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This is a list of '''notable [[Peruvians]]'''.
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==Scientists==
* [[Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo, precursor peruano de la Física Moderna |url=https://sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe/bibvirtual/publicaciones/editor/v02_n4/santiago2.htm |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=sisbib.unmsm.edu.pe}}</ref> (1887–1967)
* [[Javier Arias Stella]]
* [[Anthony Atala]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Doctor Honoris Causa Anthony Atala |url=https://rtvsanmarcos.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/noticias-del-2015/noviembre/81-doctor-honoris-causa-anthony-atala |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=rtvsanmarcos.unmsm.edu.pe}}</ref>
* [[Oswaldo Baca]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oswaldo Baca Mendoza {{!}} Ciencias.pe |url=http://www.ciencias.pe/personajes/oswaldo-baca-mendoza |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.ciencias.pe}}</ref>
* [[Alberto Barton]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Informática |first=Unidad de Estadística e |title=BARTON THOMPSON, ALBERTO (1871 - 1950) |url=https://medicina.unmsm.edu.pe/categoria/barton-thompson-alberto-1871-1950/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=San Fernando |language=es}}</ref>
* [[G. E. Berrios]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Germán Elías Berríos – Honoris – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona – UAB Barcelona |url=https://www.uab.cat/web/la-uab/la-uab/doctores-honoris-causa/honoris-1345667127897.html?param1=1345669899823 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.uab.cat}}</ref>
* [[Carlos Bustamante (biophysicist)|Carlos Bustamante]]
* [[Ramiro Castro de la Mata]]
* [[Rubén Castillo Anchapuri]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruben Castillo Anchapuri |url=https://rubencastilloanchapuri.webs.com/perfil.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Ruben Castillo Anchapuri}}</ref>
* [[A. Roberto Frisancho]]
* [[Juan de Dios Guevara]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Juan de Dios Guevara Romero {{!}} Ciencias.pe |url=http://www.ciencias.pe/personajes/juan-de-dios-guevara-romero |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.ciencias.pe}}</ref>
* [[Enrique Guzmán y Valle]]
* [[Rafael Larco Hoyle]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Rafael Larco Hoyle |url=https://www.museolarco.org/exposicion/exposicion-permanente/exposicion-en-linea/introduccion/rafael-larco-hoyle/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Museo Larco |language=es-ES}}</ref>
* [[Federico Kauffmann Doig]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=FEDERICO AUGUSTO KAUFFMANN DOIG- Universidad de Piura |url=https://www.udep.edu.pe/perfil/federico-kauffmann/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.udep.edu.pe}}</ref>
* [[Javier Mariátegui]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Entrevista Imaginada (Auto Reportaje) {{!}} ACERVO JAVIER MARIATEGUI |url=http://javiermariategui.org/2013/10/20/entrevista-imaginada-auto-reportaje/ |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=javiermariategui.org}}</ref>
* [[Juan Mezzich]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honoris Causa a Dr. Juan Mezzich Izaguirre |url=https://rtvsanmarcos.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/noticias-del-2015/setiembre/53-honoris-causa-a-dr-juan-mezzich-izaguirre |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=rtvsanmarcos.unmsm.edu.pe}}</ref>
* [[Modesto Montoya]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modesto Montoya |url=http://www.reddeperuanos.com/entrevistas/ModestoMontoya.htm |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.reddeperuanos.com}}</ref>
