Quispe is a common

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

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and, more rarely,

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. The word (''qispi'' in

Southern Quechua Southern Quechua (, ), 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 million speakers. Besides Guaraní it ...

and ''kishpi'' in

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) 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.Bethell, Leslie. ''The Cambridge History of Latin America'', Cambridge University Press (1995), p.742. . Despite the prev ...

(1611–1681), Peruvian painter *

Nicario Jiménez Quispe Nicario Jiménez Quispe (born in 1957) is a Peruvian-American maker of the Peruvian retablo or the ''Peruvian retablo, retablo ayacuchano''. He was born in the village of Alcamenca in Ayacucho, Peru, high in the Andes mountain range. Life Nicar ...

(born 1957), Peruvian-American

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maker

Music

* Lorenzo Palacios Quispe (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 Co ...

(1942–2021) Bolivian historian and politician * Rafael Quispe (born 1969), Bolivian indigenous leader and politician * Santos Quispe (born 1982), Bolivian doctor and politician * Iris Flores Quispe (born 2000), Bolivian politician

Sports

* Fortunato Quispe Mendoza (born 1934), Bolivian-born Dominican Republic

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* Crispin Quispe (born 1946), Bolivian

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* Rafael Farfán Quispe (born 1975), Peruvian

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* Rosemary Quispe (born 1983), Bolivian

* Ronald Quispe (born 1988), Bolivian race-walker * Piero Quispe (born 2001), Peruvian

Other

Quispe Sisa Quispe Sisa ( – 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 the Inca Empire. The Palace of the Conquest in Trujillo, Spain features bu ...

(1518–1559), Inca princess *

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

(1923–2013), Peruvian

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* Ciro Quispe López (born 1973), Peruvian

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* Manuel Quispe (died 2004),

Q'ero Q'ero (spelled Q'iru in the official three-vowel Quechua languages, Quechua orthography) is a Quechuas, Quechua-speaking community or ethnic group dwelling in the province of Paucartambo Province, Paucartambo, in the Cusco Region of Peru. The Q ...

elder and

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