Religious Figures
- Saint Teresa de los Andes – first Chilean saint
- Blessed Laura Vicuña
- José María Caro – first Chilean cardinal
- Raúl Silva Henríquez – second Chilean cardinal born in Talca; a human rights advocate.
- Alberto Hurtado - saint
- Juan Francisco Fresno – third Chilean cardinal
- Francisco Javier Errázuriz – fourth Chilean cardinal
- Jorge Medina Estévez – fifth Chilean cardinal; a conservative figure.
- Fr. Juan Ignacio Molina – Chilean priest, naturalist, historian, botanist, ornithologist, geographer
- José María Vélaz – Chilean priest
- Carlos Camus – Chilean bishop
- Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz – Chilean Roman Catholic Archbishop
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