List of Chileans of German descent

German Chileans

Political figures

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

Ena von Baer, Independent Democratic Union 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, Humanist Party politician and businessman Miguel Kast, Former Minister of Odeplan (1978–1980) and Labour (1980–1982), and President of the Central Bank (1982) Carlos Keller, philosopher, politician Alejandra Krauss, Christian Democratic Party politician Jorge González von Marées, fascist politician Ricardo Lagos Weber, Party for Democracy politician, former Minister of Evelyn Matthei, UDI politician, Minister of Labour (2011–) and former Senator Raúl Rettig, Radical Party politician and jurist

Military and police

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

Rodolfo Stange 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, writer

Miguel Kast, Economist

Mathias Klotz, architect

Rodolfo Armando Philippi, paleontologist and zoologist

Max Westenhöfer, scientist, pathologist and biologist

Teodoro Schmidt, engineer and topographer

Artists

Sigrid Alegría Conrads, actress

Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, composer, academic

Guillermo Deisler, stage designer and visual poet

Óscar Hahn writer and poet

Hans Helfritz, composer, photographer

Patricio Manns, composer, poet, writer and journalist

Gloria Münchmeyer, actress

Denise Rosenthal, actress and singer

Antonia Zegers, actress

Television and Media

Karen Doggenweiler 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 TV personality

Pablo Mackenna Dörr, TV host, poet, writer

Sports people

Marlene Ahrens athlete

Kristel Köbrich, Chilean swimmer, 2008 Beijing Olympics

Sebastián Keitel athlete

Alex Von Schwedler soccer player

Christiane Endler soccer player

Rainer Wirth footballer

Hans Gildemeister Former Tennis Player

Felipe Aguilar Schuller PGA European Tour golfer

Gert Weil

Joaquín Niemann PGA Tour golfer

Others

Carlos Anwandter Immigrant, one of the pioneers of the colonization

Uranía Haltenhoff Model and Miss Chile

Rosa Markmann former First Lady of Chile

Paul Schäfer founder of Colonia Dignidad

María Teresa Stange model

See also

German Chilean

Basque Chilean

British Chilean

Croatian Chilean

Ethnic German

French Chilean

Italian Chilean

German

German