List of Chileans of German descent
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Political figures
- Ingrid Antonijevic HahnIngrid AntonijevicIngrid Antonijevic Hahn is a Chilean economist, entrepreneur, academic and former Minister of Economy, Development and Reconstruction for only two months, in the first cabinet of socialist president Michelle Bachelet...
, Minister of Economy (2006), academic, businesswoman - Ena von BaerEna von BaerEna Anglein von Baer Jahn is a Chilean journalist, political scientist and current senator.In December 2009, von Baer lost a very tight race for a seat in the Senate. In March 2010 she became Ministry General Secretariat of Government...
, Independent Democratic Union politician, current Minister General Secretary of Government (2010-) and academic - Edgardo Enríquez FröddenEdgardo EnríquezEdgardo Enríquez Frödden was a Chilean physician, academic and minister of education under the Salvador Allende government.- Family and careers :...
, Minister of Education (1973), naval officer, physician, academic - Carlos Frödden LorenzenCarlos FröddenCarlos Frödden Lorenzen was a Chilean Navy officer and politician.He was born in Coronel, the son of Federico Frodden and Carolina Lorenzen. He studied at the Liceo in Lebu and at the Naval Academy where he graduated in 1906 earning the silver medal, second highest award...
, Politician, naval officer - Tomás HirschTomás HirschTomás René Hirsch Goldschmidt 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 :...
, Humanist PartyHumanist PartyThe Humanist Party was launched on 8 March 1984 by the Department of Social Affairs of the Community for Human Development. Around the world many Humanist Parties started to emerge and on January 4, 1989, in Florence, Italy, the first congress of the Humanist International was held.In this event,...
politician and businessman - Felipe Kast, Minister of Planning 2010
- Jose Antonio Kast, UDI politician
- Miguel KastMiguel KastMiguel Kast Rist was a German born Chilean economist of the Chicago Boys group. He was most known for his role in public policies, where he promoted a greater focus of resources toward the needy....
, Former Minister of Odeplan (1978-1980) and Labour (1980-1982), and President of the Central Bank (1982) - Carlos KellerCarlos KellerCarlos Keller Rueff 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 universities in Germany...
, philosopher, politician - Carlos Kuschel, National RenewalNational RenewalNational Renewal may refer to:*National Renewal *National Renewal...
politician and Senator - Alejandra KraussAlejandra KraussAlejandra Krauss Valle 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 Chile...
, Christian Democratic Party politician - Jorge González von MaréesJorge González von MaréesJorge González von Marées El Jefe was a Chilean political figure and author.Born in Santiago of a German mother. He was ideologically influenced by Oswald Spengler...
, fascist politician - Ricardo Lagos WeberRicardo Lagos WeberRicardo Andrés Lagos Weber , son of former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos, is a politician who served as the Ministry General Secretariat of Government of Chile in the administration of former President Michelle Bachelet after having worked for Bachelet's 2005-2006 campaign...
, Party for Democracy politician, former Minister of - Evelyn MattheiEvelyn MattheiEvelyn Rose Matthei Fornet is a Chilean economist and politician.Matthei entered Chilean politics in the late '80s and early '90s, as part of the National Renewal party's youth group called Patrulla Juvenil, along the future President of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, and future fellow senator and...
, UDI politician, Minister of Labour (2011-) and former Senator - Raúl RettigRaúl RettigRaúl Rettig Guissen , was a Chilean politician and lawyer.A member of the Radical Party, between 1938 and 1940 he served as under-secretary of the interior and, later, at the foreign affairs ministry. He was elected to the Senate in 1949...
, Radical PartyRadical Party-France:*Radical Party *Radical Party of the Left -Italy:*Radical Party *Radical Party *Italian Radicals *Radicals of the Left -Luxembourg:*Radical Party...
politician and jurist
Military and police
- René SchneiderRené SchneiderGeneral René Schneider Chereau was the commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt. His murder virtually assured Salvador Allende's eventual overthrow and death in a coup three years later...
Commander in chief of the Chilean Army killed in 1970 - Rodolfo StangeRodolfo StangeGeneral Rodolfo Stange Oelckers is a Chilean politician and former senator. He was a member of the Government Junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, representing the police force . He was elected Senator in 1998, finishing his term in 2005.Stange was born in Puerto Montt, in the south of Chile...
Former Chief of the Police Force (Carabineros) - Fernando Matthei AubelFernando MattheiFernando Matthei Aubel is a retired Chilean Air Force General that was part of the military junta that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, after Gustavo Leigh was dismissed in 1978. Before he became a junta member, Matthei was Minister of Health of the military government...
, Frm. General, Air Force Chief - Peter Hansen General of Artillery in the Waffen-SS, at the WWII
- Fernando Cordero Ruske Former Chief of the Police Force (Carabineros)
- Eduardo Iturriaga Neumann General of the Chilean Army
- Bruno Siebert Held General of the Chilean Army
Academics, scientists and writers
- Erik Bongcam-RudloffErik Bongcam-RudloffErik Bongcam-Rudloff is a Chilean-born Swedish biologist and computer scientist. He received his doctorate in medical sciences from Uppsala University in 1994. , he is an Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. His main research deals with mammalian promoters...
