List of Famous people born in Peru

José María Arguedas Altamirano was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist. Arguedas was an author of Spanish descent, with a rare fluency in the native Quechua language, gained by living in two Quechua households from the age of 7 to 11 - first in the indigenous servant quarters of his step-mother's home, then, escaping her "perverse and cruel" son, with an indigenous family approved by his father - who wrote novels, short stories, and poems in both Spanish and Quechua.

Hernando de Soto Polar is a prominent Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights. His work on the developing world has earned him praise worldwide by numerous heads of state, particularly for his publication The Mystery of Capital. He is the current president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), a think tank devoted in promoting economic development in developing countries located in Lima, Peru.

Isabel Angélica Allende Llona is a Chilean writer. Allende, whose works sometimes contain aspects of the genre magical realism, is known for novels such as The House of the Spirits and City of the Beasts, which have been commercially highly successful. Allende has been called "the world's most widely read Spanish-language author." In 2004, Allende was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 2010, she received Chile's National Literature Prize. President Barack Obama awarded her the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Sergio Fernando Peña Flores is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays for Dutch club FC Emmen as an attacking midfielder.

Rafael Bernardo López Aliaga Cazorla is a Peruvian industrial engineer, businessman, and politician. A leading conservative figure in Peruvian politics, he is the founder and current leader of the Popular Renewal party since October 2020. Previously, he served as Secretary-General of National Solidarity from September 2019 until the dissolution of the party in October 2020 in which he served as President of the Party since August 2020.

Guido Bellido Ugarte is a Peruvian politician who served as the prime minister of Peru from 29 July to 6 October 2021. He is also serving as a member of the Congress, representing Cuzco.

Ricardo Pablo Belmont Cassinelli is a Peruvian TV network owner and politician. He was the Mayor of Lima serving from 1990 to 1995 and as a Congressman for the Center Front, representing Lima between 2009 to 2011, replacing Alberto Andrade, who died in office. He was popularly known as "El Hermanón" for his friendliness and also as "El Colora'o" (Ginger) because of his reddish hair.

Verónika Fanny Mendoza Frisch, popularly known as Vero Mendoza, is a Peruvian-French psychologist, educator, and politician. She was a Member of Congress representing the Cusco region from July 2011 until July 2016. She helped create the Broad Front coalition in the and was their candidate in the 2016 presidential election. She later helped found the New Peru party and is their current president. For the 2021 Peruvian general election, she is the presidential candidate of Together for Peru.

Jean Deza is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a winger for peruvian club Carlos Stein.

Antonio Guillermo Succar Tayrako, better known by his stage name Tony Succar, is a Peruvian-American of Costa Rican descent, percussionist, composer, arranger, bandleader and producer.