Notable Alumni of National Major San Marcos University [Sorted List]

1. Flor Pablo

1974-. (aged 52)

educator politician

Flor Aideé Pablo Medina is a Peruvian teacher, educator, and politician. She is currently a member of Congress since 2021. A former member of the Purple Party, she ran as Julio Guzmán's running-mate in the 2021 general election.

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2. Pedro Zulen

1889-1925 (aged 36)

librarian philosopher writer

Pedro Salvino Zulen Aymar was a Peruvian philosopher and librarian of Chinese descent, who dedicated the most part of his short life to the fight for decentralised politics and the defense of indigenous rights.

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3. Armando Robles Godoy

1923-2010 (aged 87)

writer film director journalist screenwriter

Armando Robles Godoy was a Peruvian film director. He was son of the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles and Carmela Godoy. His 1967 film En la selva no hay estrellas won the Golden Prize at the 5th Moscow International Film Festival in 1967. In 1971 he was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival. Director...

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4. Melchor de Talamantes

1765-1809 (aged 44)

priest

Melchor de Talamantes, was a Mercedarian friar and priest, a political liberal, and a leader in Mexico's movement for independence from Spain.

5. Laura Esther Rodriguez Dulanto

1872-1919 (aged 47)

physician professor

Laura Esther Rodríguez Dulanto was the first female physician in Peru.

6. Cayetano Heredia

1797-1861 (aged 64)

university teacher physician

Cayetano Heredia was a Peruvian physician, born in Catacaos, Piura, northwestern Peru. He studied medicine at the Royal College of Medicine and Surgery of the National University of San Marcos. Together with Hipólito Unanue, he was one of the two greatest Peruvian physicians of the 19th century. He happened to live through the tense period of the struggle for independence...

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7. Pedro Peralta y Barnuevo

1663-1743 (aged 80)

mathematician writer astronomer

Pedro Peralta y Barnuevo was an Enlightenment-era Peruvian mathematician, cosmographer, historian, scholar, poet, and astronomer, and was considered a polymath. He was rector of University of San Marcos in Lima.

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8. Alejandro Romualdo

1926-2008 (aged 82)

university teacher writer caricaturist journalist poet

Alejandro Romualdo Valle Palomino was a Peruvian poet of the 20th century. His best known work is the Song of Tupac Amaru, exalting the revolutionary spirit of the 18th-century leader. The poem, which glorified the Peruvian independence movement, won the Peruvian National Prize for Poetry in 1997.

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9. Magda Portal

1900-1989 (aged 89)

novelist poet writer

María Magdalena Julia del Portal Moreno was a Peruvian poet, feminist, author, and political activist and leader. She was recognized in the vanguardia poetry literary movement in Peru and Latin America, and she was one of the founders of the APRA (American Popular Revolutionary Alliance) political party.

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10. Javier Alva Orlandini

1927-2020 (aged 93)

lawyer politician

Javier Alva Orlandini was a peruvian lawyer and politician. A prominent member of the political party Popular Action, he served as the President of the party. He served as the Second Vice President of Peru during the government of Fernando Belaúnde from 1980 to 1985. Throughout his life he became a Deputy (1963–1968), Minister of Government and Police (1965–1966), Senator...

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11. Elizabeth Hinostroza

1968-. (aged 58)

physician police officer politician

María Elizabeth Jacqueline Hinostroza Pereyra is a Peruvian neurosurgeon, and medical general (retired) of the National Police of Peru (PNP). She served as the country's Minister of Health from 18 November 2019 to 20 March 2020, in the government of Martín Vizcarra.

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12. Augusto Vargas Alzamora

1922-2000 (aged 78)

theologian Catholic bishop Catholic priest

Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church.

13. José Gálvez Barrenechea

1885-1957 (aged 72)

poet lawyer writer politician journalist

José Gálvez Barrenechea was a Peruvian poet, writer, journalist, university professor, and politician. He was Minister of Justice, Worship and Instruction (1931); Minister of Foreign Relations (1931); First Vice President of the Republic (1945–1948); President of the Senate (1956–1957), and also Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Peru (1955–1956), among other academic and political positions, which he carried...

