List of Famous people born in Peru
Juliane Koepcke
Juliane Koepcke, also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German Peruvian mammalogist.
Gustavo Dulanto
Gustavo Alfonso Dulanto Sanguinetti is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Sheriff Tiraspol.
Claudio Pizarro
Claudio Miguel Pizarro Bosio is a Peruvian retired professional footballer who played as a striker. Mostly playing with Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen, he scored 337 goals in 872 games in his career.
Francisco Sagasti
Francisco Rafael Sagasti Hochhausler OSP is a Peruvian engineer, academic, and author, who is the current President of Peru since 17 November 2020.
Martín Vizcarra Cornejo
Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo is a Peruvian engineer and politician who served as President of Peru from 2018 to 2020. Vizcarra previously served as Governor of the Department of Moquegua (2011–2014), First Vice President of Peru (2016-2018), Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru (2016–2017), and Ambassador of Peru to Canada (2017–2018), with the latter three during the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. The Peruvian Congress voted to impeach Martin Vizcarra in November 2020, removing him from the presidency.
Christian Cueva
Christian Alberto Cueva Bravo is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Al-Fateh in the Saudi Professional League and the Peru national team.
Nathalie Kelley
Nathalie Kelley, originally Nathalie Pérez is a Peruvian–Australian actress known for her role as Neela in the 2006 action film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and for her roles in various television series including Body of Proof (2011–2012), Unreal (2015), The Vampire Diaries (2016–2017) and Dynasty (2017–2018). In 2020, she debuted in the lead role of Noa Hamilton in the ABC series The Baker and the Beauty.
Manuel Merino
Manuel Arturo Merino de Lama is a Peruvian politician who briefly served as the president of Peru for five days between 10 and 15 November 2020. He also serves as a Member of Congress (AP) representing the Tumbes constituency for the 2020–2021 term. He previously served in Congress in the 2001–2006 term and 2011–2016 term. He also served as the President of Congress from 16 March 2020 to 15 November 2020.
Rodrigo Cuba
Rodrigo Cuba Piedra is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a right back for Atlético Zacatepec in the Ascenso MX.
Pedro Gallese
Pedro David Gallese Quiroz is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Orlando City in Major League Soccer. He has played for the Peru national team since he was first called up in 2014.