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Peruvian Americans are Americans of Peruvian descent. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, as of 2021, 720,626 U.S. residents identify themselves as being of Peruvian origin. [1] Approximately 62% of Peruvian Americans were born in Peru, with a growing population of Peruvian Americans being born ...
Jaime Zevallos. George Zimmerman. Ashley Zukerman. Wendy Zukerman. Categories: American people of South American descent. North American people of Peruvian descent. Peru–United States relations. Peruvian diaspora in the United States.
Manuel Scorza (1928–1983), novelist and poet. Hernando de Soto (economist) (born 1941), economist and essayist. Carlos Thorne Boas (born 1923), novelist, writer and lawyer. Álvaro Torres-Calderón (1975-), poet. Abraham Valdelomar (1888–1919) Blanca Varela (1926–2009), poet. Mario Vargas Llosa (born 1936), novelist of the Latin American ...
Hernando de Soto Polar (commonly known Hernando de Soto / dəˈsoʊtoʊ /; born June 2, 1941) is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights. [1][2] His work on the developing world has earned him praise worldwide by numerous heads of state, particularly for his ...
Peru is the fourth most populous country in South America. [19] Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000, and its population is expected to reach approximately 46 - 51 million in 2050. [20] As of 2017, 79.3% lived in urban areas and 20.7% in rural areas. [21]
In 2017, 5,500,000 Peruvians identified themselves as indigenous peoples and formed about 26% of the total population of Peru. [2] At the time of the Spanish arrival, the indigenous peoples of the rain forest of the Amazon basin to the east of the Andes were mostly semi-nomadic tribes; they subsisted on hunting, fishing, gathering and slash and ...
G. Jenny Gago. Alan Garcia (jockey) Robert Garcia (California politician) Percy Gibson. Hans Gaffron. César Graña. Richard Green (soccer) Elizabeth Guzmán.
Marie Arana (born 1949), Peruvian-American novelist, biographer, journalist; José María Arguedas (1911–1969), indigenist novelist and poet; Federico Barreto (1862–1929), poet; Michael Bentine (1922–1996), Anglo-Peruvian comedian; Alfredo Bryce Echenique (born 1939), novelist; Guillermo Carnero Hoke (1917–1985), writer and journalist