List of Famous people born in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Luis Antonio Jiménez Garcés is a Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Rodrigo Felinto Ibarra Epitácio Maia is a Brazilian politician who has been the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil since July 2016. Maia is the son of former Rio de Janeiro Mayor Cesar Maia and he is in his fifth term as congressman.

Javier Eduardo Iturriaga del Campo is a Chilean military general.

Claudia Pascual Grau is a social anthropologist and politician from Chile, a member of the Communist Party.

Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez is a Chilean Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Cardinal Protodeacon until 23 February 2007. He was Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1996 to 2002.

Camila Antonia Amaranta Vallejo Dowling is a Chilean Communist Party politician, currently serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing District 26 of La Florida, Santiago. She is part of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth of Chile. As president of the University of Chile Student Federation (FECh) and main spokesperson of the Confederation of Chilean Students (Confech), she was one of the most prominent leaders of the student protests of 2011.

Esteban Efraín Paredes Quintanilla is a Chilean footballer currently playing for Chilean club Colo-Colo as a forward.

Joaquín Niemann is a Chilean professional golfer. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer from May 2017 to April 2018.

Charles Mariano Aránguiz Sandoval is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club Bayer Leverkusen, whom he captains, and the Chile national team.

Roberto Antonio "Cóndor" Rojas Saavedra is a retired Chilean football goalkeeper. In 1989, he deliberately injured himself during a World Cup qualifying match in an attempt to avoid a loss by the Chile national team. The incident resulted in a lifetime ban for Rojas and one World Cup ban for Chile. His ban was subsequently lifted in 2001.