Huaman

People

• Felipe Huaman Poma de Ayala, colonial Quechua nobleman and Peruvian chronist.
• Dr. Augusto Huaman Velasco, Peruvian physician and scientist.
• Benjamin Huaman de los Heros, Peruvian lawyer and politician. During the Oncenio de Leguía he was Minister of War, Minister of Finance and Trade, and Prime Minister. He was also a national deputy and deputy of the National Constituent Assembly of 1919.
• Vilchez Huaman, the stage name adopted by Ricardo Wiesse Hamann, Peruvian solo musician and singer, former member of the tropical music duet/band La mente, also ex-member of Suda and Pura Purita.
• Liner “Pac-Man” Huaman, Peruvian boxer.
• Miky Joaquin Dipas Huaman, Peruvian politician and congressman for the Ayacucho region.
• Jorge Huaman, retired Peruvian footballer.
• Zoila Huaman, Peruvian female volleyball player.
• Paola Limo Huaman, Peruvian female model.
• Dr. Zosimo Huaman Cueva, Peruvian scientist and agronomist.

  Places

• Vilcas Huaman, once a major Inca city of 40,000 people.
• Sacsay Huaman Fortress, once an Inca citadel complex, famous for its 5-story towers watching over Cusco, and for its megalithic walls which can be partially seen today.
• Santiago de Huaman, a town in Trujillo, Peru.