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14. Pablo Macera

1929-2020 (aged 91)

historian politician university teacher

Pablo Macera was a Peruvian historian.

15. Óscar Maúrtua

1947-. (aged 79)

civil servant lawyer diplomat politician

Óscar José Ricardo Maúrtua de Romaña is a Peruvian diplomat and jurist who served as Minister of Foreign Relations of Peru from August 2021 to February 2022, under the presidency of Pedro Castillo. He previously occupied the office under President Alejandro Toledo during the last of year of his presidency.

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16. Antonio Cisneros

1942-2012 (aged 70)

translator poet screenwriter writer

Antonio Alfonso Cisneros Campoy was a Peruvian poet, journalist and academic. He was born in Lima on 27 December 1942 and died there of lung cancer on 6 October 2012, aged 69.

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17. César Hinostroza

1956-. (aged 70)

prosecutor judge

César Hinostroza is a Peruvian judge, lawyer, and fugitive who was a judge in the Peruvian Supreme Court from 2 January 2017 until his escape on July 11, 2018, in the midst of the political crisis in Peru. He is known for being involved in the CNM Audios scandal, a corruption scandal which led to his escape. When he escaped...

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18. Jorge Eduardo Eielson

1924-2006 (aged 82)

artist

Jorge Eduardo Eielson was a Peruvian artist and writer. As an artist, he is known for his quipus, a reinterpretation of an ancient Andean device; they are considered precursors of conceptual art.

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19. Santiago Fujimori

1946-. (aged 80)

lawyer politician

Santiago Fujimori Inomoto is a Peruvian lawyer, politician and a former congressman, representing Lima for the 2006–2011 term. Of Japanese descent, Fujimori is the younger brother of former President Alberto Fujimori who was the President of Peru from 1990 until 2000 and the uncle of Keiko Fujimori and Kenji Fujimori. During his brother's presidency, he served as an advisor.

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20. Violeta Bermúdez

1961-. (aged 65)

lawyer politician

Violeta Bermúdez Valdivia is a Peruvian lawyer, writer and diplomat. On 18 November 2020, Bermúdez became the Prime Minister of Peru. Previously, she held positions in the United States Agency for International Development and worked during the cabinets of President Alejandro Toledo and Prime Minister Beatriz Merino.

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21. Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra

1744-1794 (aged 50)

military commander seafarer explorer military personnel

Frigate Captain Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra was a Spanish Navy officer. Assigned to the Pacific coast Spanish Naval Department base at San Blas, in Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico), he explored the Northwest Coast of North America as far north as present day Alaska. Bodega Bay in California is named for him. Bodega joined the Spanish...

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22. Clemente Palma

1872-1946 (aged 74)

novelist university teacher journalist literary critic essayist

Clemente Palma was a Peruvian writer. He was the son of famous Peruvian author and scholar Ricardo Palma and Ecuadorian Clemencia Ramínez. His halfsister Angélica Palma was also a writer.

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23. Vicky Peláez

1956-. (aged 70)

spy unregistered foreign agent journalist

Virginia "Vicky" Peláez Ocampo is a Peruvian journalist and columnist, currently for The Moscow News newspaper. She is known for pleading guilty on 8 July 2010 for working in the United States as an unregistered foreign agent for Russia. She is also known for her leftist writings in El Diario La Prensa, a New York City Spanish language newspaper. Prior...

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24. Luis Guillermo Lumbreras

1936-2023 (aged 87)

anthropologist archaeologist

Luis Guillermo Lumbreras Salcedo was a Peruvian archaeologist, anthropologist and academic.

25. José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma

1885-1944 (aged 59)

university teacher historian travel writer writer essayist

José de la Riva-Agüero y Osma, 6th Marquess of Montealegre de Aulestia and 5th of Casa-Dávila was a Peruvian lawyer, historian, writer, essayist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru, Minister of Justice and Mayor of Lima. He was a leading member of the so-called Generation of 900 (also known as the Arielist generation), a conservative ideological movement...

