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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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Lima during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1980s with 338 notable births.

What Lima Is Known For

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Football is Lima's biggest profession — 25% of all notables (596).

Lima over-indexes on presenter5.3× the global rate.

  1. Football596
  2. Politician249
  3. Actor182
  4. Lawyer137
  5. Writer95
  6. Singer68
  7. Player54
  8. Journalist50
  1. Presenter295.3×
  2. Model304.9×
  3. Lawyer1373.3×
  4. Diplomat443.2×
  5. Economist272.7×
  6. Football5962.3×
  7. Poet471.9×
  8. Militar471.6×

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.

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2,379 notable people

0901 WRITER

Hugo Coya

Born 1960

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0902 PRESENTER

Adriana Quevedo

Born 1979

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0903 PRESENTER

Fiorella Rodríguez

Born 1974

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0904 ACTOR

John Ruddock

1897 - 1981

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0905 POLITICIAN

Juan Sheput

Born 1961

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0906 FOOTBALL

Orlando Prado

Born 1972

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0907 RELIGIOUS

Luis Fernando Figari

Born 1947

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0908 FOOTBALL

Raúl Tito

Born 1997

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0909 PRIEST

Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia

Born 1952

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0910 LAWYER

Manuel Velarde Dellepiane

Born 1968

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0911 PRESENTER

Mathías Brivio

Born 1976

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0912 POLITICIAN

Manuel Bartolomé Ferreyros

1793 - 1872

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0913 BUSINESS

Alberto Benavides de la Quintana

1920 - 2014

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0914 MODEL

Cati Caballero

Born 1981

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0915 PRESENTER

Cecilia Brozovich

Born 1976

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0916 MODEL

Alessandra Denegri

Born 1986

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0917 ACTOR

Connie Chaparro

Born 1983

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0918 FILM

Alberto Durant

Born 1951

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0919 POLITICIAN

Carlos Raffo

Born 1967

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0920 WRITER

Sergio Galarza (escritor)

Born 1976

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0921 JOURNALIST

César Hildebrandt

Born 1948

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0922 BOTANIST

Blanca León

Born 1957

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0923 ATHLETIC

Paola Mautino

Born 1990

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0924 DOCTOR

Marcial Ayaipoma

Born 1942

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0925 COMPOSER

Stephen Geyer

Born 1950

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0926 POLITICIAN

Bruno Giuffra

Born 1970

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0927 FOOTBALL

Guillermo Tomasevich

Born 1987

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0928 FOOTBALL

Roberto Drago

1923 - 2014

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0929 ACTOR

Óscar Carrillo

Born 1965

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0930 FOOTBALL

Enrique Labo Revoredo

1939 - 2014

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0931 MARTIAL ART

Tony DeSouza

Born 1974

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0932 ACTOR

Cécica Bernasconi

Born 1970

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0933 SINGER

Teresa Velásquez Velarde

1930 - 2000

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0934 MODEL

Franco Noriega

Born 1989

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0935 JOURNALIST

Ana María Picasso

Born 1984

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0936 ACTOR

Juan Carlos Rey de Castro

Born 1986

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0937 BOTANIST

Michael Kessler

Born 1967

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0938 FOOTBALL

José Zamora Gonzales

Born 1987

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0939 ACTOR

Ana Cecilia Natteri

Born 1950

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0940 FOOTBALL

Juan Lojas

Born 1989

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0941 BUSINESS

Edgar Perez

Born 1974

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0942 PRIEST

Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez

Born 1938

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0943 FOOTBALL

César Loyola

Born 1965

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0944 POLITICIAN

Rafael Larco Herrera

1872 - 1956

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0945 WRITER

Enrique Prochazka

Born 1960

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0946 PRESENTER

Rodrigo González (presentador)

Born 1979

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0947 EDUCATOR

Carlos Daniel Valcárcel

1911 - 2007

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0948 FOOTBALL

Ricardo Uribe

Born 1988

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0949 ACTOR

July Naters

Born 1974

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0950 ACTOR

Gloria Alexandra

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0951 COMPOSER

Enrique Iturriaga

1918 - 2019

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0952 POET

Francisco Arízaga Luque

1900 - 1964

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0953 ACTOR

Paul Martin (actor)

