The following is a list of notable alumni of the University of Chile.
Government, law, and public policy Heads of state Pedro Aguirre Cerda (1938–1941) lawyer and teacher Arturo Alessandri (1920–1925; 1932–1938) lawyer Jorge Alessandri (1958–1964) engineer Salvador Allende (1971–1973) physician Patricio Aylwin (1990–1994) lawyer Michelle Bachelet (2006–2010) physician Ramón Barros Luco (1910–1915) lawyer Carlos Dávila (de facto leader) lawyer Federico Errázuriz Echaurren (1896–1901) lawyer Federico Errázuriz Zañartu (1871–1876) lawyer Emiliano Figueroa (1925–1927) lawyer Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1994–2000) civil engineer Gabriel González Videla (1946–1952) lawyer Ricardo Lagos (2000–2006) lawyer Juan Esteban Montero (1931–1932) lawyer Pedro Montt (1906–1910) lawyer Aníbal Pinto (1876–1881) lawyer Germán Riesco (1901–1906) lawyer Juan Luis Sanfuentes (1915–1920) lawyer Domingo Santa María (1881–1886) lawyer
Foreign heads of state José López Portillo (México: 1976–1982) lawyer Carlos Mesa (Bolivia) lawyer Camilo Ponce Enríquez (politician) (Ecuador: 1956–1960) lawyer
Non-Chilean politicians Schafik Handal general secretary of Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front of El Salvador; law studies Marcelo Quiroga Santa Cruz socialist political leader from Bolivia; brutally abducted and subsequently assassinated by military forces in 1980; law and drama studies José Vicente Rangel Vice President of Venezuela (2002–2007); law studies José Serra Governor of São Paulo state and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil; Masters in Economics.
Notable lawyers Marcos Aburto judge, former senator, and former president of the Supreme Court of Chile Cecilia Medina Gruber Prize recipient, judge Arturo Prat Chacón national hero, lawyer José Zalaquett lawyer and professor on Human Rights, National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences 2003
Civil Servants Joaquín Marcó Figueroa superintendent of the Casa de Moneda de Chile, and author Valentina Quiroga Undersecretary of Education (2014–2018)
Business Eliodoro Matte industrial engineer; billionaire; president of Empresas CMPC Julio Ponce Lerou forestry engineer; businessman; controlling shareholder of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile
Economists Armando Di Filippo Argentine economist Eduardo Engel engineer and economist Manfred Max Neef Right Livelihood Award winner, economist Aníbal Pinto Santa Cruz economist National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences 1995 Paulo Renato Souza economist and politician
Arts Literature José Donoso National Literature Prize 1990 Roque Dalton Salvadoran poet and activist Jorge Edwards National Literature Prize 1994 Alberto Fuguet writer, journalist, film director Gabriela Mistral Nobel Prize 1945, National Literature Prize 1951; teacher Pablo Neruda Nobel Prize 1971, National Literature Prize 1945 Raquel Olea (born 1944), writer, professor Mariano Picón Salas National Literature Prize of Venezuela 1954 Antonio Skármeta writer Volodia Teitelboim National Literature Prize 2002
Music Luis Advis Mario Iriarte Víctor Jara Sergio Ortega Sonia Paz Soto-Aguilar Orellana (Pachi) Pablo Rosetti (Pablo) Horacio Salinas Santiago Vera-Rivera
Visual arts Graciela Aranis Catalina Bauer Elsa Bolívar Ximena Cristi Matilde Pérez Carmen Piemonte Aída Poblete Laura Rodig Benjamín Vicuña Cecilia Vicuña
Humanities and Social Sciences Anthropology María Ester Grebe ethnomusicologist Sonia Montecino National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences 2013
History José Toribio Medina bibliographer, prolific writer and historian Gabriel Salazar National Prize of History 2006 Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna prolific writer and historian
Philosophy Carla Cordua Roberto Torretti National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences 2011 Humberto Giannini National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences 1999 Olga Grau, writer, professor, philosopher
Sociology Manuel Antonio Garretón National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences 2007 Emir Sader Brazilian sociologist, one of the World Social Forum organizers Clodomir Santos de Morais Brazilian sociologist who originated the Organization Workshop (OW) and the associated Activity-based Large Group Capacitation Method (LGCM)
Exact sciences Justicia Acuña Ricardo Baeza-Yates Claudio Bunster Claudio Donoso Cristina Dorador Eric Goles Humberto Maturana National Prize of Natural Sciences 1994 Hugo K. Sievers