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26. Pilar Mazzetti

1956-. (aged 70)

physician minister director

Pilar Elena Mazzetti Soler is a Peruvian physician and health administrator who served as Minister of Health from July 2020 to February 2021, excluding her for nine days from office during the brief presidency of Manuel Merino. She previously held the position from February 2004 to July 2006, and was briefly Minister of the Interior from July 2006 to February...

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27. Beatriz Merino

1947-. (aged 79)

university teacher lawyer politician

Martha Beatriz Merino Lucero is a Peruvian lawyer, academic and politician who served as the first female Prime Minister of Peru, in 2003. She previously served as Senator and Congresswoman from 1990 until 2000. Following her tenure in Alejandro Toledo's cabinet, Merino was appointed by the Peruvian Congress as the national ombudswoman for Peru, serving from 2005 to 2011, a...

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28. Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde

1949-. (aged 77)

lawyer politician

Víctor Andrés García Belaúnde, is a Peruvian lawyer and politician belonging to the Popular Action and a former Congressman representing Lima between 2006 and 2019. He was president of the Popular Action from 2004 to 2009.

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29. Federico Kauffmann Doig

1928-. (aged 98)

archaeologist anthropologist historian

Federico Kauffmann Doig is a Peruvian historian, archaeologist, and anthropologist. He has made great contributions to the study of the civilizations of Ancient Peru, particularly on the Chavín culture and the Chachapoya culture.

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30. Manuel Candamo

1841-1904 (aged 63)

businessperson politician

Manuel González de Candamo e Iriarte served as the 33rd President of Peru from 1903 until his death in 1904. He also served as Interim President of Peru, officially as the President of the Government Junta, from September 8, 1903, until his death the following year.

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31. Jorge del Castillo

1950-. (aged 76)

lawyer politician

Jorge Alfonso Alejandro del Castillo Gálvez is a Peruvian lawyer and politician. In his career, he has served in the now abolished Peruvian Chamber of Deputies between 1990 and 1992, in the unicameral Congress of the Republic for six non-consecutive terms, between 1995 and 2011 and again from 2016 to 2019, five of which are consecutive terms, and as Mayor...

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32. Isaac Humala

1931-. (aged 95)

lawyer politician

Isaac Humala Núñez is a Peruvian labour lawyer and the ideological leader of the Movimiento Etnocacerista, a group of ethnic nationalists in Peru.

33. Susel Paredes

1963-. (aged 63)

LGBTQ rights activist lawyer politician

Susel Ana María Paredes Piqué is a Peruvian lawyer, LGBT rights activist, and politician. She was elected to the Congress of the Republic of Peru for the 2021-2026 term.

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34. Antonio Flores Jijón

1833-1915 (aged 82)

military personnel writer lawyer diplomat politician

Juan Antonio María Flores y Jijón de Vivanco as 13th President of Ecuador 17 August 1888 to 30 June 1892. He was a member of the Progressive Party, a Liberal Catholic party.

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35. Carlos Oquendo de Amat

1905-1936 (aged 31)

poet

Carlos Oquendo de Amat was a Peruvian poet born in Moho, generally recognized by his only book of poetry 5 Meters of Poems, first published on 1927, which is an accordion book or pop-up book which extends to approximately 5 meters in length when fully opened. In the words of Urayoán Noel "5 Meters of Poems is a joy to...

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36. Juan Antonio Pezet

1809-1879 (aged 70)

military personnel politician

Juan Antonio Pezet y Rodríguez de la Piedra was a Peruvian military officer and politician who served in the positions of Secretary of War, First Vice President and the 16th President of Peru.

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37. Héctor Béjar

1935-. (aged 91)

senior lecturer partisan writer sociologist plastic artist

Héctor Béjar Rivera is a Peruvian author, university professor. He served as the minister of foreign affairs of Peru from 29 July 2021 until 17 August 2021.