, bioinformatician - Juan Brüggen MesstorffJuan Brüggen MesstorffJuan Brüggen Messtorff was an German-Chilean geologist. One of his most famous works is the extensive treaty of Fundamentos de la geología de Chile published in 1950. Brüggen Glacier in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field is named after him....
, geologist, author - Claudio Bunster WeitzmanClaudio BunsterClaudio Bunster Weitzman is a Chilean scientist.Bunster studied Sciences at the University of Chile , Santiago and received his Ph.D in Physics from Princeton University, U.S. in 1973. He remained at the university, at the Institute for Advanced Study and also at the University of Texas, until 1984...
scientist - Claudio GrossmanClaudio GrossmanClaudio Grossman is a lawyer and law professor. He is the dean of the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C.. Grossman served as vice chair of the United Nations Committee Against Torture and now as Chair . He is a former member of the Inter-American Commission on...
, lawyer, law professor - Cristián HuneeusCristián Huneeus-Biography:In 1958 Cristián Huneeus began collaborating with articles in the Pomaire magazine. Their journalistic deliveries appeared in different national journals, but mainly in the magazines Cormorán and Mensaje, where he published articles until 1983. Later, from 1977 to 1985, he evolved...
, essayist and writer - Pablo HuneeusPablo HuneeusPablo Miguel Huneeus Cox, born in Santiago, 1940, and raised in New Jersey, is a Chilean writer and social critic.His more than thirty books are known for their lively personal style, sense of humor, and vivid portraits of real people. Several have been bestsellers.Trained as a sociologist, he...
, sociologist and writer - Marcela PazMarcela PazMarcela Paz was the pen name of Esther Huneeus Salas de Claro, a Chilean writer. She also used the pen names of Paula de la Sierra, Lukim Retse, P. Neka and Juanita Godoy....
, writer - Miguel KastMiguel KastMiguel Kast Rist was a German born Chilean economist of the Chicago Boys group. He was most known for his role in public policies, where he promoted a greater focus of resources toward the needy....
, Economist - Mathias KlotzMathias KlotzMathias Klotz Germain is a Chilean architect, born in Viña del Mar on 13 April 1965. Studied at the Faculty of Architecture of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, where he graduated in 1991...
, architect - Rodolfo Armando Philippi, paleontologist and zoologist
- Mario Waissbluth, engineer and writer
- Teodoro Schmidt, engineer and topografer
Artists
- Sigrid Alegría ConradsSigrid AlegríaSigrid Alegría Conrads is a Chilean television actress.Alegría her acting debut in the TVN soap opera Borrón y cuenta nueva in 1998, playing the role of "Doris Morán", a religious nun who was rethinking her life after she found a new love.In 2004, she left for Canal 13 to participate in the soap...
, actress - Gustavo Becerra-SchmidtGustavo Becerra-SchmidtGustavo Becerra-Schmidt was a Chilean composer.Becerra-Schmidt lived in Germany since 1973 and taught at Oldenburg University since 1974. Becerra was the most prolific Chilean composer...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, academic - Guillermo DeislerGuillermo DeislerGuillermo Deisler was a stage designer, visual poet and mail artist. In his country of birth, Chile, as well as during his long and difficult exile his rich and imaginative work constituted the centre of his life.- Life :Deisler was born in Santiago, Chile as the son of a family that had immigrated...
, stage designer and visual poet - Óscar HahnOscar HahnÓscar Arturo Hahn Garcés is a Chilean writer and poet. Known in Chile as one of the writers of the Generation of the 70s , Hahn studied at the Pedagogical Institute of Santiago during his youth...
writer and poet - Hans HelfritzHans HelfritzHans Helfritz was a German composer and photographer.-Biography:Through pressure from his parents, Helfritz originally began an apprenticeship as a banker, a career path which he then soon after gave up in order to start studying music and composition in Berlin and Vienna...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, photographer - Patricio MannsPatricio MannsPatricio Manns is a Chilean composer, author, writer, and journalist.-Infancy and youth:Patricio Manns was born in the rural town of Nacimiento, in the south of Chile on 3 August 1937. He is the son of a primary school teacher and an agricultural engineer of German descent...
, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A... - Gloria MünchmeyerGloria MünchmeyerGloria Münchmeyer is a Chilean television, film and theatre actress, known for her roles in some telenovelas like La Madrastra, Marrón Glacé, and others...
, actress - Catalina Guerra Münchmeyer, actress
- Denise RosenthalDenise RosenthalDenise Rosenthal is a Chilean actress, singer, songwriter, and model who became famous as one of the young protagonists in the Chilean television series Amango, which aired on Canal 13 during 2007 and 2008...
, actress and singer - Augusto Schuster, actor and singer
- Teresa Münchmeyer, actress
- Antonia Zegers, actress
- Magdalena Max-Neef, actress
Television and Media
- Karen DoggenweilerKaren DoggenweilerKaren Sylvia Doggenweiler Lapuente 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-Aragonese descent. She is married to the Chilean politician Marco Enríquez-Ominami. The marriage...
