Farías (1949–1995), footballer midfielder.
* Victor Farías (born 1940), historian.
* Elías Fernández Albano (c. 1845–1910), politician.
* Hernán Fernández (1921–2010), footballer player.
* Maya Fernández (born 1971), biologist, veterinarian and politician.
* Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira (born 1969), archbishop of the Catholic Church.
* Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931), politician.
* Alberto Fouillioux (1940–2018), footballer midfielder and striker.
* Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911–1982), political leader.
* Ramón Freire (1787–1851), political figure.
* Juan Francisco Fresno (1914–2004), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.

## G

* Manuel Gaete (1948–2003), football player
* Ricardo Gálvez (1933–2024), lawyer, judge, and university professor.
* Miguel Ángel Gamboa (born 1951), football player.
* Jorge Gambra (born 1963), table tennis player.
* Fernando García (born 1930), composer.
* Rolando García (born 1942), footballer defender.
* Cristian Garín (born 1996), tennis player.
* Eduardo Gatti (born 1949), singer-songwriter.
* Rodrigo Gómez (born 1968), footballer player.
* Fernando González (born 1980), tennis player.
* Hugo González (born 1963), footballer player.
* Jorge González von Marées (1900–1962), political figure and author.
* Juan Francisco González (1853–1933), one of the four Great Chilean Masters and as the archetypal romantic bohemian artist of the early 20th century.
* Rafael González (born 1950), footballer midfielder.
* Tomás Osvaldo González Morales (1935–2022), Roman Catholic bishop.
* Adelina Gutiérrez (1925–2015), scientist, academic and professor of astrophysics.
* Juan Gutiérrez (born 1964), footballer player.
* Jaime Guzmán (1946–1991), constitutional law professor, politician, and founding member of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party.

## H

* Felipe Gálvez Haberle (born 1983), film director, screenwriter, and editor.
* Alejandra Herrera (born 1971), actress.
* Leonel Herrera (born 1971), footballer player.
* Héctor Hoffens (born 1957), footballer player.
* Fernando Hurtado (born 1983), footballer player.

## I

* Raimundo Infante (1926–1986), footballer forward.
* Alfonso de Iruarrizaga (born 1957), sport shooter.
* Yashir Islame (born 1991), footballer player.
* Lorenza Izzo (born 1989), actress and model.

## J

* Alberto Jara Franzoy (1929–2019), Roman Catholic bishop.
* Nicolás Jarry (born 1995), tennis player.
* Alberto Jerez Horta (1927–2023), lawyer and politician.
* Pamela Jiles (born 1960), journalist and politician.
* Luis Jiménez (born 1984), footballer player.
* Luz Jiménez (born 1934), actress, theater director, and teacher.
* Francisco Juillet (1898–1987), cyclist.

## K

* Roberto Kettlun (born 1981), footballer player.
* Katty Kowaleczko (born 1964), actress.
* Benjamín Kuscevic (born 1996), footballer player.

## L

* Amanda Labarca (1886–1975), diplomat, educator, writer and feminist.
* Alberto Labarthe (1928–2021), sprinter.
* Enrique Lafourcade (1927–2019), writer, critic and journalist.
* Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician.
* Gonzalo Lama (born 1993), tennis player.
* Luis Larraín (1980–2023), LGBT rights activist.
* Francisco de la Lastra (1777–1852), military officer and the first Supreme Director of Chile (1814).
* Joaquín Lavín (born 1953), politician.
* Braulio Leal (born 1981), footballer coach and former player.
* Yerko Leiva (born 1998), footballer player.
* Sebastián Lelio (born 1974), director, screenwriter, editor and producer.
* Alfonso Leng (1884–1974), post-romantic composer of classical music.
* Hugo Lepe (1940–1991), footballer defender.
* Mario Lepe (born 1965), footballer player.
* Pedro Lira (1845–1912), painter and art critic.
* Sergio Livingstone (1920–2012), goalkeeper.
* Claudio Lizama (born 1973), footballer player.
* Anita Lizana (1915–1994), tennis player.
* Frank Lobos (born 1976), footballer player.
* Mariana Loyola (born 1975), theater, film, and television actress.
* Orlando Lübbert (born 1945), screenwriter and film director.

## M

* María Fernanda Mackenna (born 1986), sprinter.
* Javier Margas (born 1969), football player.
* John Marshall (born 1942), sailor and Olympic medalist.
* Hans Martínez (born 1987), football player.
* Rubén Martínez (born 1964), football player.
* Hernán Masanés (1931–2018), cyclist.
* Roberto Matta (1911–2002), painter.
* Humberto Maturana (1928–2021), biologist and philosopher.
* Marcos Segundo Maturana (1830–1892), military and art collector.
* Gary Medel (born 1987), football player.
* Jorge Medina (1926–2021), prelate of the Catholic Church.
* Rodrigo Meléndez (born 1977), football player.
* Óscar Meneses (born 1960), football player and manager.
* Sergio Messen (1949–2010), football player.
* Marcelo Miranda (born 1967), footballer player and manager.
* Milovan Mirošević (born 1980), footballer player.
* Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948), political figure.
* Pedro Montt (1849–1910), political figure.
* Mario Moreno (1935–2005), footballer player.
* Günther Mund (1934–2011), diver.
* Cristián Muñoz (born 1983), footballer player and manager.

