List of Famous people born in Araucanía Region, Chile
Manuel Iturra
Manuel Rolando Iturra Urrutia is a retired Chilean former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and his last team was Deportes Iquique.
Teodoro Ribera
Teodoro Ribera is a National Renewal politician and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile. He was the Minister of Justice from 2011 to 2012, and president of the Autonomous University of Chile from 1998 to 2011 and 2015 to 2019.
César Caillet
César Caillet Álvarez is a Chilean actor, studied in the Instituto chileno-francés of the city of Temuco. Graduated with a Law degree, knowing that he would not pursue his degree, dedicated himself to acting. He studied Theater in the school of Fernando González, had a love–hate relationship with one of his teachers and today's semi-idol, Marcelo Alonso, and became a great actor at 29 years old. Made his debut in “Los Pincheira”, he became famous as the “cool” Jaime of “Ídolos” and after a role in “Los Capo”, ended up going to the drama-area of Canal 13, in Papi Ricky and the mini-series Héroes. Has worked in several Chilean soap operas, including Los Pincheira and ¿Dónde está Elisa?.
Gabriel Kehr
Gabriel Enrique Kehr Sabra born 3 September 1996 is a Chilean athlete specialising in the hammer throw. He won the gold medal at the 2019 South American Championships with a new championships record of 75.27 metres.
Pilar Sordo
María del Pilar Sordo Martínez is a Chilean psychologist, columnist, lecturer, and writer.
Johannes Kaiser
Johannes Maximilian Kaiser Barents-Von Hohenhagen is a Chilean YouTuber and politician. He was a member of José Antonio Kast's Republican Party, from which he resigned after several of his misogynistic comments went viral.
Horacio Saavedra
Gloria Benavides
Gloria Angélica Benavides Nicolás, is a Chilean actress, singer and comedian.
Tito Fernández
Humberto Waldemar Asdrúbal Baeza Fernández, also known as Tito Fernández and El Temucano, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and folklorist. He recorded and released more than 40 albums from the 1970s to the present.