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Encyclopedia > List of Peruvians

República del Perú
coat of arms



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This is a list of famous Peruvians.

Contents

Artists

This is a list of contemporary Peruvian painters: Pablo Amaringo Daniel Hernández (painter) Hugo Orellana Bonilla Mario Urteaga Alvarado Carlos Morales (artist) Carlos Enrique Polanco Diego Quispe Tito Jorge Vinatea Reinoso José Sabogal Josué Sánchez Fernando de Szyszlo Boris Vallejo Alberto Vargas Embassy of Peru, Washington D.C...

Directors

  • Armando Robles Godoy, film director and screenwriter[1]
  • Francisco J. Lombardi, film director
  • Luis Llosa, film director
  • Gerardo Ruiz Miñán, film director and screenwriter

Luis Llosa is a film director. ...

Painters

Carlos Enrique Polanco is a Peruvian pop impressionist painter. ... Fernando de Szyszlo (b. ... Boris Vallejo, April 2005 Boris Vallejo (born January 8, 1941 in Lima, Peru) is an American painter. ... Alberto Vargas (1896–1982) was a noted painter of pin-up girls and erotica. ...

Photographers

  • Martín Chambi, photographer
  • Peruska Chambi, photographer
  • Oscar Chambi, photographer

Martín Chambi Jiménez (a. ... Mario Testino (born 1954) is a London-based fashion photographer. ...

Performing Artists

Actors/Actresses

Henry Ian Cusick (born April 17, 1967) is an Emmy nominated actor of stage, television, and motion pictures. ... Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. ... Christian Meier as Diego in the Telenovela Zorro Christian Meier (born May 23, 1970 in Lima) is well-known in Peru as an actor and singer. ... Diego Felipe Bertie Brignardello (b. ... Pietro Sibille is a Peruvian actor. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gianella Neyra Magana (born August 3, 1977, Lima, Peru), is an actress and model who is better known plainly as Gianella Neyra. ... Santiago Magill (born in Lima, Peru 17 January 1977) is a Peruvian actor who participates in several soap-opera, tv series and various films. ... Flor Castillo is a Peruvian movie, tv and theater actress. ... Vanessa Jeri (born c. ... Stephanie Cayo (born April 8, 1988) is a Peruvian actress and model. ... Ricky Tosso (born in February 21, 1960), is an Peruan actor. ... Nathalie Kelley (born in Lima, Peru 1985) is a Peruvian actress, most notable for playing Neela in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. ...

Dancers

  • Vania Masías
  • Erika Maza Garcés
  • Patricia Awuapara
  • Perú Negro

Perú Negro is an Afro-Peruvian musical ensemble founded in 1969 to celebrate and preserve Perus black culture and musica criolla. ...

