List of Chileans
This is a list of Chileans who are famous or notable. == Economists == Ricardo J. Caballero – MIT professor, Department of Economics Sebastián Edwards – UCLA professor, former World Bank officer (1993–1996), prolific author and media personality Alejandro Foxley – Chile's first Finance Minister after the return of democracy in 1990 and an engineer of the country's economic miracle during democracy; former Foreign Affairs minister, and former Chilean Senator for East kakarackoj Manfred Max Neef – Right Livelihood Award winner, presidential candidate, member of the Club of Rome, former president of the Universidad Austral José Piñera – implemented the privatization of the Chilean pension system under Pinochet Andrés Velasco – Sumitomo Professor of International Finance and Development in the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; Finance Minister during Bachelet's administration Karen Soto – Lab Technician, Department of Histology, Currently in Australia == Military == Manuel Baquedano – general of the Chilean forces during the War of the Pacific Philip Bazaar – recipient of the US Navy Medal of Honour José Miguel Carrera – first Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army and Independence leader of the Patria Vieja Luis Carrera – Chilean military officer in the War of Independence Ignacio Carrera Pinto – captain in charge of the Chilean patrol who died in Battle of La Concepción Carlos Condell – captain of the Covadonga ship at the Iquique Naval Combat Manuel Contreras – head of Augusto Pinochet's National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) Manuel Hipólito Orella – sailor who was one of the first midshipman of the Chilean Navy Patricio Lynch – governor of Lima during the Chilean occupation of Lima, Perú, during the War of the Pacific Juan MacKenna – Irish-born organizer of O'Higgins's Army Bernardo O'Higgins – founder of modern Chile Arturo Prat – captain of the Esmeralda ship at the Iquique Naval Combat; regarded as a national hero Luis Pardo – also known as Piloto Pardo, Chilean Navy captain who rescued the survivors of the Shackleton expedition Sofanor Parra – officer of the cavalry branch of the Chilean Army who fought in almost all the military actions of the War of the Pacific Juan de Quiroga y Apablaza – military figure Manuel Rodríguez – Independence leader and guerrilla leader during the Reconquista Eleuterio Ramírez – officer, hero of the War of the Pacific José Ignacio Zenteno – lieutenant Colonel of the Army of the Andes, Minister of War and Marine in the O'Higgins government == Musicians == == Artists == Claudio Bravo (1936–2011) – hyper-realist painter Carlos Catasse – painter Marta Colvin – sculptor Alfredo Jaar – installation artist, filmmaker and architect Olga Lehmann – painter Roberto Matta – painter, sculptor Camilo Mori – painter Dora Puelma – artist Carlos Sotomayor – cubist painter Miguel Venegas – painter, called "El Maestro" (the Master) == Politicians == Juana Rosa Aguirre – former first lady, wife of Pedro Aguirre Cerda Arturo Alessandri – served twice as president of Chile Jorge Alessandri – 27th President of Chile; President of Council of State under Pinochet Regime Salvador Allende – former senator and president of Chile; ousted in a military coup Clodomiro Almeyda – socialist politician Soledad Alvear – former Justice minister and Foreign minister; current PDC senator Celinda Arregui – feminist politician, writer, teacher, suffrage activist Gabriel Boric – first youth leader politician of Chile Michelle Bachelet – first woman president of Chile Juan Chandía – governor of Department of Tomé for 1946–1952 Carlos Dávila – former Secretary General of the Organization of American States Florencio Durán – former president of the senate Héctor Faúndez – diplomat Fernando Flores – businessman and former senator Gabriel González Videla – 25th President of Chile (1946-1952) Jaime Guzmán – right wing politician during the Pinochet regime; murdered by Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front on April 1, 1991; former UDI Senator Tomás Hirsch – former president of the Humanist Party of Chile; 2005 candidate for president Antonia Illanes – lawyer and politician José Miguel Insulza – former Interior minister; current Secretary General of the Organization of American States José Antonio Kast — president of the Republican Party, former deputy and councilman, presidential candidate in 2017 and in 2021.