Notable Alumni of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile [Sorted List]

1. Jovino Novoa

1945-2021 (aged 76)

lawyer politician

Enrique Manuel Jovino Novoa Vásquez was a Chilean politician. He was a member of the Senate of Chile (1998–2014) and was the president of the Senate of Chile (2009–2010).

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2. Carlos Montes Cisternas

1946-. (aged 80)

economist academic politician

Carlos Eduardo Montes Cisternas is a Chilean politician and economist, member of the Socialist Party of Chile. Since March 11, 2022, he has served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Development in the administration of President Gabriel Boric.

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3. Radomiro Tomic

1914-1992 (aged 78)

diplomat lawyer politician

Radomiro Tomic Romero was a Chilean lawyer and politician of Croatian origin, and candidate for the presidency of the Chilean Republic in the 1970 election. He graduated as a lawyer from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC). He began his political activity in the Social-Christian circles of the PUC, and was one of the co-founders of the Falange Nacional...

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4. Heraldo Muñoz

1948-. (aged 78)

diplomat

Heraldo Muñoz Valenzuela is a Chilean political scientist, academic, diplomat and politician; the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile under President Michelle Bachelet; former Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme; and the former Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, to Brazil, and to the Organization...

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5. Patricio Castillo

1939-2021 (aged 82)

actor

Jaime García Márquez Patricio Castillo San Juan, better known as Patricio Castillo was a Chilean born Mexican actor.

6. Manuela Martelli

1983-. (aged 43)

screenwriter film director film screenwriter film actor

Manuela Abril Martelli Salamovich is a Chilean film and television actress and director best known for her roles in the films B-Happy and Machuca. She starred with the famous Dutch actor Rutger Hauer in the Chilean-Italian film Il Futuro, based on Roberto Bolaño's novel A Little Lumpen Novelita. Her feature debut 1976 was shown at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival...

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7. Ena von Baer

1974-. (aged 52)

journalist politician

Ena Anglein von Baer Jahn is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and former senator.

8. Maite Alberdi

1983-. (aged 43)

art director screenwriter film director

Maite Alberdi Soto is a Chilean film producer, director, documentarian, screenwriter, and film critic. She is the founder of Micromundo Producciones.

9. Carlos Larraín

1942-. (aged 84)

lawyer politician

Carlos Aníbal Larraín Peña is a Chilean lawyer and politician, member of National Renewal (RN).

10. Alejandra Matus

1966-. (aged 60)

biographer writer journalist

Alejandra Matus Acuña is a Chilean journalist and writer recognized for her disclosure of human rights abuses that occurred during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

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11. Carlos Peña González

1959-. (aged 67)

columnist lawyer philosopher

Carlos Hernán Peña González is a lawyer and university professor who is since 2005 rector of the Diego Portales University and Sunday columnist of El Mercurio. Peña is also vicepresident of CIPER Chile; member of the directory of Fundación Nicanor Parra; Counsellor of Teatro Municipal de Santiago; member of the directory of Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos...

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12. Nicolás Monckeberg

1973-. (aged 53)

lawyer politician

Nicolas Monckeberg Díaz is a Chilean politician. He was born in a family of German descent. He completed his secondary education in the Tabancura College in Santiago.

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13. Diamela Eltit

1947-. (aged 79)

university teacher teacher writer video artist artist

Diamela Eltit is a Chilean writer and university professor. She is a recipient of the National Prize for Literature.

14. Fernando Flores

1943-. (aged 83)

economist philosopher politician

Carlos Fernando Flores Labra is a Chilean engineer, philosopher, entrepreneur and politician. He is a former cabinet minister of president Salvador Allende and was senator for the Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá regions between 2001 and 2009. On March 31, 2010, he was designated President of Chile's National Innovation Council for Competitiveness by President Sebastián Piñera.

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15. María Luisa Cordero

1943-. (aged 83)

physician writer politician

María Luisa Cordero Velásquez is a Chilean psychiatrist, writer, television commentator and politician.

16. Gloria Hutt

1955-. (aged 71)

politician civil engineer

Gloria Hutt Hesse is a Chilean civil engineer and politician, affiliated with the Political Evolution Party (Evópoli). She has served as Undersecretary and Minister of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile, and as a member of the Constitutional Council.

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17. Jaime Bassa

1977-. (aged 49)

politician university teacher lawyer jurist political scientist

Jaime Andrés Bassa Mercado, is a Chilean politician and attorney. Bassa has served as the Vice President of the Constitutional Convention of Chile since 2021. A political independent, Bassa is closely associated with the left-wing Broad Front alliance.

