German Chileans

Political figures

* Ingrid Antonijevic Hahn, Minister of Economy (2006), academic, businesswoman *

Ena von Baer Ena Anglein von Baer Jahn (born 28 November 1974 sge in Temuco) is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and senator. In December 2009, von Baer lost a very tight race for a seat in the Senate. In March 2010 she became Minister Secretary-Ge ...

Independent Democratic Union The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a civilian allied with A ...

politician, Minister General Secretary of Government under Pinera government and academic * Edgardo Enríquez Frödden, Minister of Education (1973), naval officer, physician, academic * Carlos Frödden Lorenzen, politician, naval officer *

Tomás Hirsch Tomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt (born 19 July 1956) is a leftist Chilean politician and businessman. He was the Together We Can Do More pact candidate for the 2005 Chilean presidential election, winning 5.4% of the vote. Biography Hirsch wa ...

Humanist Party The Humanist International (also known as the International Humanist Party) is a consortium of political parties adhering to universal humanism (also known as Siloism, after the nickname of the movement's founder), founded in 1989 by over 40 na ...

politician and businessman * Miguel Kast, Former Minister of Odeplan (1978–1980) and Labour (1980–1982), and President of the Central Bank (1982) *

Carlos Keller Carlos Keller Rueff (January 3, 1898–February 28, 1974) was a far-right Chilean writer, historian, and political figure. Early years Keller was born in Concepción, Chile, into a family of German origin and completed his education at univers ...

, philosopher, politician *

Alejandra Krauss Alejandra Krauss Valle (born 1956) is a Chilean politician and former Minister of Planning and Cooperation. She is the daughter of Enrique Krauss, who was the Minister of the Interior under Patricio Aylwin. She studied law at the Universidad de ...

, Christian Democratic Party politician *

Jorge González von Marées Jorge González von Marées (4 April 1900 – 14 March 1962), also known as ''El Jefe'' (Spanish: ''The chief'', analogous to the Führer) was a Chilean political figure and author who served two terms as a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...

, fascist politician *

Ricardo Lagos Weber Ricardo Andrés Lagos Weber (born February 21, 1962), son of former Chilean President of Chile, president Ricardo Lagos, is a politician who served as the Ministry General Secretariat of Government (Chile), Ministry General Secretariat of Governm ...

, Party for Democracy politician, former Minister of *

Evelyn Matthei Evelyn Rose Matthei Fornet (born November 11, 1953) is a Chilean politician who served as Minister of Labor and Social Security under Chilean President Sebastián Piñera until July 2013. She was the Independent Democrat Union Party's nominee fo ...

, UDI politician, Minister of Labour (2011–) and former Senator *

Raúl Rettig Raúl Rettig Guissen (16 May 1909, in Temuco – 30 April 2000, in Santiago), was a Chilean politician and lawyer. A member of the Radical Party, between 1938 and 1940 he served as undersecretary of the interior and, later, at the foreign affai ...

, Radical Party politician and jurist

Military and police

* René Schneider Commander in chief of the Chilean Army killed in 1970 *

Rodolfo Stange Rodolfo Stange Oelckers (born 30 September 1925) is a Chilean politician who served as a Senator. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile during the dictatorship period from 1973 to 1990, representing the police force (Carabine ...

Former Chief of the Police Force (Carabineros) * Fernando Matthei Aubel, Frm. General, Air Force Chief

Academics, scientists and writers

* Erik Bongcam-Rudloff, bioinformatician * Juan Brüggen Messtorff, geologist, author * Claudio Bunster Weitzman scientist * Claudio Grossman, lawyer, law professor * Cristián Huneeus, essayist and writer * Pablo Huneeus, sociologist and writer *

Marcela Paz Marcela Paz (February 28, 1902 – June 12, 1985) was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Ramos Falla Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer. She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy. She was a recipient of the ...

, writer * Miguel Kast, Economist * Mathias Klotz, architect *

Rodolfo Armando Philippi Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist. Philippi contributed primarily to malacology and paleontology. His grandson, Rodulfo Amando Philippi Bañados ...

, paleontologist and zoologist *

Max Westenhöfer Max Westenhöfer (February 9, 1871 – September 25, 1957) was a German pathologist and biologist who contributed to the development of the anatomic pathology and the reform of public health in Chile. Education Maximilian Joseph Johann Westenhö ...

, scientist, pathologist and biologist * Teodoro Schmidt, engineer and topographer

Artists

* Sigrid Alegría Conrads, actress *

Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt (August 26, 1925 – January 3, 2010) was a Chilean composer. Biography and Career Becerra-Schmidt was born in Temuco, Chile. He studied at The Chilean National Conservatory, and was taught by Pedro Humberto Allende. The ...

, composer, academic * Guillermo Deisler, stage designer and visual poet *

Óscar Hahn Óscar Arturo Hahn Garcés (born 5 July 1938) is a Chilean writer and poet, and a member of the literary generation of the 1960s. Hahn has won multiple distinguished awards, notably the National Prize for Literature (Chile) and the Pablo Neruda ...

writer and poet * Hans Helfritz, composer, photographer *

Patricio Manns Iván Patricio Eugenio Manns de Folliot (3 August 1937 – 25 September 2021) was a Chilean singer, composer, author, poet, novelist, essayist, play writer and journalist. He is known for his 1965 song " Arriba en la Cordillera". Life and car ...

