Chileans in the United Kingdom

Chileans in the United Kingdom (Spanish: Chilenos en Reino Unido) are people of Chilean origin living in the United Kingdom.

History
When approximately 2,500 Chilean exiles (including businessmen, professors, and students) arrived in Great Britain escaping the military coup d'etat of September 11, 1973, they were met by a small community of Latin Americans who were already there. In the 1970s chileans took refugee from the disastrous Allende government, and later Allende's sympathizers escaped the Pinochet regime. The Chilean community has settled well in the country, and the majority are of European ancestry. The size of the Chilean British population is hard to estimate as many have gone back to Chile, or move fluidly between several places.

Population
At the time of the 2001 UK Census, 5,131 Chilean-born people were living in the UK. The 2011 census recorded 6,456 Chilean-born residents in England, 120 in Wales, 495 in Scotland and 68 in Northern Ireland.

Notable individuals

 * Mario Aguilar, academic
 * Santiago Cabrera, actor, played Isaac Mendez in the series Heroes and recently Cristóbal "Chris" Ríos in Star Trek: Picard
 * Marcela Contreras DBE, Scientist
 * Joan Jara, activist
 * Olga Lehmann, 20th-century painter
 * Manuel Pellegrini, football manager
 * George Robledo Oliver, footballer
 * Ted Robledo Oliver, footballer
 * Otto Schade, artist and architect