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Yupanqui

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Yupanqui is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Amaru Yupanqui, elder brother of Túpac Inca Yupanqui
  • Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908–1992), Argentine singer, songwriter, guitarist, and writer
  • Cápac Yupanqui, the fifth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around CE 1320) and the last of the Hurin dynasty
  • Francisco Tito Yupanqui (1550–1616), Roman Catholic sculptor, created a famous statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bolivia
  • Gastón Mansilla Yupanqui, (born 1990), student who killed Víctor Ríos Acevedo in 2012 in Lima, Peru
  • Lloque Yupanqui, the third Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cuzco (beginning around CE 1260) and a member of the Hurin dynasty
  • Manco Inca Yupanqui (1516–1544), one of the Incas of Vilcabamba
  • Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, alias Pachakutiq, the ninth Sapa Inca (1438–1471/1472 CE)
  • Titu Cusi Yupanqui (1529–1571), son of Manco Inca Yupanqui, became Inca ruler of Vilcabamba
  • Túpac Inca Yupanqui the tenth Sapa Inca (1471–93 CE) of the Inca Empire, and fifth of the Hanan dynasty, younger son and successor of Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
  • Luca Yupanqui, musical contributor to the album Sounds of the Unborn

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