Lima

Famous Citizens

Saint Martin de Porres (1579–1639), Peruvian Dominican friar, canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII.

Saint Rose of Lima (1586–1617), Roman Catholic nun, canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671, the first native-born saint of the Americas.

Javier Pérez de Cuellar (b. 1920), Peruvian diplomat and fifth secretary general of the United Nations (1982–1991), negotiated an end to the Iran-Iraq war (1980–88) and ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru in 1995.

Alberto Fujimori (b. 1938), of Japanese descent, became President of Peru in 1990.

Francisco Pizarro (1476–1541), Spaniard who defeated the Incas and founded Lima.

Meredith Monk (b. 1942), born in Lima, raised in Connecticut, she is known for her pioneering multimedia performance pieces.

Isabel Allende (b. 1942), born in Lima, the daughter of a diplomat, she is one of the most successful female Latin American writers, renowned worldwide.