* [[Carlos M. Ochoa]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carlos M. Ochoa Nieves {{!}} Ciencias.pe |url=https://www.ciencias.pe/personajes/carlos-m-ochoa-nieves |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.ciencias.pe}}</ref>
* [[Piermaria Oddone]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gonzales |first=Gustavo |date=2009-12-30 |title=La física de altas energías |url=https://larepublica.pe/tecnologia/440599-la-fisica-de-altas-energias/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Orlando Olcese]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Orlando Olcese Pachas |url=http://www.lamolina.edu.pe/Gaceta/edicion2010/notas/nota122.htm#:~:text=Piura,%20entre%20otras.-,El%20Dr.,empresas%20agr%C3%ADcolas,%20industriales%20y%20comerciales. |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.lamolina.edu.pe}}</ref>
* [[Carlos Carrillo Parodi]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Se realizó reconocimiento póstumo al Dr. Carlos Carrillo Parodi, ex Jefe del INS |url=https://web.ins.gob.pe/es/prensa/noticia/se-realizo-reconocimiento-postumo-al-dr-carlos-carrillo-parodi-ex-jefe-del-ins |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Pedro Paulet]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=El peruano que se convirtió en el padre de la astronáutica inspirado por Julio Verne y que aparece en los nuevos billetes de 100 soles |language=es |publisher=BBC News Mundo |url=https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-38197437 |access-date=2022-09-02}}</ref>
* [[Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt]]
* [[Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biografia de Mariano Felipe Paz Soldán |url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/p/paz_soldan.htm |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=www.biografiasyvidas.com}}</ref>
* [[Aracely Quispe Neira]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aracely Quispe, la ingeniera peruana que hace historia en la NASA |url=https://elperuano.pe/noticia/137549-aracely-quispe-la-ingeniera-peruana-que-hace-historia-en-la-nasa |access-date=2022-09-02 |website=elperuano.pe |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Susana Pinilla]]
* [[Gastón Pons Muzzo]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gastón Pons Muzzo |url=https://www.quimica.es/enciclopedia/Gast%C3%B3n_Pons_Muzzo.html |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=www.quimica.es}}</ref>
* [[Abundio Sagástegui Alva]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=GrupoRPP |date=2012-06-01 |title=Abundio Sagástegui, un científico apasionado por las plantas |url=https://rpp.pe/peru/actualidad/abundio-sagastegui-un-cientifico-apasionado-por-las-plantas-noticia-488235 |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=RPP |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Ruth Shady]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-12 |title=Universidad San Marcos entrega Medalla de Honor a la Doctora Ruth Shady |url=https://www.zonacaral.gob.pe/noticias/universidad-san-marcos-entrega-medalla-de-honor-a-la-doctora-ruth-shady/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |website=Caral |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Fernando Silva Santisteban]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=El Legado de Fernando Silva Santisteban al Alcance de Todos |url=https://www.losandes.org.pe/el-legado-de-fernando-silva-santisteban-al-alcance-de-todos/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |language=es-ES}}</ref>
* [[Julio C. Tello]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=JulioCTello – 21 intelectuales peruanos del siglo XX |url=https://bicentenario.gob.pe/exposiciones/21-intelectuales/julioctello/ |access-date=2022-09-04 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[José Tola Pasquel]]
* [[Alfredo Torero]]
* [[Jose L. Torero]]
* [[Mariano Eduardo de Rivero y Ustariz]]
* [[Fabiola Leon Velarde]]
* [[Federico Villarreal]]
* [[Barton Zwiebach]]