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18. Fernando Paulsen

1956-. (aged 70)

journalist television presenter

Fernando José Paulsen Silva is a Chilean radio journalist, television presenter, columnist, sports and political commentator.

19. Ximena Rivas

1963-. (aged 63)

actor

Ximena Luisa Rivas Hanson is a Chilean actress of theater, film and television.

20. Álvaro Elizalde

1969-. (aged 57)

lawyer politician

Álvaro Antonio Elizalde Soto is a Chilean politician and lawyer. He assumed the office of Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency on 19 April 2023.

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21. Diego Schalper

1985-. (aged 41)

lawyer politician

Diego Ignacio Schalper Sepúlveda is a Chilean political scientist and politician currently serving as a deputy in the National Congress of Chile.

22. Solange Lackington

1962-. (aged 64)

actor

Solange Lackington Gangas is a Chilean actress, director and playwright of film, theater and television. She studied theater at the School of Theater of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. At just 20 years old, she made her debut on television, acting in telenovelas such as La torre 10 (1984) and Bellas y audaces (1988), alongside figures such as Sonia...

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23. Jaime Bellolio

1980-. (aged 46)

commercial engineer politician

Jaime Andrés Bellolio Avaria is a Chilean engineer and politician, militant from Independent Democratic Union (UDI), who currently serves as Mayor of Providencia. He has also served as deputy of the Republic from March 2014 to 2020, and as Minister Secretary General of the Government during the second government of Sebastián Piñera (2018–2022).

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24. Raúl Silva Henríquez

1907-1999 (aged 92)

Catholic bishop lawyer Catholic priest

Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal from 1962. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1961 to 1983 and as Bishop of Valparaíso from 1959 to 1961. Both as Archbishop and in retirement, he was an advocate for social justice and democracy and a forthright vocal critic of the military...

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25. Susana Villarán

1949-. (aged 77)

journalist politician

Susana María del Carmen Villarán de la Puente is a left politician in Peru, a former presidential candidate, and in municipal elections in 2010 became the first woman to be elected Mayor of Lima.

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26. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa

1933-. (aged 93)

theologian Catholic bishop Catholic priest

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa is a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Santiago from 1998 to 2010. He has been a cardinal since 2001 and was a member of Pope Francis' Council of Cardinal Advisers from its creation in 2013 until his departure in 2018.

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27. Cristián Larroulet

1953-. (aged 73)

Ladrón

Cristián Patricio Larroulet Vignau was the Minister General Secretariat of the Presidency of Chile under President Sebastián Piñera. He served as the Head of Advisors to the Presidency of the Republic in the second administration of Sebastián Piñera.

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28. Liliana Ross

1939-2018 (aged 79)

playwright director theatrical producer actor

Liliana Piera Marina Brescia Clerici, best known professionally as Liliana Ross, was an Italian-born Chilean actress, director, playwright, and theatrical producer whose professional career spanned more than fifty years. She was best known to television audiences for her starring roles in the Chilean telenovelas La Colorina (1977) and Machos (2003).

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29. Mauricio Pešutić

1948-. (aged 78)

actor television actor

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...

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30. José Ignacio

1972-. (aged 54)

writer playwright producer screenwriter

José Ignacio Valenzuela also known by the nickname Chascas, is a Chilean writer and screenwriter. Author of scripts for national and foreign soap operas, among which Amor a domicilio, La familia de al lado, Dama y obrero and adaptation of Lola—, He has also participated in the development of various television, literature, film and theater projects in Chile, Mexico, United...

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31. Marcela Vacarezza

1970-. (aged 56)

model beauty pageant contestant journalist psychologist

Marcela Paz Vacarezza Etcheverry is a Chilean actress, psychologist and beauty pageant titleholder. She is married to the TV host Rafael Araneda with whom she has three children, Martina, Florencia and Vicente.

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32. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera

1942-2024 (aged 82)

businessperson politician

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera was a Chilean businessman and politician who was a senator and presidential candidate of the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center.

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33. Loreto Valenzuela

1954-. (aged 72)

actor

Loreto Cristina Valenzuela Valdivia is a Chilean actress and director, recognized for her extensive career in theater and television.

34. Rojo Edwards

1977-. (aged 49)

civil engineer politician

José Manuel Rojo Edwards Silva is a Chilean politician and civil engineer serving as senator for the Santiago Metropolitan Region. He previously served in the Chamber of Deputies.

