Daniel Ortúzar Cuevas (1850-1932), was born in Santiago in 1850; son of Vicente Ortúzar Formas and Irene Cuevas Avaria. Single.

He was the one who commissioned the construction of the Pichilemu Dock to give outlet to the agricultural products of the “San Antonio de Petrel” Hacienda, whose property belonged to him together with his sister Irene. In addition, other properties such as Hacienda Caylloma and Quinta de Tilcoco.

The pier -built in 1886- managed to be declared Puerto Menor (1887) by decree of President José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández; being later burned and destroyed as a consequence of the Revolution of 1891. Daniel Ortúzar was also the one who formed the first urban population after buying 22 blocks of land from Jacoba Gaete de Morales, through Compraventa Rep. N° 107, Page 44, of the year 1884.

The main avenue bears his name, an artery that has undergone several changes to date, as well as old heritage buildings have been demolished for the sake of "progress" and replaced by others to establish different types of businesses.

At the same time, he was part of a Commission that was in charge of collecting funds to start the work of the creation of the Catholic University of Chile, in 1888.

After the revolution he was elected parliamentarian for four consecutive terms for San Fernando (1891-1894, 1894-1897, 1897-1900, 1900-1903; and for a fifth term in the Caupolicán Department (1903-1906).

He got the government to compensate him for the destruction of his pier. Despite the fact that he rebuilt it, the works did not turn out well and the onslaught of the waves destroyed it in a short time; which forced the authorities to dismantle it due to the risk of accidents, as indicated in the Municipal Acts of the year 1916.

He died in Valparaíso on November 19, 1932.