# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rafael-larco-hoyle
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:59:44.783Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rafael-larco-hoyle"
name: "Rafael Larco Hoyle"
slug: "rafael-larco-hoyle"
description: "Rafael Larco Hoyle was a Peruvian archaeologist. Born in Peru, he was educated in the United States. He returned to Peru in 1923 and was involved in excavations of diverse pre-Columbian cultures. Building off of his father's collection and several purchases of his own, in 1926 he founded the Larco Museum in Lima. He is remembered for developing the first academic chronology of pre-Columbian cultures of Peru."
tagline: "Peruvian archaeologist (1901–1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rafael_Larco_Hoyle_at_excavation.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1901-05-18"
deathDate: "1966-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.42
  momentum:             2.09759790296703
  historical:           5.688230666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Larco_Hoyle"
    title: "Rafael Larco Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87"
    title: "رافائيل لاركو أويليه"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رافايل لاركو هويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Larco_Hoyle"
    title: "Rafael Larco Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Larco_Hoyle"
    title: "Rafael Larco Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Larco_Hoyle"
    title: "Rafael Larco Hoyle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump