20th-century Peruvian women

Luciana Morales Mendoza (born January 1, 1987) is a Peruvian chess player holding title of Woman International Master (WIM). She competed in the Women's World Chess Championship in 2004.

Mónica Liyau (born 18 August 1967) is a Peruvian table tennis player. She competed in the women's singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Juliane Margaret Beate Koepcke (born 10 October 1954), also known by her married name Juliane Diller, is a German-Peruvian mammalogist who specialises in bats. The daughter of German zoologists Maria and Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke, she became famous at the age of 17 as the sole survivor of the 1971 LANSA Flight 508 plane crash; after falling 3,000 m (10,000 ft) while strapped to her seat and suffering numerous injuries, she survived 11 days alone in the Peruvian Amazon rainforest until she was rescued by local fishermen after finding their camp.

Katherine Horny (born 11 November 1969) is a former volleyball player from Peru who played for the Peruvian women's national volleyball team. She won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. She was a middle blocker.

Rosario de Vivanco (born 3 July 1949) is a Peruvian former freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. She was the first woman to represent Peru at the Olympics.