Musicians

Alejandro Acuña aka Alex Acuña (born December 12, 1944) is a Peruvian drummer and percussionist. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... el mejor compositor del perú, un poeta, un maldito artista totalmente ... María Isabel Granda Larco (Cotabamba, Apurímac, 1920 - Miami 1983) , better known as Chabuca Granda, was a beloved Peruvian singer and composer. ... Christian Meier as Diego in the Telenovela Zorro Christian Meier (born May 23, 1970 in Lima) is well-known in Peru as an actor and singer. ... César Alfredo Miró Quesada Bahamonde (1907-1999), more commonly known as César Miró, was a Peruvian writer and composer. ... The Crimson Death is an undead creature in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that dwells in marshes and swamps. ... Eva! Leyenda Peruana album cover Eva Ayllón (born February 6, 1956 as María Angélica Ayllón Urbina), a composer and singer, is one of Perus foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the countrys most enduring stars. ... FKC may mean: Fellow of Kings College in London, England. ... Felipe Pinglo Alva (July 18, 1899-May 13, 1936) Felipe Pinglo Alva Known as the father of Peruvian Musica criolla, an influential and prolific poet and songwriter best known for his often covered El Plebeyo (The Peasant). ... Gianmarco Javier Zignago Alcóver (Lima, 17 August 1970)is a Peruvian pop musician and composer. ... Felipe Coronel (born February 19, 1978), better known as Immortal Technique, is a hip hop MC and political activist. ... Juan Diego Flórez was born in 1973 in Lima, Peru. ... Kuyayky is one of the most popular and newly influential bands in Andean music. ... Lucha Reyes (July 19, 1936-October 31, 1973), was a Peruvian performer and one the most respected singers of her country, one of Perus most famous Black personalities as well as a symbol of Peruvian Nationalism both in Peru and to expatriates. ... Luigi Alva né Luis Ernesto Alva y Talledo (1927) was the foremost lyric tenor of the 1950s and 1960s. ... Mar De Copas is a rock band in Perú. They began in 1993 with their first album Mar De Copas. They are well knowin in the country but are not international. ... Susana Baca de la Colina (b. ... Jorge Bravo de Rueda (born September 13, 1895, in Chancay, Peru - deceased November 22, 1940, in the Rímac District of Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian pianist and composer. ... Pedro Suárez Vértiz (born February 13, 1968 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter-guitarist. ... Yma Sumac on the cover of her collection The Ultimate Yma Sumac Collection Yma Súmac (believed born in Ichocán, Cajamarca, Perú September 10, 1922), also earlier spelled Ymma Sumak (Quechua for how beautiful!) (Cusihuaman 2001: p. ... Lucha Reyes can be either one of two persons sharing the same names. ... Lorenzo Palacios Quispe (b. ... Eva! Leyenda Peruana album cover Eva Ayllón (born February 6, 1956 as María Angélica Ayllón Urbina), a composer and singer, is one of Perus foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the countrys most enduring stars. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Libido (band). ... This article is in need of attention. ...

Athletes

Bodybuilders

  • Hugo Labra
  • John M. Kennedy Traverso
  • Victor Munoz -- Porn Star

Víctor Muñoz Manrique (born in Zaragoza, 15 March 1957) is a former Spanish football midfield player during the 80s and early 90s. ...

Boxers

Mauro Mina (November 1933-April 1993) was a Peruvian Light Heavyweight boxer known as the Bombardero de Chincha, remembered as the best Peruvian boxer of the twentieth century. ... Orlando Romero (born March 3, 1960) is a former boxer from Peru. ...

Chess Players

Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga (born February 25, 1967 in Camaná, Peru) is a Peruvian Grandmaster chess player. ... Oscar Carillo Quiñones (born 14 January 1941, Lima) a Peruvian chess master. ... Esteban Canal (born April 19, 1896 in Chiclayo, Peru; died February 14, 1981 in Varese, Italy) was a leading Peruvian chess player who had his best tournament results in the 1930s. ...

Soccer Players

Julio Alberto Temistocles Baylón Aragonés (b 10 September 1950 in Pisco, d. ... Roberto Challe Olarte (born 24 November 1946) in Lima) is a former Peruvian football player. ... Héctor Chumpitaz (born December 4, 1944) is a former footballer from Peru. ... Teófilo Cubillas (born March 8, 1949 near Puente Piedra, Lima, Peru) was a Peruvian football player. ... César Augusto Cueto Villa (born 6 June 1952 in Lima) is a Peruvian former football midfielder who played most of his career between two clubs, Alianza Lima and Atlético Nacional of Medellín, and is one of the most revered footballers in the history of the countrys... Jéfferson Agustín Farfán Guadalupe (born October 26, 1984 in Lima) is a Peruvian football forward who plays for PSV Eindhoven of the Eredivisie. ... Alberto Gallardo (born 28 November 1940 in Lima; died 19 January 2001 in Lima) was a Peruvian football player and manager. ... Flavio Francisco Maestri Andrade is a Peruvian soccer player. ... Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio (born 3 October 1978 in Callao, Peru) is a Peruvian professional football forward. ... Percy Rojas (born September 16, 1949) is a retired football midfielder from Peru. ... Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez (born May 15, 1973 in Lima) is a Peruvian football (soccer) striker, who currently plays for FBC Melgar. ... Nolberto Nobby Albino Solano Todco (born December 12, 1974, Callao, Peru) is a Peruvian football player who currently plays for English club West Ham United. ... Hugo El Cholo Sotil Nació en Ica el 8 de marzo de 1949, comenzó a jugar al fútbol en su barrio donde era el rey del regate y la habilidad. ... José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales (born January 1, 1984 in Lima) is a Peruvian professional footballer who currently plays striker for Hamburger SV and Peru. ... Alberto Junior Rodríguez Valdelomar or otherwise known as Alberto Rodriguez Born in Lima Peru is a International Football player for Peru and Sporting de Braga in the Superliga. ... Jair Jairzinho Julio Baylón Iglesias is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for SC Braga and Peru national football team. ... Daniel Chávez (born January 8, 1988 in Callao) is a Peruvian football striker who currently plays for Club Brugge K.V.. Player profile - Sport. ... Juan Manuel Vargas Date of birth: 5/10/83 Full name: Juan Manuel Vargas Risco Nicknames: El Loco, Chucky, Varguitas. ... Martín Hidalgo (born 15 June 1976) is a Peruvian football defender. ... Paulo Rinaldo Cruzado Durand (born 21 September 1984 in Lima) is a Peruvian football player. ... Reimond Manco (born August 23, 1990 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian football forward who plays for Alianza Lima of the Peruvian Football League. ...