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35. Carolina Goic Boroevic

1972-. (aged 54)

lawyer politician

Carolina Nevenka Goić Borojević is a Chilean politician who served as president of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party (PDC) from 2016 to 2017.

36. Elisa Zulueta

1981-. (aged 45)

theatrical director film director writer podcaster actor

Elisa Zulueta is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress.

37. Fulvio Rossi

1970-. (aged 56)

politician physician

Fulvio Fabrizio Rossi Ciocca is a Chilean politician and physician.

38. Francisca Lewin

1980-. (aged 46)

actor

María Francisca Lewin Castellano is a Chilean film, theater, and television actress.

39. Alberto Mayol

1976-. (aged 50)

sociologist politician

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

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40. Francisco Reyes Morandé

1954-. (aged 72)

actor

Eugenio Francisco Reyes Morandé is a Chilean television, theatre and film actor.

41. Gonzalo Blumel

1978-. (aged 48)

politician civil engineer

Gonzalo Fernando Blumel Mac-Iver is a Chilean politician, civil environmental engineer and economist who served as Minister of the Interior and Public Security of Chile during Sebastián Piñera second government (2018–2022).

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42. Ignacio Briones

1972-. (aged 54)

university teacher economist

Ignacio Briones Rojas is a Chilean economist, scholar and politician who served as Minister of Finance in the second government of Sebastián Piñera from 2019 until 2021. Prior to this appointment, Ignacio served as Dean of the School of Government of Adolfo Ibáñez University.

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43. Antonio Vodanovic

1949-. (aged 77)

television producer journalist television presenter radio personality

Antonio Vodanovic is a Chilean television presenter known for being the presenter of Viña del Mar International Song Festival from 1976 to 2004. From the late 1970s to 1982 he was programming director of Televisión Nacional de Chile. In 1982 he renounced that position after an internal conflict in Televisión Nacional de Chile that emerged in the aftermath as consequence...

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44. Francisca Imboden

1971-. (aged 55)

actor

Francisca María Imboden Fernández, is a Chilean actress who has performed in film, theater and television.

45. Jorge Medina Estévez

1926-2021 (aged 95)

philosopher Catholic bishop Catholic priest

Jorge Arturo Agustín Medina Estévez was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who held senior positions both in his native country and in the Roman Curia. He was prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 1996 to 2002 and was made a cardinal in 1998. Beginning in 1985 he served as auxiliary...

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46. María José Prieto

1977-. (aged 49)

actor

María José Prieto Larraín is a Chilean film and television actress.

47. Sergio Livingstone

1920-2012 (aged 92)

association football player

Serjio Robert "Sergio" Livingstone Pohlhammer was a Chilean goalkeeper, who later became a well-regarded journalist. He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("the toad") for his typical posture in the goal. From 1938 to 1959 he played primarily for CD Universidad Católica in Santiago. With Chile he took part in seven Copa América and one FIFA World Cup, earning 52 caps. IFFHS...

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48. Claudio Orrego

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer politician

Claudio Benjamín Orrego Larraín is a Chilean lawyer, Christian Democrat politician, and the Governor of the Santiago Metropolitan Region since July 14, 2021.

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49. Alejandro Zambra

1975-. (aged 51)

writer novelist poet literary critic

Alejandro Andrés Zambra Infantas is a Chilean poet, short-story writer and novelist. He has been recognized for his talent as a young Latin American writer, chosen in 2007 as one of the "Bogotá39" (the best Latin American writers under the age of 39) and in 2010 by Granta as one of the best Spanish-language writers under the age of 35.

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50. Javiera Contador

1977-. (aged 49)

stage actor television presenter actor film actor

Javiera Contador is a Chilean actress, comedian and television hostess. She played Quena Gómez de Larraín on the television show Casado con Hijos.

51. Felipe Bulnes

1969-. (aged 57)

diplomat lawyer university teacher

Felipe Bulnes Serrano is a Chilean lawyer and member of the party National Renewal. He was first Minister of Justice and then he assumed office as Minister of Education following a cabinet shuffle on July 18 amidst the ongoing 2011 Chilean student protests but renounced about six months later on December 29 explaining that he left because a "cycle has...

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52. Miguel Kast

1948-1983 (aged 35)

economist

Michael Kast Rist, commonly known as Miguel Kast, was a German-born, naturalised Chilean, economist of the Chicago Boys group. He served as Minister of State and President of the Central Bank under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. In his youth, he was a member of the Christian Democratic Party.

