List of Famous people born in Coquimbo Region
Abraham Dueñas Strugo
José Toribio Merino
José Toribio Merino Castro was a Chilean admiral who was one of the principal leaders of the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, along with General Augusto Pinochet of the Army, General Gustavo Leigh of the Air Force, and General César Mendoza of the Carabineros. Together they established a military government that ruled Chile from 1973 until 1990.
Melquiades Valderrama
Melquíades Valderrama Sáenz de la Peña (1838–1895) was a Chilean lawyer. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Colonization of Chile (1880–1881).
Camila Hirane
Juan Pinto Durán
Pedro Velásquez
Ricardo Sandoval
Roberto Dueñas
Susana Hidalgo
Alberto Guerrero
Antonio Alberto García Guerrero was a Chilean composer, pianist, and teacher. While he is most famously remembered as the mentor of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould, García influenced several generations of musicians through his many years of teaching at the Toronto Conservatory of Music.