List of Famous people born in Lima Province, Peru
Rodrigo Cuba
Rodrigo Cuba Piedra is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a right back for Atlético Zacatepec in the Ascenso MX.
Pedro Gallese
Pedro David Gallese Quiroz is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando City in Major League Soccer. He has played for the Peru national team since he was first called up in 2014.
Isabel Allende
Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially highly successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Sergio Pena
Sergio Fernando Peña Flores is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club FC Emmen as an attacking midfielder.
Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli
Ricardo Pablo Belmont Cassinelli is a Peruvian TV network owner and politician. He was the Mayor of Lima serving from 1990 to 1995 and as a Congressman for the Center Front, representing Lima between 2009 to 2011, replacing Alberto Andrade, who died in office. He was popularly known as "El Hermanón" for his friendliness and also as "El Colora'o" (Ginger) because of his reddish hair.
Tony Succar
Antonio Guillermo Succar Tayrako, better known by his stage name Tony Succar, is a Peruvian-American of Costa Rican descent, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader and producer.
Raúl Ruidíaz GOLIADOR DE UNIVERSITARIO
Raúl Mario Ruidíaz Misitich is a Peruvian footballer who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC and the Peru national team, as a striker.
André Carrillo
André Martín Carrillo Díaz is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal FC and the Peru national team as a winger or second striker.
Jim Himes
James Andrew Himes is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Connecticut's 4th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he chaired the New Democrat Coalition in the 115th Congress (2017–2019).
Rocío Silva-Santisteban
Rocío Yolanda Angélica Silva-Santisteban Manrique is a Peruvian poet, academic, activist, and journalist. Since March 2020, she serves as a Member of Congress for the Lima constituency representing the Broad Front. Previously, she served as Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Coordinator.