List of Filipinos

Arts

• Pacita Abad
  Pacita Abad
  Pacita Abad was born in Basco, Batanes, a small island in the northernmost part of the Philippines, between Luzon and Taiwan. Her more than 32-year painting career began when she travelled to the United States to undertake graduate studies. She had over 40 solo exhibitions at museums and...
  
  
• Napoleon Abueva
  Napoleón Abueva
  Napoleón Isabelo Veloso-Abueva , more popularly known as Napoleón Abueva, is a Filipino artist. He is a sculptor given the distinction as the Philippines' National Artist for Sculpture. He is also entitled as the "Father of Modern Philippine Sculpture"...
  
  
• Fernando Amorsolo
  Fernando Amorsolo
  Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto is one of the most important artists in the history of painting in the Philippines. Amorsolo was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light...
  
  
• Larry Alcala
  Larry Alcala
  Lauro Zarate Alcala , also known as Larry Alcala, was a well-known editorial cartoonist and illustrator in the Philippines.He was born on August 18, 1926 to Ernesto Alcala and Elpidia Zarate in Daraga, Albay...
  
  
• Eduardo Castrillo
  Eduardo Castrillo
  Eduardo De Los Santos Castrillo is an award-winning Filipino sculptor. He was born in Santa Ana, Manila, the youngest of five children of Santiago Silva Castrillo, a jeweler, and Magdalena De Los Santos, a leading actress in Zarzuelas and Holy Week pageants in Makati, Philippines. Castrillo was...
  
  
• Roberto Chabet
  Roberto Chabet
  -Career:Chabet studied architecture at the University of Santo Tomas where he graduated in 1961. He had his first solo exhibition at the Luz Gallery in the same year. He was the founding museum director of the Cultural Center of the Philippines and served there as curator from 1967–1970...
  
  
• Carlos "Botong" Francisco
  Carlos V. Francisco
  Carlos V. Francisco , popularly known as Botong, was a muralist from Angono, Rizal.Francisco was a most distinguished practitioner of mural painting for many decades and best known for his historical pieces. He was one of the first Filipino modernists along with Galo Ocampo and Victorio C...
  
  
• Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
  Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo
  Félix Resurrección Hidalgo y Padilla was a Filipino artist. He is acknowledged as one of the great Filipino painters of the late 19th century, and is significant in Philippine history for having been an acquaintance and inspiration for members of the Philippine reform movement which included José...
  
  
• Jose T. Joya
  José T. Joya
  José T. Joya was a Filipino abstract artist and a National Artist of the Philippines awardee.From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaVenice José T...
  
  
• Ang Kiukok
  Ang Kiukok
  Ang Kiukok was a leading Filipino painter and a National Artist for Visual Arts.-Profile of the Artist:He was born in Davao City, Philippines to Chinese-Filipino parents who had emigrated from Fukien...
  
  
• Cesar Legaspi
  Cesar Legaspi
  Cesar Legaspi on April 2, 1917 in Tondo, Manila is a Filipino National Artist awardee in painting. He was also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s. His early works, alongside those of peer, Hernando Ocampo are described as depictions of anguish and...
  
  
• Vicente Manansala
  Vicente Manansala
  Vicente Silva Manansala was a Philippine cubist painter and illustrator.Manansala was born in Macabebe, Pampanga. From 1926 to 1930, he studied at the U.P. School of Fine Arts. In 1949, Manansala received a six-month grant by UNESCO to study at the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Banff and Montreal, Canada...
  
  
• Onib Olmedo
  Onib Olmedo
  Onib Olmedo was an award-winning expressionist Filipino painter. He illustrated The Body Book by Gilda Cordero-Fernando. He created populist art and depicted the marginalized part of the society...
  
  
• Pierre F. Patricio
  Pierre F. Patricio
  Pierre Patricio Farum y Bereber Castro is a Filipino self-taught and expatriate artist. He has successfully exhibited both internationally and in his home country...
  
  
• Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong was a noted Filipino historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, archivist, scholar, painter, poet, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, bibliographer, translator,...
  
  
• Romeo V. Tabuena
• Guillermo Tolentino

Architecture

• Juan M. Arellano
• Carlos Barreto
  Carlos Barreto
  Carlos Barreto was a bantamweight boxer from Venezuela, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Olympic results:*Defeated Aleksandar Hristov 9-3...
  
  
• Leandro Locsin
  Leandro Locsin
  Leandro V. Locsin was a Filipino architect, artist, and interior designer, known for his use of concrete, floating volume and simplistic design in his various projects. An avid collector, he was fond of modern painting and Chinese ceramics. He was proclaimed a National Artist of the Philippines...
  
  
• Tomás Mapúa
  Tomás Mapúa
  Tomás Mapúa is a Filipino Architect. to heading his own construction company was president of the Mapúa Institute of Technology. He died on December 22, 1965. Misericordia Street in Sta...
  
  
• Juan Nakpil
  Juan Nakpil
  Juan F. Nakpil was a Filipino architect, teacher and a community leader. In 1973, he was named one of the National Artists for architecture, and tapped as the Dean of Filipino Architects....
  
  
• Jose L. de Ocampo
  Jose L. de Ocampo
  Jose Lorenzo de Ocampo was the 49th licensed professional architect of the Philippines. Born on February 18, 1906, the oldest child of José Gabriel de Ocampo and Felicia Gómez, he was educated at Colegio de La Imaculada Concepcion, Vigan, Ilocos Sur; studied at the Ateneo de Manila; the Mapúa...
  
  
• Carlos A. Santos-Viola
  Carlos A. Santos-Viola
  Carlos Antonio Santos-Viola was an architect in the Philippines. He is best known for designing and building churches for the Iglesia ni Cristo religious group....
  
  

Cinema and theater

• Nora Aunor
  Nora Aunor
  Nora "Guy" Aunor is a multi-awarded Filipino actress, singer and producer. Aunor has also topbilled several stage plays, television shows, and concerts. She is regarded as the "Superstar in Philippine Entertainment Industry"...
  
  
• Nida Blanca
  Nida Blanca
  Dorothy Acueza Jones, popularly known by her stage name Nida Blanca, was a Filipina actress. She starred in over 163 movies and 14 television shows and received over 16 awards for movies and six awards for television during her 50-year film career...
  
  
• Lino Brocka
  Lino Brocka
  Catalino Ortiz Brocka is known as one of the greatest film directors of the Philippines. Brocka was openly homosexual and many of his films incorporated LGBT themes into their often dramatic storylines....
  
  
• Janna Cachola
  Janna Cachola
  Janna Cachola, born 29 October 1989, is an actress, singer based in New Zealand. She has been performing since 2005, but rose to fame in 2010, when she was cast in Miss Saigon in New Zealand.-Early life:...
  
  
• Juvy Cachola
  Juvy Cachola
  Juvy Cachola was an actress for the Philippines' Sampaguita Pictures.Her younger sister is a beauty queen, model, actress turned producer Jean Altavas. Her Grandneice is New Zealand actress/model Janna Cachola.-Movies:-External Links:...
  
  
• Chichay
  Chichay
  Chichay was a Filipino comedienne. Her short and stocky stature, scratchy voice and prematurely aged appearance allowed her to portray grandmothers while only in her thirties.-Biography:...
  
  
• Manuel Conde
  Manuel Conde
  Manuel Conde was born on October 15, 1915 in Daet, Camarines Norte . He was an actor, director and producer. As an actor, he also used the screen name Juan Urbano during the 1930s aside from his more popular screen name. His first film was "Mahiwagang Biyolin" in 1935. He made almost three dozen...
  
  
• Sharon Cuneta
  Sharon Cuneta
  Sharon Cuneta-Pangilinan, better known as Sharon Cuneta, is a popular and multi-awarded Filipino singer, actress and TV host dubbed as Megastar of Philippine Entertainment, fondly called Mega by fans and people from the entertainment industry....
  
