List of Famous people born in Chile
Raúl Iturriaga
Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann is a Chilean Army general and a former deputy director of the DINA, the Chilean secret police under the Augusto Pinochet military dictatorship. He was in charge of a secret detention center known as La Venda Sexy and La Discothèque—because of the sexual abuse inflicted on blindfolded prisoners as loud music masked their screams. An aide to General Manuel Contreras, head of the DINA, he was in charge of several assassinations carried out as part of Operation Condor. He has been condemned in absentia in Italy for the failed murder of Christian-Democrat Bernardo Leighton, and is wanted both in Spain and in Argentina. In the latter country, he is accused of the assassination of General Carlos Prats.
Isabel San Sebastián
Isabel San Sebastián Cabasés is a Spanish journalist and writer.
Walter Ayoví
Walter Orlando Ayoví Corozo is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer. He previously played as a left winger for Club Deportivo El Nacional in the Ecuadorian league and in the Ecuadorian national team, primarily in left defense. He is the cousin of fellow footballer Jaime Ayoví, who also plays in the Ecuadorian national team. He also holds Mexican citizenship.
Héctor Morales
Héctor Morales is a Chilean actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 2004. Morales is best known for his performance as Goyo in the 2008 film Tony Manero
Carlos Palacios
Carlos Alonso Enrique Palacios Núñez is a Chilean footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Brazilian club Internacional de Porto Alegre on loan from Unión Española.
Katarzyna Kowaleczko
Katarzyna Helena Kowałeczko Henríquez, better known as Katty Kowaleczko or Katty Ko, is a Chilean actress of Polish ancestry.
Andrea Tessa
Andrea Marisa Victoria Tessa Vergara is a Chilean singer-songwriter, TV presenter, and actress of Italian descent. Daughter of the operatic soprano Victoria Vergara Olguín and Patricio Tessa Marchant. She studied at Scuola Italiana de Santiago.
Francisca Mardones
Francisca Mardones is a Chilean wheelchair tennis player. She has competed at both the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics in tennis, before retiring in 2017 to concentrate on athletics.
Evelyn Matthei
Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet is a Chilean politician who served as Minister of Labor and Social Security under Chilean President Sebastián Piñera until July 2013. She was the Independent Democrat Union Party's nominee for President of Chile in the 2013 elections. Today she is the mayor of Providencia, her term being 2016-2020.
Rafael Araneda
Rafael Luis Araneda Maturana is a popular Chilean TV presenter, best known for his participation in the show Rojo Fama Contrafama as the host. Also he was the host of Estrellas en el Hielo, Sin Prejuicios, Rojo VIP, Noche de Juegos, El Baile en TVN. Rafael Araneda is married to the hostess Marcela Vacarezza Etcheverry and they have three children, Martina, Florencia and Vicente.