José Olaya

José Olaya
Posthumous portrait by José Gil de Castro, 1828
Born1782
Chorrillos, Viceroyalty of Peru, Spanish Empire
DiedJune 29, 1823(1823-06-29) (aged 40–41)
Callejón de Petateros, Lima, Peru
OccupationFisherman

José Silverio Olaya Balandra or José O. Laya (1789 or July 20, 1791 – June 29, 1823) was an indigenous Peruvian fisherman who became a hero of the Peruvian War of Independence.

The Peruvian sailor and geographer Germán Stiglich, when reviewing Peruvian port records, did not find any Olaya (a Spanish surname), but several Laya (a name of pre-Columbian origin), concluding that the martyr's real name was José O. Laya — a view later spread by the Peruvian historian Juan José Vega.

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