República del Perú

(In Detail)

This is a list of famous Peruvians:

Rulers/Presidents

• Pachacutec
• Wayna Capac
• Huascar
• Manco Inca
• Tupac Amaru
• Ramon Castilla

Revolutionaries

• Tupac Amaru II
• Mateo Pumacahua

Military Heroes

• Ollanta
• Calcuchimac
• Miguel Grau
• Francisco Bolognesi
• Andres Avelino Caceres
• Leoncio Prado

Scientists

• Pedro Paulet
• Jorge Heraud
• Carlos Bustamante
• Alexander Grobman Tversqui

Musicians

• Alex Acuña
• Oscar Aviles
• Eva Ayllon
• Susana Baca
• Augusto Polo Campos
• Gaytan Castro
• Arturo "Zambo" Cavero
• Gianmarco
• Chabuca Granda
• WalterHumala Lema
• William Luna
• Christian Meier
• La Pastorcita Huaracina
• El Picaflor de los Andes
• Lucha Reyes
• Alomia Robles
• Pedro Suárez Vértiz
• YmaSumac

Politicians and activists

• Fernando Belaúnde Terry
• General Oscar R. Benavides
• Alberto Fujimori
• Alan García
• Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
• Vladimiro Montesinos
• María Elena Moyano
• General Orbegozo
• Luis Alberto Sanchez
• Alejandro Toledo
• Juan Velasco Alvarado
• Javier Pérez de Cuéllar

Writers

• Manuel Gonzales Prada
• Martin Adan
• Ciro Alegría
• Jose Maria Arguedas
• Jaime Bayly
• Alfredo Bryce Echenique
• Garcilaso de la Vega (el Inca) (el Inca Garcilaso)
• Huaman Poma de Ayala
• Jose Maria Eguren
• Javier Heraud
• José Carlos Mariátegui
• Ricardo Palma
• Julio Ramon Ribeyro
• Jose Santos Chocano
• Javier Sologuren
• Abraham Valdelomar
• Cesar Vallejo
• Mario Vargas Llosa
• José Watanabe
• Hernando de Soto

Television personalities

• Laura Bozzo
• Gianella Neyra
• Lucha Reyes
• Gisela Valcarcel

Sportspeople

• Teofilo Cubillas, soccer player
• Hector Chumpitaz , soccer player
• Hugo Sotil , soccer player
• Julio Granda , Chess player
• Mauro Mina, Boxer
• Claudio Pizarro, Soccer player
• Orlando Romero , Boxer
• Nolberto Solano, Soccer player

Beauty Queens

• Bernal, Karim
• Dolph, Claudia
• Hernandez, Claudia
• Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia (Miss World 2004)
• Mora, Marina
• Ortiz de Zevallos, Claudia
• Rivasplata, Viviana
• Rueckner, Veronica
• Santa Maria, Ivette
• Gladys Zender (Miss Universe)

Other Famous Peruvians

• Daniel Alcides Carrion
• Gabriela Bazan, Neurofibromatosis patient
• Juan Manuel de Zela
• Francisco Antonio De Zela
• Saint Martin de Porres
• Saint Rose of Lima

Fictional Peruvians

• Paddington Bear

See also

• List of people by nationality