===Social scientists===
* [[Jorge Aliaga Cacho]]
* [[Jorge Basadre]]
* [[José Antonio del Busto Duthurburu]]
* [[Hildebrando Castro Pozo]]
* [[Antonio Cornejo Polar]]
* [[Honorio Delgado]]
* [[Hernando de Soto (economist)|Hernando de Soto]]
* [[Alejandro Deustua]]
* [[Alberto Flores Galindo]]
* [[Maria Elena Foronda Farro]]
* [[Gustavo Gutiérrez]], theologian
* [[Mariano Iberico Rodríguez]]
* [[Víctor Li-Carrillo Chía]]
* [[Guillermo Lohmann Villena]]
* [[Manuel de Mendiburu]]
* [[Francisco Miró Quesada Cantuarias]]
* [[Antenor Orrego]]
* [[Walter Peñaloza]]
* [[Anibal Quijano]]
* [[Liliana Rojas-Suarez]]
* [[María Rostworowski]]
* [[Rubén Vargas Ugarte]]
* [[César Vásquez Bazán]]
* [[Carlos Wiesse Portocarrero]]
* [[Pedro Zulen]]

=== Physicians ===
* [[Daniel Alcides Carrión]]
* [[Carlos Manuel Chávez]]
* [[Maria Freire]]
* [[Max González Olaechea]]
* [[Humberto Guerra Allison]]
* [[Cayetano Heredia]]
* [[Augusto Huaman Velasco]]
* [[Arturo Jiménez Borja]]
* [[Carlos Monge Medrano]]
* [[Augusto Pérez Araníbar]]
* [[Hugo Pesce]]
* [[Ernesto Pinto-Bazurco]]
* [[Laura Esther Rodriguez Dulanto]]
* [[Carlos Alberto Seguín]]
* [[Hipólito Unanue]]
* [[Hermilio Valdizán]]
* [[Carlos Vallejos Sologuren]]

==Writers==
{{main article|List of Peruvian writers}}
* [[Martín Adán]] (1908–1985), poet
* [[Katya Adaui]] (born 1977), novelist
* [[Ciro Alegría]] (1909–1967), indigenous novelist
* [[Marie Arana]] (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, biographer, journalist
* [[José María Arguedas]] (1911–1969), indigenous novelist and poet
* [[Federico Barreto]] (1862–1929), poet
* [[Jaime Bayly]] (born 1965), contemporary novelist
* [[Michael Bentine]] (1922–1996), Anglo-Peruvian comedian
* [[Alfredo Bryce Echenique]] (born 1939), novelist
* [[Guillermo Carnero Hoke]] (1917–1985), writer and journalist
* [[Carlos Castaneda]] (1925–1998), literary anthropologist
* [[Gamaliel Churata]] (1897–1957), socialist essayist and journalist
* [[José María Eguren]] (1874–1942), poet
* [[Jorge Eduardo Eielson]] (1924–2006), poet
* [[Inca Garcilaso de la Vega]] (c. 1539–1616), chronicler
* [[Manuel González Prada]] (1844–1918), [[modernismo|modernista]] poet
* [[Eduardo González Viaña]] (born 1941), short story writer and novelist
* [[Javier Heraud]] (1942–1963), poet and would-be guerrilla
* [[Rodolfo Hinostroza]] (born 1941), influential poet, writer, novelist and essayist
* [[Luis Jochamowitz]] (born 1953), journalist and biographer
* [[José Carlos Mariátegui]] (1894–1930), socialist essayist and journalist
* [[Jose Luis Mejía]] (born 1969), poet, novelist
* [[Gloria Macher]] Peruvian Canadian writer
* [[Clorinda Matto de Turner]] (1853–1909), novelist
* [[Angélica Palma]] (1878–1935), writer, journalist and biographer
* [[Clemente Palma]] (1872–1946). writer of fantastic and horror fiction 
* [[Ricardo Palma]] (1833–1919), folklorist
* [[Guaman Poma|Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala]], indigenous chronicler
* [[Santiago Roncagliolo]] (born 1975), writer, scriptwriter, translator and journalist.
* [[Julio Ramón Ribeyro]] (1929–1994), short story writer
* [[Isabel Sabogal]] (born 1958), novelist, poet and translator
* [[Sebastián Salazar Bondy]] (1924–1964), essayist and poet
* [[José Santos Chocano]] (1875–1934), poet
* [[Manuel Scorza]] (1928–1983), novelist and poet
* [[Hernando de Soto (economist)]] (born 1941), economist and essayist
* [[Carlos Thorne Boas]] (born 1923), novelist, writer and lawyer
* [[Álvaro Torres-Calderón]] (1975-), poet
* [[Abraham Valdelomar]] (1888–1919)
* [[Blanca Varela]] (1926–2009), poet
* [[Mario Vargas Llosa]] (born 1936), novelist of the [[Latin American Boom]]
* [[Virginia Vargas]] (born 1945), sociologist
* [[Cesar Vallejo]] (1892–1938), influential poet, writer, journalist
*[[Chalena Vásquez]] (1950–2016), ethnomusicologist and folklorist
* [[José Watanabe]] (1946–2007), poet

