Manco Capac

Manco Capac

male, deceased (1107)
: "This article refers to the first Sapa Inca, Manco Capac. For Manco Capac II, son of Inca Huayna Capac, see Manco Inca Yupanqui." In Inca...
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

male, deceased (1616)
Garcilaso de la Vega was an illustrious Peruvian poet and acclaimed writer on the subject of the Incas. He is more commonly known as "El Inca"...

Pachacuti

male, deceased (1471)
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (or Pachacutec; Quechua "Pachakutiq", literally "world-turner", i.e. "world-transformer") was the ninth Sapa Inca (1438-71...
Guaman Poma

Guaman Poma

male
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, best known as Guaman Poma or Human Poma, (c. 1550 - after 1616) was an indigenous Peruvian who became disillusioned...

José María Arguedas

male, deceased (1969)
José María Arguedas was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist who wrote mainly in Spanish although some of his poetry is in Quechua. Ge...

Túpac Amaru

deceased (1572)
Túpac Amaru (Thupaq Amaru in modern Quechua), was the last indigenous leader of the Inca people in Peru. The son of Manco Inca Yupanqui (also k...
Mercedes Sosa

Mercedes Sosa

female, 74 years old
Mercedes Sosa is an Argentine singer immensely popular throughout Latin America. With her roots in Argentinian folk music, she became one of the...
Luzmila Carpio

Luzmila Carpio

female
Luzmila Carpio is a representative of the autochthonous music and soul of Bolivian people. She learned the daily songs of the Quechua and Aymara...
Hilaria Supa

Hilaria Supa

female, 52 years old
Hilaria Supa Huamán, is a human rights activist, an active member of several indigenous women organizations and a Peruvian politician. She is c...
Blas Valera

Blas Valera

male
Blas Valera was born in Chachapoyas in 1545. Although the author of the "Comentarios Reales de los Incas" believed that Valera was born in...