Amaru may refer to
- Amaru (poet), Indian poet
- Túpac Amaru, the last indigenous leader of the Inca state in South America
- Túpac Amaru II, leader of an indigenous uprising in 1780 against Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru
- Amaru, Buzău, a village in Buzău County, Romania
- Amaru (Rimatara), a village on the island of Rimatara in French Polynesia
- Amaru Entertainment
- Tupac Amaru Shakur (1971-1996), American rap artist