The
Ilocano or
Ilokano people are the third largest Filipino ethnolinguistic group. Aside from being referred to as Ilocanos, from "i"-from, and "looc"-bay, they also refer to themselves as Samtoy, from the Ilocano phrase "sao mi ditoy", meaning 'our language here.' The word "Ilocano" came from the word "Iloco" or "Yloco."
Area
Originally indigenous to the narrow coastal strip of northwestern
LuzonLuzon is the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines and one of the three island groups in the country, with Visayas and Mindanao being the other two...
, the migration of Ilocanos has been great. To this day, the Ilocanos are the dominant ethnic group in Northern Luzon, and their language, the
lingua francaA lingua franca is a language systematically used to communicate between persons not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both persons' mother tongues.Lingua franca is a functionally defined term, independent of the linguistic history or...
of the region. The Ilocanos are the majority in the provinces of
Ilocos NorteIlocos Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Its capital is Laoag City and is located at the northwest corner of Luzon Island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the east, and Abra and Ilocos Sur to the south...
,
Ilocos SurIlocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Its capital is Vigan City and borders Ilocos Norte and Abra to the north, Mountain Province to the east, and La Union and Benguet to the south...
, Abra,
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, Apayao,
CagayanCagayan is a province of the Philippines in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Tuguegarao City and is located at the northeastern corner of the island of Luzon. Cagayan also includes the Babuyan Islands to the north. The province borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao to the west, and...
,
IsabelaIsabela can refer to:* Isabela II, Queen of Spain* Isabela , in the Philippines* Isabela, Negros Occidental in the Philippines.* Isabela City in the Philippines.* Isabela Island in the Philippines.* Isabela, Puerto Rico...
,
Nueva VizcayaNueva Vizcaya is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Bayombong. It is bordered by, clockwise from the north, Ifugao, Isabela, Quirino, Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Pangasinan, and Benguet....
,
QuirinoQuirino is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital is Cabarroguis and was named after Elpidio Quirino, the sixth President of the Philippines. The province borders Aurora to the southeast, Nueva Vizcaya to the west, and Isabela to the north...
,
PangasinanPangasinan is one of the provinces of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf. The total land area of Pangasinan is 5,368.82 square kilometers. According to the latest...
, and
TarlacTarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west...
, and form 15-45% of the populations of the provinces of
Nueva EcijaNueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City...
, Aurora,
ZambalesZambales is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Iba. Zambales borders Pangasinan to the north, Tarlac and Pampanga to the east, and Bataan to the south. The province lies between the South China Sea and the Zambales Mountains. With a land area of...
,
BenguetBenguet is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is La Trinidad and borders, clockwise from the south, Pangasinan, La Union, Ilocos Sur, Mountain Province, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya....
,
BatanesThe Province of Batanes is the northernmost and the smallest province of the Philippine Republic, both in terms of population and land area. The provincial capital is Basco....
,
IfugaoIfugao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Covering a total land area of 262,820 hectares, the province of Ifugao is located in a mountainous region characterized by rugged terrain, river valleys, and massive forests...
, Kalinga, and
Mountain ProvinceMountain Province is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bontoc and borders, clockwise from the south, Ifugao, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Abra, Kalinga, and Isabela....
. Further government-sponsored migrations have led to the resettlement of Ilocanos to
MindanaoMindanao is the second largest and easternmost island in the Philippines. It is also one of the three island groups in the country, along with Luzon and Visayas...
, particularly to the provinces of
South CotabatoSouth Cotabato is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. Its capital is Koronadal City, and it borders Sultan Kudarat to the north and west, Sarangani to the south and east, and Davao del Sur to the east...
, North Cotabato, and
Sultan KudaratSultan Kudarat is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. Its capital is Isulan and borders Maguindanao and Cotabato to the north, South Cotabato and Sarangani to the south, and Davao del Sur to the east, and the Celebes Sea...
. There are also an important Ilocano communities in
Metro ManilaMetropolitan Manila or the National Capital Region is the administrative region encompassing the city of Manila, the national capital of the Philippines. As of the 2007 Census, the population is 11,553,427...
, and the world over.
