1938 in Peru

Events in the year 1938 in Peru.

Incumbents

 * President: Óscar R. Benavides
 * First Vice President: Ernesto Montagne Markholz
 * Second Vice President: Antonio Rodríguez Ramírez
 * Prime Minister: Ernesto Montagne Markholz

Events

 * December 24 – The Lima Declaration is approved by 21 American countries, affirming the sovereignty of Latin American states.

Births

 * May 16 – Marco Aurelio Denegri, Peruvian linguist, intellectual and sexologist (died 2018)
 * July 28 – Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru

Deaths

 * April 15 - César Vallejo, poet (born 1892)