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Jewish immigration to Latin America began with seven sailors arriving in Christopher Columbus's crew. Since then, the Jewish population of Latin America has risen to more than 500,000 — more than half of whom live in Argentina, with large communities also present in Brazil and Mexico. Here is a list of some prominent Chilean Jews.

• Marjorie Agosín, human rights activist and writer ^[1]
• Mordo Alvo, physician and member of the prestigious scientific academy Instituto de Chile ^[2]
• Shlomit Baytelman, actress ^[3]
• Alberto Belán, golf player ^[4]
• José Berdichewsky, Pinochet's Ambassador in Israel^[5]
• Claudio Bunster, scientist (Jewish mother) ^[6]
• Cristopher Carpentier, chef (converted to Judaism)^[7]
• Fernando Cassorla, physician and member of the prestigious scientific academy Instituto de Chile ^[8]
• Jacques Chonchol, Minister of Agriculture in the Allende government^[9]
• Alejandro Cohen, actor ^[10]
• Ariel Dorfman, playwright, novelist, human rights activist ^[11]
• Roberto Dueñas, famous' manager ^[12]
• Julián Elfenbein, journalist, television host ^[13]
• Daniel Emilfork, actor ^[14]
• David Ergas, football player^{[citation needed]}
• Efrain Friedman, director of Chilean Atomic Research Committee^[15]
• Benjamín Galemiri, playwright^[16]
• Rodrigo Guendelman, journalist ^[17]
• Clarisa Hardy psychologist; current (2006-) Minister of Planning ^[18]
• Tomás Hirsch, politician, businessman ^[19]
• Mauricio Israel, television host ^[20]
• Alejandro Jodorowsky, film director (Chilean-born) ^[21]
• Alberto Van Klaveren, current (2006-) Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations ^[22]
• José Klein, former owner of Minera Santa Barbara ^[23]
• Anita Klesky, actress ^[24]
• Marcelo Kormis, rabbi ^[25]
• Mario Kreutzberger, better known as Don Francisco, TV host ^[26]
• Vivi Kreutzberger, television host^[27]
• Marcos Libedinsky, former president of the Supreme Court of Justice^[28]
• Alejandro Lipschuetz, anthropologist and endocrinologist^[29]
• Pablo Lugt, rabbi ^[30]
• Nicolás Massú, tennis player (Jewish mother)^{[citation needed]}
• Daniel Platovsky, businessman, politician, and eldest son of Milan Platovsky (Jewish father)^[31]
• Milan Platovsky, businessman who wrote a best-selling autobiography^[32]
• Andy Pollack, jazz musician^[33]
• Karen Poniachik, journalist; current (2006-) Minister of Mining and Energy ^[34]
• Efraim Rosenzweig, rabbi ^[35]
• Sebastián Rozental, football player ^[36]
• Nicole Senerman, podcaster, journalist
• Daniel Schidlow, Chief of Pediatrics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. (Chilean born) ^[37]
• Miguel Schweitzer Speisky, Pinochet's Minister of Justice^[38][39]
• Miguel Schweitzer Walters, Pinochet's Minister of External Affairs and ambassador to the UK^[40][41]
• Nissim Sharim, actor^[42]
• Gabriel Silber, deputy ^[43]
• Jacob Stoulman Bortnik, businessman, kidnapped by DINA during the Operacion Condor plan in Argentina ^[44]
• Shmuel Szteinhendler, rabbi (Regional Director Masorti Latin America) ^[45]
• Volodia Teitelboim, former communist leader ^[46]
• Victor Tevah, fiddler^[47]
• Jael Unger, actress ^[48]
• Julian Vainstein, rabbi ^[49]
• Jaime Wisnaik, director of department of engineering at the Catholic University of Santiago^[50]
• Daniel Zang, rabbi ^[51]

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