page_title: Chorrillos District
section_title: Notable people from Chorrillos
hierarchical_section_title: Chorrillos District / Notable people from Chorrillos
caption_attribution_description: Plage d'Agua Dulce à Chorillos (Lima, Péru) Décembre 2004
context_page_description: Chorrillos is a district of the Lima Province in Peru and part of the city of Lima. It gets its name from the Spanish word for "trickle of water". The district was founded as San Pedro de los Chorrillos and served as a deluxe beach resort until the late 19th century, when it was almost completely destroyed by Chilean forces during the War of the Pacific.
  The current mayor of Chorrilos is Augusto Miyashiro Ushikobo.
context_section_description: Famous Peru national football team midfielder Roberto Palacios grew up in Chorrillos, and that is why he is nicknamed El Chorrillano.
  The Taekwondo Pan American Champion of Peru, Jean Carlos Gamarra grew up in Chorrillos and founded a Community Taekwondo Program for the impoverished children of "Delicias," a poor neighborhood of the district. His community program has gained the attention of Mayor Augusto Miyashiro and the Federación Deportiva Peruana de Taekwondo in the past.
  The Afro-Peruvian singer Susana Baca is from Chorrillos.
  The fisherman José Olaya (José Silverio Olaya Balandra), (1782 - †1823), martyr during the struggle for independence and national hero, was born in Chorrillos.
  The former Minister of Education Ramón Miranda Ampuero was born there.
caption: View of the Chorrilos coastal area
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