The Vicuña family in Chile became politically influential since the beginning of the 19th century, and played a very significant role in Chilean politics. Among its most prominent members we find: * Francisco Ramón Vicuña Larraín (1775-1849), politician and President of Chile * (1777-1843), first Archbishop of Santiago de Chile * Mariana de Aguirre y Boza (c.1780- c.1852), First Lady of Chile * Pedro Félix Vicuña Aguirre (1805-1874), politician and journalist * Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna (1831-1886), politician, historian and presidencial candidate in the 1876 election * (1833-1907), politician, journalist and presidencial candidate in the 1891 election * Benjamín Vicuña Luco (1978-), actor