Demographics
Ilocanos number about 9,136,000. The Ilocanos are primarily of
AustronesianAustronesian peoples are a population in Oceania and Southeast Asia that speak languages of the Austronesian languages family. Austronesian peoples include: Taiwanese aborigines; the majority ethnic groups of East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, Madagascar, Micronesia, and...
stock, like the rest of the
Filipino peopleThe Filipino people are the nationals of the Republic of the Philippines and to persons having Filipino ancestry. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines and about 11 million outside the Philippines....
. Their homeland is the closest region in the Philippines to
ChinaChina is a cultural region, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
. Many Ilocanos also have Spanish descent and other Ilocanos are city settlers having
IndianSouth Asians in the Philippines are Philippine citizens of South Asian descent and citizens of South Asian countries living in Philippines. The term Bumbay, loosely applied to all South Asians in the country , regardless of ethnicity or religion, was a corruption of the name of Bombay...
and
ArabArab settlement in the Philippines is part of the story of immigration in the Philippines. The Philippines, a country with many vast communities of immigrants and foreigners , has a notable Arab community. According to a recent survey, present day Arab migrants to the Philippines number about 22,000...
blood. Few Ilocanos living in the Cordilleras also do have some Cordillerano blood. Ilocanos speak the
Ilokano languageIlokano is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines....
(also called Iloko language), which is part of the Northern Philippine subgroup of the Malayo-Polynesian family of languages. They also speak
CebuanoCebuano is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people. It is the most widely spoken member of the Visayan languages. Its name comes from the island of Cebu, the site of the second-largest metropolitan area in the country...
(in Mindanao),
TagalogTagalog is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 22 million people.It is related to Austronesian languages such as Chamorro , Indonesian, Malay, Javanese and Paiwan , Cham , and Tetum...
, and
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
as second languages. Most Ilocanos are
Roman CatholicsThe Catholic Church in the Philippines is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. With about 81% of the 90 million people who are Roman Catholic , the Philippines holds the distinction of being the third-largest Catholic nation in the world after...
, while a significant number belong to the Aglipayan Church (which originated in
Ilocos NorteIlocos Norte is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. Its capital is Laoag City and is located at the northwest corner of Luzon Island, bordering Cagayan and Apayao to the east, and Abra and Ilocos Sur to the south...
).Many Filipino-Americans are of Ilocano descent. they make up 85% of the Filipino-American population in Hawaii.
History
The Austronesian ancestors of the present-day Ilocanos came to the Philippines through
bilogs, or outrigger boats during the Iron Age.
Spanish era
In 1572, when the Spanish conquistador
Juan de SalcedoJuan de Salcedo was a Spanish conquistador. He was born in Mexico in 1549 and he was the grandson of Miguel López de Legazpi and brother of Felipe de Salcedo. Salcedo was one of the soldiers who accompanied the Spanish colonization of the Philippines in 1565...
conquered the Ilocanos, he described them as being more barbarous than the Tagalogs. During the Spanish Colonial Era, the Ilocanos were one of the first ethnic groups to revolt against the Spaniards. The first Ilocano revolt occurred during 1661, when the Ilocanos proclaimed Pedro Almazan as their king. Almazan was executed by the Spaniards after the kingdom was dissolved.
Diego SilangDiego Silang y Andaya was raised as an Ilocano; his father was Pangasinense. Diego Silang was a revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation...
and his wife
Gabriela SilangMaría Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang was the first Filipino woman to lead a revolt during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines...
declared independence of Free Ilocos on 1762-1764 during the British occupation of
ManilaThe City of Manila , or simply Manila or Maynila, is the capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila. It is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay, on the western portion of the National Capital Region, in the western side of Luzon...
. The said republic was dissolved on September 20, 1763 through the execution of Silang and his Ilocano associates. During the American Colonial Period and up to the Independence Years, leaders encouraged the Ilocanos to resettle in Mindanao. On 1965,
Ferdinand MarcosFerdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate . He was Senate President in 1963...
was the second Ilocano to be elected president of the
PhilippinesThe Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
. Under his presidency, thousands of Ilocanos benefited from his land reforms.
Present
The mounting population pressure due to the substantial population density during the mid-1800s caused the migration of the Ilocanos out of their historic homeland. By 1903, more than 290,000 Ilocanos migrated to
Central LuzonCentral Luzon , also known as Region III , is an administrative division or region of the Republic of the Philippines, primarily serve to organize the 7 provinces of the vast central plain of the island of Luzon , for administrative convenience...
