Daniel Augusto Valdivia Fernández, known professionally as Daniel F, is a Peruvian singer, writer, poet, and composer. He was born on January 4, 1961, in Lima, Peru. In 1983, he became known as the lead vocalist of Leusemia, a band that founded the underground music movement in Peru. Between 1986 and 1995, he participated in other musical projects, including the underground bands Frente Negro and Kaos. His musical albums covered progressive rock, punk rock, and nueva trova. During the 1990s, he wrote for the fanzine Tarántula. He published several books, including Los sumergidos pasos del amor, Conversaciones con Daniel F, Manuskritos desde una kalle vedada, Por las olvidadas raíces del punk rock, and the 2018 historical novel Cuando llueve en Iquique. He also appeared as a schoolteacher in the 2017 film Av. Larco, la película.
