List of sons and daughters of the city of Lima
This is a list of well-known people who were born in the Peruvian city of Lima .
16th and 17th centuries
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- Martin von Porres (1579–1639), Dominican and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- Rosa von Lima (1586–1617), virgin, mystic, Dominican Terziarin and saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- Diego Maroto (1617–1696), most important master builder in Lima in the second half of the 17th century
- Juan Henríquez de Villalobos (* around 1630, † 1689), Spanish officer, colonial administrator and governor of Chile
- Miguel Núñez de Sanabria (1645–1729), Spanish lawyer and viceroy of Peru (1710)
18th century
- Pablo de Olavide (1725–1803), Hispanic American lawyer, politician, translator, author and educator
- Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (1743–1794), Spanish naval officer, explorer and navigator
- La Perricholi (1748–1819), actress and maitresse of Viceroy Manuel d'Amat i de Junyent
- Juan Egaña Risco (1768–1836), Chilean politician of Peruvian origin and head of state of Chile for a week in the spring of 1823
- José Bernardo de Tagle Portocarrero (1779–1825), military man, politician and President of Peru from 1823 to 1824
- José Bernardo Alcedo (1788–1878), composer
- Gaspar Hernández (1798–1858), priest, educator and politician in the Dominican Republic
19th century
1801-1850
- Juan Zavala de la Puente (1804–1879), Spanish general, politician and Prime Minister of Spain
- Felipe Santiago de Salaverry (1806–1836), General and President of Peru from 1835 to 1836
- Antonio Arenas (1808–1891), lawyer, military, politician and President of Peru from 1885 to 1886
- Juan González de la Pezuela y Ceballos (1809–1906), Spanish politician and diplomat
- José Balta (1814–1872), politician and President of Peru from 1868 to 1872
- Francisco Bolognesi (1816–1880), colonel and national hero
- Ricardo Palma (1833-1919), writer and poet
- Aurelio García y García (1834–1888), Rear Admiral of the Peruvian Navy
- Manuel Candamo (1841–1904), politician and President of Peru (1895 and 1903–1904)
1851-1900
- Pedro Gárezon Thomas (1851–1927), naval officer and administrative officer
- José Pardo y Barreda (1864–1947), politician, President of Peru from 1904 to 1908 and from 1915 to 1919
- José Santos Chocano (1867–1934), poet and singer
- Manuel Márquez Sterling (1872–1934), Cuban journalist, writer, diplomat, politician and on January 18, 1934 President of the Republic of Cuba
- Manuel María Ponce Brousset (1874–1966), politician and President of Peru (1930)
- Max Otten (1877–1962), doctor and one of the pioneers of occupational medicine
- Octavio Ortiz Arrieta (1878–1958), religious priest and Roman Catholic bishop
- Héctor Boza (1888–1974), politician and diplomat
- Renzo Bracesco (1888–1982), Italian composer and music teacher
- Manuel Prado y Ugarteche (1889–1967), engineer, banker and politician, President of Peru from 1939 to 1945 and from 1956 to 1962
- Ricardo Rivera Schreiber (1892–1969), diplomat and politician
- Eugenio Retes (1895–1985), Chilean actor and author
- Carlos Raygada (1898–1953), literary and music critic
- Raoul de Verneuil (1899–1975), composer and conductor
- Luis Alberto Sánchez (1900–1994), literary scholar, journalist, historian, writer and politician
- Francisco Arízaga Luque (1900–1964), Peruvian-Ecuadorian writer and politician
20th century
1901-1920
- Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), biochemist of German descent
- César Moro (1903–1956), surrealist painter and poet
- Manuel Cisneros Sánchez (1904–1971), lawyer and politician
- Ricardo Pérez Godoy (1905–1982), head of a military junta, ruler in Peru from 1962 to 1963
- Martín Adán (1908–1985), writer
- Nicolás Lindley López (1908–1995), military and politician; Head of a Peruvian military junta in 1963
- Luis Emilio de Souza Ferreira Huby (1908-2008), football player
- Alejandro Villanueva (1908-1944), football player
- Rosa Alarco Larrabure (1911–1980), musicologist, composer and choir director
- Fernando Belaúnde Terry (1912–2002), architect and politician, President of Peru from 1963 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1985
- Augusto Enrique Morelli Pando (1916–2012), Ambassador
- José Dammert Bellido (1917–2008), Roman Catholic Bishop of Cajamarca
- Teófilo Salinas Fuller (1919–1999), football official
- Nelly Fonseca (1920–1963), poet
- Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (1920–2020), diplomat, politician and Secretary General of the United Nations from 1982 to 1991
1921-1930
- Francisco Morales Bermúdez (* 1921), general, politician and President of Peru from 1975 to 1980
- Fernando Fernán Gómez (1921–2007), Spanish actor and director
- Grimaldo González (1922–2007), football player
- Augusto Vargas Alzamora (1922–2000), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lima
