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Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

surname and, more rarely, given name. The word (''qispi'' in

Southern Quechua Southern Quechua ( qu, Urin qichwa, es, quechua sureño), or simply Quechua (Qichwa or Qhichwa), is the most widely spoken of the major regional groupings of mutually intelligible dialects within the Quechua language family, with about 6.9 mi ...

and ''kishpi'' in

Kichwa Kichwa (, , also Spanish ) is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia (''Inga''), as well as extensions into Peru. It has an estimated half million speakers. The most widely spoken dialects are Chimbora ...

) means "free".

People with the surname

Art and photography

Diego Quispe Tito Diego Quispe Tito (1611–1681) was a Quechua painter from Peru. He is considered the leader of the Cuzco School of painting. Background The son of a noble Inca family, Quispe Tito was born in Cuzco, and worked throughout his life in the district ...

(1611–1681), Peruvian painter *

Nicario Jiménez Quispe Nicario Jiménez Quispe (born in 1957) is a Peruvian-American retablo maker. He was born in the village of Alcamenca in Ayacucho, Peru, high in the Andes mountain range The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longe ...

(born 1957), Peruvian-American

retablo A retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. More generally ''retablo'' is also the Spanish term for a retable or reredos above an altar, whether ...

maker

Music

Lorenzo Palacios Quispe Lorenzo Palacios Quispe (April 26, 1950 in Lima, Peru – June 24, 1994) was a Peruvian singer and musician. He arose under the artist name Chacalón (Big Jackal). He is often referred to as ''El Faraón de la Chicha'' ("The Pharaoh of Chicha m ...

(1950–1994), Peruvian singer and musician * Wendy Sulca Quispe (born 1996), Peruvian singer

Politics and law

Felipe Quispe Felipe Quispe Huanca " Mallku" (Quechua language: "condor"), (22 August 1942 – 19 January 2021) was a Bolivian historian and political leader. He headed the Pachakuti Indigenous Movement (MIP) and was general secretary of the United Union Con ...

(1942–2021) Bolivian historian and politician *

Rafael Quispe Rafael Arcángel Quispe Flores (born 24 October 1969), often referred to as Tata Quispe, is a Bolivian indigenous activist and politician who served as general executive director of the Indigenous Development Fund from 2019 to 2020. He previ ...

(born 1969), Bolivian indigenous leader and politician *

Santos Quispe Santos Quispe Quispe (born 26 November 1982), commonly known as Wayna Mallku, is a Bolivian doctor and politician serving as governor of La Paz since 2021. A member of Forward United People, of which he is the leader, Quispe was a relative unkn ...

(born 1982), Bolivian doctor and politician * Iris Flores Quispe (born 2000), Bolivian politician

Sports

Fortunato Quispe Mendoza Fortunato Quispe Mendoza (born 7 October 1934 in Cochabamba, Bolivia) is a Bolivian- Dominican professional football manager. He has degrees in Political Science, Media Education mention Social Sciences and Physical Education mention Futbol. Car ...

(born 1934), Bolivian-born Dominican Republic

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Crispin Quispe Crispin Quispe (born 13 May 1946) is a Bolivian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 ...

(born 1946), Bolivian

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* Rafael Farfán Quispe (born 1975), Peruvian

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Rosemary Quispe Rosemary Quispe (born 20 August 1983) is a Bolivian long distance runner. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics at the 2016 Hamburg Marathon, which was her first official marathon race. She finished 117th at the 2016 Olympics ) , nati ...

(born 1983), Bolivian

Ronald Quispe Ronald Rey Quispe Misme (born 5 March 1988) is a Bolivian race-walker competing for Bolivia at the 2016 Summer Olympics Bolivia competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's f ...

(born 1988), Bolivian race-walker *

Piero Quispe Piero Aldair Quispe Córdova (born 14 August 2001) is a Peruvian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club UNAM and the Peru national team. Club career Universitario de Deportes A youth product of CD Hector Chumpitaz, Quispe mo ...

(born 2001), Peruvian

Other

Quispe Sisa Quispe Sisa (ca. 1518 – 1559), also known as Inés Huaylas Yupanqui, was an Inca princess, daughter of the Sapa Inca Huayna Capac. She played a role in the Spanish conquest of Peru. The Palace of the conquest in Trujillo, Spain features busts of ...

(1518–1559), Inca princess *

Severo Aparicio Quispe Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M., (October 8, 1923 – May 6, 2013) was a Peruvian people, Peruvian friar of the Mercedarian Order who was made a bishop (Catholic Church), bishop of the Catholic Church. He wrote a number of works on the history o ...

(1923–2013), Peruvian

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* Ciro Quispe López (born 1973), Peruvian

bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...

Manuel Quispe Manuel Quispe was a Q'ero elder and medicine man. He died on December 11, 2004, in Chua Chua.http://www.vanishingcultures.org/DonManuelQuispe.html vanishingcultures.org Quispe was a mentor to many people] and taught them shamanism, shamanic kno ...

(died 2004),

Q'ero Q'ero (spelled Q'iru in the official three-vowel Quechua orthography) is a Quechua-speaking community or ethnic group dwelling in the province of Paucartambo, in the Cusco Region of Peru. The Q'ero became more widely known due to the 1955 eth ...

elder and

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