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53. Rodolfo Carter

1971-. (aged 55)

lawyer politician

Rodolfo Rafael Carter Fernández is a Chilean politician.

54. Augusto Góngora

1952-2023 (aged 71)

journalist documentarian

Augusto José Góngora Labbé was a Chilean journalist, filmmaker and television presenter. After working in independent media during the military dictatorship in Chile, he went on to work for the country's national broadcaster, Televisión Nacional de Chile, from 1990 until 2010, primarily focusing on cultural programming. After leaving the channel, Góngora went on to serve on TVN's board of directors...

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55. Bastián Bodenhöfer

1961-. (aged 65)

actor theatrical director

Bastián Lorenzo Bodenhöfer Alexander is a Chilean actor, theater director, musician and cultural manager. He served as cultural attaché of the Chile embassy in France between 2000 and 2002, during the government of president Ricardo Lagos. Bodenhöfer established himself as a renowned actor in the telenovela Ángel Malo in 1986. During the 1990s, due to his physical attractiveness, his solid...

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56. Gepe

1981-. (aged 45)

singer multi-instrumentalist composer

Daniel Alejandro Riveros Sepúlveda, known as Gepe, is a Chilean singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has released five solo albums in addition to one album as a member of the band Taller Dejao. He has been described as the "new 'guru' of Chilean folk" for combining the sensibilities of 1960s and 1970s Chilean folk (especially the music of Víctor Jara) with...

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57. Enrique Paris

1948-. (aged 78)

physician pediatrician politician

Oscar Enrique Paris Mancilla is a Chilean physician and politician who served as Minister of Health.

58. Andrés Chadwick

1956-. (aged 70)

lawyer politician

Andrés Pío Bernardino Chadwick Piñera is a Chilean right-wing politician and lawyer, member of the Independent Democrat Union (UDI) party. He began his political career as a supporter of the Pinochet regime, and was present at the Acto de Chacarillas in 1977.

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59. Laurence Golborne

1961-. (aged 65)

businessperson politician

Laurence Nelson Golborne Riveros is a Chilean engineer and entrepreneur. He was minister of public works until November 7, 2012, when he announced his decision to run for President of Chile. He previously had been bi-minister of Mining and Energy in the administration of President Sebastián Piñera. He withdrew from the presidential campaign on April 29, 2013, after two consecutive...

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60. Paulina Urrutia

1969-. (aged 57)

actor politician

Paulina Marcela Urrutia Fernández is a Chilean actress, academic, director, trade union leader, and politician. She was a State Minister of the first government of President Michelle Bachelet.

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61. Daniel Matamala

1978-. (aged 48)

writer announcer reporter editor journalist

Daniel Ignacio Matamala Thomsen is a Chilean journalist known for his current work in CNN Chile alongside Mónica Rincón.

62. Benjamín Labatut

1980-. (aged 46)

journalist writer

Benjamín Labatut is a Chilean writer.

63. Soledad Onetto

1976-. (aged 50)

journalist news presenter

Maria Soledad Onetto is a Chilean TV presenter. She is a journalism graduate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, news reader and TV host Chile. She is married to Rodrigo Alonso.

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64. Harold Mayne-Nicholls

1961-. (aged 65)

journalist

Harold Alfred Mayne-Nicholls Secul is a Chilean journalist and former football administrator who was president of the National Professional Football Association (ANFP) and of the Chilean Football Federation (FFCh). He was also a FIFA official. On 6 July 2015, he was banned for seven years by FIFA Ethics Committee from all football-related activity, after being the chair of evaluation for...

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65. Paz Bascuñán

1975-. (aged 51)

model actor

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, her Basque descent being recognized in 2002.

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66. Diana Bolocco

1977-. (aged 49)

journalist

Diana Catalina Bolocco Fonck is a Chilean journalist, known as sister of Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987.

67. Cristián Campos

1956-. (aged 70)

actor

Juan Cristián Campos Sallato is a Chilean actor and director of theater, film and television.

68. Mariana di Girolamo

1990-. (aged 36)

actor

Mariana di Girolamo Arteaga is a Chilean film and television actress. Di Girolamo had several major roles including her performance as Ema in the 2019 film Ema and La Verónica, in addition to television roles such as Perdona nuestros pecados.

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69. Pamela Jiles

1960-. (aged 66)

politician writer journalist

Pamela Jiles Moreno is a Chilean journalist, writer, and politician serving as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for District 12 since 2018. A prominent and often controversial figure, she first gained fame as a television journalist and commentator before entering politics. Jiles is known for her populist style and was a leading proponent of legislation allowing citizens to...