Born 1966

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0954 POLITICIAN

Enrique Wong Pujada

Born 1941

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0955 POLITICIAN

Alex Kouri

Born 1964

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0956 COMPOSER

Pedro Espinel Torres

1908 - 1981

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0957 LAWYER

Carlos Vial Espantoso

1900 - 1995

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0958 FOOTBALL

César Doy

Born 1982

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0959 PRIEST

Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas

1923 - 2011

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0960 BADMINTON

Dánica Nishimura

Born 1996

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0961 ATHLETIC

Javier McFarlane

Born 1991

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0962 POLITICIAN

Alberto Ulloa Cisneros

1862 - 1919

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0963 WRITER

Jeremías Gamboa

Born 1975

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0964 COMPOSER

Jorge Chiarella Krüger

Born 1943

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0965 POLITICIAN

Aurelio Denegri

1840 - 1909

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0966 BOXER

David Zegarra

Born 1984

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0967 ACTOR

Daniela Camaiora

Born 1988

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0968 CHESS

Henry Urday Cáceres

Born 1967

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0969 WRITER

César Lévano

1926 - 2019

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0970 LAWYER

Miguel Ángel Torres Morales

Born 1980

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0971 WRITER

Juan Rivera Saavedra

Born 1930

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0972 PHYSICIST

Scipión Emiliano Llona Gastañeta

1864 - 1946

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0973 FOOTBALL

Roberto Farfán

Born 1973

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0974 AUTHOR

Klaus Cornfield

Born 1964

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0975 ART DIRECTOR

Nelson Medina

Born 1978

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0976 FOOTBALL

Johnny Watson (footballer)

1963 - 1987

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0977 ACTOR

Ofelia Lazo

1946 - 2019

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0978 PLAYER

Gabriela Cárdeñas

Born 1958

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0979 MILITAR

Antauro Humala

Born 1963

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0980 POLITICIAN

Pedro Olaechea Álvarez-Calderón

Born 1954

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0981 PLAYER

Karla Ortiz

Born 1991

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0982 FILM

Mary Jimenez

Born 1948

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0983 MUSIC

Daniel F

Born 1961

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0984 PSYCHOLOGIST

Javier Echevarría Escribens

Born 1968

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0985 FOOTBALL

Víctor Anchante

Born 1979

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0986 ECONOMIST

Gonzalo García Núñez

Born 1947

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0987 MODEL

Cindy Mejía

Born 1988

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0988 WRESTLER

Sixto Barrera

Born 1983

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0989 ARCHITECT

Manuel Cuadra

Born 1952

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0990 PRESENTER

Carlos Galdós

Born 1974

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0991 FOOTBALL

Antonio Lizarbe

Born 1988

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0992 POLITICIAN

Ernesto Blume Fortini

Born 1946

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0993 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jorge C. Muelle

1903 - 1974

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0994 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Jorge G. Durand

