The Montt family of

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, descended from

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immigrants to the country, includes a number of people who achieved political office and prominence in other fields: * José Anacleto Montt Goyenechea (1802–1867): lawyer and politician * Manuel Montt (1809–1880): politician and

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* Rosario Montt (1827–1894): First Lady of Chile * Ambrosio Montt Luco (1830–1899): politician and lawyer * (1861–1882): soldier and hero of the War of the Pacific * Pedro Montt (1849–1910): politician and President of Chile * Jorge Montt (1845–1922): admiral, politician and President of Chile *: First Lady of Chile * (1848–1909): lawyer, deputy, writer, historiographer, son of Manuel Montt Torres, and brother of Pedro Montt Montt * Sara del Campo de Montt (1855–1942), First Lady of Chile *

Teresa Wilms Montt María Teresa de las Mercedes Wilms Montt (8 September 1893 – 24 December 1921; pseudonyms Tebal and Teresa de la Cruz), also known as Thérèse Wilms Montt, was a Chilean writer, poet, and anarcha-feminist. Described as "embodying sexual ...

(1893–1921): poet *

Cristina Montt Cristina Montt (May 10, 1895 – April 22, 1969), was a Chilean film star of silent and early sound films. Early life She was born in Chile in 1895 into the well-known, political Montt family. Her granduncle, Manuel Montt, was twice president o ...

(1895–1969): early film actress * (1904–1983): politician and representative for Itata and San Carlos provinces * (born 1925): lawyer, former diplomat to the

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and founder rector of the

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* (born 1948): politician and mayor of La Reina (

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) * (1934–2019): ballerina and model * Andrés Wood Montt (born 1965): film director

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Familia Montt Prado in genealog.cl

Genealogical chart of Montt family
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