List of Famous people born in Lima Province, Peru
Alberto de Belaunde
Alberto de Belaúnde de Cárdenas is a Peruvian lawyer, LGBT activist, and politician. An independent progressive caucusing with the Purple Party, he currently serves in the Peruvian Congress' complementary term 2020-2021. He previously served in the 2016-2019 term, elected under Peruvians for Change, and subsequently joining the progressive Liberal Bench.
Juan Manuel Vargas
Juan Manuel Vargas Risco is a retired Peruvian footballer that played as a left back.
Roberto Mosquera
Roberto Orlando Mosquera Vera is a Peruvian football manager and former forward who played for Peru in the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He is currently the manager of Sporting Cristal.
Adrián Zela
Adrián Zela Terry, is a Peruvian footballer. Currently he plays centre back for Sport Boys. He is also the great-nephew of Alberto Terry.
Eva Ayllón
Eva María Angélica Ayllón Urbina better known by her stage name Eva Ayllón, is a female composer and singer, one of Peru's foremost Afro-Peruvian musicians, and one of the country's most enduring living legends. She held the record for most nominations without a winning the Latin Grammy Award for Best Folk Album. In 2019, she received the Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Andy Polo boxeador
Andy Jorman Polo Andrade, commonly known as La Joya, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Portland Timbers. Polo made his professional debut with Peruvian club Universitario in the 2011 season at the young age of 16. Polo built a name for himself with his rapid acceleration and scoring skills. Being able to play in any of the four attacking positions, in his first season he quickly became an asset in the attacking force of his team. As the team's top scorer, Polo helped the Universitario under-20 squad win the 2011 U-20 Copa Libertadores.
Alberto Borea Odría
Alberto Borea Odría is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. He was Fuerza Democrática's presidential candidate for the 2006 national election.
Fernando Olivera
Luis Fernando Olivera Vega is a Peruvian politician and leader of Independent Moralizing Front (FIM), a Peruvian political party.
Nadine Heredia
Nadine Heredia Alarcón de Humala is a Peruvian politician. As the wife of President of Peru Ollanta Humala, she served as the First Lady of Peru from 2011 to 2016. The President of the Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP), which formed the Peru Wins electoral alliance in 2011, Heredia is seen as a highly influential figure in Peruvian politics. She has headed the PNP since December 2013.
Carlos Bruce
Carlos Ricardo Bruce Montes de Oca is a Peruvian politician and a former Congressman, representing Lima from 2006 until 2019, when his term ended with the dissolution of the Congress by Martín Vizcarra in 2019.