List of Famous people born in Chile
Felipe Kast
Felipe José Kast Sommerhoff is a Chilean economist, Researcher, consultant and politician.
Patricio Manns
Patricio Manns is a Chilean composer, author, poet, novelist, essayist, play writer and journalist.
Cristián Montecinos
Cristian Antonio Montecinos González a retired Chilean football player who played for several teams in Chile, Colombia, Mexico, United Arab Emirates and Qatar. He also played as for the Chilean national team.
Sebastián Pérez Kirby
Sebastián Andrés Pérez Kirby, nicknamed Zanahoria (Carrot), is a Chilean footballer who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Chilean club Universidad Católica.
Axel Kaiser
Axel Phillip Kaiser Barents-Von Hohenhagen is a Chilean writer, lawyer and political scientist.
Cote de Pablo
María José de Pablo Fernández, known professionally as Cote de Pablo, is a Chilean-American actress and singer. Born in Santiago, Chile, at the age of ten she moved to the United States, where she studied acting.
Michelle Bachelet
Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria is a Chilean politician who has served as United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights since 2018. She also previously served as President of Chile from 2006 to 2010 and 2014 to 2018 for the Socialist Party of Chile, she is the first woman to hold the Chilean presidency. After leaving the presidency in 2010 and while not immediately reelectable, she was appointed the first executive director of the newly created United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. In December 2013, Bachelet was reelected with over 62% of the vote, bettering the 54% she obtained in 2006. She was the first President of Chile to be reelected since 1932.
Daniela Vega
Daniela Vega Hernández is a Chilean actress and mezzo-soprano singer. She is best known for her critically acclaimed performance in the Academy Award-winning film A Fantastic Woman (2017). At the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Vega became the first transgender person in history to be a presenter at the Academy Awards ceremony. In 2018, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Cecilia Bolocco
Cecilia Carolina Bolocco Fonck is a Chilean actress, TV Host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universo Chile 1987 and Miss Universe 1987.
Germán Garmendia
Germán Alejandro Garmendia Aranis, known by his YouTube channels HolaSoyGerman and JuegaGerman, is a Chilean YouTuber, comedian and writer. With a combined subscriber count between all his channels reaching over 80 million, he is not only one of the biggest Spanish-speaking YouTubers, but also one of the biggest Youtubers of all time. He has produced a variety of songs together with his band Ancud. His book titled #ChupaElPerro was released in multiple stores in Latin America and Spain on 28 April 2016. He was also featured in the Latin Spanish dub of Ice Age: Collision Course as Julian.