,
Cagayan ValleyCagayan Valley is a region of the Philippines, also designated as Region II or Region 02. It is composed of five provinces, namely: Batanes, Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino...
and
ManilaThe City of Manila , or simply Manila or Maynila, is the capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila. It is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay, on the western portion of the National Capital Region, in the western side of Luzon...
. More than 180,000 moved to
PangasinanPangasinan is one of the provinces of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf. The total land area of Pangasinan is 5,368.82 square kilometers. According to the latest...
,
TarlacTarlac is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Tarlac City. Tarlac borders Pampanga to the south, Nueva Ecija to the east, Pangasinan to the north, and Zambales to the west...
, and
Nueva EcijaNueva Ecija is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Palayan City...
. Almost 50,000 moved to Cagayan Valley; half of them resided in
IsabelaIsabela can refer to:* Isabela II, Queen of Spain* Isabela , in the Philippines* Isabela, Negros Occidental in the Philippines.* Isabela City in the Philippines.* Isabela Island in the Philippines.* Isabela, Puerto Rico...
. Around 47,000 lived in
ZambalesZambales is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Luzon region. Its capital is Iba. Zambales borders Pangasinan to the north, Tarlac and Pampanga to the east, and Bataan to the south. The province lies between the South China Sea and the Zambales Mountains. With a land area of...
.
The Ilocano Diaspora continued in 1906 when Ilocanos started to migrate to
HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
and
CaliforniaCalifornia is the most populous state in the United States, and the third largest by area. California is the second most populous sub-national entity in the Americas, behind only São Paulo, Brazil...
. Ilocanos composed the largest number of expatriates in the
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, though most are bilingual with Tagalog. There is a significant Ilocano community in
HawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states, and is the only state made up entirely of islands. It is located on an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of Australia. The state was admitted to the Union on August...
, in which they make up more than 85% of the
FilipinoFilipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans reside mainly in the continental United States and form significant populations in Hawaii, Alaska, Guam, and Northern Marianas....
population.
Later migrations brought Ilocanos to the
CordillerasThe Cordillera Administrative Region is the Philippines' only land-locked region. It is consisted of the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province and Baguio City . The Cordillera region encompasses most of the areas within the Cordillera Central mountain range of...
, Aurora,
MindoroMindoro is the seventh-largest island in the Philippines. It is located southwest of Luzon, and northeast of Palawan.-History:In past times, it has been called Ma-i or Mait by ancient Chinese traders and, by Spaniards, as Mina de Oro from where the island got its current name...
,
PalawanPalawan is an island province of the Philippines located in the MIMAROPA region. Its capital is Puerto Princesa City, and it is the largest province in the country in terms of total area of jurisdiction. The islands of Palawan stretch from Mindoro in the northeast to Borneo in the southwest. It...
, and Mindanao provinces of Sultan Kudarat, North Cotabato, and
South CotabatoSouth Cotabato is a province of the Philippines located in the SOCCSKSARGEN region in Mindanao. Its capital is Koronadal City, and it borders Sultan Kudarat to the north and west, Sarangani to the south and east, and Davao del Sur to the east...
.
Culture
They are characterized as being hardworking and frugal, and they engage primarily in farming and fishing. The Ilocano culture represents very simple, sometimes spartan day-to-day living, focusing mostly on work and productivity, spending only on necessities and not on so much on ostentatious material possessions. Ilocanos also exemplify a great degree of respect and humility in their everyday dealings, much similar to their Tagalog counterparts.
Food
Ilocanos boast of a somewhat healthy diet heavy in boiled or steamed vegetables and freshwater fish, but are particularly fond of dishes flavored with
http://editthis.info/wiki/Bagoongbagoong, fermented fish that is often used instead of salt. Ilocanos often season boiled vegetables with
bagoong monamon (fermented anchovy paste) to produce
pinakbetPinakbet or pakbet is a popular Ilocano dish, from the northern regions of the Philippines, although it has become popular throughout the archipelago. The word is the contracted form of the Ilocano word "pinakebbet", meaning shrunk or shrivelled. The original Ilocano pinakbet uses bagoong, of...
. Local specialties include the "abuos," soft white larvae of ants, and "jumping salad" or tiny, live shrimp with
kalamansiCalamondin or Calamansi is a fruit tree in the family Rutaceae and a member of citrofortunella that was developed in and is very popular throughout Southeast Asia, especially the Philippines, where it is most commonly used for cooking...
juice.
