Augusto Pinochet
1915 - 2006
HPI 81.77101 languages
Augusto Pinochet is most famous for being the military dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990.
The Most Famous
Politicians from Chile
50 notable people
This page contains a list of the greatest Chileans Politicians. The pantheon dataset contains 20,022 Politicians, 50 of which were born in Chile. This makes Chile the birth place of the 65th most number of Politicians behind Australia and Lebanon.
Top 10 Chilean Politicians
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Chilean Politicians of all time. This list of famous Chilean Politicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Chilean Politicians.
#1 #2 
Salvador Allende
1908 - 1973
HPI 81.05102 languagesSalvador Allende was a Chilean politician and physician who became president of Chile in 1970. He was overthrown by a military coup in 1973, and died in the coup.
#3 
Michelle Bachelet
b. 1951
HPI 73.24104 languagesMichelle Bachelet is most famous for being the first female president of Chile. She was president from 2006-2010 and from 2014-2018.
#4 
Bernardo O'Higgins
1778 - 1842
HPI 70.7656 languagesBernardo O'Higgins is most famous for being the first president of Chile.
#5 
Sebastián Piñera
1949 - 2024
HPI 70.2784 languagesSebastián Piñera is most famous for being the President of Chile from 2010-2014.
#6 
Patricio Aylwin
1918 - 2016
HPI 67.3638 languagesPatricio Aylwin was the president of Chile from 1990 to 1994. He is most famous for being the first democratically elected president in Chile's history.
#7 
Ricardo Lagos
b. 1938
HPI 66.7447 languagesChilean politician, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006
#8 
Eduardo Frei Montalva
1911 - 1982
HPI 65.9739 languagesPresident of Chile (1911-1982)
#9 
Jorge Alessandri
1896 - 1986
HPI 63.6735 languagesChilean politician and President (1896–1986)
#10 
Arturo Alessandri
1868 - 1950
HPI 63.0533 languagesChilean politician and President (1868–1950)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Chileans Politicians grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Politicians were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 25 most globally memorable Politicians since 1700.
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