List of Famous people born in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

María Paz Bascuñán Aylwin, commonly known as Paz Bascuñán, is a Chilean theatre, film and television actress. Daughter of politician Mariana Aylwin and granddaughter of Chile's former president Patricio Aylwin, and has more than two descents, being recognized in 2002 his Basque descent.

Raquel Eliana Argandoña de la Fuente is a Chilean former beauty pageant contestant, TV presenter, actress mayor of Pelarco. She is best known for her role as the La Quintrala in the 1986 TV mini-series of the same name. Raquel Argandoña was also the 1975 Miss Universo Chile. Raquel is the mother of the actress-singer Raquel Calderón.

César Ignacio Pinares Tamayo is a Chilean footballer who plays for Brazilian club Grêmio as a midfielder.

John Knox Marshall is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Donald Cohan and Charles Horter.

Sebastián Keitel Bianchi is a Chilean ex-sprinter who competed mostly in the 200 metres. He was coached by renowned Chilean coach Pedro Soto Acuña.

Nicole Andrea Moreno, also known as Luli and Luli Love, is a Chilean model, dancer, and panelist.

Pablo Larraín Matte is a Chilean filmmaker. He has directed seven feature films and co-directed one television series, including the Academy Award-nominated films No (2012) and Jackie (2016). In 2017, Larraín and his brother Juan de Dios were the producers of Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman, which was the first Chilean film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Alberto Mayol Miranda is a Chilean sociologist, political analyst, and politician. An academic, researcher, and author of several works on social sciences, politics, and culture, he was a candidate in the Broad Front 2017 presidential primary.

Nicolás Javier López Fernández is a Chilean film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for comedies such as Promedio Rojo (2004), the Qué pena trilogy (2010-2012), and the Paz Bascuñán vehicles Sin filtro (2016) and No estoy loca (2018).

Bárbara Catalina Riveros Díaz is a Chilean professional triathlete, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympian.