List of Famous people born in Peru

Kenji Gerardo Fujimori Higuchi, popularly known as Kenji, is a Peruvian former congressman and Fujimorist politician. He is the son of former President Alberto Fujimori and former First Lady and congresswoman Susana Higuchi. He has three siblings: Hiro Alberto, Sachi Marcela and Keiko Fujimori. In 2011 he ran for congress for Fuerza Popular, a political party led by his sister Keiko, being the most voted congressman in 2011. On January 31, 2018 he resigned from Fuerza Popular, and in March 20th announced the creation of a new political party Cambio 21. In June 2018, following to the "Kenjivideos" scandal, Congress suspended Kenji and two other congressmen of his party for the alleged crimes of influence peddling and bribery.

Vanessa Cvujetka Terkes Rachitoff, is a Peruvian film, television and stage actress. She is best known for her role in the Mexican television series El Pantera, as Lola.

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.

Henry Ian Cusick is a Scottish-Peruvian actor of television, film, and theatre and a television director.

Luis Fernán Bedoya Reyes is a Peruvian Christian Democrat (PDC) and Christian People's Party (PPC) politician in the late 1960s. He was the mayor of Lima from 1964 to 1969. He is also a former Minister of Justice, member of the Peruvian Congress and ran for Peruvian president two times. He was the founder of the Christian People's Party (PPC). As of 2020, Bedoya is the oldest Latin American politician, being 101 years old.

Walter Roger Martos Ruiz is a Peruvian retired military general and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru from August to November 2020, under Martín Vizcarra's administration. He previously served as Minister of Defense from October 2019 to August 2020.

Juan Manuel Vargas Risco is a retired Peruvian footballer that played as a left back.

Natalie Vértiz González is a Peruvian TV Host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Peru at Miss Universe 2011. Vértiz was born in Lima and went to high school in the United States.

Óscar Ramírez Durán, commonly known as Comrade Feliciano, is a Peruvian convicted terrorist and former political leader who led the Shining Path, a Marxist–Leninist–Maoist terrorist group in Peru, in the 1990s.

Luis Alberto Valdez Farías is a Peruvian politician. He is a Congressman representing La Libertad for the 2020–2021 term, and belongs to the Alliance for Progress party. Previously, he served as Lieutenant Governor of La Libertad Region throughout 2015 until governor César Acuña Peralta resigned in order to run for President in the 2016 general election. He thus served as Governor throughout the 2015–2018 term.