12.0598° S, 77.0374° W
LIMA
Most Famous People Born in Lima, Peru
- Notable people
- 2,379
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1958
- Most distinctive
- Presenter 5.3×
A colonial capital whose 20th-century bench reads almost like a screen test. Lima's distinctive professions are television presenters and models at the top — the legacy of a Peruvian beauty-pageant and broadcast tradition that has produced Mario Testino and a generation of newsreaders — alongside lawyers, diplomats, and economists from the city that has always run Peru. The 17th-century shelf is still unusually heavy, the era of Rose of Lima and the first canonised saints of the Americas, and the modern half runs through Ricardo Palma and Vargas Llosa.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lima during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Lima Is Known For
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Football is Lima's biggest profession — 25% of all notables (596).
Lima over-indexes on presenter — 5.3× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Lima's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Sports
- Politics & Law
- Film & TV
- Writing
- Music
- Science
- Other
- Filtered to 1850s Clear ×
Charles Dazey
1855 - 1938
Pedro Gárezon Thomas
1851 - 1927
José María Valle Riestra
1858 - 1925
Joaquín Capelo
1852 - 1925
Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren
1857 - 1930
Ricardo Bentín Sánchez
1853 - 1921
Pablo Patrón
1855 - 1910
Jorge Enrique Velarde
1856 - 1879
Enrique Palacios de Mendiburu
1850 - 1879
Carlos de los Heros
1850 - 1879
Carlos de Piérola
1852 - 1933
Pedro Labarthe Effio
1855 - 1905
Ricardo L. Flores Gaviño
1854 - 1939
Hernando de Lavalle
1859 - 1881
Carlos Bondy
1853 - 1925
Fermín Diez Canseco Coloma
1854 - 1889
Domingo de Vivero
1853 - 1901
Frank A. De Puy
1854 - 1927