  
• Etang Discher
  Etang Discher
  Etang Discher was a prominent Filipina character film actress frequently cast in villainous roles. Her stern, gaunt Castilian face loomed in many post-war Filipino films, especially soap opera-type dramas...
  
  
• Dolphy
  Dolphy
  Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. , known by his screen name Dolphy, is a Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. He has appeared in a number of works on stage, radio, television and movies.-Biography:Dolphy was born on P. Herrera St...
  
  
• Mike de Leon
  Mike de Leon
  Miguel Pamintuan de Leon is a noted Filipino film director, cinematographer, scripwriter and film producer. His is also known as Mike de Leon. He was born in Manila on May 24, 1947 to Manuel de Leon and Imelda Pamintuan...
  
  
• Anita Linda
  Anita Linda
  Anita Linda is a two-time FAMAS award-winning and Gawad Urian award-winning Filipino film actress. A romantic lead in her youth, she later gained critical acclaim for her portrayals in maternal or elderly roles...
  
  
• Brillante Mendoza
  Brillante Mendoza
  Brillante Mendoza is a Filipino film director. He has directed nine films since 2005. He won the award for Best Director for his film Kinatay at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival...
  
  
• Cesar Montano
  César Montano
  Cesar Manhilot, known by his screen name Cesar Montano, is a multi-awarded Filipino actor and film director.He started in show business as a stuntman. He played roles in numerous B movies...
  
  
• Robin Padilla
  Robin Padilla
  Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla better known by his stage name Robin Padilla is a Filipino film and television action star. He is the younger brother of actors BB Gandanghari, Rommel Padilla and Royette Padilla...
  
  
• Fernando Poe Jr.
• Atang dela Rama
• Susan Roces
  Susan Roces
  Jesusa Purificación Sonora , better known as Susan Rocés, is a Filipina actress and widow of Ronald Allan Kelley Poe, better known as Fernando Poe, Jr...
  
  
• Eddie Romero
  Eddie Romero
  Eddie Romero is an acclaimed and influential Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter, considered one of the finest in the Cinema of the Philippines.Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003....
  
  
• Gloria Romero
  Gloria Romero (actress)
  Gloria Romero is a Filipino actress appearing in film and television. Her career spans 60 years and includes award winning performances in the films Tanging Yaman , Nagbabagang Luha and 1955's Dalagang Ilocana...
  
  
• Phillip Salvador
  Phillip Salvador
  Phillip "Ipe" Salvador is a three-time FAMAS award-winning Filipino actor.-Acting career:...
  
  
• Claudine Barretto
  Claudine Barretto
  Claudine Margaret Castelo Barretto-Santiago , popularly known as Claudine Barretto, is a film and television actress in the Philippines.-Television roles:...
  
  
• Judy Ann Santos
  Judy Ann Santos
  Judy Anne Lumagui Santos-Agoncillo , popularly known as Judy Ann Santos or Juday/Judai, is Philippines film and television actress, product endorser, recording artist, and film producer....
  
  
• Mila del Sol
  Mila del Sol
  Clarita Rivera Villarba , better known as Mila del Sol, is a Filipina film actress and entrepreneur. Del Sol was born in Tondo, Manila. She gained fame in her very first lead role in the 1939 film Giliw Ko...
  
  
• Shay Mitchell
  Shay Mitchell
  Shannon Ashley "Shay" Mitchell is a Canadian actress and model. She stars in the ABC Family original series, Pretty Little Liars as Emily Fields.-Early life:...
  
  
• Charito Solis
  Charito Solis
  Charito Solis was a FAMAS and Gawad Urian award-winning Filipino film actress. Acknowledged as one of the leading dramatic actresses of post-war Philippine cinema, she was tagged either as the "Anna Magnani of the Philippines" or as "the Meryl Streep of the Philippines."-Profile:Rosario Violeta...
  
  
• Richard Abelardo
  Richard Abelardo
  -Early life:Adelberto was born to Juan Henson Abelardo, a painter, and Cecilia Velayo in San Miguel de Mayumo, Bulacan, Philippines.At a young age, he joined a band as a piccolo player on a ship destined for California. Upon arriving in California, he jumped ship....
  
  
• Mark Dacascos
  Mark Dacascos
  Mark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
  
  
• Brandon Lee (pornographic actor)
  Brandon Lee (pornographic actor)
  Brandon Lee , is a gay Asian American pornographic actor of Filipino descent. He is regarded as the first gay Asian porn star and arguably the most popular Asian pornographic actor in contemporary gay male culture.-Pornography career:...
  
  
• Brandon Baker
  Brandon Baker
  Brandon Baker is an American actor. He is known for the made-for-TV movies, such as Disney movies Johnny Tsunami and its sequel Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board as well as for his role on the short lived NBC sitcom One World. In 2002, he appeared in episodes of the Disney Channel original series...
  
  
• Pia Clemente
  Pia Clemente
  Pia Clemente is a producer. She was a line producer for The Debut which was the first major Filipino American film to be shown in national theaters....
  
  
• Michael Copon
  Michael Copon
  Michael Sowell Copon is an American actor, model, producer, and singer. He is known for his role of Felix Taggaro in the television series One Tree Hill, playing Vin Keahi in the television series Beyond the Break, and starring in Power Rangers: Time Force.-Early life:Copon was born in Chesapeake,...
  
  
• Roshon Fegan
  Roshon Fegan
  Roshon Bernard Fegan is an American actor, dancer, rapper and musician. He is best known for his role as Sander Loyer in the Disney Channel movie franchise Camp Rock and for his role as Ty Blue on the Disney Channel original series Shake It Up!.-Early life:Roshon Fegan was born on October 6,...
  
  
• Nicole Anderson
  Nicole Anderson
  Nicole Gale Anderson is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Macy Misa in the Disney Channel Original Series JONAS L.A., and also known for the role of Kelly Parker on the ABC Family series Make It or Break It...
  
  
• Ashley Argota
  Ashley Argota
  Ashley Spencer Argota is an American actress and singer. She is best known for role as Lulu in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. She currently co-stars as Kelly Peckinpaw in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures on Nickelodeon....
  
  
• Louie del Carmen
  Louie del Carmen
  Louie del Carmen is an American animation storyboard artist/director and illustrator. Born Manuel Luis Gonzales del Carmen in Cavite City, Philippines, he began work in the mid-1990s on such notable animated programs as Rugrats, Rocket Power, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy,...
  
  
• Ronnie del Carmen
  Ronnie del Carmen
  Ronnie del Carmen is an animation storyboard, story artist and designer. He was recently Story Supervisor on Pixar's tenth full-length computer-animated film titled Up and director of its accompanying short film on DVD, Dug's Special Mission.-Filmography:*The Untitled Pixar Movie That Takes You...
  
  
• Dean Devlin
  Dean Devlin
  Dean Devlin is an American screenwriter, producer, television director and former actor. He is the founder of the production company Electric Entertainment.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Kevin Kleinberg
  Kevin Kleinberg
  Kevin Louis Kleinberg , is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Trip, the Green Ranger in Power Rangers: Time Force....
  
  
• Reggie Lee
  Reggie Lee
  Reggie Lee is a former Arena Football League offensive lineman/defensive lineman for the Orlando Predators.-NCAA career:...
  
  
• Matthew Libatique
  Matthew Libatique
  Matthew Libatique is an American cinematographer best known for his work with director Darren Aronofsky on such films as π, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain and Black Swan.-Background:...
  
  
• Steven R. McQueen
  Steven R. McQueen
  Steven R. McQueen - and also known as 'Steven Chadwick McQueen' - is an American actor, best known for his role as Jeremy Gilbert in The CW show The Vampire Diaries and his recurring role as Kyle Hunter in the drama series Everwood. McQueen uses the name 'Steven R...
  