== Artists ==
{{main article|List of Peruvian artists}}
* [[Pablo Amaringo]] (1938–2009)
* [[Mario Urteaga Alvarado]] (1875–1957)
* [[Grimanesa Amorós]] (b. 1962)
* [[Ana Teresa Barboza]] (b. 1981), textile artist
* [[Hugo Orellana Bonilla]] (1932–2007)
* [[Teófilo Castillo]] (1857–1922)
* [[Diana Quijano]] (b. 1968), veteran actress 
* [[Martín Chambi]] (1891–1973), photographer
* [[Andrea Hamilton]] (b. 1968), fine-art photographer
* [[Daniel Hernández (painter)|Daniel Hernández]] (1856–1932)
* [[Elena Izcue]] (1889–1970), illustrator, graphic artist
* [[Nelson Medina]] (b. 1978)
* [[Carlos Enrique Polanco]]
* [[Irma Poma Canchumani]] (b. 1969)
* [[Martina Portocarrero]] (1949–2022)
* [[Jorge Vinatea Reinoso]] (1900–1931)
* [[José Sabogal]] (1888–1956)
* [[Josué Sánchez]] (b. 1945)
* [[Basilio Santa Cruz Pumacallao]] (1635–1710)
* [[Fernando de Szyszlo]] (1925–2017)
* [[Ricardo Silva (musician)|Ricardo Silva]] (b. 1982), musician and artist
* [[Antonio Sinchi Roca Inka]] (17th century)
* [[Diego Quispe Tito]] (1611–1681)
* [[Boris Vallejo]] (b. 1941)
* [[Alberto Vargas]] (1896–1982)
* [[César Yauri Huanay]] (b. 1962)
* [[Marcos Zapata]] (c. 1710–1773)
* [[Gerardo Chávez]] (1937–2025)
* [[Víctor Delfín]] (b. 1927)
* [[Elena Tejada-Herrera]]
* [[Mario Testino]] (b. 1954), photographer
* [[Tom Segura]] (b. 1979), Comedian

==Public service==

=== Military ===

* [[Óscar R. Benavides]], early military leader 
* [[Francisco Morales Bermudez]], dictator, 1975–80
* [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]], dictator, 1969–1975
*[[Miguel Grau Seminario|Miguel Grau]]
*[[José Olaya]]
*[[Jorge Chávez]]
*[[Alfonso Ugarte]] y Moscoso
*[[Andrés Avelino Cáceres]]
*[[Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez|Leoncio Prado]]
*[[Emilio Cavenecia]]

=== Politics ===

*[[Javier Alva Orlandini]]
*[[Antonio Arenas]]
*[[Víctor Andrés Belaúnde]]
*[[Luis Bedoya Reyes]]
*[[José Bustamante y Rivero]]
*[[Ramón Castilla]]
*[[Liz Chicaje]] (born 1982), indigenous environmentalist
*[[Héctor Cornejo Chávez]]
*[[Nicolás de Piérola]]
*[[Graciela Fernández-Baca]] (1933–2020), economist and politician
*[[Alberto Fujimori]], president, 1990–2000
*[[Aída García Naranjo]] (born 1951), educator, singer, and politician
*[[Alan García Pérez]], president, 1985–90, 2001–06 
*[[Juan Manuel Guillén]]
*[[Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre]]
*[[Ollanta Humala|Ollanta Humala Tasso]], president, 2011–16
*[[Humberto Lay]]
*[[Augusto B. Leguía]]
*[[José Carlos Mariátegui]]
*[[Sandro Mariategui Chiappe]]
*[[Marcela Mitaynes]]
*[[Vladimiro Montesinos]]
*[[Luis José de Orbegoso]]
*[[Jose Pardo y Barreda]]
*[[Manuel Pardo y Lavalle]]
*[[Javier Pérez de Cuéllar]], 5th United Nations Secretary General, 1982–91
*[[Mariano Ignacio Prado]]
*[[Manuel Prado Ugarteche]]
*[[Albina Ruiz]]
*[[Fernando Belaúnde Terry|Fernando Belaunde Terry]], president, 1963–68, 1980–85
*[[Patricia Salas O'Brien]], Minister of Education, 2011–13
*[[Luis Alberto Sánchez]]
*[[Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro]]
*[[María del Socorro Heysen]] (born 1960), economist and banker
*[[Alejandro Toledo]], president, 2001–2006
*[[Mercedes Aráoz]], Vice President of Peru, 2016–2020
*[[Pedro Pablo Kuczynski]], prime minister and President, 2016–18
*[[Martín Vizcarra]], governor, vice president and President of Peru, 2018–2020
*[[Bruno Pacheco (politician)|Bruno Pacheco]], former secretary of the President
*[[José Manuel Valdés]]

