List of Famous people born in Lima Province, Peru
Gianella Neyra
Gianella Neyra Magagna, is a Peruvian actress and model.
Mercedes Aráoz
Mercedes Rosalba Aráoz Fernández is a Peruvian economist, professor, and politician who served as Second Vice President of Peru from 2016 to 2020. At the beginning of her political career, she served as Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism from 2006 to July 2009, after which she was appointed briefly as Minister of Production, and finally as Minister of Economy and Finance, all portfolios under the second presidency of Alan García.
Jorge Muñoz
Jorge Vicente Martín Muñoz Wells is a Peruvian lawyer and politician serving as mayor of Lima since 2019. He previously served as mayor of Miraflores from 2011 to 2018.
Antero Flores Aráoz
Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as the Prime Minister of Peru in November 2020. Once a prominent member and leader of the Christian People's Party, he left and founded the Order Party in order to run for the presidency at the 2016 general election, in which he placed tenth and last with 0.4% of the popular vote.
Ollanta Humala
Ollanta Moisés Humala Tasso is a Peruvian politician and former military officer who served as President of Peru from 2011 to 2016. A former army officer, Humala lost the 2006 presidential election and eventually won the 2011 presidential election in a run-off vote. He was elected as President of Peru in the second round, defeating Keiko Fujimori.
Leyla Chihuán
Leyla Felícita Chihuán Ramos is a retired female volleyball player from Peru, of Quechua and Afro-Peruvian descent, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics. In 2011, she entered politics, serving as a Congresswoman until the dissolution of Congress in September 2019.
Alfonso Dulant
Alfonso Antonio Dulanto Corzo is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a central defender.
Salvador del Solar
Salvador Alejandro Jorge del Solar Labarthe is a Peruvian actor, director and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Peru from March to September 2019, in Martín Vizcarra's administration.
Juan Diego Flórez
Juan Diego Flórez Salom is a Peruvian operatic tenor, particularly known for his roles in bel canto operas. On June 4, 2007, he received his country's highest decoration, the Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Sun of Peru.
Christian Ramos
Christian Guillermo Martín Ramos Garagay, known as Christian Ramos, is a Peruvian footballer who plays for César Vallejo and the Peru national team as a centre back.