  
• Van Partible
  Van Partible
  Van Partible is an American animator of Filipino descent, writer, and producer best known for creating the animated television series Johnny Bravo.Partible currently resides in Salinas, California....
  
  
• Victoria Recaño
  Victoria Recaño
  Victoria Recaño is an American television personality currently working for TV Guide Network. Her last assignment was co-anchoring the 6 pm and 10 pm news on Los Angeles television station KTLA. She did that work from September 14, 2009 until late May 2010, when she left the show without any...
  
  
• Rob Schneider
  Rob Schneider
  Robert Michael "Rob" Schneider is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider has gone on to a successful career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films Deuce Bigalow:...
  
  
• Chuti Tiu
  Chuti Tiu
  Chuti Tiu is an Asian American actress of Chinese, Filipina and Spanish descent. Tiu studied at Northwestern University where she earned a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. She later got a lead role in Sally Field's directorial debut Beautiful a film based on the pageant experience...
  
  
• Shay Mitchell
  Shay Mitchell
  Shannon Ashley "Shay" Mitchell is a Canadian actress and model. She stars in the ABC Family original series, Pretty Little Liars as Emily Fields.-Early life:...
  
  
• Pilar Seurat
  Pilar Seurat
  Pilar Seurat was a Filipina-American film and television actress in the 1960s.-Life and career:Born as Rita Hernandez in Manila, Seurat began her Hollywood career as a dancer in Ken Murray's "Blackouts", the popular postwar variety show at the El Capitan Theatre...
  
  
• Jericho Rosales
  Jericho Rosales
  Jericho Vibar Rosales, is a Filipino cinema and television actor, singer, and songwriter....
  
  
• Gary Valenciano
  Gary Valenciano
  Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano , better known as Gary Valenciano or Gary V., is a Filipino musician. He is also dubbed as Mr. Pure Energy. He has released 26 albums, and won the Awit Awards for "Best Male Performer" 11 times. In 1998, he became UNICEF Philippines first national Ambassador...
  
  
• Christian Bautista
  Christian Bautista
  Christian Joseph Morata Bautista , more popularly known by his screen name Christian Bautista, is a Filipino singer, actor, host, and model. He was a finalist of Star In A Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN channel, winning the 4th place in the competition in 2003...
  
  
• Karylle
  Karylle
  Ana Karylle Padilla Tatlonghari , better known as simply Karylle, has established herself as one of the most talented showbiz personalities in the Philippines. She is a respected singer, actress, TV host, athlete, and a writer/blogger....
  
  

Dance

• Cheryl Burke
  Cheryl Burke
  Cheryl Stephanie Burke is a professional dancer. She is best known for being one of the professional dancers on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, where she was the first woman to win the show and the first person to win twice ....
  
  
• Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
  Lisa Macuja-Elizalde
  Lisa Teresita Pacheco Macuja-Elizalde is a Prima Ballerina. She is the first Philippine ballerina, and first foreign soloist who ever joined the Kirov Ballet in 1984. In the Philippines, she is the Artistic Director of Ballet Manila and Vice-Chairman of the Philippine UNESCO National Commission...
  
  
• Leonor Orosa Goquinco
  Leonor Orosa Goquinco
  Leonor Orosa-Goquingco was a Filipino national artist in creative dance. She could play the piano, draw, design scenery and costumes, sculpt, act, direct, dance and choreograph. Her pen name was Cristina Luna and she was known as Trailblazer, Mother of Philippine Theater Dance and Dean of Filipino...
  
  
• Napoleon D'umo
• SexBomb Dancers
• JabbaWockeeZ
  JabbaWockeeZ
  Jabbawockeez is a Bay-Area-based Urban dance group formed initially by members Kevin " KB" Brewer, Phil "Swagger Boy" Tayag, & Joe "Punkee" Larot under the name "3 Muskee". They were the winners of season 1 of the show America's Best Dance Crew...
  
  
• Super Cr3w
  Super Cr3w
  Super Cr3w is a breakdance crew from Las Vegas, Nevada who won the 2nd season of America's Best Dance Crew.-Early history:Before their popularity on ABDC, Super Cr3w was formed from three different b-boy dance crews and formed a "Super Crew" of their own.-Connection with...
  
  
• SoReal Cru
  SoReal Cru
  SoReal Cru is a hip-hop dance crew from Houston, Texas who gained fame as the runner-up on the second season of America's Best Dance Crew . Before ABDC, they won first place at the World of Dance competition in Pomona in 2008. After the second season of America's Best Dance Crew was over, they...
  
  
• Zaira Cosico
  Zaira Cosico
  Zaira Cosico is a ballerina from the Philippines. She is one of a few successful scholars of Liza Macuja's dance company, Ballet Manila. She first learned to dance at the Halili Cruz School of Dance. Cosico has been instructed in the Vaganova method by Tatiana A. Udalenkova of the Academy of Russia...
  
  
• Quest Crew
  Quest Crew
  Quest Crew is an American hip-hop dance crew from Los Angeles, California who were declared winners of the third season of America's Best Dance Crew...
  
  
• Philippine All Stars
  Philippine All Stars
  The Philippine All-Stars is a Philippine hip-hop dance group. They won the 2006 and 2008 World Hip Hop Dance Championships. They were formed on 2005 by twelve individuals that were working in the Manila underground Hip-hop scene...
  
  
• Poreotix
• Massive Monkeys
• Jennifer Olayvar
  Jennifer Olayvar
  Jennifer Rose Olayvar is a contemporary ballerina from the Philippines. She has been a dancer for Ballet Manila since 2000. She had been the special assistant to Lisa Macuja-Elizalde from 2004 to 2007...
  
  
• G-Force
  G-force
  The g-force associated with an object is its acceleration relative to free-fall. This acceleration experienced by an object is due to the vector sum of non-gravitational forces acting on an object free to move. The accelerations that are not produced by gravity are termed proper accelerations, and...
  
  
• Kaba Modern
  Kaba Modern
  Kaba Modern is a dance group originating from Irvine, California. Kaba Modern is a spin-off of the University of California, Irvine Filipino cultural club, Kababayan, which means "countrymen" in Tagalog. Created by Arnel Calvario in 1992, Kaba Modern began as dancers that performed the hip-hop...
  
  
• Cris Judd
  Cris Judd
  Cristan Leenon "Cris" Judd is an American actor and choreographer known for his brief marriage to Jennifer Lopez. He hails from Abilene, Texas.-Early years:...
  
  
• Charles Klapow
  Charles Klapow
  Charles "Chucky" Klapow is an American choreographer and dance instructor who has performed and choreographed for various performers and several television and stage productions. He is also known for his teachings of the mental approach to dance...
  
  

Literature

• Jose Rizal
  José Rizal
  José Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda , was a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reform in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is regarded as the foremost Filipino patriot and is listed as one of the national heroes of the Philippines by...
  
  
• Jimmy Abad
  Gémino Abad
  Gémino Henson Abad is a poet and critic from Cebu, Philippines. His family moved to Manila when his father, Antonio Abad, was offered professorships at Far Eastern University and the University of the Philippines. He earned his B.A. English from the University of the Philippines in 1964 and Ph.D....
  
  
• Manuel Arguilla
  Manuel Arguilla
  Manuel Estabillo Arguilla was an Ilokano writer in English, patriot, and martyr.He is known for his widely anthologized short story "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife," the main story in the collection "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife and Other Short Stories" which won first prize in...
  
  
• Francisco Arcellana
  Francisco Arcellana
  Francisco "Franz" Arcellana was a Filipino writer, poet, essayist, critic, journalist and teacher. He was born on September 16, 1916. Arcellana already had ambitions of becoming a writer during his years in the elementary. His actual writing, however, started when he became a member of The Torres...
  
