Hungarians in Chile (, ) include immigrants from Hungary to Chile and their descendants. In South America, more Hungarians settled in Brazil. However, Chile was a major point of passage for Hungarians to North America (the United States) and Australia. Most Hungarian immigrants to Australia from South America during the first half of the 20th century came via Chile. There is no clear record of the number of people of Hungarian descent living in the country.

Hungarian Chileans are known for their contributions to the development of iron mining in northern Chile since the 1950s.

Notable people

Hungarian immigrants to Chile

• Andrés Andai - iron mining businessman

• Daniel Farkas - iron mining businessman, Hungarian-Jewish

• András Gergely - ice hockey player (born in Budapest)

• Máximo Garay - soccer manager (born in Budapest)

• Emérico Letay - lawyer and iron mining businessman

• Juan Schwanner - soccer player and soccer manager (born in Szombathely)

Chileans of Hungarian descent

• Carlos Caszely - former soccer player

• Leonardo Julio Farkas Klein - iron mining businessman, Hungarian-Jewish parents

• Salvador Litvak - Chilean-born American filmmaker and social media influencer

• Antonio Hartmann - former professional tennis player, Hungarian father

• Nicolás Massú - professional tennis player, Hungarian-Jewish parents

• Antonio Horvath - politician and senator

• Alejandro Pakozdi - former professional tennis player, Hungarian father

• Mathías Leonardo Vidangossy Rebolledo - professional soccer player

• Eyal Meyer, actor and Kalaripayattu instructor

See also

• Chile-Hungary relations

• Hungarian people

• Hungarian diaspora

External links

• Hungarian embassy in Santiago

• University of Chile about the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the Hungarians who came to Chile after (in Spanish only)

References