==Revolutionaries==
* [[Túpac Amaru II]], Incan revolutionary
* [[Mariano Melgar]]
* [[Mateo Pumacahua]]

== Terrorists ==
* [[Abimael Guzmán]]
* [[Elena Yparraguirre]]

==Ancient civilizations==

===Hurin dynasty===
*[[Manco Cápac]]
*[[Sinchi Roca]]
*[[Mayta Cápac]]
*[[Cápac Yupanqui]]

===Hanan dynasty===
*[[Inca Roca]], Incan emperor
*[[Yahuar Huaca]], Incan ruler
*[[Pachacuti]] Inca Yupanqui
*[[Huayna Capac]], Incan ruler
*[[Huáscar]], Inca ruler, 1527–32
*[[Atahualpa]], last Incan ruler

=== Vilcabamba (Colonial Era) ===

*[[Manco Inca Yupanqui]], de facto Incan leader
*[[Titu Cusi Yupanqui]], de facto Incan leader
*[[Túpac Amaru]], de facto Incan leader

==Athletes==

=== Boxers ===
* [[Mauro Mina]]
* [[Orlando Romero]]
* [[Oscar Rivadeneira]]
* [[Marcelo Quiñones]]
* [[Kina Malpartida]]

=== Chess players ===
* [[Esteban Canal]]
* [[Jorge Cori]]
* [[Deysi Cori]]
* [[Julio Granda]]
* [[Oscar Quiñones (chess player)|Oscar Quiñones]]
* [[Guillermo Ruiz]]

=== Association football players ===
* [[Julio Baylón]]
* [[José Luis Carranza]]
* [[Roberto Challe]]
* [[Héctor Chumpitaz]]
* [[Luis Cruzado]]
* [[Teófilo Cubillas]]
* [[César Cueto]]
* [[José del Solar]]
* [[Jefferson Farfán]]
* [[Raúl Fernández Valverde|Raúl Fernández]]
* [[Teodoro Fernández|Teodoro "Lolo" Fernández]]
* [[Nicolás Fuentes]]
* [[Alberto Gallardo]]
* [[José Paolo Guerrero]]
* [[Pedro León]]
* [[Valeriano López]]
* [[Roberto Martínez Vera-Tudela]]
* [[Julio Meléndez]]
* [[Ramón Mifflin]]
* [[Xavi Moreno (footballer, born 2003)|Xavi Moreno]]
* [[Claudio Pizarro]]
* [[Percy Rojas]]
* [[Oswaldo Ramírez]]
* [[Nolberto Solano]]
* [[Hugo Sotil]]
* [[Alberto Terry]]
* [[Juan Manuel Vargas]]
* [[Alejandro Villanueva (footballer)|Alejandro Villanueva]]
* [[Santiago Acasiete]]
* [[Jair Baylón]]
* [[Leao Butron]]
* [[Daniel Chávez (Peruvian footballer)|Daniel Chávez]]
* [[Rinaldo Cruzado]]
* [[Juan Cominges]]
* [[Johan Fano]]
* [[Martín Hidalgo]]
* [[Hernan Rengifo]]
* [[Alberto Junior Rodríguez Valdelomar]]
* [[Carlos Augusto Zambrano|Carlos Zambrano]]

=== Surfers ===
* [[Sofía Mulánovich]]

=== Tennis players ===
* [[Laura Gildemeister]]
* [[Luis Horna]]
* [[Alejandro Olmedo]]
* [[Jaime Yzaga]]
* [[Iván Miranda]]
* [[Mauricio Echazú]]
* [[Laura Arraya]]
* [[Duilio Beretta]]