  
• Virgilio S. Almario
  Virgilio S. Almario
  Virgilio Senadren Almario, better known by his pen name, Rio Alma, is a Filipino artist, poet, critic, translator, editor, teacher, and cultural manager. He is a National Artist of the Philippines....
  
  
• Francisco Balagtas
  Francisco Balagtas
  Francisco Baltazar y dela Cruz , known much more widely through his nom-de-plume Francisco Balagtas, was a prominent Filipino poet, and is widely considered as the Tagalog equivalent of William Shakespeare for his impact on Filipino literature...
  
  
• Carlos Bulosan
  Carlos Bulosan
  Also known as Julius Zafra , a Filipino, an English-language novelist and poet who spent most of his life in the United States, and is best known for the semi-autobiographical America Is in the Heart.-Life and career:Carlos Bulosan was born to Ilocano parents in...
  
  
• Lualhati Bautista
  Lualhati Bautista
  Lualhati Torres Bautista is one of the foremost Filipino female novelists in the history of contemporary Philippine Literature. Her novels include Dekada '70, Bata, Bata, Pa'no Ka Ginawa?, and ‘GAPÔ....
  
  
• Gilda Cordero-Fernando
  Gilda Cordero-Fernando
  Gilda Cordero-Fernando is a multiawarded writer, publisher and cultural icon from the Philippines. She was born in Manila, has a B.A. from St...
  
  
• Butch Dalisay
• Marjorie Evasco
  Marjorie Evasco
  Marjorie Evasco is an award- winning Filipino poet, born in Maribojoc, Bohol on September 21, 1953. She writes in two languages: English and Cebuano-Visayan and is a supporter of women's rights, especially of women writers...
  
  
• Stevan Javellana
  Stevan Javellana
  Stevan Javellana was a Filipino novelist and short-story writer in the English language. He is also known as Esteban Javellana.-Biography:...
  
  
• Nick Joaquin
  Nick Joaquín
  Nicomedes Márquez Joaquín was a Filipino writer, historian and journalist, best known for his short stories and novels in the English language. He also wrote using the pen name Quijano de Manila...
  
  
• F. Sionil José
  F. Sionil José
  F. Sionil José or in full Francisco Sionil José is one of the most widely-read Filipino writers in the English language. His novels and short stories depict the social underpinnings of class struggles and colonialism in Filipino society...
  
  
• Fernando Ma. Guerrero
• N.V.M. Gonzalez
• Jessica Hagedorn
  Jessica Hagedorn
  Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn is a Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist.-Biography:...
  
  
• Amado V. Hernandez
• Salvador P. Lopez
  Salvador P. López
  Salvador Ponce Lopez, born in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, was an Ilokano writer, journalist, educator, diplomat, and statesman....
  
  
• Bienvenido Lumbera
  Bienvenido Lumbera
  Bienvenido Lumbera is a prizewinning poet, critic and dramatist from the Philippines.He is a National Artist of the Philippines and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communications...
  
  
• Alejandro R. Roces
• Francisco Soc Rodrigo
  Francisco Soc Rodrigo
  Francisco Soc Rodrigo was a Senator of the Third Congress , Fourth Congress , Fifth Congress , and Sixth Congress of the Republic of the Philippines...
  
  
• Carlos P. Romulo
  Carlos P. Rómulo
  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...
  
  
• Bienvenido Santos
  Bienvenido Santos
  Bienvenido N. Santos was a Filipino-American fictionist, poet and nonfiction writer. He was born and raised in Tondo, Manila. His family roots are originally from Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines...
  
  
• Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong was a noted Filipino historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, archivist, scholar, painter, poet, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, bibliographer, translator,...
  
  
• Edilberto K. Tiempo
  Edilberto K. Tiempo
  Edilberto Kaindong Tiempo , also known as E.K. Tiempo, was a Filipino writer and professor. He and his wife, Edith L. Tiempo, are credited by Silliman University with establishing "a tradition in excellence in creative writing and the teaching of literacy craft which continues to this day" at that...
  
  
• Edith L. Tiempo
  Edith L. Tiempo
  Edith L. Tiempo , poet, fiction writer, teacher and literary critic was a Filipino writer in the English language.Tiempo was born in Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya...
  
  
• Gaspar Vibal
  Gaspar Vibal
  Gaspar A. Vibal is the executive director of Vibal Foundation. As book collector , he pioneered the creation of Filipiniana.net and WikiPilipinas.org, two of the foundation's flagship projects...
  
  
• Jose Garcia Villa
  José García Villa
  Jose Garcia Villa was a Filipino poet, literary critic, short story writer, and painter. He was awarded the National Artist of the Philippines title for literature in 1973, as well as the Guggenheim Fellowship in creative writing by Conrad Aiken...
  
  
• Alfred Yuson
  Alfred Yuson
  Alfred A. Yuson has authored 19 books, including novels, poetry collections, short fiction, essays, and children's stories, apart from having edited various other titles....
  
  

Models

• Anna Bayle
  Anna Bayle
  Anna Bayle is a Filipino ex-model who achieved success in the late 1970s and 1980s. She became one of the highest paid models of her time.-Modeling career:...
  
  
• Lissa Endriga
  Lissa endriga
  Lissa Endriga is an Asian-American television host and model, best known for her work on the travel-adventure television show Destination X: California and Destination X: Adventures.-Early life:...
  
  
• CJ Gibson
  CJ Gibson
  CJ Gibson is an American model and actress of Filipino and Italian descent. Gibson was the Import Tuner magazine Model Search winner for May, 2007...
  
  
• Raquel Gibson
• Rafé Totengco
• Leeann Tweeden
  Leeann Tweeden
  Leeann Velez Tweeden is an American model.Tweeden was born in Manassas, Virginia. She graduated from Osbourn Park High School in 1991. Tweeden skipped college altogether and instead pursued a career in modeling...
  
  

Music and composition

• Nicanor Abelardo
  Nicanor Abelardo
  Nicanor Sta. Ana Abelardo was a Filipino composer who composed over a hundred of Kundiman songs, especially before the Second World War.-Life:...
  
  
• Razorback
  Razorback
  Razorback is an Americanism, loosely applied to any type of feral pig or wild boar in North America. The term has also appeared in Australia, to describe said animals in that country.-Introduction to the Americas:...
  
  
• Wolfgang
  Wolfgang
  Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany and Austria. Its earliest known bearer was a tenth century saint. The name is a combination of the Old High German word wulf, meaning "wolf" and gang, meaning "path". Grimm interpreted the name as that of a hero in front of...
  
  
• Freddie Aguilar
  Freddie Aguilar
  Ferdinand Pascual Aguilar , better known as Freddie Aguilar, is a folk musician from the Philippines. He is best known for his rendition of "Bayan Ko", which became the anthem for the opposition to the Marcos regime during the 1986 People Power Revolution, and for his song "Anak", the best-selling...
  
  
• Bruno Mars
  Bruno Mars
  Peter Gene Hernandez , better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an Filipino-American singer-songwriter and record producer. Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii by a family of musicians, Mars began making music at a young age...
  
  
• Apl.De.Ap
  Apl.de.ap
  Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. better known as apl.de.ap , is a Filipino-American rapper, record producer, and occasional drummer who is best known as a member of The Black Eyed Peas.-Early life:Pineda was born in Belfast...
  
  
• Apo Hiking Society
  APO Hiking Society
  The Apolinario Mabini Hiking Society, later popularly known as Apo Hiking Society or, simply, Apo, was a Filipino musical group. The group had its fledgling beginnings in 1969 at the Ateneo de Manila high school, with thirteen members: Lito de Joya, Sonny Santiago, Gus Cosio, Renato Garcia, Chito...
  
