Tupac, Túpac or Tupaq (
Quechua "a royal thing") is a defunct
title used (similarly to
Ras in the
Ethiopian Empire) by the former Peruvian
Inca Empire, and is used as a male name of
Inca origin.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
Music
Tupac Mantilla (born 1978), Colombian musician and percussionist
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996), American rapper also known by the stage names "2Pac" and "Makaveli", named after
Túpac Amaru II
Leaders and politicians
Inca chiefs
Túpac Inca Yupanqui or Tupaq Inka Yupanki (1471–1493), tenth Sapa Inka of the Incan Empire
Túpac Amaru or Tupaq Amaru (died 1572), last indigenous leader of the Inca people in Peru
Túpac Amaru II or Tupaq Amaru II (1742–1781), descendant of the Inca chief Tupac Amaru and leader of the 1780s uprising in colonial Cusco, Peru
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