=== Volleyball players ===
* [[Denisse Fajardo]]
* [[Rosa García]]
* [[Gina Torrealva]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gina Torrealba entrena a niñas y adolescentes en Taller de Vóley Chorrillano {{!}} Municipalidad Distrital de Chorrillos |url=http://www.munichorrillos.gob.pe/articulo/gina-torrealba-entrena-ninas-y-adolescentes-en-taller-de-voley-chorrillano |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.munichorrillos.gob.pe}}</ref>
* [[Natalia Málaga]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Natalia Málaga – Biografía de Natalia Málaga |url=https://www.biografias.es/famosos/natalia-malaga.html |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.biografias.es}}</ref>
* [[Gabriela Pérez del Solar]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gabriela Lourdes Pérez del Solar Cuculiza |url=https://www4.congreso.gob.pe/congresista/2006/gperezdelsolar/_hoja-vida.htm |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www4.congreso.gob.pe}}</ref>
* [[Cecilia Tait]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cecilia Tait – Biografía de Cecilia Tait |url=https://www.biografias.es/famosos/cecilia-tait.html |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.biografias.es}}</ref>
* [[Leyla Chihuán]]

=== Other ===
* [[Edgar Prado]], jockey
* [[Jorge F. Chávez]], jockey
* [[Kenny Florian]], mixed martial arts
* [[Antonio Oré]], Olympic basketball player
* [[Jorge Andres]], sportscaster

==Beauty queens and models==
* [[Juana Burga Cervera]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=LR |first=Redacción |date=2022-06-12 |title=Todos los rostros de Juana Burga |url=https://larepublica.pe/domingo/2022/06/12/todos-los-rostros-de-juana-burga-top-model-peruana-vidawasi/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Helena Christensen]], model<ref>{{Cite web |last=LR |first=Redacción |date=2022-03-13 |title=Helena Christensen rinde tributo a su madre peruana: Me enseñó tradiciones y valores del Perú |url=https://larepublica.pe/espectaculos/2022/03/13/instagram-helena-christensen-rinde-tributo-a-su-madre-peruana-elsa-christensen-me-enseno-tradiciones-y-valores-del-peru-victorias-secret-eint/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Madeleine Hartog Bell]], Miss World – 1967<ref>{{Cite web |last=PERU21 |first=NOTICIAS |date=2021-11-17 |title=Madeleine Hartog: el día que una peruana se convirtió en Miss Mundo {{!}} concurso de belleza {{!}} nnsp {{!}} ESPECTACULOS |url=https://peru21.pe/espectaculos/madeleine-hartog-el-dia-que-una-peruana-se-convirtio-en-miss-mundo-concurso-de-belleza-nnsp-noticia/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Peru21 |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Claudia Hernández (model)|Claudia Hernández]], Miss Perú Mundo – 2002/2003<ref>{{Cite web |last=EsSalud |first=WebMaster |title=Ex Miss Perú Claudia Hernández y periodista Fernando Díaz se suman a #DonaChallenge {{!}} EsSalud |url=http://www.essalud.gob.pe/ex-miss-peru-claudia-hernandez-y-periodista-fernando-diaz-se-suman-a-donachallenge/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |language=es-PE}}</ref>
* [[María Julia Mantilla]], Miss World – 2004<ref>{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2019-12-05 |title=Maju Mantilla, a 15 años de coronarse Miss Mundo: así vivió el gran momento de su vida {{!}} FOTOS {{!}} {{!}} LUCES |url=https://elcomercio.pe/luces/moda/maju-mantilla-a-15-anos-de-coronarse-miss-mundo-asi-vivio-el-gran-momento-de-su-vida-fotos-noticia/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=El Comercio Perú |language=es}}</ref>
* [[Tilsa Lozano]], Miss Playboy TV Latinoamerica & Iberia
* [[Danella Lucioni]]
* [[Natalie Vértiz]], Miss Peru – 2011
* [[Gladys Zender]], Miss Universe – 1957<ref>{{Cite web |last=PERÚ |first=NOTICIAS EL COMERCIO |date=2021-07-23 |title=1957 {{!}} Gladys Zender, Miss Universo 1957 {{!}} bicentenario {{!}} BICENTENARIO |url=https://elcomercio.pe/bicentenario/1957-gladys-zender-miss-universo-1957-bicentenario-noticia/ |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=El Comercio Perú |language=es}}</ref>