  
• Jasmine Trias
  Jasmine Trias
  Jasmine Trias is an American singer-entertainer who was the third place finalist on the third season of American Idol, due in part to tremendous call-in support from California, New York, and her native state of Hawaii. She has released one album to date, Jasmine Trias...
  
  
• Asin
  Asin (band)
  Asin is a Pinoy folk and folk rock band from the Philippines. They started as a trio in the late 1970s, and was originally known as the Salt of the Earth]...
  
  
• Joey Ayala
  Joey Ayala
  Joey Ayala is a contemporary pop music artist in the Philippines. He is well known for his style of music that combines the sounds of Filipino ethnic instruments with modern pop music. His professional music career started when he released an album recorded in a makeshift-studio in 1982...
  
  
• Mutya Buena
  Mutya Buena
  Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena is an English recording artist who rose to fame as a member of girl group the Sugababes. With the Sugababes, Buena had four UK number one singles, an additional six top-ten hits and three multi-platinum albums. After leaving the group in December 2005, she released her...
  
  
• Junji Arias
  Junji Arias
  Junji Arias He is the current vocalist and chief songwriter of Filipino rock band, Velcro...
  
  
• Janna Cachola
  Janna Cachola
  Janna Cachola, born 29 October 1989, is an actress, singer based in New Zealand. She has been performing since 2005, but rose to fame in 2010, when she was cast in Miss Saigon in New Zealand.-Early life:...
  
  
• George Canseco
  George Canseco
  George Masangkay Canseco was a Filipino song composer.Canseco studied liberal arts at University of the East...
  
  
• Ryan Cayabyab
  Ryan Cayabyab
  Ryan Cayabyab is a Filipino musician and was the Executive and Artistic Director of the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts...
  
  
• Levi Celerio
  Levi Celerio
  Levi Celerio was a Filipino composer and lyricist who was born in Manila, Philippines. Celerio was a prolific song-writer, with over 4,000 songs to his credit. He is perhaps best-known for being a leaf-player, a feat for which he was put into the Guinness Book of World Records...
  
  
• Pilita Corrales
  Pilita Corrales
  Pilita Garrido Corrales is a Popular Filipina singer. She is tagged "Asia's Queen of Songs."-Biography:Pilita Garrido Corrales was born in Lahug, Cebu to a Spanish mother Maria Garrido and a half Filipino half Spanish father Jose Corrales...
  
  
• Billy Crawford
  Billy Crawford
  Billy Joe Crawford is a Filipino-American recording artist, singer-songwriter and philanthropist.Crawford is a Bilingual Filipino Singer. His second language is English and he is conversational in French. Crawford not only lived in New York City, USA, but also in Paris for five years and for one...
  
  
• Diwata
  Diwata
  In Philippine mythology, a Diwata , also known as Encantada, is a mythological figure similar to fairies or nymphs. They are nature spirits and live one with mother earth...
  
  
• Claire de la Fuente
• Florante
  Florante
  Florante de Leon, popularly known simply as Florante, is a Filipino singer-songwriter. He was a pioneer and leading exponent of Pinoy folk rock during the DZRJ-AM radio boom in Manila during the 1970s...
  
  
• Kirk Hammett
  Kirk Hammett
  Kirk Lee Hammett is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the heavy metal band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stones list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...
  
  
• Hotdog
  Hotdog (band)
  The Hotdog Band, more commonly known simply as Hotdog, is a Filipino band formed by brothers Dennis and Rene Garcia, that achieved musical fame in the Philippines during the 1970s. Their first album Unang Kagat was released in 1974 by Villar Records. The album led to the 1975 movie by the same...
  
  
• Juan Dela Cruz Band
• Lucrecia Kasilag
  Lucrecia Kasilag
  Lucrecia Kasilag was a Filipino composer, music educator, and National Artist for Music.She studied composition with Wayne Barlow....
  
  
• Jasmine Villegas
  Jasmine Villegas
  Jasmine Marie Villegas also known as Jasmine V is an American teen R&B, pop and soul singer. She has Filipino and Mexican heritage. After many years of pursuing a career in music she was recently signed to Sony Music. In September 2010 she joined the second leg of Justin Bieber's My World Tour as...
  
  
• Las Pinas Boys Choir
  Las Piñas boys Choir
  The Las Piñas Boys Choir, of Las Piñas City, Philippines, is a boys choir made up of scholarship students at the St. Joseph's Academy, and performs regularly in the annual International Bamboo Organ Festival and at the Parish of St. Joseph....
  
  
• Sharon Leal
  Sharon Leal
  Sharon Leal is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in movies such as Dreamgirls, Why Did I Get Married?, Why Did I Get Married Too? and the televisions series Hellcats.-Personal life:...
  
  
• Cecile Licad
  Cecile Licad
  Cecile Licad is a renowned Filipina virtuoso classical pianist dubbed as a "a pianist's pianist" by The New Yorker, "her artistry, a blend of daring musical instinct and superb training." -Biography:...
  
  
• Francis Magalona
  Francis Magalona
  Francis Michael Durango Magalona , also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, MC The Mouth and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer. He was the first Filipino rapper in the Philippines to cross over to the mainstream...
  
  
• Nina Girado
  Nina Girado
  Marifil Niña Girado , better known by her stage name Nina, is a Filipino pop/R&B singer, occasional songwriter, record producer, TV and radio personality. She made her recording debut in 2002 after signing a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines...
  
  
• Charice Pempengco
  Charice Pempengco
  Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco , popularly known by the mononym Charice, is a Filipino recording artist and actress who rose to popularity through YouTube. Dubbed by Oprah Winfrey as the Most Talented Girl in the World, she released her first international studio album Charice in 2010...
  
  
• Diomedes Maturan
  Diomedes Maturan
  Diomedes Maturan was an actor who played in Botika sa baryo and Tawag ng tanghalan. Maturan died on April 7, 2002 of heart attack at age 61....
  
  
• Antonio Molina
  Antonio Molina (composer)
  Antonio J. Molina was a Filipino composer, conductor and music administrator who was named a National Artist of the Philippines for his services to music.Molina was born in Manila, the son of a government official...
  
  
• Grace Nono
  Grace Nono
  Grace Nono is a Filipino singer, known for her musical style based on traditional Filipino rhythms.Nono was born in in Agusan, Mindanao. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Humanities and a Master's degree in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines.Nono released her debut album "Tao...
  
  
• Clarissa Ocampo
  Clarissa Ocampo
  Clarissa Ocampo is a Filipino-American mezzo-soprano opera singer. She is best known for her album Cradle Songs and sings professionally in the United States and Asia.- Birth to young adulthood :...
  
  
• Imelda Papin
  Imelda Papin
  Imelda Papin is a Filipino singer and one of the bigger names in the Philippine music industry. Dubbed the "Sentimental Songstress", Imelda Papin is responsible for songs such as "Bakit " and "Isang Linggong Pag-ibig"....
  
  
• Philippine Madrigal Singers
  The University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers
  The University of the Philippines Madrigal Singers , also known as the Philippine Madrigal Singers or simply Madz, is one of the major cultural groups based in the University of the Philippines, Diliman. Its current conductor and musical director is Mark Anthony Carpio...
  
  
• Arnel Pineda
  Arnel Pineda
  Arnel Pineda is a Filipino singer-songwriter who has served as the lead singer of the American rock band Journey since 2007. Pineda has had a successful musical career in the Philippines for the last 25 years.- Biography :...
  
  
• DJ Qbert
• Didith Reyes
  Didith Reyes
  Maria Helen Bella Avenila Santamaria , better known as Didith Reyes, was a Filipino actress and singer best known for recording a string of hit love ballads in the 1970s...
  
