List of Famous people born in Lima Province, Peru
Valeria Piazza
Valeria Piazza Vásquez is a Peruvian social communicator, model, and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Peru 2016 and represented Peru at the Miss Universe 2016 pageant where she was a semifinalist.
Luciana León
Luciana Milagros León Romero is a Peruvian politician (APRA). She is the daughter of Rómulo León Alegría, a well known politician in Peru.
Jean Carlos Ecan Chapoñan
Luis Alfonso Abram Ugarelli is a Peruvian football player who currently plays for Argentine Primera División club Vélez Sarsfield and the Peru national team as a defender.
Leao Butron
Leao Butrón Gotuzzo is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper in the Torneo Descentralizado for Alianza Lima and the Peru national football team. Butrón's former clubs include Sporting Cristal, Alianza Atlético, FBC Melgar and Universidad San Martín de Porres. Butrón has made 39 appearances for the Peru national team.
Nilson Loyola
Nilson Evair Loyola Morales is a Peruvian footballer who plays for Goiás as a left back.
Johanna San Miguel
Johanna San Miguel is a Peruvian actress, presenter and comedian. Best known for being the host of the entertainment segment of "Primera Edición" morning news show. Her segment is called "America Espectáculos." and being in the teen soap opera "Carmín" and playing the fun and extroverted Queka in the popular show "Patacláun"'.
Miguel Castilla
Luis Miguel Castilla Rubio is a Peruvian economist and politician. He was the Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru, serving under President Ollanta Humala.
Javier Heraud
Javier Heraud Pérez (1942–1963) was a Peruvian poet and member of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). In his early life he studied at Markham College and later he continued his studies at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Virgilio Martínez Véliz
Virgilio Martínez Véliz is a Peruvian chef and restaurateur. He is considered one of the new generation of Peruvian chefs promoting the spread of Peruvian cuisine. He is known for his use of applying modern cooking techniques to indigenous Peruvian ingredients. Marie Claire magazine has called him "the new star of Lima's gastro sky." On April 29, 2013, his flagship restaurant, Central, entered as number 50 in The World's 50 Best Restaurants as awarded by the British magazine Restaurant. In 2014, Central jumped 35 places to number 15, winning the "Highest Climber" award, and later that year was named Best Restaurant in Latin America.
Milagros Moy
Milagros Alicia Moy Alvarado is a volleyball player from Peru, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. She plays as a wing-spiker.