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100 Greatest Britons ''100 Greatest Britons'' is a television series that was broadcast by the BBC in 2002. It was based on a television poll conducted to determine who the British people at that time considered the greatest Britons in history. The series included in ...

''. Former President Salvador Allende was elected the "Greatest Chilean", however, some controversial personalities such as Augusto Pinochet or

Bernardo O'Higgins Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (; August 20, 1778 – October 24, 1842) was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Althou ...

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# Salvador Allende (1908–1973), 38.80 percent of the votes, physician and politician, 28th President. #

Arturo Prat Agustín Arturo Prat Chacón (; April 3, 1848 – May 21, 1879) was a Chilean lawyer and navy officer. He was killed in the Battle of Iquique, during the War of the Pacific. During his career, Prat had taken part in several naval engagements, ...

(1848–1879), war hero, 38.44 percent. # Saint Alberto Hurtado (1901–1952), 7.97 percent, a Jesuit priest canonised by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. #

Víctor Jara Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, rang ...

(1932–1973), folk singer and songwriter. # Manuel Rodríguez (1785–1818), General. # José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821), General. # Lautaro (1535–1557), Mapuche warrior. # Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957) Nobel Prize for Literature. #

Pablo Neruda Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto (12 July 1904 – 23 September 1973), better known by his pen name and, later, legal name Pablo Neruda (; ), was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Nerud ...

(1904–1973), Nobel Prize for Literature. #

Violeta Parra Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and ...

(1917–1967), singer and songwriter.

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*Estrada, Daniela (19 September 2008)
"Salvador Allende – Greatest Chilean, by Popular Acclaim."IPS News
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