  
• Rivermaya
  Rivermaya
  Rivermaya is one of the most influential, critically acclaimed and significant Filipino rock band formed in 1993. They are one of the several bands who spearheads the 90s Philippine alternative rock explosion...
  
  
• Lea Salonga
  Lea Salonga
  Lea Salonga-Chien is a mezzo-soprano singer and actress from the Philippines well known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon, for which she won the Olivier, Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics and Theatre World awards.She was the first Asian to play the roles of Éponine and...
  
  
• Francisco Santiago
  Francisco Santiago
  Francisco Santiago , was a Filipino musician, sometimes called The Father of Kundiman Art Song....
  
  
• Lucio San Pedro
• Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong was a noted Filipino historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, archivist, scholar, painter, poet, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, bibliographer, translator,...
  
  
• Ruben Tagalog
  Ruben Tagalog
  Ruben Tagalog was a Filipino actor and musician, famous for his works in the Kundiman style. He was also a part of the Mabuhay Singers.-Career:...
  
  
• The Dawn
  The Dawn (band)
  The Dawn is a Filipino rock band which first achieved commercial success during the late 1980s in the Philippines. The band broke up in 1995 with lead vocalist Jett Pangan forming another band, the Jett Pangan Group. The Dawn reunited in late 1999...
  
  
• The Eraserheads
  The Eraserheads
  Eraserheads, or E-Heads was a Filipino rock band of the 90s, formed by Ely Buendia, Raimund Marasigan, Buddy Zabala and Marcus Adoro. The band is one of the most successful, critically acclaimed, and significant bands in the history of OPM...
  
  
• Rey Valera
  Rey Valera
  Reynaldo Valera Guardiano is a singer, songwriter, music director, film scorer and television host from the Philippines. He wrote and produced songs that were recorded by various singers, most notably Sharon Cuneta. He currently hosts the variety noontime show Pilipinas Win na Win alongside Rico J...
  
  
• Regine Velasquez
  Regine Velasquez
  Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez , better known as Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez, is a Filipino singer, actress, record producer and TV host...
  
  
• Andrea Veneracion
  Andrea Veneracion
  Andrea Ofilada Veneracion , is a Filipino choral conductor and a recipient of the 1999 National Artist for Music award. She founded the Philippine Madrigal Singers in 1963...
  
  
• Cassie Ventura
• Yoyoy Villame
  Yoyoy Villame
  Yoyoy Villame born Roman Tesorio Villame, was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist, and comedian. Villame was a native of Calape, Bohol and was the father of singer Hannah Villame. He died of cardiac arrest at the Las Piñas Medical Center in Metro Manila on May 18, 2007...
  
  
• DJ Virman
• VST & Co.
  VST & Co.
  VST & Company was a Filipino disco group prominent during the late 1970s in the Philippines. Considered to be the pioneer and icon of what is known as the Manila Sound, VST & Co. released disco singles such as Swing It, Baby, Magsayawan, Ipagpatawad Mo, Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko and Disco Fever...
  
  
• Oscar Yatco
• Ben Zubiri
  Ben Zubiri
  Wenceslao "Ben" Zubiri , who was also known as Iyo Karpo was a Cebuano composer, actor, and media personality in the Philippines. His most famous composition, for which he wrote both the lyrics and music, is the song Matud Nila .Zubiri was born on the island of Cebu in 1911 and started his...
  
  
• Nicanor Abelardo
  Nicanor Abelardo
  Nicanor Sta. Ana Abelardo was a Filipino composer who composed over a hundred of Kundiman songs, especially before the Second World War.-Life:...
  
  
• Emil Mijares
  Emil Mijares
  Emil Mijares was an award-winning Filipino jazz musician.Mijares was born in 1935, the son of Emilio Montilla Mijares, Sr. and Nitang Belo and grew up in Roxas City in the province of Capiz...
  
  
• Vanessa Hudgens
• Darren Criss
  Darren Criss
  Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee...
  
  
• Chad Hugo
  Chad Hugo
  Charles Edward Hugo is an American musician and record producer. He is best known as one half of the music production and writing duo The Neptunes and as a member of the funk/rock band N.E.R.D. He is a saxophonist, pianist and guitarist...
  
  
• Vanessa White
  Vanessa White
  Vanessa Karen White is an English pop singer and songwriter. White was born to a Nigerian father and Spanish-Filipino mother. She rose to fame in 2008 as a member of English/Irish girl-group The Saturdays. She is the youngest member of the band. White is noted for her extensive vocal range.-Early...
  
  
• Hailee Steinfeld
  Hailee Steinfeld
  Hailee Steinfeld is an American actress. She rose to fame for her portrayal as Mattie Ross in the 2010 film True Grit, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.-Early life:Steinfeld was born in Tarzana, Los...
  
  
• Ashley Argota
  Ashley Argota
  Ashley Spencer Argota is an American actress and singer. She is best known for role as Lulu in the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. She currently co-stars as Kelly Peckinpaw in Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures on Nickelodeon....
  
  
• Sarah Geronimo
  Sarah Gerónimo
  Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo is a Filipino recording artist, actress and dancer. Geronimo started her career appearing in children's variety shows such as Pen-pen de Sarapen, Ang TV and NEXT...
  
  
• Maria Aragon
  Maria Aragon
  Maria Lourdes Aragon is a singer from Manitoba, Canada, of Filipino descent. Aragon gained fame after a YouTube video of her performing Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" went viral.-As a YouTube sensation:...
  
  
• Thia Megia
  Thia Megia
  Thia Megia is an American singer from Mountain House, San Joaquin County, California. Megia finished in the top 11 of the tenth season of American Idol...
  
  
• Ramiele Malubay
  Ramiele Malubay
  Ramiele Macrohon Malubay , also known as Ramiele, is a Filipino-American singer and the ninth place finalist on the seventh season of the television series American Idol.-Biography:...
  
  
• University of Santo Tomas Singers
  University of Santo Tomas Singers
  The University of Santo Tomas Singers, also known as UST Singers is the premiere mixed choral ensemble of the University of Santo Tomas under the baton of Prof. Fidel G. Calalang, Jr. The choir has achieved both national and international recognition as one of the top choirs in the...
  
  
• Lalaine
  Lalaine
  Lalaine Vergara-Paras , also known as Lalaine, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and spokesperson. She is perhaps best known for her role as Miranda Sanchez in the Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire, which aired from 2001 to 2004. She has been pursuing a music career since 2009...
  
  
• Camile Velasco
  Camile Velasco
  Ciara-Camile Roque Velasco is a Filipino-American singer and was one of the finalists on the third season of the reality/talent-search television series, American Idol...
  
  
• Rhap Salazar
  Rhap Salazar
  Rhap Salazar is a Filipino singer/songwriter and recently now a movie actor. He has tied for first place in the 2010 Awit Awards in the category “Best Performance by a New Male Recording Artist" He has won two awards at the 13th World Championships of Performing Arts both the Junior Grand...
  
  
• Vina Morales
  Vina Morales
  Vina Morales is a Filipina singer, actress and model.-Career:...
  
  
• Aria Clemente
  Aria Clemente
  Aria Daniella Hernandez Clemente , also known as Aria Clemente, is a Filipina singer and actress. Aria is currently a contract artist under ABS-CBN's Star Magic.-Career:...
  
  
• Nicole Scherzinger
  Nicole Scherzinger
  Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente Scherzinger is an American singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, model, and actress. Scherzinger is perhaps best known for being the lead vocalist of the Pussycat Dolls....
  
  
• Richard Poon
  Richard Poon
  Richard Poon is a Chinese singer-songwriter and TV personality in the Philippines. He is a former member of U-Turn. He has gone on a successful solo career, and is a well-known jazz singer in the Philippines.-Early life:...
  