Born 1949

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0995 PRESENTER

Jazmin Pinedo

Born 1990

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0996 ARCHITECT

José García Bryce

Born 1928

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0997 PAINTER

Juan Lepiani

1864 - 1932

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0998 ARCHBISHOP

Feliciano de la Vega Padilla

1580 - 1640

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0999 LAWYER

José Antonio Barrenechea y Morales

1829 - 1889

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1000 LAWYER

Eda Rivas

Born 1952

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1001 LAWYER

Felipe Osterling

1932 - 2014

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1002 FOOTBALL

José Arana Cruz

Born 1902

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1003 WRITER

Rafo León

Born 1950

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1004 PHARMACIST

Adolfo Vienrich

1867 - 1908

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1005 POET

Enrique A. Carrillo

1877 - 1936

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1006 POLITICIAN

Carlos Boloña Behr

1950 - 2018

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1007 LAWYER

Carlos Ledgard Jiménez

1917 - 1988

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1008 NAVAL

Melitón Carvajal

1847 - 1935

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1009 POET

José Antonio Mazzotti

Born 1961

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1010 FOOTBALL

Óscar del Portal

Born 1982

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1011 FOOTBALL

Mario Alfonso Velarde Pinto

Born 1990

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1012 HISTORIAN

Margarita Guerra

Born 1937

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1013 LAWYER

Alejandro Neyra

Born 1974

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1014 WRITER

José Joaquín de Larriva

1780 - 1832

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1015 HISTORIAN

Teodoro Hampe

1960 - 2016

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1016 PLAYWRIGHT

Giampiero Solari

Born 1957

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1017 LAWYER

Antero Flores Aráoz

Born 1942

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1018 FOOTBALL

Patricio Álvarez

Born 1994

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1019 RELIGIOSO

Francisco de Sales Arrieta

1768 - 1843

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1020 SINGER

Rosa Merino

1790 - 1868

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1021 ACTOR

Katia Palma

Born 1981

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1022 LAWYER

Mariano Prado Ugarteche

1870 - 1946

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1023 FOOTBALL

Exar Rosales

Born 1984

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1024 WRITER

Óscar Ugarteche

Born 1949

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1025 LAWYER

José Bermúdez de la Torre y Solier

1665 - 1746

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1026 POLITICIAN

Jaime Thorne León

1943 - 2018

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1027 FOOTBALL

Freddy Ravello

Born 1955

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1028 ACTOR

Patricia Frayssinet

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1029 FILÁNTROP

Juana Alarco de Dammert

1842 - 1932

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1030 BASKET

Arturo Ferreyros

Died 2007

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1031 BOTANIST

Gloria Chacón Roldán

Born 1940

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1032 LAWYER

Alberto de Belaunde

Born 1986

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1033 FOOTBALL

Israel Tordoya

Born 1980

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1034 FOOTBALL

Salvador Medina

Born 1988

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1035 BUSINESS

Lorenzo Sousa Debarbieri

Born 1960

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1036 MILITAR

César Canevaro

1846 - 1922

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1037 WRITER

Roxana Crisólogo Correa

Born 1966

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1038 LAWYER

Martín Belaúnde Moreyra

Born 1938

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1039 BOTANIST

Sandra Jackeline Arroyo Alfaro

Born 1979

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1040 NAVY

Juan Guillermo More

1836 - 1881

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1041 POLITICIAN

Felipe de Osma y Pardo

1865 - 1924

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1042 ACTOR

Diego Lombardi

Born 1975

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1043 COMEDIAN

Bettina Oneto

Born 1957

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1044 MODEL

Jimena Espinoza

Born 1989

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1045 ACTOR

Pold Gastello

Born 1968

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1046 TEATRO

Roberto Ángeles Tafur

Born 1953

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1047 COMPOSER

Selma Mutal

Born 1968

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1048 LAWYER

Wilfredo Ardito Vega

Born 1965

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1049 HISTORIAN

Cecilia Bákula

Born 1950

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1050 ACTOR

Patricia Alquinta

Born 1967

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1051 POLITICIAN

Miguel Castilla

Born 1968

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1052 FOOTBALL

Teófilo Salinas Fuller

1919 - 1999

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1053 PLAYER

Shiamara Almeida

Born 1996

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1054 POLITICIAN

Lino Alarco Brediñana

1835 - 1903

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1055 COMPOSER

Jean Pierre Magnet

Born 1949

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1056 COMPOSER

Adriana Mezzadri

Born 1987

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1057 BUSINESS

Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor

Born 1959

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1058 DIPLOMAT

Gonzalo Gutiérrez Reinel

Born 1955

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1059 FOOTBALL

Víctor Rivera (football manager)

Born 1968

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1060 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Thorne