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38. Javier Diez Canseco

1948-2013 (aged 65)

LGBTQ rights activist sociologist politician

Javier Diez Canseco Cisneros was a Peruvian politician and member of the Peruvian Congress representing the Socialist Party of Peru (PS), of which he was a founding member and also served as its Party President.

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39. Aníbal Torres

1942-. (aged 84)

university teacher lawyer politician

Aníbal Torres Vásquez is a Peruvian lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as prime minister of Peru from February 2022 to November 2022. He was also Minister of Justice and Human Rights from July 2021 to February 2022 under the government of Pedro Castillo.

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40. Raúl Porras Barrenechea

1897-1960 (aged 63)

lawyer school teacher university teacher historian essayist

Raúl Porras Barrenechea was a Peruvian diplomat, historian and politician. He was president of the Senate in 1957. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1958 and 1960. A well-known figure of the student movement in San Marcos in the early 20th century, Porras became one of the most prominent Hispanist historians of his generation and a leading figure...

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41. Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo

1887-1967 (aged 80)

mathematician engineer physicist

Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo was born on 10 January 1887 in the country estate of Vista Bella, province of Aija, Peru, department of Áncash. He was an engineer, physicist and mathematician.

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42. Martín Adán

1908-1985 (aged 77)

poet writer

Martín Adán, pseudonym of Rafael de la Fuente Benavides, was a Peruvian poet whose body of work is notable for its hermeticism and metaphysical depth.

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43. Juan de Velasco

1727-1792 (aged 65)

historian

Juan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche was an 18th-century Jesuit priest, historian, and professor of philosophy and theology from the Royal Audience of Quito. He was born in Riobamba to Juan de Velasco y López de Moncayo and to María Pérez Petroche. Among the universities where he taught was the Universidad de San Marcos in Lima in the Viceroyalty of...

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44. Ernest Malinowski

1818-1899 (aged 81)

engineer

Adam Stanisław Hipolit Ernest Nepomucen Malinowski was a Polish civil engineer best known for constructing the world's highest railway at the time, the Ferrovias Central, in the Peruvian Andes between 1871–1876. He participated in the Battle of Callao in 1866 and was also a corresponding member of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil Society in Switzerland.

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45. Luis Bedoya Reyes

1919-2021 (aged 102)

lawyer politician

Luis Fernán Bedoya Reyes was a Peruvian Christian Democrat (PDC) and Christian People's Party (PPC) politician who served as the Mayor of Lima from 1964 to 1969. He was also a Minister of Justice, member of the Peruvian Congress, and ran unsuccessfully for the Peruvian presidency two times. He was the founder of the Christian People's Party (PPC). He was...

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46. José de la Torre Ugarte y Alarcón

1786-1831 (aged 45)

lawyer writer

José de la Torre Ugarte y Alarcón was a Peruvian lyricist. He is most notable for writing the lyrics of the National Anthem of Peru.

47. Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio

1950-. (aged 76)

university teacher Catholic priest Catholic theologian Catholic bishop Catholic deacon

Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church whom Pope Francis named Archbishop of Lima on 25 January 2019 and made a cardinal on 7 December 2024. From completing his training in theology in 1987 until his episcopal appointment, he devoted himself to both pastoral care and theological education in Peru.

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48. Antero Flores Aráoz

1942-. (aged 84)

lawyer politician

Ántero Flores-Aráoz Esparza is a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister of Peru in November 2020. Once a prominent member and leader of the Christian People's Party, he left and founded the Order Party in order to run for the presidency at the 2016 general election, in which he placed tenth and last with 0.4% of...

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49. Pablo de Olavide

1725-1803 (aged 78)

poet lawyer politician writer jurist translator

Pablo de Olavide y Jáuregui was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer.