  
• Kjwan
  Kjwan
  Kjwan is a Filipino band formed in 2003 by former Sandwich guitarist and vocalist Marc Abaya.-History:Long-time friends and former high school band-mates Marc Abaya and Kelley Mangahas got together with fellow Ateneans Jorel Corpus and J-hoon Balbuena to form the band’s initial lineup...
  
  
• Anna Maria Perez de Taglé
  Anna Maria Perez de Tagle
  Anna Manria Francesca Enriquez Perez de Taglé is an American actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Ashley Dewitt on Hannah Montana and Ella Pador on Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam...
  
  
• Asia Nitollano
  Asia Nitollano
  Asia Nitollano is an American singer, dancer, model and cheerleader. After winning the television series Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search for the Next Doll, Nitollano became a member of the Pussycat Dolls, only to leave a few months later to pursue a solo career.-Early life:Nitollano was born...
  
  
• Sandra McCoy
  Sandra McCoy
  Sandra Christina McCoy is an American actress and dancer who is best known for her role in the 2005 thriller Cry Wolf.-Early life:...
  
  
• Madonna Decena
  Madonna Decena
  Madonna Decena is a Filipina performer ane club singer in U.K who landed a spot in the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent. She had captivated both judges and the audience with her emotional renditions of popular love songs and her story, which is common among overseas foreign workers. She was one...
  
  
• Charlie Green
  Charlie Green (singer)
  Charlie Green is an English-singer from Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. Green is best known for appearing on the second series of the British television talent contest Britain's Got Talent....
  
  
• Eraserheads
• Chicosci
  Chicosci
  ChicoSci is a 5-piece Filipino rock band based in Manila. The band is composed of Miggy Chavez, Mong Alcaraz, Calde Calderon, Macoy Estacio and Ariel Lumanlan.-Formation and early days:...
  
  

Culinary Arts

• Cristeta Comerford
  Cristeta Comerford
  Cristeta Pasia Comerford is a Filipino American has been the White House Executive Chef since 2005. She is the first woman to be selected for the post, and also the first of Filipino descent.-Early life:...
  
  
• Nora Daza
  Nora Daza
  Nora Guanzon Villanueva-Daza, popularly known as Chef Nora Daza, is a veteran gourmet chef, restaurateur, socio-civic leader, television host, and cookbook author in the Philippines.-Early life:...
  
  
• Gene Gonzalez
  Gene Gonzalez
  Eugenio R. Gonzalez, popularly known as Chef Gene, is a Filipino chef, restaurateur, educator, management consultant, and author. He is the founder and president of the Center for Asian Culinary Studies.-Business experience:...
  
  
• Heny Sison
  Heny Sison
  Heny Sison, popularly known as Chef Heny, is a pastry chef, cake decorator, and television host in the Philippines.- Early life :Sison started working as an economic researcher and financial analyst. She enrolled in culinary classes to cultivate her interest in baking and cake decorating...
  
  

Sports

• Nino Alcantara
  Francis Casey Alcantara
  Francis Casey Alcantara is a top-level tennis player from the Philippines. He won the 2009 Australian Open Boy's Doubles event with Hsieh Cheng-peng, beating Mikhal Biryukov and Yasutaka Uchiyama, 6-4, 6-2 in the final....
  
   - tennis
• Mikee Cojuangco - equestrian
• Lita de la Rosa - bowling
• Isidro del Prado
  Isidro del Prado
  Isidro del Prado is a two-time Filipino Olympian. Holds both the 200m and 400m Philippine records in athletics. However, the 200m record was lately been broken by Ralph Waldy Soguilon, a 100m and 200m Sprinter.-References:*...
  
   - track and field
• Shane del Rosario
  Shane Del Rosario
  Shane Kalani del Rosario is an American Thai boxer and mixed martial artist currently signed to Strikeforce. He holds the distinction of being the first American to become the WBC Muay Thai World Heavyweight Champion and has earned stoppage victories in all 11 of his professional mixed martial...
  
   - MMA
• Dorothy Delasin
  Dorothy Delasin
  Dorothy Delasin is a Filipino-American professional golfer on the LPGA Tour.Delasin was born in Lubbock, Texas and grew up in San Francisco, California. She had dual American and Filipino citizenship but gave it up sometime before 1999. She had a strong amateur career, wining both the U.S. Girls'...
  
   - golf
• Lydia de Vega
  Lydia de Vega
  Lydia de Vega-Mercado is a former athlete from the Philippines, was considered Asia's fastest woman in the 1980s. As Asia's sprint queen, she ran away with the gold medal in the 100-meter dash in the 1982 New Delhi Asiad and duplicated the feat in the 1986 Seoul Asiad where she was clocked 11.53...
  
   - track & field
• Amanda Evora
  Amanda Evora
  Amanda Evora is an American pair skater. She competes with Mark Ladwig. They are two-time U.S. silver medalists and two-time U.S. pewter medalists.-Personal life:...
  
   - figure skating
• Rudy Fernandez - amputee triathlete
• Jasmin Figueroa
  Jasmin Figueroa
  Jasmin Lanaran Figueroa is an athlete from the Philippines. She competes in archery....
  
   - archery
• Tim Lincecum
  Tim Lincecum
  Timothy Leroy Lincecum is an American professional baseball starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He was nicknamed "The Freak" and "Big Time Timmy Jim" and "The Franchise." He throws right-handed and bats left-handed....
  
   - Baseball
• Bea Lucero - gymnastics
• Gretchen Malalad
  Gretchen Malalad
  Gretchen Malalad is a Filipina 2005 Southeast Asian Games karate gold medalist and a former beauty pageant contestant in Binibining Pilipinas 2002 where she emerged Ms. Talent and Ms. Red Bull Supreme. She was also a housemate in Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition...
  
   - karate
• Frankie Miñoza
  Frankie Miñoza
  Frankie Miñoza is a Filipino professional golfer.Miñoza has won a number of events in Asia and Japan, but has spent most of his prime, and had his most notable success, on the Japan Golf Tour...
  
   - golf
• Mark Munoz
  Mark Munoz
  Mark Muñoz is an American mixed martial artist of Filipino descent currently fighting in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.Muñoz is known for his wrestling ability and his relentless ground-and-pound...
  
   - MMA
  Mixed martial arts
  Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
  
  
• Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno - bowling
• Phillipe Nover
  Phillipe Nover
  Phillipe J. Nover , is an American mixed martial artist. He is best known for making it to the finals of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs. Team Mir.-Mixed martial arts career:...
  
   - MMA
  Mixed martial arts
  Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
  
  
• Mark Paragua
  Mark Paragua
  Mark Callano Paragua is a Filipino chess Grandmaster. He was born in the Philippines to Flordeliza Callano and Ricardo Paragua, who is also his coach...
  
   - chess
• Jennifer Rosales
  Jennifer Rosales
  Jennifer Rosales is a Filipino professional golfer who plays on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour.-Amateur career:Rosales was born in Manila, Philippines. She won the Philippine Ladies Amateur Golf Championship five times in a row from 1994 to 1998...
  
   - golf
• Akiko Thomson - swimming
• Simeon Toribio
  Simeon Toribio
  Simeon G. Toribio was a Filipino athlete, who won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. He represented the Philippines in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1928.In 1930, Toribio was awarded the Helms World Trophy for being Asia's...
  
   - track & field
• Eugenio Torre
  Eugenio Torre
  Eugenio Torre is a chess Grandmaster . He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines has ever produced during the 1980s and 1990s period, following the heels of Fischer-era Filipino chess champions National Master Ramon Lontoc, International Master Renato Naranja, IM Rodolfo Tan...
  
   - chess
• Brandon Vera
  Brandon Vera
  Brandon Michael Vera is an American mixed martial artist. He competes as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the winner of the WEC 13 Heavyweight Tournament and currently resides in San Diego, California. He holds notable victories over Frank Mir, Assuerio Silva,...
  
