Born in Lima

Known as the father of Peruvian "Musica criolla", nicknamed the "Immortal Bard"

1899

President of Peru from 1963 until he was deposed by a military coup in 1968, he was re-elected in 1980 and was president until 1985

1912

General and President of Peru from 1975 to 1980, he was sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia by a Italian court for the forced disappearance of 25 Italians in Peru during Operation Condor

1921

Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991

1920

President of Peru from 1990 until 2000, he is frequently describes as a dictator and was convicted of human rights abuse and several other crimes

1938

President of Peru from 2016 to 2018, he was sentenced to three years of house arrest while under investigation for taking bribes

1938

President of Peru from November 2020 to July 2021

1944

Chilean writer, she received Chile's National Prize for Literature and was awarded the American Presidential Medal of Freedom, "The House of the Spirits" "City of the Beasts"

1942

Former footballer who is considered to be Peru's greatest ever player

1949

President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and again from 2006 to 2011, he committed suicide in 2019 before he could be arrested in connection to the Odebrecht scandal

1949

President of Peru from 2011 to 2016, he was arrested in 2017 on corruption charges

1962

President of Peru from 2018 to 2020, he was controversially impeached by Congress

1963

Coach of the Peruvian football national team since 2022

1969

President of the political party "Popular Force" since 2010 and First Lady of Peru from 1994 to 2000

1975

First Lady of Peru from 2011 to 2016, in 2017 she was arrested on corruption charges

1976

Director, she is recognized for her Academy-Award nominated film "The Milk of Sorrow"

1976

Former congressman who was suspended for allegations of crimes of influence peddling and bribery

1980

Former footballer who played for Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Corinthians and is the top scorer of the Peruvian national team

1984

Former footballer who played for Schalke, PSV, Lokomotiv Moscow and the Peruvian national team

1984

Footballer who plays for Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia and the Peruvian national team (former Sporting, Benfica and Watford player)

1991