List of Famous people born in Peru

Silvana Arias is a Peruvian actress. She also holds a degree in fashion design.

Deysi Estela Cori Tello is a Peruvian chess player, who holds the title of Woman Grandmaster (WGM), and a three-time American Continental women's champion. At junior level, she was twice world champion and six-time Pan American champion in her age girls category. Cori is the top ranked female player of Peru and has played for the national team of her country in the Women's Chess Olympiad since 2004. She competed in the FIDE World Cup in 2013 and 2015, and in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017.

Magaly Solier Romero is a Peruvian actress and recording artist.

Raúl Manuel Pacheco Mendoza is a Peruvian long-distance runner. He was born in Santa Fe de Jauja. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 21st place. Raul Pacheco placed 6th at the Rotterdam Marathon (2:11:01) in 2015, set a new national record and qualified for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. In July 2015, he placed second in the Toronto Pan American Games with a time of 2:17:13, and took home Peru's inaugural medal in a marathon at the Pan American games.

Maricarmen Marín Salinas is a Peruvian actress, cumbia singer, dancer, and TV host. She started as a dancer in the musical show "La movida de los Sabados" and she became famous as the lead singer of the female technocumbia musical group "Agua Bella". Maricarmen participated in El Gran Show in 2010. In 2011 she currently stars as Natasha in the América Televisión series "Yo no me llamo Natacha" for which she also performed the theme song. She is also currently a solo singer. In 2018, she released her new hit song ¿Por Qué Te Fuiste? which had airplay success throughout Latin America and Europe.

Juan Ángel Flores Ascencio is a Peruvian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Élmer Emilio Huerta Ramírez, is a Peruvian medical oncologist and internist, public health specialist in epidemiology, and health communicator based in the United States. He studied Medicine (MD) at the National University of San Marcos in Peru and a Master in Public Health (MPH) at Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He was president of the American Cancer Society between 2007 and 2008, being the first Latino president of this prestigious organization. He founded the Cancer Preventory, which he runs, at the MedStar Washington Hospital Center Cancer Institute in Washington, DC. He is also considered a pioneer in the use of the media for educational purposes in Latin America. As a specialist in oncology, internal medicine, and public health in epidemiology, he is the official collaborator in medical issues for the main Spanish-language media in the United States and Peru, including CNN in Spanish, Univisión, Telemundo, RPP Noticias, El Comercio and América Televisión.

Carlos Augusto Lobatón Espejo is a retired Peruvian footballer who played as a midfielder.

Jorge Aravena is Peruvian-Venezuelan telenovela actor. He is known for his role in telenovelas such as Girasoles Para Lucia, La Revancha, Secreto de Amor, and Mi Vida Eres Tu.

Yehude Simon Munaro is a Peruvian politician, who served as Governor of the Lambayeque Region between 2003 and 2008, Prime Minister between 2008 and 2009 and as a Congressman from Lambayeque between 2011 and 2016, elected under the Alliance for the Great Change. He ran for the presidency in 2016, then shortly announced his withdrawal.