Born 1955

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1061 BOTANIST

Juana G. Infantes Vera

1907 - 1974

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1062 ESSAYIST

Denise Pozzi-Escot

Born 1950

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1063 DRIVER

Raúl Orlandini

1952 - 2006

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1064 PRIEST

Mario Cornejo

Born 1927

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1065 PHYSICIAN

Patricia García Funegra

Born 1963

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1066 LAWYER

Guillermo Seoane

1848 - 1924

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1067 PSYCHIATRIST

Pilar Dughi

1956 - 2006

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1068 SOCIOLOGIST

Carlos Basombrío Iglesias

Born 1957

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1069 FOOTBALL

Walter Ormeño

1926 - 2020

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1070 PLAYER

Maguilaura Frias

Born 1997

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1071 PHYSICIAN

Carlos Enrique Paz Soldán

1885 - 1972

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1072 POLITICIAN

Anita Fernandini de Naranjo

1902 - 1982

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1073 FILM

Rose Lowder

Born 1941

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1074 SOCIOLOGIST

Rafael Roncagliolo

Born 1944

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1075 LAWYER

Max Arias-Schreiber Pezet

1923 - 2004

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1076 ARTIST

Margarita Checa

Born 1950

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1077 DIPLOMAT

Ana María Sánchez de Ríos

Born 1959

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1078 FOOTBALL

Marcos Ortiz

Born 1993

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1079 PAINTER

Miguel Ángel Cuadros

1928 - 1995

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1080 POLITICIAN

Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen

1890 - 1974

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1081 MODEL

Charyl Chacón

Born 1985

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1082 POLITICIAN

Eduardo Ferreyros Kuppers

Born 1959

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1083 DIPLOMAT

Félix Denegri Luna

1919 - 1998

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1084 FOOTBALL

Nelson Becerra

Born 1987

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1085 SOLDIER

Juan Buendía

1816 - 1895

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1086 ACTOR

Natalia Salas

Born 1985

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1087 BUSINESS

Eduardo Hochschild

Born 1964

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1088 BASKET

Walter Fleming

1949 - 2020

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1089 PLAYER

Fernando Maynetto

Born 1955

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1090 POLITICIAN

Carlos Tubino Arias-Schreiber

Born 1949

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1091 PRESENTER

Laura Huarcayo

Born 1974

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1092 PRIEST

Octavio Ortiz Arrieta

1878 - 1958

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1093 SCULPTOR

Emilio Rodríguez Larraín

1928 - 2015

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1094 DIPLOMAT

Francisco Javier Mariátegui y Tellería

1793 - 1884

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1095 ACTOR

Saskia Bernaola

Born 1979

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1096 PHYSICIAN

Ernesto Odriozola

1862 - 1921

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1097 SINGER

Regina Alcóver

Born 1948

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1098 ECONOMIST

Elsa Patricia Galarza Contreras

Born 1963

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1099 ACTOR

Alberto Ísola

Born 1952

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1100 FOOTBALL

Jesús Chávez Salazar

Born 1986

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1101 SPORT

Stefano Peschiera

Born 1995

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1102 POET

José Arnaldo Márquez

1832 - 1903

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1103 SOCIOLOGIST

Joaquín Capelo

1852 - 1925

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1104 PRESENTER

Patty Wong

Born 1980

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1105 PRESENTER

Kiko Ledgard

1918 - 1995

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1106 COMEDIAN

Jorge Benavides Gastello

Born 1967

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1107 BUSINESS

Mario Brescia Cafferata

1929 - 2013

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1108 POLITICIAN

Juan Manuel del Mar

1805 - 1862

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1109 LAWYER

Víctor García Toma

Born 1954

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1110 LAWYER

Cosme Mariano González Fernández

Born 1968

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1111 POLITICIAN

Juan Pardo Heeren

1910 - 1967

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1112 WRITER

José Rosas Ribeyro

Born 1949

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1113 LAWYER

Pedro Spadaro

Born 1977

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1114 POLITICIAN

Juan Carlos Zurek Pardo-Figueroa

Born 1965

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1115 ACTOR

William Bell Taylor

Born 1978

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1116 LAWYER

Rosa María Palacios

Born 1963

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1117 WRITER

Lastenia Larriva

1848 - 1924

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1118 MILITAR

Juan Bautista de Lavalle

1782 - 1851

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1119 ENTREPRENEUR

Manuel Delgado Parker

1935 - 2019

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1120 ACTOR

Óscar López Arias (actor)

Born 1977

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1121 TEACHER

Ricardo Luna Mendoza

Born 1940

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1122 JESUÍTA

Juan de Alloza

1597 - 1666

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1123 SOLDIER

Diego de Peñalosa

1621 - 1687

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1124 ACTOR

Liliana Trujillo

Born 1970

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1125 POLITICIAN

Harold Forsyth

Born 1951

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1126 BASKET

Carlos Vásquez (basketball)

1942 - 1984

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1127 FOOTBALL

Alfredo Carmona

Born 1971

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1128 ACTOR

Manuel Acosta Ojeda

1930 - 2015

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1129 PROSECUTOR

José Domingo Pérez

Born 1976

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1130 PHYSICIAN

Pilar Mazzetti

Born 1946

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1131 ACTOR

María Grazia Gamarra

Born 1990

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1132 WRITER

Cota Carvallo

1909 - 1980

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1133 ENGINEER

Bobby Mattos

Born 1972

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1134 ACTOR

Marcel Kommissin

Born 1979

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1135 BUSINESS

Alex Fort Brescia

Born 1957

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1136 ENTREPRENEUR

Ismael Benavides Ferreyros

Born 1945

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1137 ACTOR

Vania Accinelli

Born 1994

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1138 ACTOR

Junior Silva

Born 1987

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1139 FOOTBALL

César González (Peruvian footballer)

