795) Stella Dìaz Varìn

Stella Díaz Varín (1926 – 2006) also known as 'La Colorina' (The Redhead). Chilean poet of the Generation of '50. Her unprecedented deep and philosophical style, as well as his controversial personality, marked a before and after in Chilean poetry.

- "One of Neruda's persistent admirers, who rarely took no for an answer, was the poet Stella Dìaz Varìn, red-haired like Matilde."  https://books.google.it/books…

- "The aspiring poet finds a muse in the form of the real-life red-haired and bombastic poet Stella Díaz Varín."  https://filmzeke.com/blog/2017/7/19/endless-poetry

- "They called her La Colorina because of her red hair."  https://books.google.it/books…

- "... appeared before me shaking her amazing head of red hair, a sanguine mass that reached below her waist."  https://books.google.it/books…

726) Matilde Urrutia

Matilde Urrutia (1912 – 1985). Third wife of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, from 1966 until his death in 1973. They met in Santiago in 1946, when she was working as a physical therapist in Chile. She was the first woman in Latin America to work as a pediatric therapist. Urrutia was the inspiration behind Neruda's later love poems beginning with Los versos del capitan in 1951, which the poet withheld publication until 1961 to spare the feelings of his previous wife; as well as 100 love sonnets which includes a beautiful dedication to her.

- "In his house there is a painting given to Urrutia by Neruda depicting a two faced Urrutia with her famously long bright red hair." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilde_Urrutia

- "Ever in love with love, the poet Pablo Neruda called his Santiago home “La Chascona” in tribute to the red hair of his (third) wife Matilde Urrutia." https://www.theanam.com/50-romantic-holidays-earth-yes-sti…/

- "La Chascona was Neruda’s nickname for Matilde and referred to “her rebellious red hair.”  http://davidlansing.com/neruda-rivera-and-the-medusa/

236) Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick (1836 - 1881). Officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War, achieving the rank of brevet major general. He was later the United States Minister to Chile, and a failed political candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives.

"Described as short in stature, with red hair and stringy sand-colored side burns, he spoke in a shrill voice and walked in a rolling gate."

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/chron/civilwarnotes/kilpatrick.html

200) Patricio Lynch

Patricio Lynch (1825 - 1886). Lieutenant in the Royal Navy and a Rear Admiral in the Chilean Navy, and one of the principal figures of the later stages of the War of the Pacific.

"He was called the "Red Prince" because of his red-hair."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricio_Lynch

199) Bernardo O'Higgins

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme (1778 - 1842). Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence.

He was a wealthy landowner of Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state.

"Libertador de Chile - a red-haired Irish/Chilean"

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/chile/ohiggins.htm

29) Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer

Catalina de los Ríos y Lisperguer (1604 – 1665), Chilean landowner and murderer.  

She was nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalina_de_los_R%C3%ADos_y_Lisperguer