## N

* Rodrigo Naranjo (born 1979), footballer player.
* Manuel Neira (born 1977), footballer player.
* Lucas Nervi (born 2001), athlete.
* Joaquín Niemann (born 1998), golfer.
* Francisco Nitsche (1930–2018), footballer player.
* Amparo Noguera (born 1965), television, theatre and film actress.
* Rodrigo Núñez (born 1977), footballer midfielder.

## O

* Rafael Olarra (born 1978), football player.
* Luis Olivares (1939–2024), football player
* Raúl Olivares (born 1988), football player.
* Juvenal Olmos (born 1962), football manager.
* Carlos Ominami (born 1950), economist and politician, former parliamentarian and former Chilean Minister of State.
* Fabián Orellana (born 1986), footballer player.
* Juan Carlos Orellana (1955–2022), footballer manager.
* Juan Orrego-Salas (1919–2019), composer, musicologist, music critic, and academic.
* Pascual Ortega Portales (1839–1899), painter.
* José Tomás Ovalle (1787–1831), political figure.

## P

* Guillermo Páez (born 1945), footballer player.
* Juan Páez (born 1950), footballer player and manager.
* Cote de Pablo (born 1979), actress and singer.
* Jaime Parada (born 1977), gay rights activist and politician.
* Nelson Parraguez (born 1971), footballer midfielder.
* Pedro Pascal (born 1975), actor.
* Esteban Pavez (born 1990), footballer player.
* Manuel Pellegrini (born 1953), footballer player and manager.
* Jorge Pellicer (born 1966), footballer player and manager.
* Jorge Peredo (born 1953), footballer player.
* José Joaquín Pérez (1801–1889), political figure.
* Eros Pérez (born 1976), footballer, manager and journalist.
* Luis Pérez (born 1965), footballer player and manager.
* José Perotti Ronzoni (1898–1956), sculptor.
* Henriette Petit (1894–1983), painter.
* César Pinares (born 1991), footballer player.
* Jean Paul Pineda (born 1989), footballer player.
* José Piñera (born 1948), economist.
* Miguel Piñera (born 1954), celebrity, night club owner and amateur musician.
* Sebastián Piñera (born 1949), billionaire businessman and politician.
* Aníbal Pinto (1825–1884), political figure.
* Francisco Antonio Pinto (1785–1858), politician.
* Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848–1882), hero of the War of the Pacific.
* Damián Pizarro (born 2005), footballer player.
* Jaime Pizarro (born 1964), politician, teacher, and former footballer player.
* Miguel Ponce (born 1971), footballer player and manager.
* Diego Portales (1793–1837), statesman and entrepreneur.
* Belus Prajoux (born 1955), tennis player.
* Francisco Javier Prado Aránguiz (1929–2020), Roman Catholic bishop.
* Pedro Prado (1886–1952), writer and architect.
* Andrés Prieto (1928–2022), footballer forward.
* Ignacio Prieto (born 1943), footballer player.

## Q

* Ricardo Queraltó (born 1976), footballer player.
* José Quezada (born 1990), footballer player.
* Alberto Quintano (born 1946), footballer player.
* Waldo Quiroz (born 1949), footballer player.

## R

* Jaime Ramírez (footballer, born 1931) (1931–2003), footballer player.
* Jaime Ramírez (footballer, born 1967) (born 1967), footballer player.
* Marcelo Ramírez (born 1965), footballer goalkeeper.
* Miguel Ramírez (born 1970), footballer manager and former player.
* Orlando Ramírez (1943–2018), footballer forward.
* Luis Fernando Ramos Pérez (born 1959), prelate of the Catholic Church.
* Rosita Renard (1894–1949), classical pianist.
* Miguel Riffo (born 1981), footballer player.
* Marcelo Ríos (born 1975), tennis player.
* Hernán Rodríguez (born 1933), footballer player.
* Manuel Rodríguez (1939–2018), footballer defender.
* Manuel Rodríguez Erdoíza (1785–1818), lawyer and guerrilla leader.
* Juan Rodríguez Vega (1944–2021), footballer manager and former player.
* Manuel Rodríguez Vega (born 1942), footballer manager and former player.
* Andrés Romero (born 1967), footballer defender.
* Claudio Romero (born 2000), track and field athlete.
* David Rosenmann-Taub (1927–2023), poet, musician and artist.
* Sebastián Rozental (born 1976), footballer player.
* Patricio Rubio (born 1989), footballer player.
* Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942), politician and civil engineer.
* Francisco Ruiz-Tagle (1790–1860), political figure.

