List of Famous people born in Ayacucho, Peru

María Parado de Bellido was an indigenous Peruvian revolutionary during the struggle for independence from Spain.

Augusta Deyanira La Torre Carrasco, also known as Comrade Norah, was a Peruvian Maoist noted as the number two in command of the Shining Path terrorist group. La Torre's influence on her husband, Shining Path founder Abimael Guzmán, is credited with establishing equality for women with regard to participation within the revolutionary organization, and during its militant actions.

General Edwin Donayre is a Peruvian politician, ex-congressman and a retired military officer who is wanted by the police on corruption charges.

Augusto Armando Polo Campos was a Peruvian composer.

Edith Lagos was a Peruvian terrorist who was a member of the party Shining Path, one of the Terrorist Communist Parties of Peru. Lagos was a bloody prominent promoter of the group's agenda.

Comrade José is the nom de guerre of Víctor Quispe Palomino, leader of the Militarized Communist Party of Peru a offshoot of Shining Path, a Maoist guerrilla and terrorist group in Peru. The group is present in the VRAEM region.

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Dorregaray served as the President of Peru three times during the 19th century, from 1881 to 1882 as the 34th President of Peru, then from 1886 to 1890 as the 36th President of Peru, and again from 1894 to 1895 as the 38th President of Peru. In Peru, he is considered a national hero for leading the resistance to Chilean occupation during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883), where he fought as a General in the Peruvian Army.

Magaly Solier Romero is a Peruvian actress and recording artist.

Patricia de Souza was a Peruvian writer. She was a Spanish translator of the poetry of Michel Leiris and the narrative of Jean Echenoz, she was the author of a dozen novels, including Cuando llegue la noche.

Isaac Humala Núñez is a labour lawyer from Ayacucho and the ideological leader of the Movimiento Etnocacerista, a group of ethnic nationalists in Peru. He is a former communist leader who served as the model for a colourful character in Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "Conversation in the Cathedral." He was Vargas Llosa's teacher of Marxism-Leninism when the writer became a member of a university communist cell.