==Religion==
* [[Sarita Colonia]], folk saint<ref>{{Cite book |last=Graziano |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYxJCAAAQBAJ |title=Cultures of Devotion: Folk Saints of Spanish America |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-19-029112-9 |pages=141 }}</ref>
* [[Saint Rose of Lima]]
* [[Saint Martin de Porres]]
* [[Pope Leo XIV]] (Robert Francis Provost), current head of the [[Catholic Church]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-08 |title=Who is Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV and first American Pope? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ln80lzk7ko |access-date=2025-05-08 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Other ==

*[[Gaston Acurio]], chef<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ingredientes para emprender: la historia del chef más famoso de Perú |url=https://www.iadb.org/es/mejorandovidas/ingredientes-para-emprender-la-historia-del-chef-mas-famoso-de-peru |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=www.iadb.org}}</ref>
*[[Lady Bardales]]
*[[Analí Cabrera]] (1959–2011), actress, vedette, and athlete<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archivo.elcomercio.pe/tvmas/television/anali-cabrera-fue-reconocida-premio-su-destacada-trayectoria-noticia-735160 |title=Analí Cabrera fue reconocida con premio por su destacada trayectoria |trans-title=Analí Cabrera was Recognized with an Award for Her Outstanding Career |work=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]] |language=Spanish |date=30 March 2011 |access-date=18 July 2018}}</ref>
*[[Jorge Chávez]], airplane pilot<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perú |first=Historia del |date=2015-05-18 |title=Jorge Chávez |url=https://historiaperuana.pe/biografia/jorge-chavez-dartnell |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=Historia del Perú |language=es}}</ref>
*[[Raúl Chávez Sarmiento]], math prodigy, second youngest bronze, silver, gold medalist at the [[International Mathematical Olympiad]]
*[[Alicia Delgado]], folk singer
*[[Virgilio Martínez Véliz]], chef<ref>{{Cite web |last=Balanzino |first=Manu |date=2018-12-19 |title=Virgilio Martínez, el chef de las alturas peruanas |url=https://www.thegourmetjournal.com/entrevistas/virgilio-martinez/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=The Gourmet Journal: Periódico de Gastronomía |language=es}}</ref>
*[[Carlos I. Noriega]], astronaut<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santiago |first=Jhersson |date=2022-08-24 |title=¿Qué fue de la vida de Carlos Noriega, el primer astronauta peruano que viajó al espacio? |url=https://larepublica.pe/datos-lr/respuestas/2022/06/22/que-fue-de-la-vida-de-carlos-noriega-el-primer-astronauta-peruano-que-fue-al-espacio-nasa-evat/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}}</ref>
*[[Gonzalo Castro de la Mata]], ecologist<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Gonzalo Castro de la Mata |url=https://revistaganamas.com.pe/gonzalo-castro-de-la-mata-asume-la-gerencia-de-asuntos-externos-sociales-en-pluspetrol/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Revista Gana Más |language=es-PE}}</ref>
*[[Amanda Portales]], singer, author, composer, and Peruvian folklore performer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-10 |title=Amanda Portales, la leyenda vive |url=https://trome.pe/opinion/el-buho/pico-tv-amanda-portales-la-leyenda-vive-noticia/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=Trome |language=es}}</ref>
*[[Luis Miró Quesada Garland]], architect
*[[Richiardi Jr]], stage magician
*[[Pamela Rodríguez]] (born 1983), singer
*[[Wenceslao Sarmiento]], modernist architect
*[[Pamela Silva Conde]], Emmy award-winning journalist
*[[Valentina Shevchenko (fighter)|Valentina Shevchenko]], [[UFC]] Women's Flyweight champion
*[[Luzmila Mahuanca]], human rights activist advocating for the rights of Amazonian people

==References==
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