List of Famous people born in Magellan and the Chilean Antarctic Region, Chile
Gabriel Boric
Gabriel Boric Font is a politician, currently serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing District 60 of Punta Arenas, and former Chilean student leader. In the 2013 parliamentarian elections he ran as an independent candidate and was elected deputy for District 60 of the Region of Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctic.
Ronnie Fernández
Ronnie Alan Fernández Sáez is a Chilean professional footballer who plays for Al-Raed as a forward.
Mauricio Pešutić
Mauricio Santiago Pešutić Pérez is a Chilean Actor with a long career on tv soap operas, film and theatre. He studied Drama and Film Direction at the Catholic University of Chile. He also wrote and directed 3 short films in the 1970s. He has performed a wide range of roles but stands out as the villain. In 2001 he was awarded best supporting actor at the APES awards, and in 2002 he won the Altazor prize for best TV actor.
Jorge Sharp
Jorge Esteban Sharp Fajardo is a Chilean lawyer and politician. He is the current Mayor of Valparaíso.
Cristián Campos
Juan Cristián Campos Sallato is a Chilean actor and director of theater, film and television.
Erwin Feuchtmann
Erwin Jan Feuchtmann Pérez is a Chilean handballer for Ademar Leon and the Chilean national team.
Cristina Calderón
Cristina Calderón is the last living full-blooded Yaghan person after the death of her 84 year-old sister Úrsula in 2005. By 2004, Calderón and her sister-in-law Emelinda Acuña were the only two remaining native speakers of the Yaghan language. With her granddaughter Cristina Zárraga and her sister Úrsula Calderón she published a book of Yaghan stories called Hai Kur Mamashu Shis in 2005. Zárraga, along with her husband Oliver Vogel, published Yagankuta, a dictionary and storybook of the Yaghan language, in 2010, based on interviews with Calderón.
Fernando Solabarrieta
Fernando Javier Solabarrieta Chelech is a Chilean television journalist, known for his role as anchor man on several sport events for TVN, like "Zoom Deportivo". He is of Basque descent since is father is Spanish and of Arab (Palestinian) origin on his mother's side. He is married to journalist and TV host Ivette Vergara and they have three children: Nicolás, Iñaki and Maite.
Emil Feuchtmann
Emil Feuchtmann Pérez is a Chilean handball player for Grand Nancy Métropole Handball and the Chilean national team.
Cristián Arriagada
Cristián Andrés Arriagada Bižaca is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor. He is of Croat origin through his mother's side.