Literature
The greatest Ilokano literary work written in Iloko is the
Biag ni Lam-angBiag ni Lam-ang is a pre-Hispanic epic poem of the Ilokano people from the Ilocos region of the Philippines. Recited and originally written in the Ilokano language, it is believed to be the work of many poets from various generations, and was first preserved in writing around 1640, by a blind...
(the Life of Lam-Ang), an epic about the fantastic life and escapades of an Ilokano hero named Lam-ang.
Aside from 'Lam-Ang', the Ilocanos rank only second to Tagalog when it comes to literature. Ilocanos are also known for their beautiful folk songs, which are better preserved than those of the Tagalogs.
Notable Ilocanos
- Elpidio Quirino
Elpidio Rivera Quirino was a Filipino politician, and the sixth President of the Philippines.A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered politics when he became a representative of Ilocos Sur from 1919 to 1925. He was then elected as senator from 1925-1931...
, 6th President of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. The President of the Philippines in Filipino is referred to as Ang Pangulo or Pangulo...
(1948–1953).
- Carlos P. Garcia
Carlos Polístico García was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, and guerrilla leader...
, 8th President of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. The President of the Philippines in Filipino is referred to as Ang Pangulo or Pangulo...
(1957-1961). Born in Bohol but parents were Ilocanos from Bangued, Abra.
- Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate . He was Senate President in 1963...
, 10th President of the Philippines (1965–1986).
- Fidel V. Ramos
Fidel Valdez Ramos , also known as FVR, was the 12th President of the Philippines. He succeeded Corazon Aquino and governed until 1998, when he was succeeded by Joseph Estrada...
, 12th President of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. The President of the Philippines in Filipino is referred to as Ang Pangulo or Pangulo...
.
- Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, 14th Filipino president. Her maternal grandfather, Juan Macaraeg, was from Bacarra, Ilocos Norte
- Ramon Magsaysay
Magsaysay redirects here, for other uses see Magsaysay .Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay was the third President of the Third Republic of the Philippines from December 30, 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1957...
, former Philippine president
- JB Magsaysay
Joseph Benedict Aquino Magsaysay, also known as JB Magsaysay , is a Filipino actor, a public servant, a businessman and was one of the 13 housemates of ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother, Season 1...
, Pinoy Big Brother Season 1 Housemate and grandson of former President Ramon MagsaysayMagsaysay redirects here, for other uses see Magsaysay .Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay was the third President of the Third Republic of the Philippines from December 30, 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1957...
.
- Leona Florentino
Leona Florentino was a Filipino poet in the Spanish and Ilocano languages. She is considered as the "mother of Philippine women's literature" and the "bridge from oral to literary tradition"....
, famous woman poet.
- Jose Burgos
José Apolonio Burgos y García was a Filipino secular priest, part of the Gomburza trio who were falsely accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century...
, Filipino priest and martyr during Spanish times.
- Gregorio Aglipay
Gregorio Labayan Aglipay was the first Filipino Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church.-Early life:...
, founder of the Aglipayan ChurchThe Philippine Independent Church, The Philippine Independent Church, The Philippine Independent Church, (officially the ir the IFI, also known as the Philippine Independent Catholic Church or the Ilocano: Siwayawaya a Simbaan nga ti Filipinas (sometimes also know as ), is a Christian denomination...
.
- Josefa Llanes Escoda
Josefa Llanes Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...
, women's rights activist, founder of the Girl Scouts of the PhilippinesThe Girl Scouts of the Philippines is the national Guiding association for girls and young women of the Philippines. Its mission is "to help girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare themselves for their responsibilities in the home, and to the nation, and the world...
.
- Fabian Ver
Fabian C. Ver was a former General and the former Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines under President Ferdinand Marcos.-Military and political career:He was the second most powerful man during the Marcos regime...
, former General and Chief of the Armed Forces of the PhilippinesThe Armed Forces of the Philippines is composed of the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force. The AFP is a volunteer force and has a total active strength of 113,500 with 131,000 personnel in reserve and is one of Asia's weakest military. The AFP leadership consists of the...
.
- Diego Silang
Diego Silang y Andaya was raised as an Ilocano; his father was Pangasinense. Diego Silang was a revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation...
- leader, revolutionist.
- Gabriela Silang
María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang was the first Filipino woman to lead a revolt during the Spanish colonization of the Philippines...
