This is a list of notable people who were born, lived or are/were famously associated with Santiago, Chile.
A Joe Abrigo (born 1995), footballer player. Miguel Aceval (born 1983), footballer player. Gerson Acevedo (born 1988), footballer player. Claudia Acuña (born 1971), jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger. Tomás Ahumada (born 2001), footballer player. Williams Alarcón (born 2000), footballer player. Melissa Aldana (born 1988), tenor saxophone player. Carlos Aldunate Lyon (1916–2018), Catholic Jesuit priest, teacher, writer, and promoter. Jorge Alessandri (1896–1986), President of Chile. Isabel Allende (born 1945), politician. Salvador Allende (1908–1973), President of Chile. Juan Allende-Blin (born 1928), composer and academic teacher. Pedro Humberto Allende (1885–1959), composer. Clodomiro Almeyda (1923–1997), politician. Judith Alpi (1893–1983), painter and teacher. Carlos Altamirano (1922–2019), lawyer and socialist politician. Soledad Alvear (born 1950), lawyer and former Christian Democrat politician. Alejandro Amenábar (born 1972), film director, screenwriter and composer. René Amengual Astaburuaga (1911–1954), composer, educator and pianist. Luis Araneda (born 1953), footballer. Graciela Aranis (1908–1996), painter and cartoonist. Manuel Araya Díaz (1948–1994), footballer. Pedro Araya Toro (born 1942), footballer player. Baruch Arensburg (born 1934), physical anthropologist. Fernando Astengo (born 1960), footballer and current manager. Fernanda Astete (born 1997), tennis player. Isaías Azerman (1912–1983), footballer player.
B Michelle Bachelet (born 1951), President of Chile. Manuel Baquedano (1823–1897), soldier and politician. Tomás Barrios Vera (born 1997), tennis player. Carmen Barros (1925–2023), actress and singer of jazz, popular music, and opera. Luis Barros Borgoño (1858–1943), politician. Ramón Barros Luco (1835–1919), politician. Juan Barros Madrid (born 1956), prelate of the Catholic Church. Rubén Bascuñán (born 1982), footballer player. Jaime Bassa (born 1977), politician and attorney. Luis Bates (1934–2023), lawyer and politician. Marco Bechis (born 1955), film screenwriter and director. Hugo Berly (1941–2009), footballer player. Vicente Bianchi (1920–2009), composer, pianist, conductor, and orchestra and choir director. Vladimir Bigorra (born 1954), footballer defender. Matías Bize (born 1979), film director, producer and screenwriter. José Miguel Blanco (1839–1897), sculptor, illustrator and writer. Nico Bodonczy (born 1955), footballer. Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003), novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist. Cecilia Bolocco (born 1965), actress, TV host and beauty queen. Alberto Buccicardi (1914–1970), footballer player and manager. Pablo Burchard (1875–1964), painter.
C Carlos Campos (1937–2020), footballer player. Marta Canales (1893–1986), violinist, choral conductor and composer. María Luz Cárdenas (born 1944), biochemist. Jorge Carrasco (born 1982), footballer player. Ignacio de la Carrera (1747–1819), aristocrat. Javiera Carrera (1781–1862), independence activist. José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821), general, formerly Spanish military, member of the prominent Carrera family, and considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Luis Carrera (1791–1818), military officer. María Elena Carrera (born 1929), physician and politician. Fernando Carvallo (born 1948), footballer player. Hernán Carvallo (1922–2011), footballer midfielder. Luis Hernán Carvallo (born 1949), footballer and manager. Sandrino Castec (born 1960), footballer player. Carlos Caszely (born 1950), footballer player. Roberto Cereceda (born 1984), footballer player. Arturo Chávez (born 1990), athlete specialising in the high jump. María Soledad Cisternas (born 1959), lawyer and disability rights activist. Jaime Collyer (born 1955) writer. Marcelo Corrales (born 1971), footballer player. Francisco José Cox (1933–2020), archbishop of the Catholic Church. Carlos Cubillos (1929–2003), footballer player.
