Quispe is a common

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surname and, more rarely,

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. 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 mil ...

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 Chimbor ...

) means "free".

People with the surname

Art and photography

* Diego Quispe Tito (1611–1681), Peruvian painter * Nicario Jiménez Quispe (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 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 (born 1934), Bolivian-born Dominican Republic

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* Crispin Quispe (born 1946), Bolivian long-distance runner * Rafael Farfán Quispe (born 1975), Peruvian

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* Rosemary Quispe (born 1983), Bolivian long-distance runner * Ronald Quispe (born 1988), Bolivian race-walker * Piero Quispe (born 2001), Peruvian

Other

* Quispe Sisa (1518–1559), Inca princess * Severo Aparicio Quispe (1923–2013), Peruvian

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Ciro Quispe López Ciro Quispe López is the Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Juli (Peru) Early life and education Ciro was born in Cuzco, Peru on 20 October 1973. He studied from San Antonio Abad, seminary. He studied from Regina Apostolorum Athenaeu ...

(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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