- Manuel Prado Pérez-Rosas (1923–2011), clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Trujillo
- Hilda Gadea (1925–1974), economist, APRA official , author and first wife of the Argentine-Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara (1928–1967)
- Celso Garrido Lecca (* 1926), composer
- Walter Ormeño (1926-2020), Peruvian and Mexican football player
- Germán Schmitz Sauerborn (1926–1990), auxiliary bishop in Lima
- Luigi Alva (* 1927), singer
- Eduardo Dibós Chappuis (1927–1973), politician and racing driver
- Mario Cornejo (1927–2015), Roman Catholic bishop
- Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz , Roman Catholic religious, prelate of July
- Gustavo Gutiérrez (* 1928), co-founder and namesake of liberation theology
- Manuel Scorza (1928–1983), writer
- José Carlos Mariátegui Arellano (1929–2006), Ambassador
- Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929–1994), author and writer
- Arturo Yamasaki (1929-2013), Peruvian-Mexican football referee
1931-1940
- Augusto Beuzeville Ferro (1932-2004), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Piura
- Enrique Congrains (1932-2009), writer
- Pozzi Escot (* 1933), American composer
- Juan Víctor Joya (1934-2007), football player
- Henri Ciriani (* 1936), Franco-Peruvian architect
- Lucha Reyes (1936–1973), singer
- Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano (1937–2001), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Lima
- Marco Aurelio Denegri (1938–2018), literary critic, sexologist and linguist
- Alberto Fujimori (* 1938), Japanese-Peruvian politician, President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (* 1938), politician and economist
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (* 1938), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cuzco (2003-2014)
- Alfredo Bryce Echenique (* 1939), writer, literary scholar and lawyer
- Alberto Gallardo (1940-2001), football player and coach
1941-1950
- Luis Cruzado (1941-2013), football player
- Carlos Ferrero Costa (* 1941), Prime Minister of Peru and President of the Congress of Peru
- Nicolás Fuentes (1941–2015), football player
- Oscar Quiñones Carrillo (* 1941), chess player and teacher
- Boris Vallejo (* 1941), American illustrator of Peruvian origin
- Isabel Allende (* 1942), Chilean-American writer and journalist
- Javier Heraud (1942–1963), poet and writer
- Allan Wagner Tizón (* 1942), diplomat and politician
- César Camacho (* 1943), Peruvian-Brazilian mathematician
- Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (* 1943), Roman Catholic Cardinal and Archbishop of Lima
- Salomón Lerner Febres (* 1944), human rights activist, philosopher and lawyer
- Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (* 1944), Roman Catholic religious priest and Archbishop of Huancayo
- Betty Missiego (* 1945), Spanish pop singer of Peruvian origin
- Ernesto Palacio (* 1946), tenor and opera agent
- Lissette (* 1947), Cuban singer, composer and actress
- Beatriz Merino (* 1947), politician and Prime Minister of Peru in 2003
- José García Belaúnde (* 1948), diplomat and politician
- Alan García (1949–2019), lawyer and politician; President of Peru from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011
- Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (* 1949), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
- Percy Rojas (born 1949), football player
- Óscar Valdés (* 1949), military and politician
- Susana María del Carmen Villarán de la Puente (* 1949), politician and mayor of Lima from 2011 to 2014
- Jorge del Castillo Gálvez (* 1950), lawyer and politician
- Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio (* 1950), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Lima
- Lorenzo Palacios Quispe (1950–1994), singer and musician
1951-1960
- Carlos Bustamante (* 1951), American molecular biologist
- Roberto Dañino Zapata (* 1951), politician and diplomat
- Luis Llosa (* 1951), film producer and director
- Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia (* 1952), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cuzco
- Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares (* 1953), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Lima
- Alonso Cueto (* 1954), writer
- Carlos Enrique García Camader (* 1954), Roman Catholic Bishop of Lurín
- Juliane Koepcke (* 1954), German biologist
- Mario Testino (* 1954), portrait and fashion photographer
- Barton Zwiebach (* 1954), theoretical physicist
- Enrique Delgado (* 1955), Roman Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Miami
- Rosario Fernández (* 1955), politician
- Ricardo García García (* 1955), Roman Catholic priest and prelate of Yauyos
- José Antonio Eguren Anselmi (* 1956), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Piura
- Rajmil Fischman (* 1956), composer and music teacher
- Mario Belli Pino (* 1956), chess player and teacher