D Guillermo Deisler (1940–1995), stage designer, visual poet and mail artist. Jorge Délano Frederick (1895–1980), cartoonist, screenwriter, film director, and actor. Andrés Díaz (born 1964), cellist. Carlos Díaz (born 1993), middle-distance runner. César Díaz (born 1975), footballer player. Daniel Díaz (born 1948), footballer player. Fernando Díaz (born 1961), footballer manager and former player. Ítalo Díaz (born 1971), footballer and current manager. Marcelo Díaz (born 1986), footballer player. Marcelo Díaz (politician) (born 1971), politician. Marit Dopheide (born 1990), athlete. Miguel Droguett (born 1961), cyclist.
E Rodrigo Echeverría (born 1995), footballer player. Mariano Egaña (1793–1846), lawyer, conservative politician and the main writer of the Chilean Constitution of 1833. Gustavo Ehlers (1925–2017), sprinter. Humberto Elgueta (1904–1976), footballer midfielder. Crescente Errázuriz (1839–1931), Dominican friar, Roman Catholic archbishop of Santiago, professor, writer and historian. Francisco Javier Correa Errázuriz (1879–1934), farmer and deputy. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa (born 1933), prelate of the Catholic Church. Francisco Javier Errázuriz Talavera (1942–2024), businessman and a former senator and presidential candidate of the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center. Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1850–1901), politician. Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1825–1877), political figure. Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate (1777–1841), political figure. José Antonio Errázuriz (1747–1821), priest and political figure. José Tomás Errázuriz (1856–1927), landscape painter and diplomat. María Errázuriz (1861–1922), First Lady of Chile and the wife of President Germán Riesco Errázuriz. Maximiano Errázuriz (1832–1890), politician, industrialist and winemaker of Basque descent. Rafael Errázuriz Urmeneta (1861–1923), politician and diplomat. Agustín Eyzaguirre (1768–1837), political figure.
F Daniel Farcas, Chilean deputy Rogelio Farías (1949–1995), footballer midfielder. Victor Farías (born 1940), historian. Elías Fernández Albano (c. 1845–1910), politician. Hernán Fernández (1921–2010), footballer player. Maya Fernández (born 1971), biologist, veterinarian and politician. Andrés Gabriel Ferrada Moreira (born 1969), archbishop of the Catholic Church. Emiliano Figueroa (1866–1931), politician. Alberto Fouillioux (1940–2018), footballer midfielder and striker. Eduardo Frei Montalva (1911–1982), President of Chile. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (born 1942), President of Chile. Ramón Freire (1787–1851), President of Chile. Juan Francisco Fresno (1914–2004), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church.
G Manuel Gaete (1948–2003), football player. Ricardo Gálvez (1933–2024), lawyer, judge, and university professor. Miguel Ángel Gamboa (born 1951), football player. Jorge Gambra (born 1963), table tennis player. Fernando García (born 1930), composer. Rolando García (born 1942), footballer defender. Cristian Garín (born 1996), tennis player. Eduardo Gatti (born 1949), singer-songwriter. Rodrigo Gómez (born 1968), footballer player. Fernando González (born 1980), tennis player. Hugo González (born 1963), footballer player. Jorge González von Marées (1900–1962), political figure and author. Juan Francisco González (1853–1933), one of the four Great Chilean Masters and as the archetypal romantic bohemian artist of the early 20th century. Rafael González (born 1950), footballer midfielder. Tomás Osvaldo González Morales (1935–2022), Roman Catholic bishop. Adelina Gutiérrez (1925–2015), scientist, academic and professor of astrophysics. Juan Gutiérrez (born 1964), footballer player. Jaime Guzmán (1946–1991), constitutional law professor, politician, and founding member of the conservative Independent Democratic Union party.
H Felipe Gálvez Haberle (born 1983), film director, screenwriter, and editor. Alejandra Herrera (born 1971), actress. Leonel Herrera (born 1971), footballer player. Héctor Hoffens (born 1957), footballer player. Fernando Hurtado (born 1983), footballer player.