50. Daniel Alomía Robles

1871-1942 (aged 71)

musicologist ethnomusicologist composer

Daniel Alomía Robles was a Peruvian composer and ethnomusicologist. He is best known for composing the song "El Cóndor Pasa" in 1913 as part of a zarzuela — a musical play that alternates between spoken and sung parts — of the same name. This song was based on Andean folk songs and is possibly the best known Peruvian song, partly...

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51. Numa Pompilio Llona

1832-1907 (aged 75)

diplomat poet writer

Numa Pompilio Llona Echeverri was an Ecuadorian poet, journalist, educator, diplomat, and philosopher.

52. Martha Hildebrandt

1925-2022 (aged 97)

writer linguist university teacher politician

Martha Luz Hildebrandt Pérez-Treviño was a Peruvian linguist and Fujimorist politician. She was first elected to Congress in 1995 and, in 1999, she became the second woman to serve as President of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (following Martha Chávez's term in 1995–1996).

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53. Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza

1750-1825 (aged 75)

university teacher educator Player efficiency rating

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza was a Peruvian academic. He was a precursor of national independence. He was a priest, a professor, and a tribune.

54. María Rostworowski

1915-2016 (aged 101)

historian scientist ethnologist

María Rostworowski Tovar de Diez Canseco was a Peruvian historian known for her extensive and detailed publications on Peruvian Ancient Cultures and the Inca Empire.

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55. Anibal Quijano

1930-2018 (aged 88)

sociologist

Aníbal Quijano was a Peruvian sociologist and humanist thinker, known for having developed the concepts of "coloniality of power" and "coloniality of knowledge". His body of work has been influential in the fields of decolonial studies and critical theory.

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56. Antonio Raimondi

1826-1890 (aged 64)

botanist explorer scientific collector geographer botanical collector

Antonio Raimondi was an Italian-born Peruvian geographer and scientist.

57. Manuel Scorza

1928-1983 (aged 55)

indigenist poet novelist political activist

Manuel Scorza was an important Peruvian novelist, poet, and political activist, exiled under the regime of Manuel Odría. He was born in Lima.

58. Ruth Shady

1946-. (aged 80)

archaeologist anthropologist university teacher

Ruth Martha Shady Solís is a Peruvian anthropologist and archaeologist. She is the founder and director of the archaeological project at Caral.

59. José Gálvez Egúsquiza

1819-1866 (aged 47)

military personnel lawyer politician

José Gabriel Gálvez Egúsquiza was a Peruvian lawyer, professor and liberal politician. During the presidential government of Mariano Ignacio Prado he was Secretary—i.e. Minister—of War and Navy (1865). He was killed in action during the Battle of Callao, where he died fighting the Spanish squadron, thus becoming a symbol of the independence of America.

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60. Felipe Santiago Salaverry

1806-1836 (aged 30)

military personnel politician

Felipe Santiago Salaverry del Solar was a Peruvian soldier and politician who served as the Supreme Chief of Peru. He supported anti-liberalism.

61. Jorge Basadre

1903-1980 (aged 77)

historian librarian politician

Jorge Alfredo Basadre Grohmann was a Peruvian historian known for his extensive publications about the independent history of his country. He served during two different administrations as Minister of Education and was also director of the Peruvian National Library.

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62. José Faustino Sánchez Carrión

1787-1825 (aged 38)

politician

José Faustino Sánchez Carrión was a pro-independence politician from Peru. Also known as the "Solitario de Sayán" (English: "Solitary man from Sayán"), he had a decisive role in the establishment of the republican system of government in post-independence Peru. He was one of the writers of the first political constitution of Peru, of liberal tendencies. He later participated in the...

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63. José Pardo y Barreda

1864-1947 (aged 83)

diplomat lawyer politician

José Simón Pardo y Barreda was a Peruvian politician who served as the 35th (1904–1908) and 39th (1915–1919) President of Peru.

64. Enrique López Albújar

1872-1966 (aged 94)

journalist novelist judge poet newspaper editor

Enrique López Albújar was a Peruvian writer who focused mainly on poetry.