Born 1956

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1140 JOURNALIST

Pablo de Madalengoitia

1919 - 1999

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1141 HISTORIAN

Manuel González de la Rosa

1841 - 1912

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1142 POLITICIAN

Lizardo Alzamora Porras

Born 1928

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1143 FOOTBALL

Carlos Antonio Torres

Born 1966

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1144 JOURNALIST

Enrique Planas

Born 1970

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1145 FILM

Marco Castro

Born 1976

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1146 ACTOR

Elisa Tenaud

Born 1993

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1147 FOOTBALL

Eloy Ortiz

Born 1961

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1148 MUSIC

Alonso Del Río

Born 1962

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1149 ACTOR

Úrsula Boza

Born 1984

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1150 JOURNALIST

Pamela Silva Conde

Born 1981

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1151 POLITICIAN

Fernando Villarán

Born 1946

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1152 BASKET

Rodolfo Salas

1928 - 2010

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1153 PRIEST

Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe

Born 1967

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1154 SOCIOLOGIST

Ana María Romero-Lozada

Born 1947

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1155 FOOTBALL

Crifford Seminario

Born 1984

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1156 PHYSICIAN

Oswaldo Hercelles García

1908 - 1969

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1157 ACTOR

Blas Roca-Rey

Born 1961

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1158 POLITICIAN

Martín Pérez (politician)

Born 1965

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1159 PLAYER

Anastasia Iamachkine

Born 2000

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1160 POLITICIAN

Paloma Noceda

Born 1980

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1161 MUSIC

Lucho Quequezana

Born 1974

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1162 POLITICIAN

Miguel Cruchaga Belaúnde

Born 1940

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1163 PSYCHOLOGIST

Ramón León Donayre

Born 1950

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1164 JOURNALIST

Enrique Zileri

1931 - 2014

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1165 SOCIOLOGIST

Luis Negreiros

Born 1940

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1166 FOOTBALL

Javier Chumpitaz

Born 1984

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1167 WRITER

Manuel Beingolea Balarezo

1881 - 1953

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1168 WRITER

Elaine King

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1169 ACTOR

Mónica Torres

Born 1970

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1170 JOURNALIST

Jessica Tapia

Born 1972

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1171 ARTIST

Luz Letts

Born 1961

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1172 ACTOR

Sergio Gjurinovic

Born 1986

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1173 BASKET

Willy Dasso

1917 - 1990

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1174 LAWYER

Francis Allison Oyague

Born 1970

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1175 KILLER

Pedro Pablo Nakada Ludeña

Born 1973

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1176 WIFE OF

María Eugenia Cordovez

1934 - 2012

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1177 ACTOR

Giselle Collao

Born 1980

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1178 POLITICIAN

Alfonso Bustamante

Born 1941

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1179 POLITICIAN

Isaac Mekler

Born 1959

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1180 ECONOMIST

Maximo Torero

Born 1967

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1181 ACTIVISTA

Claudia Coca

Born 1970

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1182 POLITICIAN

Raúl Castro Stagnaro

Born 1952

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1183 ACTOR

Elena Romero Salazar

Born 1961

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1184 WRITER

Manuel Beltroy Vera

1893 - 1965

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1185 FOOTBALL

José Balbuena

1917 - 2009

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1186 MARIDO

Constanza Nordenflycht

1808 - 1837

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1187 LAWYER

Enrique de la Riva-Agüero y Looz Corswaren

1857 - 1930

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1188 BOTANIST

Sisy Limo Cruz

Born 1983

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1189 SINGER

Ani Rodríguez

Born 1989

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1190 POLITICIAN

Susana Pinilla

Born 1954

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1191 LAWYER

Pedro Chávarry

Born 1951

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1192 ACTOR

José Vilar

1933 - 1985

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1193 PHYSICIAN

Carlos Vidal Layseca

1931 - 2017

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1194 PRESENTER

Rodrigo Sánchez Patiño

Born 1982

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1195 PLAYER

Rosa Valiente

Born 1996

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1196 FOOTBALL

Fernando Alva

Born 1947

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1197 PRESENTER

Sonia Oquendo

Born 1947

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1198 POET

Jorge Pimentel

Born 1944

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1199 POLITICIAN

Jaime Quijandría Salmón

1943 - 2013

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1200 MODEL

Tracy Freundt

Born 1985

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