Surfers

Sofia Mulanovich (born June 24, 1983 in Punta Hermosa, Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian surfer of Serbo-Croatian descent. ...

Tennis Players

Laura Arraya Gildemeister (born in January 12, 1964 in Argentina) is a former tennis player from Peru, who won four singles titles in her professional career. ... Luis Horna Viscari (born September 14, 1980 in Lima) is a tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. ... Alex Olmedo Legally Luis Alejandro Rodriguez Olmedo was ranked number 1 in the world in 1959 as a tennis player of the 1950s and 60s. ... Jaime Yzaga (born October 23, 1967, in Lima, Peru) is a former professional tennis player from Peru. ...

Volleyball Players

Gabriela Lourdes Pérez del Solar Cuculiza is a peruvian volleyball player and politician. ...

Other

// Introduction Jean Carlos Gamarra in Chorrillos. ...

Beauty Queens and Models

  • Gladys Zender, Miss Universe - 1957
  • Lucila Boggiano de Zoeger, Mrs. World -1989
  • María Julia Mantilla, Miss World - 2004
  • Anahí Gonzales
  • Deborah Berninzon
  • Andrea Iglesias
  • Bárbara Herrera
  • Giuliana Weston

Kristina Acevedo-miss World 07-08 Gladys Zender (b. ... María Julia Maju Mantilla García was born in 1984 in Trujillo, a city in Perus northern coast. ...


Military heroes

Túpac Amaru II (March 19, 1738 in Tinta, Peru – January 1780) In 1780 Túpac Amarus great-grandson, José Gabriel Condorcanqui, better known as Túpac Amaru II, led the first major Incan uprising against the Spaniards in two centuries. ... Francisco Bolognesi was a Peruvian military hero. ... Club José Gálvez is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Chimbote. ... Club José Gálvez is a Peruvian football club, playing in the city of Chimbote. ... Grand Admiral Miguel María Grau Seminario (b. ... Alfonso Ugarte (born 13 July 1847, died ?) was a Peruvian hero of the War of the Pacific, between Peru and Bolivia against Chile. ... Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray (10 November 1836 – 1923) was twice President of Peru during the 19th century, from 1886 to 1890, and again from 1894 to 1895. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Politicians and Activists