## S

* Ignacio Saavedra (born 1999), footballer player.
* Arturo Salah (born 1949), footballer manager and former player.
* Eliseo Salazar (born 1954), racing driver.
* Leonel Sánchez (1936–2022), footballer player.
* Juan Luis Sanfuentes (1885–1930), President of Chile between 1915 and 1920.
* Domingo Santa María (1825–1889), political figure.
* Horatio Sanz (born 1969), actor and comedian.
* Matías Sborowitz (born 1993), tennis player.
* Leon Schidlowsky (1931–2022), composer and painter.
* Carolina Schmidt (born 1967), politician and businesswoman.
* Alex von Schwedler (born 1980), footballer player.
* Lupe Serrano (1930–2023), ballet dancer and teacher.
* Miguel Serrano (1917–2009), diplomat, writer, occultist, and fascist activist.
* José Luis Sierra (footballer, born 1968) (born 1968), footballer coach and former player.
* José Luis Sierra (footballer, born 1997) (born 1997), footballer player.
* Francisco Sierralta (born 1997), footballer player.
* Sebastián Silva (born 1979), director, actor, screenwriter, painter, and musician.
* Antonio Smith (1832–1877), landscape painter, engraver, caricaturist and art teacher.
* Jorge Socías (born 1951), footballer player.
* Ester Soré (1915–1996), singer.
* Guillermo Soto (born 1994), footballer player.
* Juan Soto (footballer, born 1937) (1937–2014), footballer manager and former player.
* Juan Soto (footballer, born 1956) (born 1956), footballer player.
* Sergio Arellano Stark (1921–2016), military officer.
* Vernon Steele (1882–1955), actor.
* Ralf Steinmetz (born 1956), computer scientist and electrical engineer.
* Gabriel Suazo (born 1997), footballer player.
* Juan Subercaseaux (1896–1942), Roman Catholic archbishop.
* Luis Subercaseaux (1882–1973), diplomat and athlete.

## T

* Héctor Tapia (born 1977), footballer manager and former player.
* Sussan Taunton (born 1970), actress.
* Roberto Thieme (1942–2023), furniture maker, painter, and politician.
* Patricio Toledo (born 1962), footballer player.
* Rodrigo Toloza (born 1984), footballer player.
* Jorge Toro (1939–2024), footballer who played as a midfielder.
* Sebastián Toro (born 1990), footballer player.
* Michael Tregor (born 1950), television actor.
* Manuel Trucco (1875–1954), politician and provisional vice president of Chile in 1931.
* Luka Tudor (born 1969), footballer player.

## V

* Diego Valdés (born 1994), footballer player.
* Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux (1908–1982), Roman Catholic prelate.
* Hernán Valdés (1934–2023), writer.
* Jaime Valdés (born 1981), footballer midfielder.
* José Miguel Valdés (1837–1898), political figure and liberal politician.
* Sergio Valdés (1933–2019), footballer defender.
* Esteban Valencia (footballer, born 1972) (born 1972), footballer manager and former player.
* Esteban Valencia (footballer, born 1999) (born 1999), footballer player.
* Gonzalo Valenzuela (born 1978), actor.
* Alex Varas (born 1976), footballer goalkeeper.
* Francisco Varela (1946–2001), biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist.
* Leonor Varela (born 1972), actress.
* Eduardo Vargas (born 1989), footballer player.
* Eugenio Cruz Vargas (1923–2014), poet and painter.
* Jorge Vargas (born 1976), footballer manager and former footballer defender.
* Jaime Vera (born 1963), footballer manager and former player.
* Fernando Vergara (born 1970), footballer coach and former player.
* Vicar (1934–2012), cartoonist.
* Francisco Ramón Vicuña (1775–1849), political figure.
* Laura Vicuña (1891–1904), child who was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church.
* Arturo Vidal (born 1987), footballer player.
* Martín Vidaurre (born 2000), cross-country mountain biker.
* Hugo Villanueva (born 1954), footballer defender.
* Marco Villaseca (born 1975), footballer midfielder.
* Antonio Vodanovic (born 1949), television presenter.
* Cristian Vogel (born 1972), experimental electronic musician.

## W

* Martina Weil (born 1999), track and field athlete.
* Oscar Wirth (born 1955), footballer manager and former footballer goalkeeper.
* Alexander Witt (born 1952), filmmaker and cinematographer.
* Egon Wolff (1926–2016), playwright and author.
* Andrés Wood (born 1965), film director, producer and writer.

## Y

* Bastián Yáñez (born 2001), footballer player.
* Eliodoro Yáñez (1860–1932), journalist, lawyer, and politician.
* Guillermo Yávar (born 1943), footballer forward.
* Manuel José Yrarrázaval Larraín (1834–1896), lawyer and politician.
* Paz Yrarrázabal (1931–2010), actress.
* Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen (1620–1682), soldier.

## Z

* Mónica Zalaquett (born 1962), business and political communicator.
* Andrés Zaldívar (born 1936), Christian Democrat politician.
* Iván Zamorano (born 1967), footballer player.
* Camila Zárate Zárate (born 1992), political activist.
* Antonia Zegers (born 1972), actress.
* José Ignacio Zenteno (1786–1847), soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean War of Independence.
* Alia Trabucco Zerán (born 1983), writer.
* Elisa Zulueta (born 1981), television, theatre and film actress.