List of alumni of the University of Chile explained

The following is a list of notable alumni of the University of Chile.

Government, law, and public policy

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

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.

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

Joaquín Marcó Figueroa superintendent of the Casa de Moneda de Chile, and author
Valentina Quiroga Undersecretary of Education (2014–2018)

Eliodoro Matte industrial engineer; billionaire; president of Empresas CMPC
Julio Ponce Lerou forestry engineer; businessman; controlling shareholder of Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile

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

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

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)