65. Marco Aurelio Denegri

1938-2018 (aged 80)

sexologist linguist literary critic

Marco Aurelio Denegri Santa Gadea was a Peruvian intellectual, literary critic, television host and sexologist.

66. Julio C. Tello

1880-1947 (aged 67)

anthropologist archaeologist physician politician

Julio César Tello Rojas was a Peruvian archaeologist. Tello is considered the "father of Peruvian archeology" and was the first indigenous archaeologist in South America.

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67. Alfredo Bryce Echenique

1939-. (aged 87)

writer novelist lawyer poet lawyer

Alfredo Bryce Echenique is a Peruvian writer born in Lima. He has written numerous books and short stories.

68. Gladys Tejeda

1985-. (aged 41)

teacher marathon runner

Gladys Lucy Tejeda Pucuhuaranga is a Peruvian long-distance runner who has represented Peru in various international competitions, including the Olympics and the Pan American Games.

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69. Manuel Odría

1897-1974 (aged 77)

politician military officer

Manuel Arturo Odría Amoretti was a military officer who served as the 45th President of Peru. He ousted President José Luis Bustamante y Rivero in the 1948 Peruvian coup d'état and seized power. He prevented other candidates from contesting the 1950 Peruvian general election, which he won with 100% of the vote as the sole candidate.

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70. Manuel Pardo

1834-1878 (aged 44)

politician economist

Manuel Justo Pardo y Lavalle was a Peruvian politician who served as the 20th President of Peru. He was the first civilian President in Peru's history.

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71. Hipólito Unanue

1755-1833 (aged 78)

mathematician physician botanist politician

José Hipólito Unanue y Pavón was a physician, naturalist, meteorologist, cosmographer, the first Minister of Finance of Peru, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Protomédico (equivalent to Minister of health combining with head of "Escuela de Medicina del Peru"), university professor, founder of the San Fernando Medical School (now the Medicine faculty of San Marcos University), representative of Arequipa in the Cortes...

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72. Ricardo Palma

1833-1919 (aged 86)

writer lexicographer librarian politician journalist

Manuel Ricardo Palma Soriano was a Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. His magnum opus is the Tradiciones peruanas.

73. Hilda Gadea

1925-1974 (aged 49)

economist political activist writer

Hilda Gadea Acosta was a Peruvian economist, and author. She was the first wife of the revolutionary Che Guevara.

74. Abraham Valdelomar

1888-1919 (aged 31)

comics artist writer journalist

Pedro Abraham Valdelomar Pinto was a Peruvian narrator, poet, journalist, essayist, and dramatist. He is considered the founder of the avant-garde in Peru, although he is more often classified as a posmodernista. He founded the literary journal Colónida and led the movement of the same name, which marked a shift from academicism to a more introspective and provincial literature. Along...

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75. Vladimiro Montesinos

1945-. (aged 81)

military personnel arms trafficker politician

Vladimiro Lenin Ilich Montesinos Torres is a Peruvian former intelligence officer and lawyer, most notorious for his role as the head of Peru's National Intelligence Service (SIN) during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori. Montesinos was widely regarded as the power behind the throne, often regarded as the true authority in the government, supported by the Peruvian Armed Forces.

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76. José Joaquín de Olmedo

1780-1847 (aged 67)

politician land owner lawyer writer poet

José Joaquín de Olmedo y Maruri was President of Ecuador from 6 March 1845 to 8 December 1845. A patriot and poet, he was the son of the Spanish Captain Don Miguel de Olmedo y Troyano and the Guayaquilean Ana Francisca de Maruri y Salavarría.

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77. Mariano Melgar

1790-1815 (aged 25)

translator painter poet writer

Mariano Lorenzo Melgar Valdivieso was a Peruvian revolutionary, poet, artist, translator and patriot soldier during the Peruvian War of Independence from Spain. As a poet, Melgar became one of the most prominent romantic poets of Peru in the 19th century history, best known for his poetic love songs known as yaravíes. He is often considered to be the equivalent of...

