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page 1Peruvian people of Italian descent
Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City since May 2025. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second from the Americas.
Ollanta Humala
President of Peru from 2011 to 2016
Claudio Pizarro
Peruvian footballer
Francisco Morales Bermúdez
President of Peru (1921–2022)
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne
Catholic cardinal
Manuel Odría
President of Peru (1948–1956)
Claudia Llosa
Peruvian film director, screenwriter and film producer (born 1976)
Gianluca Lapadula
Italian-Peruvian footballer
Francisco Sagasti
President of Peru from 2020 to 2021
Pedro Gallese
Peruvian association football player
Luis Horna
Peruvian tennis player
Mario Testino
Peruvian photographer
María Julia Mantilla
Peruvian beauty queen
José de la Riva Agüero
President of Peru
Chabuca Granda
Peruvian recording artist; composer and singer (1920–1983)
Alberto Otárola
Peruvian politician
Santiago Roncagliolo
Peruvian writer
Alessia Rovegno
Peruvian model and singer (1998-)
Gabriela Pérez del Solar
Peruvian volleyball player and politician
Francisco Lombardi
Peruvian film director, film producer, screenwriter
Jaime Yzaga
Peruvian tennis player
Carlos Ferrero
Peruvian lawyer and politician (1941–2025)
Stephanie Cayo
Peruvian actress and singer
Leao Butrón
Peruvian footballer
Giancarlo Carmona
Peruvian footballer
Flavio Maestri
Peruvian footballer
Rafael López-Aliaga
Peruvian businessman, engineer and politician
Luis Castañeda Lossio
Peruvian lawyer and politician
Saby Kamalich
Peruvian-Mexican actress
Néstor Cerpa Cartolini
Peruvian guerrilla leader (1953-1997)
Gustavo Dulanto
Peruvian footballer
Miguel Rebosio
Peruvian footballer
Francisco Bolognesi
Peruvian military hero (1816-1880)
Piero Alva
association football player
Piermaria Oddone
American physicist
Diego Bertie
Peruvian actor (1967–2022)
Marco Aurelio Denegri
Peruvian journalist, writer, literary critic and linguist (1938-2018)
Juan Diego González-Vigil
Peruvian footballer
Ronald Pablo Baroni
Peruvian footballer
Fernando Iwasaki
Peruvian writer and historian
Pilar Mazzetti
Peruvian politician
Sandro Mariátegui
Peruvian politician
Gian Marco
Peruvian musician
Bernardo Bitti
Italian painter and sculptor (1548-1610)
Maricarmen Alva
Peruvian politician
Enrique Casaretto
Peruvian association football player (1945-2020)
Luis Giampietri
Peruvian politician (1940–2023)
Francisco Bazán
Peruvian footballer
Ricardo Belmont Cassinelli
Peruvian politician
Jean Ferrari
Peruvian footballer
Rafael Roncagliolo
Peruvian politician
Virna Flores
Peruvian actress
Rafael Larco Hoyle
Peruvian archaeologist (1901–1966)
Antauro Humala
Peruvian Army officer
Ismael La Rosa
Peruvian actor
Luisa María Cuculiza
Peruvian politician
Marco Zunino
Peruvian actor
Johanna San Miguel
Peruvian actress and TV host
Luis Solari
Peruvian politician
Mauricio Montes
footballer