, composer, poet, writer and journalist *

Gloria Münchmeyer María Gloria Münchmeyer Barber (born September 2, 1938 in Santiago) is a Chilean television, film and theatre actress, known for her roles in some telenovelas like La Madrastra, Marrón Glacé, and others. She was married with the actor/come ...

, actress *

Denise Rosenthal Denise Sofía Rosenthal Schalchli (born 8 November 1990), known professionally as Denise Rosenthal is a Chilean singer, songwriter, and actress. Early life Rosenthal was born in Santiago, Chile. She has two brothers, one sister, and is the youn ...

, actress and singer *

Antonia Zegers Antonia Zegers (born 29 June 1972) is a Chilean actress. She has an extensive career in cinema, with participation in some of the most awarded Chilean films such as '' Tony Manero'' (2008), ''Post mortem'' (2010), '' La vida de los peces'' (2010 ...

, actress

Television and Media

Karen Doggenweiler Karen Sylvia Doggenweiler Puente (born August 27, 1969 in Puelche) is a popular Chilean journalist and TV presenter. Doggenweiler is the daughter of Félix Doggenweiler Heim, of Swiss-German descent and Silvia Lapuente, of Spanish- Aragoneseht ...

TV hostess, journalist * Margot Kahl TV hostess, journalist * Cecilia Bolocco Fonck TV hostess, model, Miss Universe 1987 * Diana Bolocco Fonck TV hostess, journalist *

Mario Kreutzberger Mario Luis Kreutzberger Blumenfeld (; born 28 December 1940), better known by his stage name as Don Francisco (), is a Chilean television host, and a popular personality on the Univision network reaching Spanish-speaking viewers in the United ...

TV personality * Pablo Mackenna Dörr, TV host, poet, writer

Sports people

Marlene Ahrens Marlene Ahrens Ostertag-Ebensperger (July 27, 1933 – June 17, 2020) was a Chilean athlete. She won the silver medal in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with a distance of 50.38 metres. She was the mother of jou ...

athlete *

Kristel Köbrich Kristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl (born August 9, 1985 in Santiago, Chile) is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flag bearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games, 2012 Games and 2016 ...

, Chilean swimmer,

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

Sebastián Keitel Sebastián Keitel Bianchi (born February 14, 1973, in Santiago) is a Chilean ex- sprinter who competed mostly in the 200 metres. He was coached by renowned Chilean coach Pedro Soto Acuña. Biography Sebastián Keitel comes from an athletics fa ...

athlete * Alex Von Schwedler soccer player *

Christiane Endler Claudia Christiane Endler Mutinelli (born 23 July 1991) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Chile national team. She has previously played for Colo-Colo, Valencia, Paris Sain ...

soccer player *

Rainer Wirth Rainer Klaus Wirth Castro (born 25 October 1982) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Club career Universidad Católica Born in Santiago in 1982, a son of the famous goalkeeper Oscar Wirth, Rainer joined Uni ...

footballer *

Hans Gildemeister Hans Gildemeister Bohner (born Juan Pedro Gildemeister Bohner on 9 February 1956), is a Chilean former tennis player of German ancestry , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = ...

Former Tennis Player * Felipe Aguilar Schuller

PGA European Tour The European Tour (currently known as the DP World Tour for sponsorship reasons), legally the PGA European Tour is the leading men's professional golf tour in Europe. The organisation also operates the European Senior Tour (for players aged fift ...

golfer *

Gert Weil Gert Michael Weil Wiesenborn (born January 3, 1960 in Puerto Montt) is a retired Chilean shot putter of German ancestry, who dominated the sport on the South American scene during the 1980s and early 1990s. His best performance at a global eve ...

Joaquín Niemann Joaquín Niemann (born 7 November 1998) is a Chilean professional golfer. He has won twice on the PGA Tour. He was the number one ranked amateur golfer from May 2017 to April 2018. Amateur career Niemann was the number one ranked golfer in the W ...

PGA Tour The PGA Tour (stylized in all capital letters as PGA TOUR by its officials) is the organizer of professional golf tours in the United States and North America. It organizes most of the events on the flagship annual series of tournaments also k ...

golfer

Others

Carlos Anwandter Carlos Anwandter (1 April 1801, in Luckenwalde, Prussia – 10 July 1889, in Valdivia, Chile) was a German political exile who emigrated to Valdivia, Chile in 1850 after participating in the Revolutions of 1848. Biography He migrated to Valdi ...

Immigrant, one of the pioneers of the colonization *Uranía Haltenhoff Model and Miss Chile * Rosa Markmann former First Lady of Chile *

Paul Schäfer Paul Schäfer Schneider (4 December 1921 – 24 April 2010) was a Nazi, child rapist, German-Chilean Christian minister and the founder and leader of a sect and agricultural commune of 300 German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad (''Dignity C ...

founder of

Colonia Dignidad Colonia Dignidad ("Dignity Colony") was an isolated colony of Germans established in post-World War II Chile by emigrant Germans which became notorious for the internment, torture, and murder of dissidents during the military dictatorship of G ...

* María Teresa Stange model