List of Famous people born in Peru

José Manuel Rodríguez Cuadros is a Peruvian diplomat. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru from 2003 to 2005, during Alejandro Toledo's presidency, and later was appointed ambassador to Bolivia in 2010.

Ethel Ana del Rosario Jara Velásquez is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who was Prime Minister of Peru from July 2014 to April 2015.

Hugo Alejandro Sotil Yerén is a Peruvian former professional football player. Nicknamed El Cholo, he played as a striker or midfielder. Together with Teófilo Cubillas and Héctor Chumpitaz, he was one of Peru's most recognized football players of the 1970s. He also was a popular player in Peru, and a biopic on his life was released in that decade. He was a member of the Peruvian team that won the 1975 Copa América and reached the quarterfinals in Mexico 1970 and Argentina 1978.

Manuel Francisco Barreto Sayán is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a striker. He was the head coach for Sporting Cristal in 2019 before getting fired in March, 2020. His last game as a football player was in 2010, where he played for José Gálvez FBC.

César Ernesto Ritter Burga is a Peruvian actor. He has played "Lalo" Chávez in One Thousand Jobs, Nicolás Bingley/Rita in Rita and I and the recurrent role of Manolo López in the television series Al Fondo Hay Sitio.

Alexandra Grande is a Peruvian karateka. In 2019, she won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. Four years earlier, she also won the gold medal in the women's kumite 61 kg event at the 2015 Pan American Games. In 2011, she won the silver medal in this event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Julio Emilio Velarde Flores is a Peruvian banker who has been Chairman of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru since 7 September 2006.

Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez is a Peruvian retired football striker.

Carlos "Charlie" Enrique Parra del Riego Campoverde is a Peruvian guitarist and composer. He is also known as Charlie Parra.

Carolina Cano Frayssinet is a Peruvian actress and dancer of French descent.