Fernando Belaúnde Terry (October 7, 1912 – June 4, 2002) was President of Peru for two terms (1963–1968 and 1980–1985). ... Luis Bedoya Reyes was a Peruvian politician in the late 1960s. ... Óscar Raymundo Benavides Larrea (March 15, 1876 – July 2, 1945), prominent military man, was the President of Peru from 1914 to 1915 and from 1933 to 1939. ... Nicolás of Piérola (1839-1913) was twice the President of Peru, from 1879 to 1881 and from 1895 to 1899. ... Augusto Bernardino Leguía y Salcedo (1863 - 1932) was a Peruvian politician who twice occupied the Presidency of Peru, from 1908 to 1912 and from 1919 to 1930. ... José Luis Bustamante y Rivero (15 January 1894 - 11 January 1989) was President of Peru from 1945 to 1948. ... Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (22 February 1895 – 2 August 1979) was a Peruvian political leader who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement. ... Luis Alberto Félix Sánchez Sánchez (Lima, October 12, 1900 - Lima, February 6, 1994) was a Peruvian lawyer, jurist, philosopher, historian and politician. ... Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado (June 16, 1910 – December 24, 1977) was a left-leaning Peruvian General who ruled Peru from 1968 to 1975 under the title of President of the Revolutionary Government. ... Francisco Morales Bermúdez Cerruti (born 1921) was a centrist Peruvian general who came to power in Peru in 1975 after deposing his predecessor, General Juan Velasco Alvarado. ... Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) was President of Peru from 1985 to 1990. ... Alberto Kenya Fujimori (Spanish IPA: , Japanese IPA: ) (born in Lima, Peru on July 28, 1938), also known as Kenya Fujimori ) was President of Peru from July 28, 1990 to November 17, 2000. ... Vladimiro Montesinos Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres (born May 20, 1945) was the long-time, powerful head of Perus intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN), under President Alberto Fujimori. ... Alejandro Toledo (Alejandro Celestino Toledo Manrique) (born 28 March 1946) is a Peruvian politician. ... Javier Pérez de Cuéllar de la Guerra (born January 19, 1920 in Lima) is a Peruvian diplomat who served as the fifth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1, 1982 to December 31, 1991. ... José Carlos Mariátegui José Carlos Mariátegui (14 June 1894 – 16 April 1930) was a Peruvian journalist, political philosopher, and activist. ... Ramón Castilla y Marquesado (31 August 1797 – 25 May 1867) was a Peruvian caudillo and President of Peru four times. ...

Revolutionaries

Túpac Amaru II (March 19, 1738 in Tinta, Peru – January 1780) In 1780 Túpac Amarus great-grandson, José Gabriel Condorcanqui, better known as Túpac Amaru II, led the first major Incan uprising against the Spaniards in two centuries. ... In Cuzco, kuraka Mateo Pumacahua, Cacique of Chinchero, whom as a youngster had fought with Tupac Amaru II and the Angulo Brothers mobilized a large Indian army on behalf of creole patriots imprisoned in Cuzco to start a rebellion between 1814 and 1815 for thr independence of Peru from Spain. ... Mariano Melgar Mariano Melgar (1791-1815) was a Peruvian patriot, poet, artist, and warrior for the cause of independence from Spain. ...

The Thirteen Incas

Dinasty Hurin

  1. Manco Capac
  2. Sinchi Roca
  3. LLoque Yupanqui
  4. Mayta Capac
  5. Capac Yupanqui

Categories: Historical stubs | Inca emperors ... Sinchi Roca (a. ... Mayta Capac (Quechua Mayta Qhapaq Inka) was the fourth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around CE 1290) and a member of the Hurin dynasty. ... Capac Yupanqui (Quechua Qhapaq Yupanki Inka, splendid accountant Inca) was the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around CE 1320) and the last of the Hurin dynasty. ...

Dinasty Hanan

  1. Inca Roca
  2. Yahuar Huaca
  3. Wiracocha
  4. Pachacutec Inca Yupanqui
  5. Tupac Inca Yupanqui
  6. Huayna Capac
  7. Huáscar
  8. Atahualpa

Inca Roca (Quechua Inka Roqa, magnanimous Inca) was the sixth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around CE 1350) and the first of the Hanan (upper) dynasty. ... Wiracocha is the creator god in Inca mythology. ... Pachacuti as drawn by Guaman Poma Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (or Pachacutec; Quechua Pachakutiq, literally world-turner, i. ... Drawing of Tupac Inca Yupanqui by Guaman Poma (1615 CE) Tupac Inca Yupanqui (a. ... Huayna Capac (Quechua Wayna Qhapaq splendid youth) was the eleventh Sapa Inca (1493 - 1527) of the Inca Empire, and sixth of the Hanan dynasty. ... Huáscar, in full Inti Cusi Huallpa Huáscar (“Sun of Joy”) (died 1532). ... Lifetime portrait of Atahuallpa, the last sovereign Inca emperor Atahualpa or Atawallpa (c. ...

