List of Famous people born in Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia

Ricardo Aníbal Fort Campa was an Argentine socialite, entrepreneur and television director. Although his career lasted four years, Fort was one of the more popular personalities in his country.

Juana Azurduy de Padilla was a guerrilla military leader from Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. She fought for Bolivian independence alongside her husband, Manuel Ascencio Padilla, earning the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. She was noted for her strong support for and military leadership of the indigenous people of Upper Peru. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a controversial political move, statue of Azurduy replaced the one of Christopher Columbus in front of the Casa Rosada, at the time she was a largely forgotten historical figure.

René Fernández Apaza was a Bolivian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

José Ignacio de Sanjinés Barriga was a Bolivian poet and legislator.

Mariano Enrique Calvo Cuellar was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as the de facto 8th President of Bolivia briefly in 1841. He also served as the 3rd Vice President from 1835 to 1839 during which he also held the powers of acting president while President Andrés de Santa Cruz was in Peru.