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70. Paulina García

1960-. (aged 66)

theatrical director actor playwright

Paulina García Alfonso, better known as Pali García, is a Chilean actress, stage director, and playwright.

71. Salvador Nasralla

1953-. (aged 73)

television presenter engineer politician

Salvador Alejandro César Nasralla Salum is a Honduran civil engineer, business administrator, sports journalist, and politician who served as the First Vice President of Honduras from 2022 until his resignation in 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been described as a centrist. He describes himself as center-right.

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72. José Piñera Echenique

1948-. (aged 78)

politician economist

José Piñera Echenique is a Chilean economist, one of the famous Chicago Boys, who served as minister of Labor and Social Security, and of Mining, in the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He is the architect of Chile's private pension system based on personal retirement accounts. Piñera has been called "the world's foremost advocate of privatizing public pension systems" as...

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73. Giorgio Jackson

1987-. (aged 39)

politician

Kenneth Giorgio Jackson Drago is a Chilean politician and engineer who was Chile's Minister of Social Development from 6 September 2022 until 11 August 2023. He previously held the position of Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency between March and September 2022. He is the founder and first congressman of the Democratic Revolution political party, achieving the highest personal vote...

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74. José Donoso

1924-1996 (aged 72)

screenwriter writer journalist

José Manuel Donoso Yáñez, known as José Donoso, was a Chilean writer, journalist and professor. He lived most of his life in Chile, although he spent many years in self-imposed exile in Mexico, the United States and Spain. Although he stated that he had left Chile in the 1960s for personal reasons, after 1973 his exile was also a form...

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75. Joaquín Lavín

1953-. (aged 73)

economist engineer announcer politician

Joaquín José Lavín Infante is a Chilean politician of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) party and former mayor of Las Condes, in the northeastern zone of Santiago. Formerly Lavín has also been mayor of Santiago, Minister of Education and Minister of Social Development. He ran for president twice in 1999 and 2005, losing both times. In 2021 he tried to...

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76. Marcela Cubillos

1967-. (aged 59)

lawyer politician

Marcela Cubillos Sigall is a Chilean lawyer, politician, and constitutional delegate, widely known for her active role in her country's political and institutional debates over the last two decades.

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77. Felipe Kast

1977-. (aged 49)

economist consultant politician

Felipe José Kast Sommerhoff is a Chilean economist, researcher, consultant, and politician who has served as parliamentary and minister in his country. He is the nephew of President José Antonio Kast.

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78. Roberto Matta

1911-2002 (aged 91)

graphic artist architect lithographer painter sculptor

Roberto Antonio Sebástian Matta-Echaurren, usually known simply as Matta, also as Sebastián Matta or Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and figures in 20th century surrealist art across the Americas and Europe.

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79. Héctor Noguera

1937-2025 (aged 88)

actor theatrical director

Héctor Eugenio Noguera Illanes was a Chilean television, theatre and film actor, and also a theatre director.

80. Francisco Varela

1946-2001 (aged 55)

biologist neuroscientist philosopher

Francisco Javier Varela García was a Chilean biologist, philosopher, cybernetician, and neuroscientist who, together with his mentor Humberto Maturana, is best known for introducing the concept of autopoiesis to biology, and for co-founding the Mind and Life Institute to promote dialog between science and Buddhism.

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81. Amparo Noguera

1965-. (aged 61)

actor

María Amparo Noguera Portales is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress and theatre director.

82. José Pedro Fuenzalida

1985-. (aged 41)

association football player

José Pedro Fuenzalida Gana is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a right winger.

83. Alejandro Alavena

1967-. (aged 59)

university teacher architect

Alejandro Gastón Aravena Mori is a Chilean architect and executive director of the firm Elemental S.A. He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2016, and was the director and curator of the 2016 Venice Biennale of Architecture.

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84. Lux Pascal

1992-. (aged 34)

actor

Lux Balmaceda Pascal is an American and Chilean actress and transgender activist. She is known for her roles in the Chilean television series Veinteañero a los 40 and Juana Brava and the Chilean drama film The Prince.

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85. José Antonio Kast

1966-. (aged 60)

lawyer politician

José Antonio Kast Rist is a Chilean conservative politician, lawyer, and the president-elect of Chile. He served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2002 to 2018, representing districts in the capital, Santiago. Kast was a member of the Independent Democratic Union until 2016, after which he became an independent and later founded the Republican Party in 2019.