TV hostess, journalist - Margot Kahl TV hostess, journalist
- Cecilia Bolocco Fonck TV hostess, model, Miss Universe 1987
- Diana Bolocco FonckDiana BoloccoDiana Catalina Bolocco Fonck is a journalist from Chile, known as sister of Cecilia Bolocco, Miss Universe 1987.-Biography:Bolocco was born in Santiago, Chile, to businessman Enzo Bolocco Cintolesi, of Italian descent, and Rose Marie Fonck Assler, of German descent. She attended primary and...
TV hostess, journalist - Mario Kreutzberger TV personality
- Vivi Kreutzberger TV hostess
- Fernanda Hansen TV hostess, journalist
- Pablo Mackenna DörrPablo MackennaPablo Mackenna Dörr , is a Chilean television presenter, writer and poet. He was a host of the Chilean version of television show CQC.-Biography:...
, TV host, poet, writer
Sports people
- Marlene AhrensMarlene AhrensMarlene Ahrens Ostertag is a female 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 remains the only Chilean woman to have won an Olympic medal. She is the mother of the journalist Karin Ebensperger.-References:...
athlete - Kristel KöbrichKristel KöbrichKristel Arianne Köbrich Schimpl is an Olympic long-distance freestyle swimmer from Chile. She was the country's flagbearer at the 2004 Olympics, and also swam at the 2008 Games....
, Chilean swimmer, 2008 Beijing Olympics2008 Summer OlympicsThe 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events... - Sebastián KeitelSebastián KeitelSebastián Keitel Bianchi is a Chilean sprinter who competed mostly in the 200 metres. He was coached by renowned Chilean coach Pedro Soto Acuna, who has since been living in Singapore....
athlete - Alex Von SchwedlerAlex Von SchwedlerAlex Cristian von Schwedler Vásquez is a Chilean professional footballer with German descendent who plays as a Centre back for Chilean club Everton. He has also been capped by Chile.-Early Carrer:...
soccer player - Rainer WirthRainer WirthRainer Klaus Wirth Castro is a Chilean goalkeeper who plays for Unión Española. He is the son of Oscar Wirth.-Career:...
footballer - Hans GildemeisterHans GildemeisterHans Gildemeister Bohner , is a former Chilean tennis player of German ancestry, who won four singles and 23 doubles titles during his professional career. He is the brother of Heinz and Fritz Gildemeister, who are also tennis players...
Former Tennis Player - Felipe Aguilar SchullerFelipe AguilarFelipe Aguilar Schuller is a Chilean professional golfer who has won over 30 events in Chile.Aguilar is currently a member of the European Tour. In 2006 he became the second Chilean, after Roy Mackenzie to earn full membership to the European Tour but failed to retain full playing rights at the...
European tour golfer - Gert WeilGert WeilGert Michael Weil 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 event was a sixth place at the 1988 Olympic Games...
Others
- Carlos AnwandterCarlos AnwandterCarlos Anwandter was a German political exile that emigrated to Valdivia, Chile in 1850 after participating in the Revolutions of 1848...
Immigrant, one of the pioneers of the colonization - Uranía HaltenhoffUranía HaltenhoffUranía Haltenhoff Nikiforos is a pageant titleholder, was born in Tocopilla, Chile on October 14, 1967. She is the Miss Chile titleholder for 1990 and was the official representative of Chile to the Miss Universe 1990 pageant held in Los Angeles, USA....
Model and Miss Chile - Rosa MarkmannRosa MarkmannRosa Markmann Reijer de González Videla was the Chilean First Lady from 1946 to 1952, during the presidency of her husband, Gabriel González Videla...
former First Lady of Chile - Paul SchäferPaul SchäferPaul Schäfer Schneider was the founder and former leader of a sect and agricultural commune of German immigrants called Colonia Dignidad —later renamed Villa Baviera—located in the south of Chile, about 340 km south of Santiago...
Luftwaffe Colonel and founder of Colonia Dignidad - María Teresa Stange model
See also
- German Chilean
- Basque ChileanBasque ChileanMany Basques arrived in Chile in the 16th,17th,18th and 19th century from their homeland in northern Spain and parts of southwestern France, as conquistadors, soldiers, sailors, merchants, priests and labourers...
- British ChileanBritish ChileanThe British Chileans are people of British ancestry, in full or in part, who reside in Chile. The British have been very important in the formation of the Chilean nation. They include Chileans of English, Scottish and Welsh ancestry. The numbers of Scottish and Welsh are higher in the Patagonia and...
- Croatian ChileanCroatian ChileanChileno-croatas are an important ethnic group in Chile; they are citizens of Chile who were either born in Europe or are Chileans of Croatian descent deriving their Croatian ethnicity from one or both parents...
- Ethnic GermanEthnic GermanEthnic Germans historically also ), also collectively referred to as the German diaspora, refers to people who are of German ethnicity. Many are not born in Europe or in the modern-day state of Germany or hold German citizenship...
- French ChileanFrench ChileanA French Chilean is an Chilean citizen of full or partial French ancestry. Between 1840 and 1940, 20,000 to 25,000 French people immigrated to Chile...
- Italian Chilean