I Raimundo Infante (1926–1986), footballer forward. Alfonso de Iruarrizaga (born 1957), sport shooter. Yashir Islame (born 1991), footballer player. Lorenza Izzo (born 1989), actress and model.
J Alberto Jara Franzoy (1929–2019), Roman Catholic bishop. Nicolás Jarry (born 1995), tennis player. Alberto Jerez Horta (1927–2023), lawyer and politician. Pamela Jiles (born 1960), journalist and politician. Luis Jiménez (born 1984), footballer player. Luz Jiménez (born 1934), actress, theater director, and teacher. Francisco Juillet (1898–1987), cyclist.
K Roberto Kettlun (born 1981), footballer player. Katty Kowaleczko (born 1964), actress. Benjamín Kuscevic (born 1996), footballer player.
L Amanda Labarca (1886–1975), diplomat, educator, writer and feminist. Alberto Labarthe (1928–2021), sprinter. Enrique Lafourcade (1927–2019), writer, critic and journalist. Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician. Gonzalo Lama (born 1993), tennis player. Luis Larraín (1980–2023), LGBT rights activist. Francisco de la Lastra (1777–1852), military officer and the first Supreme Director of Chile (1814). Joaquín Lavín (born 1953), politician. Braulio Leal (born 1981), footballer coach and former player. Yerko Leiva (born 1998), footballer player. Sebastián Lelio (born 1974), director, screenwriter, editor and producer. Alfonso Leng (1884–1974), post-romantic composer of classical music. Hugo Lepe (1940–1991), footballer defender. Mario Lepe (born 1965), footballer player. Pedro Lira (1845–1912), painter and art critic. Sergio Livingstone (1920–2012), goalkeeper. Claudio Lizama (born 1973), footballer player. Anita Lizana (1915–1994), tennis player. Frank Lobos (born 1976), footballer player. Mariana Loyola (born 1975), theater, film, and television actress. Orlando Lübbert (born 1945), screenwriter and film director.
M María Fernanda Mackenna (born 1986), sprinter. Javier Margas (born 1969), football player. John Marshall (born 1942), sailor and Olympic medalist. Hans Martínez (born 1987), football player. Rubén Martínez (born 1964), football player. Hernán Masanés (1931–2018), cyclist. Roberto Matta (1911–2002), painter. Humberto Maturana (1928–2021), biologist and philosopher. Marcos Segundo Maturana (1830–1892), military and art collector. Gary Medel (born 1987), football player. Jorge Medina (1926–2021), prelate of the Catholic Church. Rodrigo Meléndez (born 1977), football player. Óscar Meneses (born 1960), football player and manager. Sergio Messen (1949–2010), football player. Marcelo Miranda (born 1967), footballer player and manager. Milovan Mirošević (born 1980), footballer player. Juan Esteban Montero (1879–1948), President of Chile. Pedro Montt (1849–1910), President of Chile. Mario Moreno (1935–2005), footballer player. Günther Mund (1934–2011), diver. Cristián Muñoz (born 1983), footballer player and manager.
N Rodrigo Naranjo (born 1979), footballer player. Manuel Neira (born 1977), footballer player. Lucas Nervi (born 2001), athlete. Joaquín Niemann (born 1998), golfer. Francisco Nitsche (1930–2018), footballer player. Amparo Noguera (born 1965), television, theatre and film actress. Rodrigo Núñez (born 1977), footballer midfielder.
O Rafael Olarra (born 1978), football player. Luis Olivares (1939–2024), football player. Raúl Olivares (born 1988), football player. Juvenal Olmos (born 1962), football manager. Carlos Ominami (born 1950), economist and politician, former parliamentarian and former Chilean Minister of State. Fabián Orellana (born 1986), footballer player. Juan Carlos Orellana (1955–2022), footballer manager. Juan Orrego-Salas (1919–2019), composer, musicologist, music critic, and academic. Pascual Ortega Portales (1839–1899), painter.