- wife of Diego,revolutionist.
- Carlos P. Romulo
Carlos Peña Rómulo was a Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32...
- famous statesman and former President of UN Assembly.
- Juan Luna
Juan Luna y Novicio was a Ilocano Filipino painter and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the 1800s. He became one of the first recognized Philippine artist and he painted in the manner of the Spanish and French Academy during his time...
- famous Filipino painter,older brother of Antonio.
- Ignacio B. Villamor - first Filipino to serve as president of the University of the Philippines (from Abra)
- General Artemio Ricarte - first Philippine Army General.
- General Antonio Luna - educated abroad, most brilliant and most abled General during Aguinaldo's era.
- Lt. Gen. Edward Soriano - first Fil-Am General of the US Army (ret).
- Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba - second Fil-Am General of the US Army.
- Danny Inosanto
Daniel Arca Inosanto is an American Filipino martial arts instructor from California who is best-known as a student of the late Bruce Lee and authority on Jeet Kune Do Concepts.- The Martial Arts :...
- Martial Artist, Bruce Lee's assistant.
- Robert "Bobby" Jaworski
Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Jawo, and Robert Jaworski, Sr., is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend during his...
- famous PBA player and a former Philippine senator.
- Jejomar Binay
Jejomar "Jojo" Cabauatan Binay is the current mayor of the Makati City, Philippines. He is also the President of the United Opposition , President of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Laban and President of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.-Education and early career:Binay studied at the Philippine...
- Politician, Mayor of Makati.
- Freddie Aguilar
Ferdinand Pascual Aguilar, better known as Freddie Aguilar, is a folk musician from the Philippines. He is best known for the hit "Bayan Ko", which became the anthem for the opposition to the Marcos regime during the 1986 People Power Revolution...
- Composer Singer ( From Isabela Province )
- Francisco Sionil José - prominent English-language novelist.
- Maury Avin Edralin, Gay rights activist and celebrity chef, Grandson of former President Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate . He was Senate President in 1963...
.
Americans of Ilocano ancestry
- Carlos Bulosan
Carlos Sampayan Bulosan was a Filipino American novelist and poet best-known for the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart.Carlos Bulosan was born in The Philippines in a rural village of Mangusmana, in the town of Binalonan, Pangasinan...
, writer from Binalonan, PangasinanPangasinan is one of the provinces of the Republic of the Philippines. The provincial capital is Lingayen. Pangasinan is located on the west central area of the island of Luzon along the Lingayen Gulf. The total land area of Pangasinan is 5,368.82 square kilometers. According to the latest...
.
- Dr. Charlene Barroga - world-famous cancer research scientist (http://www.biomedexperts.com/Profile.bme/84906/Charlene_F_Barroga)
- Ben Cayetano
Benjamin Jerome "Ben" Cayetano served as the fifth Governor of the State of Hawaii from 1994 to 2002. He is the first Filipino American to serve as a state governor in the United States.-Early years:...
, 5th Governor of HawaiiThe Governor of Hawaii, also called Ke Kiaaina o Hawaii, is the chief executive of the State of Hawaii and its various agencies and departments, as provided in the Hawaii State Constitution Article V, Sections 1 through 6. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of...
(1994-2002).
- Thelma Buchholdt
Thelma Garcia Buchholdt was a Filipino American community activist, politician, historian, public speaker, and author. She was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives for four consecutive terms, from 1974 through 1982...
, elected member, Alaska State House of Representatives (1974-1982).
- Brian Viloria
Brian Viloria is a Filipino American professional boxer and a former WBC Light Flyweight champion and the current IBF Junior Flyweight champion...
, light flyweight boxing champion.
- Benny Agbayani
Benny Peter Agbayani, Jr. is a professional baseball player on the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan. Born in Hawaii to Filipino and Samoan parents, he attended Saint Louis School and Hawaii Pacific University. He also attended the Oregon Institute of Technology...
, NY baseball player.
- Brie Galicinao – Head Coach-Softball UC Santa Barbara, Princeton University
Princeton University a private university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and is considered one of the Colonial Colleges....
Grad
- David Bunevacz, Athlete
- Joseph Raymundo-Adolfo Domingo, American Politician.
- Ramiele Malubay
Ramiele Macrohon Malubay is a Filipino-American singer and the ninth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.-Biography:...
, American Idol Season 7 Top 12 Contestant
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