Incas of Vilcabamba [Inca Rulers during the Spanish Colony]

Manco Inca Yupanqui (b. ... Don Diego de Castro Titu Cusi Yupanqui (1529 - 1571) was a son of Manco Inca Yupanqui, and became the Inca ruler of Vilcabamba in 1558. ... Túpac Amaru (died September 24, 1572) was the last indigenous leader of the Inca people in Peru . ...

Scientists

Gustavo R. Paz-Pujalt, Scientist and inventor, B. Arequipa, Peru, August 9, 1954. Holder of 46 US Patents, and over on hundred International Patents. Author of over 30 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. Co-editor of "Gas-Phase and Surface Chemistry in Electronic materials Processing", Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 334. Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Physical Chemistry - Surface Science(1985). B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin at Eau-Claire. Eastman Kodak Company, Senior Research Associate (1986-2004), Director of Technology, Xerox Corporation-IPvalue Management (Goldman Sachs, Atlantic Group Partnership), (2004-2007), Managing Partner, Wilson Colab, LLC (2006-Present), DigiToto, LLC, Chief Executive Officer (2007- present). Anthony Atala, M.D., is the Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Chair of the Department of Urology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in the state of North Carolina in the United States. ... The Peruvian Pedro Paulet, was in 1895 the first person to build a liquid-fuelled rocket engine. ... Julio C. Tello was born on April 11, 1880, in Huarochiri, the mountain range of Lima. ... Carlos José Bustamante (born 1951 in Lima, Peru) is an American scientist. ... Gastón Pons Muzzo (circa 1922 – January 6, 2004) was an eminent Peruvian chemist. ... Barton Zwiebach is a string theorist, a professor at the MIT. He is one of the worlds leading experts in string field theory. ...


Writers

This is a list of Peruvian literary figures, including poets, novelists, childrens writers, essayists, and scholars. ... Manuel González Prada (1844-1918) was a freethinker and social critic who brought Peruvian thought into the twentieth century. ... Martín Adán (Lima, 1908 - 1985), pseudonym of Rafael de la Fuente Benavides, was a Peruvian poet whose body of work is notable for its hermeticism and metaphysical depth. ... Ciro Alegría (1909-1967) was a Peruvian journalist, politician, and novelist. ... José María Arguedas (18 January 1911 – 28 November 1969) was a Peruvian novelist (writing in Spanish) although he also wrote poetry in Quechua. ... Michael Bentine (January 26, 1922 - November 26, 1996) was a comedian, comic actor, and member of the Goons. ... Alfredo Bryce Echenique is a Peruvian writer born in Lima. ... Garcilaso de la Vega, (b. ... Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, best known as Guaman Poma, (c. ... Luis Jochamowitz (b. ... José María Eguren Rodríguez (b. ... Javier Heraud Pérez (1942-1963) was a Peruvian poet known for his political commitment. ... José Carlos Mariátegui José Carlos Mariátegui (14 June 1894 – 16 April 1930) was a Peruvian journalist, political philosopher, and activist. ... Clorinda Matto de Turner was a fairly important important Latin American writer of the age of Latin American independence. ... Ricardo Palma Ricardo Palma (1833 - 1919) was a Peruvian author and scholar. ... Jaime Bayly (Lima, Perú,19 February 1965) Peruvian journalist and writer. ... Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929 - 1994) was a Peruvian writer best known for his short stories. ... Julio Ugarte y Ugarte (b. ... José Santos Chocano Gastañodi (Lima, Perú May 14, 1875 - Santiago, Chile July 13, 1934) was a notable Peruvian poet, also known as The Singer of America (El Cantor de América). His work has great merits because in his poetry he describes and represents, his country Perú with enviable... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mario Vargas Llosa in his youth. ... Peruvian poet Cesar Vallejo (1892 - 1938) César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza (March 16, 1892 – April 15, 1938) was a Peruvian poet. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Hernando de Soto is a: Spanish explorer. ... Carlos Castaneda (previously Castañeda) was born in Peru on December 25, 1925 and died in Los Angeles on April 27, 1998. ... Eduardo Gonzalez Viaña born November 13, 1941. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

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