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78. Manuel González Prada

1844-1918 (aged 74)

philosopher journalist poet literary critic politician

Jose Manuel de los Reyes González de Prada y Ulloa was a Peruvian politician and anarchist, literary critic and director of the National Library of Peru. The first writer to criticize the oligarchy within Peru, he is well remembered as a social critic who helped develop Peruvian intellectual thought in the early twentieth century, as well as the academic style...

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79. Daniel Alcides Carrión

1857-1885 (aged 28)

medical student scientist

Daniel Alcides Carrión García was a Peruvian medical student after whom Carrion's disease is named.

80. José Santos Chocano

1875-1934 (aged 59)

singer poet writer playwright journalist

José Santos Chocano Gastañodi, more commonly known by his pseudonym "El Cantor de América" ( Spanish pronunciation: [tʃoˈkano]), was a Peruvian poet, writer and diplomat, whose work was widely praised across Europe and Latin America. Considered by many to be one of the most important Spanish-American poets, his poetry of grandiloquent tone was very sonorous and full of color.

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81. Gustavo Gutiérrez

1928-2024 (aged 96)

university teacher Catholic priest theologian philosopher Catholic theologian

Gustavo Gutiérrez-Merino Díaz OP was a Peruvian Catholic philosopher, theologian, and Dominican priest who was one of the founders of Latin American liberation theology. His 1971 book A Theology of Liberation is considered pivotal to the formation of liberation theology at large. He held the John Cardinal O'Hara Professorship of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and was a...

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82. Steve Fossett

1944-2007 (aged 63)

balloonist aircraft pilot racing automobile driver financier mountaineer

James Stephen Fossett was an American businessman and a record-setting aviator, sailor, and adventurer. He was the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon and in a fixed-wing aircraft. He made his fortune in the financial services industry and held world records for five nonstop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as...

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83. Mario Vargas Llosa

1936-2025 (aged 89)

opinion journalist literary critic essayist prose writer philosopher

Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a more substantial international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of...

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84. Túpac Amaru II

1738-1781 (aged 43)

rebel indigenous leader of the Americas revolutionary politician

Túpac Amaru II, c. 1742 – May 18, 1781) was an Indigenous cacique who led a large Andean rebellion against the Spanish in Peru as self-proclaimed Sapa Inca of the new Inca Empire. He was later elevated to a mythical status in the Peruvian struggle for independence and indigenous rights movement, as well as an inspiration to myriad causes in Spanish...

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85. José María Arguedas

1911-1969 (aged 58)

university teacher film director journalist indigenist translator

José María Arguedas Altamirano was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist. Arguedas was an author of mestizo descent who was fluent in the Quechua language. That fluency was gained by Arguedas’s living in two Quechua households from the age of 7 to 11. First, he lived in the Indigenous servant quarters of his stepmother's home, then, escaping her "perverse and...

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86. Alan García

1949-2019 (aged 70)

politician lawyer writer jurist sociologist

Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez was a Peruvian politician who served as President of Peru for two non-consecutive terms, from 1985 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2011. He was the second leader of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA), and its only member to serve as president. Mentored by the APRA's founder, Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre, he...

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87. Bernardo O'Higgins

1778-1842 (aged 64)

writer military personnel military officer politician

Bernardo O'Higgins Riquelme was a Chilean independence leader who freed Chile from Spanish rule in the Chilean War of Independence. He was a wealthy landowner of Basque-Spanish and Irish ancestry. Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile (1817–1823), he is considered one of Chile's founding fathers, as he was the first holder of this title to head a...

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88. Rocío Silva-Santisteban

1963-. (aged 63)

writer docent poet politician

Rocío Yolanda Angélica Silva-Santisteban Manrique is a Peruvian poet, academic, activist, and journalist. Since March 2020, she serves as a Member of Congress for the Lima constituency representing the Broad Front. Previously, she served as Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Coordinator.

