Allende family
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The Allende family of Chile is of Basque origin, and became well-known during the 19th century but only influential in the 20th. It has played a very significant role in Chilean politics. Its most prominent members are:
- Ramón Allende Padín (1845-1884), physician and politician, chief of the Chilean Army Medical Corps during the War of the Pacific (1879-1884)
- Salvador Allende Gossens (1908-1973), President of Chile (1970-1973)
- Laura Allende Gossens (1911-1981), sister of Salvador Allende, politician
- Hortensia Bussi de Allende (b. 1914), wife to Salvador Allende, First Lady of Chile
- Denise Pascal Allende (b. 1940), niece of Salvador Allende, politician
- Beatriz Allende Bussi (1943-1977), daughter of Salvador Allende, revolutionary
- Isabel Allende Llona (b. 1942), cousin of Salvador Allende, best-seller writer
- Andrés Pascal Allende (b. 1943), nephew of Salvador Allende, revolutionary and terrorist
- Isabel Allende Bussi (b. 1945), daughter of Salvador Allende, politician
- Juan Allende Llona, associate professor of Political Science at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia
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