List of Famous people born in Lima Province, Peru
Gino Costa
Gino Francisco Costa Santolalla is a Peruvian politician who is an Independent Congressman caucusing with the Purple Party, representing the constituency of Lima.
Franco Noriega
Franco Noriega Haltenhof is a Peruvian entrepreneur based in New York who has branched out into the restaurant business, modelling, television, and the music industry. He is also a retired professional swimmer.
Sofía Mulánovich
Sofía Mulánovich Aljovín, 3-time World Surfing Champion, 1 WSL and 2 ISA world championships, is the most relevant Peruvian surfer in the history. She is the first Peruvian surfer ever to win a World Surf League World Championship Tour event. She is the first Latin American ever to win the World Title, which she did in 2004. In 2004, she won three out of the six World Championship Tour events, and finished the season as Absolute World Champion. Sofia is the only one Latin-american surfer to win 2 ISA World Championships. Sofia won the ISA Championships, 2004 in Salinas-Ecuador and 2019 in Miyazaki-Japan. Her main sponsor is Roxy.
Luis Galarreta
Luis Fernando Galarreta Velarde is a Peruvian Fujimorist politician and a former Congressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2020. He was President of the Congress for the 2017–2018 annual term. Galarreta is part of the presidential ticket of Keiko Fujimori in the 2021 elections.
Renato Tapia
Renato Fabrizio Tapia Cortijo is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Celta Vigo and the Peru national football team as a defensive midfielder.
Antauro Humala
Antauro Igor Humala Tasso is a Peruvian nationalist and a former army major.
Teófilo Cubillas
Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga is a Peruvian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He was selected as Peru's greatest ever player in an IFFHS poll, in which he was also included in the world's Top 50. He was renowned for his technique, shooting ability and free kick ability. He was considered one of the best players in the world of the 1970s and the best in his position of the decade only behind the Dutch Johan Cruyff. Among his main achievements are the FIFA awards for the best young player and the bronze boot in Mexico 1970, as well as the silver boot and member of the ideal team of Argentina 1978, he was also champion and best player of the 1975 Copa América. He is regarded one of the best attacking midfielders in the history of football.
Pedro Aquino Sánchez
Pedro Jesús Aquino Sánchez is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club América and the Peru national football team.
Karina
Karina is a Peruvian-born Venezuelan Latin pop music singer, songwriter, and actress.
Pilar Mazzetti
Pilar Elena Mazzetti Soler is a Peruvian physician and health administrator who served as Minister of Health from July 2020 to February 2021, excluding her for nine days from office during the brief presidency of Manuel Merino. She previously held the position from February 2004 to July 2006, and was briefly Minister of the Interior from July 2006 to February 2007, being the first woman to reach said position in the Peruvian government.