- Alberto Tejada Noriega (* 1956), politician
- Carlos Bruce (* 1957), politician, former building minister
- Javier del Río Alba (* 1957), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Arequipa
- Pedro Cateriano (* 1958), former Minister of Defense, Prime Minister
- José Antonio Chang (* 1958), politician and Prime Minister of Peru from 2010 to 2011
- Ronald Gamarra (* 1958), human rights activist, lawyer and politician
- María Elena Moyano Delgado (1958–1992), politician
- Fernando Olivera Vega (* 1958), politician
- Isabel Sabogal (* 1958), Peruvian-Polish writer and translator
- Lourdes Flores (* 1959), lawyer and politician
- Carlos Ismael Noriega (* 1959), American astronaut of Peruvian descent
- Rafael Ramírez , Peruvian-Belgian painter
- Sergio Bambaren (* 1960), writer
- Virginia Yep (* 1960), ethnomusicologist, musician and composer
1961-1970
- Ollanta Humala (* 1962), politician and since 2011 President of Peru
- Francesco Petrozzi (* 1962), opera singer (tenor)
- Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez (* 1962), Catholic clergyman, auxiliary bishop in Lima
- Cecilia Tait (* 1962), national volleyball player and politician
- Héctor Vila (* 1962), Roman Catholic Bishop of Whitehorse in Canada
- José-Luis Carranza (* 1964), football player
- Klaus Cornfield (* 1964), German musician and cartoonist
- Juan Jiménez Mayor (* 1964), lawyer and politician
- Carlos di Laura (born 1964), tennis player
- Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo (* 1964), Roman Catholic prelate of Ayaviri
- Jaime Bayly (* 1965), television presenter and writer
- Luc Donckerwolke (* 1965), Belgian automobile designer
- Jim Himes (* 1966), American politician
- Álvaro Vargas Llosa (* 1966), writer and publicist
- Henry Urday Cáceres (* 1967), chess player and official
- Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe (* 1967), Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Arequipa
- José del Solar (* 1967), football player and coach
- Diego Valverde Villena (* 1967), Spanish poet and translator
- Jaime Yzaga (* 1967), tennis player
- Miguel Harth-Bedoya (* 1968), conductor
- Juan Reynoso (* 1969), football player and coach
- Roberto Carcelen (* 1970), cross-country skier
1971-1980
- Daniel Hannan (* 1971), British journalist and politician
- Luis Jacob (* 1971), Canadian artist
- Saskia Hummel (* 1972), German karateka
- Roberto Palacios (* 1972), football player
- Juan Diego Flórez (* 1973), Peruvian-Austrian opera singer
- Jorge Villavicencio Grossmann (* 1973), composer and music teacher
- David Zink Yi (* 1973), Peruvian-Chinese-German artist
- Johan Lind (* 1974), Swedish football player
- Keiko Fujimori (* 1975), politician
- Santiago Roncagliolo (* 1975), writer, journalist and translator
- Claudia Llosa (* 1976), film director, screenwriter and producer
- Roberto Silva (* 1976), football player
- Daniel Alarcón (* 1977), American writer of Peruvian origin
- Robert Garcia (* 1977), Preuan-American politician
- Harald Helfgott (* 1977), mathematician
- Erasmo Cachay Mateos (* 1977), writer
- Virgilio Martínez Véliz (* 1977), head chef and entrepreneur
- Alexis Amore (* 1978), porn actress and erotic model
- Immortal Technique (* 1978), American rapper of Afro-Peruvian origin
- Claudio Pizarro (* 1978), football player
- Marcel Kommissin (* 1979), German actor
- Luis Horna (* 1980), tennis player
- Raul Krauthausen (* 1980), Peruvian-German company founder and activist
- Kina Malpartida (* 1980), boxer
- Iván Miranda (born 1980), tennis player
- Jorge Roeder (* 1980), double bass player
1981-1990
- Daniel Manrique-Smith (1982), flautist
- Sofía Mulánovich (* 1983), surf rider
- Rodrigo Pacheco (* 1983), badminton player
- Juan Manuel Vargas (born 1983), football player
- Rinaldo Cruzado (* 1984), football player
- Jefferson Farfán (born 1984), football player
- Paolo Guerrero (* 1984), football player
- Diego Penny (* 1984), football player
- Jesús Rabanal (* 1984), football player
- Valeria Rivero (* 1984), badminton player
- Alberto Junior Rodríguez (* 1984), football player
- Karina Jordán (* 1985), actress
- Nathalie Kelley (born 1985), Australian actress
- Renzo Revoredo (* 1986), football player
- Claudia Rivero (* 1986), badminton player
- Luciana Morales Mendoza (* 1987), chess player
- Andrés Vásquez (* 1987), Swedish football player of Peruvian origin
- Anderson Cueto (born 1989), football player
- Damián Ísmodes (* 1989), football player
- Reimond Manco (* 1990), football player
- Raúl Ruidíaz (* 1990), football player
1991-2000
- André Carrillo (* 1991), football player
- Emilio Córdova (* 1991), chess player
- Alejandro Hohberg (* 1991), Peruvian-Uruguayan football player
- Mariafe Artacho (* 1993), Australian beach volleyball player
- Ann Chumpitaz (* 1994), chess player
- Andy Polo (* 1994), soccer player
- Juan Pablo Varillas (* 1995), tennis player
- Luis Abram (* 1996), football player