| Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen | |
| Order: | Royal Governor of Chiloé |
| Term Start: | 1650 |
| Term End: | 1653 |
| Order2: | Governor of Valdivia |
| Term Start2: | 1671 |
| Term End2: | 1673 |
| Monarch2: | Charles II |
| Birth Date: | July 31, 1620 |
| Birth Place: | Alegria de Oria, Navarre |
| Death Date: | March 27, 1682 |
| Death Place: | Santiago, Chile |
| Profession: | Soldier |
| Rank: | Maestre de campo |
| Battles: | Arauco War
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Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen (31 July 1620 – 27 March 1682) was a Spanish soldier known for his career in colonial administration of Chile and for being the original patriarch of the Carrera family, a family that had outstanding public participation during the nineteenth century, especially during the Independence of Chile.
He was born in Alegria de Oria, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain and died in Santiago, Chile.
He married Catalina de Elguea y Cáceres (granddaughter of the Judeo-converso Diego Garcia de Caceres), with whom he had ten children, including Miguel de la Carrera, ancestor of the Carrera family, and Mariana de la Carrera Elguea common trunk on the Montt family tree. He also had three illegitimate children.
Juan Ignacio arrived in Chile and landed in the city of Concepción del Nuevo Extremo on April 4, 1639. During his political career he held the following roles: