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Born August 20, 1776? or August 20, 1778? • Chillán • Chile
Died October 1842 • Peru
Title / Office head of state (1817-1823), Chile
Role In Battle of Chacabuco • wars of independence
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
Argentine revolutionary
José Miguel Carrera
José Miguel Carrera
Chilean leader
Augusto Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet
president of Chile
José Antonio Páez
José Antonio Páez
Venezuelan general
Francisco de Paula Santander
Francisco de Paula Santander
Colombian statesman and soldier
Manuel Belgrano
Manuel Belgrano
Argentine military leader
Bravo, portrait by an unknown artist
Nicolás Bravo
president of Mexico
Pablo Neruda
Pablo Neruda
Chilean poet
The first female president of Chile
Michelle Bachelet
president of Chile
Sebastián Piñera
Sebastián Piñera
president of Chile
Salvador Allende
Salvador Allende
president of Chile
Eduardo Frei
president of Chile
Orlando Letelier
Chilean lawyer, economist, and diplomat
Patricio Aylwin Azócar
Patricio Aylwin
president of Chile
Ricardo Lagos
president of Chile
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
president of Chile
Jorge Edwards
Jorge Edwards
Chilean writer, critic, and diplomat
Gabriela Mistral, 1941.
Gabriela Mistral
Chilean poet
Arturo Alessandri Palma
Arturo Alessandri Palma
president of Chile
Manuel Montt
Manuel Montt
president of Chile