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This article is about British people of Chilean descent. For Chilean people of British descent, see British Chilean.
Chileans in the United Kingdom 
Notable individuals:
Santiago Cabrera, Jorge "George" Robledo OliverTotal population Chilean-born residents
5,131 (2001 Census)[1]Regions with significant populations London, Midlands, South East England, North West England Languages Religion Predominantly Christianity
(Roman Catholic, Protestantism, Evangelical)Related ethnic groups Chilean people • Latin Americans in the United Kingdom • Spaniards in the United Kingdom • Hispanic • Latino • British Chilean
Chileans in the United Kingdom (Spanish: Chilenos en el Reino Unido) are people of Chilean ancestry living in the United Kingdom, they can be either British citizens or non-citizen immigrants.
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History
When approximately 2,500 Chilean exiles (including businessmen, professors, and students) arrived in Great Britain, they were met by a small community of Latin people who were already there. Especially in the 1970s right wingers fleeing from the Allende administration and later leftists fleeing the Pinochet regime, the Chilean community has settled well in the country, and the majority are of European ancestry.[2][3][4][5] The size of the Chilean British population is hard to estimate as many have gone back to Chile, or move fluidly between several places.[6]
Population
According to the 2001 UK Census, 5,131 Chilean-born people were living in the UK,[1] representing just over 8% of the UK's Latin American-born community.
Notable individuals
- Santiago Cabrera, Actor known for playing Isaac Mendez in the popular series Heroes
- Marcela Contreras DBE , Scientist
- Charlotte Lewis, Actress
- Olga Lehmann, 20th century painter
- George Robledo Oliver, Footballer
- Ted Robledo Oliver, Footballer
- Alexander Witt, Hollywood Filmmaker
- Andrés Wood, Film director
- Marcial Echenique, Dean of Architecture at Cambridge University
See also
References
- ^ a b "Country-of-birth database". Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
- ^ (PDF) Composición Étnica de las Tres Áreas Culturales del Continente Americano al Comienzo del Siglo XXI. http://books.google.cl/books?id=LcabJ98-t1wC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=chile+60%25+blancos+Esteva-Fabregat&source=bl&ots=AMUjY09aVi&sig=3PCwfKDokrZYem3dcZ2gkToFIoE&hl=es&ei=k8WjSYT3HJaitgfGncnOBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA110,M1.
- ^ SOCIAL IDENTITY Marta Fierro Social Psychologist.
- ^ massive immigration of European Argentina Uruguay Chile Brazil
- ^ Latinoamerica.
- ^ Diversity news page
Subgroups Topics Migration to the United Kingdom from the Americas North America American (United States) · Antiguan and Barbudan · Barbadian · Canadian · Jamaican · Mexican · Montserratian1 · Trinidadian and TobagonianSouth America Bolivian · Brazilian · Chilean · Colombian · Ecuadorian · Guyanese · PeruvianSee also British African-Caribbean community · British Indo-Caribbean community · Latin American migration to the United KingdomNotes 1. Montserrat is a British overseas territory and not an independent state
Categories:- People of Chilean descent
- British people of Chilean descent
- British people of Latin American descent
- Immigration to the United Kingdom by country of origin
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