Nilda

Nilda Callañaupa Alvarez is an indigenous Quechua weaver from Chinchero in the Cusco (Cuzco) region of Peru. Along with other Quechua weavers from Chinchero as well as international supporters, she helped to establish the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco (Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco) in 1996 as a non-profit organization. Since 1996 until the present day, Callañaupa has served as director of the Centro de Textiles Tradicionales del Cusco or CTTC. She has written two books on Peruvian Weaving, and has co-authored a third on weaving elders of the Peruvian Andes.

Nilda Ismael do Nascimento, commonly known as Nilda or Nildinha, is a Brazilian former football midfielder who played for the Brazil women's national football team.