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86. Eduardo Frei Montalva

1911-1982 (aged 71)

lawyer politician

Eduardo Nicanor Frei Montalva OMCh was a Chilean political leader. In his long political career, he was Minister of Public Works, president of his Christian Democratic Party, senator, President of the Senate, and the 28th president of Chile from 1964 to 1970. His eldest son, Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, also became president of Chile (1994–2000).

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87. Evelyn Matthei

1953-. (aged 73)

politician

Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet is a Chilean politician associated with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI).

88. Jaime Guzmán

1946-1991 (aged 45)

lawyer politician

Jaime Jorge Guzmán Errázuriz was a Chilean constitutional law professor, politician, and founding member of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party. In the 1960s, he strongly opposed the University Reform movement and became an active organizer of the Gremialist movement. Guzmán vehemently opposed President Salvador Allende and later became a trusted advisor of General Augusto Pinochet and his dictatorship. As...

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89. Alberto Hurtado

1901-1952 (aged 51)

writer lawyer Catholic priest university teacher trade unionist

Alberto Hurtado, SJ, popularly known as Padre Hurtado, was a Chilean Jesuit priest, lawyer, social worker, and writer of Basque ancestry. He founded the Hogar de Cristo foundation in 1944.

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90. Sebastián Sichel

1977-. (aged 49)

lawyer politician

Sebastián Iglesias Sichel Ramírez is a Chilean lawyer, professor, mayor elect of Ñuñoa, ex minister of State and politician who served as president of the Banco del Estado de Chile (BancoEstado) from June 2020 until December 2020. He also previously served as Minister of Social Development and Family and executive vice president of Corfo under the second government of Sebastián...

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91. Manuel Pellegrini

1953-. (aged 73)

association football player association football coach

Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti is a Chilean professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Real Betis. As a coach, he has managed clubs in Spain, England, Argentina, Chile, China, and Ecuador. Pellegrini has won national leagues in four countries.

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92. Sebastián Piñera

1949-2024 (aged 75)

businessperson sports executive entrepreneur engineer consultant

Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique was a Chilean businessman and politician who served as 34th and 36th president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic politician and diplomat, he studied business administration at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and economics at Harvard University. At the time of his death,...

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93. Ricardo Ezzati Andrello

1942-. (aged 84)

Catholic priest Catholic bishop

Ricardo Ezzati Andrello SDB is an Italian-born Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church who has lived and worked in Chile since the age of 17. He was Archbishop of Santiago from December 2010 to March 2019 and has been a cardinal since February 2014. He previously served as Archbishop of Concepción. He headed the Episcopal Conference of Chile from 2010...

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94. Mónica Rincón

1975-. (aged 51)

journalist

Mónica Patricia Rincón González is a Chilean journalist known for her current work in CNN Chile alongside Daniel Matamala.

95. Checho Hirane

1955-. (aged 71)

television presenter radio personality commercial engineer humorist television actor

Sergio José Hirane Sarkis is a Chilean humorist, economist, and political commentator known for his work in television, radio, and print media.

96. Raúl Figueroa

1975-. (aged 51)

lawyer politician

Raúl Eugenio Figueroa Salas is a Chilean lawyer and politician. Between February 2020 and March 2022, he served as Minister of Education under the second administration of President Sebastián Piñera.

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97. Manuel García

1970-. (aged 56)

singer guitarist singer-songwriter

Manuel Javier García Herrera is a folk-pop Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has won several awards and has twice received the Chilean National Music Prize, awarded by the Chilean Government (in 2008 and 2012).

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98. Cecilia Morel

1954-. (aged 72)

marriage and family counselor politician

María Cecilia Morel Montes is the widow of the former president of Chile Sebastián Piñera, and as such is a former first lady of Chile. Morel was also the director of the sociocultural area of the presidency during both her husband's terms as president.

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99. Katherine Martorell

1982-. (aged 44)

lawyer politician

Katherine Denisse Martorell Awad is a lawyer and politician from Chile, affiliated with Renovación Nacional (RN). She served as Undersecretary for Crime Prevention during the second administration of President Sebastián Piñera from 2018 to 2021, and was previously a councillor for Quinta Normal between 2012 and 2016.

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100. Blanca Lewin

1974-. (aged 52)

actor announcer

Blanca Esperanza Lewin Gajardo is a Chilean actress. She studied at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She is best known for her role as Lola Padilla in the soap opera Lola by Canal 13. She has won awards including the Altazor for Best Actress three times and Festival de Cine Internacional de Palm Springs.

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