Quispe is a common Quechua surname and, more rarely, given name. The word (qispi in Southern Quechua and kishpi in Kichwa) means "free".
People with the surname
Art and photography
Diego Quispe Tito (1611–1681), Peruvian painter Nicario Jiménez Quispe (born 1957), Peruvian-American retablo maker
Music
Lorenzo Palacios Quispe (1950–1994), Peruvian singer and musician Wendy Sulca Quispe (born 1996), Peruvian singer
Politics and law
Felipe Quispe (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 football manager Crispin Quispe (born 1946), Bolivian long-distance runner Rafael Farfán Quispe (born 1975), Peruvian footballer Rosemary Quispe (born 1983), Bolivian long-distance runner Ronald Quispe (born 1988), Bolivian race-walker Piero Quispe (born 2001), Peruvian footballer Valeria Quispe (born 1997), Bolivian triple jumper
Other
Quispe Sisa (1518–1559), Inca princess Severo Aparicio Quispe (1923–2013), Peruvian friar Ciro Quispe López (born 1973), Peruvian bishop Manuel Quispe (died 2004), Q'ero elder and medicine man
Elsewhere The Quispe Girls (orig. Las niñas Quispe), 2013 Chilean motion picture
See also Quishpe, variant spelling