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89. Manuel Prado Ugarteche

1889-1967 (aged 78)

banker university teacher politician mathematician civil engineer

Manuel Carlos Prado y Ugarteche was a Peruvian politician and banker who served twice as president of Peru. Son of former President Mariano Ignacio Prado, he was born in Lima and served as the nation's 43rd (1939–1945) and 46th (1956–1962) president. His brother, Leoncio Prado Gutiérrez, was a military hero who died in 1883, six years before Manuel Prado was...

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90. Pedro Angulo

1960-. (aged 66)

civil servant lawyer politician

Pedro Miguel Angulo Arana is a Peruvian lawyer who served as prime minister of Peru under the presidency of Dina Boluarte, from 10 December 2022 to 21 December 2022.

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91. Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre

1895-1979 (aged 84)

politician lawyer jurist political theorist political activist

Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre was a Peruvian politician, philosopher, and author who founded the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (APRA) political movement, the oldest currently existing political party in Peru by the name of the Peruvian Aprista Party (PAP).

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92. Héctor Becerril

1957-. (aged 69)

politician

Héctor Virgilio Becerril Rodríguez is a Peruvian Fujimorist politician and pharmaceutical chemist. He was a congressman in the period 2011-2016 representing the department of Amazonas and in the period 2016-2019 representing the department of Lambayeque.

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93. César Vallejo

1892-1938 (aged 46)

playwright journalist writer translator poet

César Abraham Vallejo Mendoza was a Peruvian poet, writer, playwright, and journalist. Although he published only two books of poetry during his lifetime, he is considered one of the great poetic innovators of the 20th century in any language. Thomas Merton called him "the greatest universal poet since Dante". The late British poet, critic and biographer Martin Seymour-Smith, a leading...

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94. Valentín Paniagua

1936-2006 (aged 70)

jurist lawyer politician

Valentín Toribio Demetrio Agustin Paniagua Corazao was a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as 55th President of Peru from 2000 to 2001. Elected President of Congress on 16 November 2000, he ascended to the presidency as incumbent Alberto Fujimori and both his Vice Presidents resigned by 22 November 2000.

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95. Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro

1780-1855 (aged 75)

politician Catholic priest lawyer Catholic bishop Catholic deacon

Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro was a Peruvian priest, politician and lawyer. He served as Archbishop of Lima from 1846 to 1855, deputy for Cusco and Arequipa, and President of the Constituent Congresses of 1822, 1828 and 1834.

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96. Víctor Andrés Belaúnde

1883-1966 (aged 83)

politician writer historian diplomat jurist

Víctor Andrés Belaúnde Diez–Canseco was a Peruvian diplomat, politician, philosopher and scholar. He chaired the 14th Session and the 4th Emergency Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly between 1959 and 1960 and was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru in 1958. A distinguished scholar, Belaúnde was an important Catholic thinker and a professor at the San Marcos University...

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97. Francisco García Calderón

1834-1905 (aged 71)

jurist lawyer university teacher banker politician

Francisco García Calderón Landa was a lawyer and Provisional President of the Republic of Peru for a short seven-month period in 1881, during the War of the Pacific. García Calderón was a key figure in the final peace accords between Peru and Chile. Later in post-presidential career, in 1892, he was commissioned to arbitrate land disputes between Peru and Ecuador,...

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98. Javier Heraud

1942-1963 (aged 21)

poet teacher writer

Javier Heraud Pérez was a Peruvian poet and member of the Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN). In his early life he studied at Markham College and later he continued his studies at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

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99. Héctor Valer

1959-. (aged 67)

lawyer politician

Héctor Valer Pinto is a Peruvian politician who served as Prime Minister of Peru from 1 February 2022 to 8 February 2022.

100. María Luisa Aguilar

1938-2015 (aged 77)

astronomer

María Luisa Aguilar Hurtado, was a Peruvian astronomer, the first professional one of Peru. She studied at the Institute of Mathematics and Physics of the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru. She graduated as an astronomer from the National University of La Plata, Argentina. In 1981, motivated to develop astronomy at a professional level, she founded and served...

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