   - MMA
  Mixed martial arts
  Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
  
  
• Miguel White
  Miguel White
  Miguel S. White was a Filipino athlete of Filipino-American descent who competed for the Philippines in the 400 metre hurdles at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, winning a bronze medal in the process....
  
   - track & field
• Teófilo Yldefonso
  Teofilo Yldefonso
  Teófilo E. Yldefonzo was a Filipino swimmer in the breaststroke. He is the first Filipino to win an Olympic medal, and the only Filipino to win multiple medals.He was born in Piddig, Ilocos Norte.-Athlete:...
  
   - swimming
• Eduard Folayang
  Eduard Folayang
  and SEA GamesEduard Folayang is a Filipino mixed martial artist and wushu practitioner. He is the reigning welterweight champion of the Universal Reality Combat Championship , the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the Philippines and also a participant in Martial Combat in Singapore.Folayang...
  
   - MMA
  Mixed martial arts
  Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
  
  
• Wesley So
  Wesley So
  Wesley So is a Filipino chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he achieved the GM title at the age of 14 years, 1 month and 28 days, making him the 8th youngest person to achieve the Grandmaster title in the history of chess. Before becoming a Grandmaster, So had become the youngest Filipino...
  
   - chess
• Christine Jacob
  Christine Jacob
  Christine Sotto Jacob-Sandejas, also known as Christine Jacob, is a Filipinaswimmer, actress, T.V. host, and newscaster. She was born April 30, 1967 in the Philippines to a Scottish American father Roger Jacob and a former T.V. host Rosemarie , and grew up in the United States in her elementary...
  
   - swimming
• Miguel Mendoza
  Miguel Mendoza
  Juan Carlos Miguel Mendoza is a swimmer from the Philippines. He represented his native country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. Mendoza was affiliated with the University of Georgia.-References:...
  
   - swimming
• Miguel Molina
  Miguel Molina (swimmer)
  Miguel Molina is a swimmer from the Philippines. He represented the country in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. Attended St. Mary's International School in Tokyo.-References:*...
  
   - swimming

Football/Soccer

• Paulino Alcántara
  Paulino Alcántara
  Paulino Alcántara Riestrá was a Filipino–Spanish footballer and manager. He spent most of his playing career at Barcelona and was the first Filipino and Asian player to play for a European club. He also played for Catalonia, the Philippines and Spain...
  
  
• Eugene Amano
  Eugene Amano
  Eugene Philip Amano is an American offensive lineman for the Tennessee Titans.He attended Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, California, where he was an all-conference performer as an offensive and defensive lineman during his senior season and also lettered in basketball and track.Amano...
  
  
• Tedy Bruschi
  Tedy Bruschi
  Tedy Lacap Bruschi is a former professional American football linebacker. He was drafted by the New England Patriots in the third round of the 1996 NFL Draft...
  
  
• Chris Gocong
  Chris Gocong
  -Philadelphia Eagles:Gocong was drafted in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, but missed the entire 2006 season due to an injury suffered before the preseason. He made his NFL debut on September 9, 2007, where he started at the "Sam" linebacker position...
  
  
• Neil Etheridge
  Neil Etheridge
  Neil Leonard Dula Etheridge is an English–Filipino professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Fulham. He joined Fulham Academy after three years as a trainee at . He is currently in the Reserve Squad, and has yet to make his debut in the Premier League or the Football League...
  
  
• Rob Gier
• Jason Sabio
  Jason Sabio
  Jason Abbott Abantao Sabio is a Filipino international soccer player who plays for Kaya as a center back or a right back but is more comfortable at central defense because of his jump, speed and communication skills....
  
  
• Anton del Rosario
  Anton del Rosario
  Anton Edward Quimson del Rosario is an American born Filipino footballer who plays as a right back or centre back for Kaya and the Philippines national team.- Youth and college :...
  
  
• Alexander Borromeo
  Alexander Borromeo
  Alexander Charles Luis "Aly" Borromeo is an American born Filipino footballer who plays for and is the current captain of the Philippines national team. Previously a goalkeeper, he has since become a utility player, playing as a central midfielder or center forward for his club and mainly as a...
  
  
• Ray Anthony Jónsson
  Ray Anthony Jónsson
  Ray Anthony Pepito Jónsson is an Icelandic–Filipino footballer who plays for Icelandic Premier League club Grindavik. A former Iceland U-21 international, he has since switched allegiance to the Philippines, making his debut in 2010...
  
  
• Simon Greatwich
  Simon Greatwich
  Simon Clive Barbon Greatwich is a Filipino international footballer who plays college soccer in the United States for the Hartwick Hawks, as a central midfielder.- Early and personal life :...
  
  
• James Younghusband
  James Younghusband
  James Joseph Placer Younghusband is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as right midfielder for and the Philippines national team.- Childhood and career :...
  
  
• Manuel Ott
  Manuel Ott
  Manuel Gelito Ott is a German–Filipino footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ingolstadt II and represents the Philippines at international level.-International career:...
  
  
• Ángel Guirado
  Ángel Guirado
  Ángel Guirado Aldeguer is a Spanish–Filipino professional footballer who plays for Global F.C. as a midfielder or a second striker. He also represents the Philippines at international level.-Club career:...
  
  
• Emelio Caligdong
  Emelio Caligdong
  Emelio Asada Caligdong , nicknamed "Chieffy", is a Filipino footballer who plays as a left winger for Philippine Air Force F.C. and the vice-captain of the Philippines national team...
  
  
• Stephan Schröck
  Stephan Schröck
  Stephan Markus Cabizares Schröck nicknamed "Schröcki", is a German–Filipino professional footballer who plays for 2nd Bundesliga club SpVgg Greuther Fürth. He represents the Philippines at the international level, after previously featuring for Germany at various youth levels...
  
  
• Jason de Jong
  Jason de Jong
  Jason Nicolas Maria Dantes de Jong is a Filipino international footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dordrecht. He is a product of the NAC Breda youth system but never made any first-team appearances for the club. He's gone on to have a stint in the Belgian Second Division before having...
  
  
• Misagh Bahadoran
  Misagh Bahadoran
  Misagh Medina Bahadoran is a Filipino–Iranian footballer who plays as a forward for Global FC and the Philippines national team. Since 2006, he has also been a regular member of the Philippines national futsal team.- International career :...
  
  
• Phil Younghusband
  Phil Younghusband
  Philip James Placer "Phil" Younghusband is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as a forward for and the Philippines national team.- Early years :...
  
  
• Yannick Tuason
  Yannick Tuason
  Yannick Tuason is a Filipino footballer who plays as a striker for Kaya FC, and represents the Philippines at the international level. He once played for the University of Santo Tomas in the UAAP and started professional football at Kaya in 2008.- International career :Tuason was called up for...
  
  
• Nate Burkey
  Nate Burkey
  Nathaniel George Payos "Nate" Burkey is a Filipino American soccer player currently playing for Kaya and the Philippines national team...
  
  
• Ian Araneta
  Ian Araneta
  Ian Bayona Araneta is a Filipino footballer who plays as a forward for Philippine Air Force F.C. and the Philippines national team....
  
  
• Gino Pavone
  Gino Pavone
  Gino Angelo Tan Pavone is a Filipino international footballer who plays as a left back or outside midfielder and is currently free agent.-Career:Pavone began his career with Bay Area Ambassadors in 2010....
  
  
• Christopher Greatwich
  Christopher Greatwich
  Christopher Robert Barbon "Chris" Greatwich is an English–Filipino footballer who plays for Morris County Colonials and the Philippines national football team...
  
  
• Jerry Lucena
  Jerry Lucena
  Jerry Ruben Lucena is a Danish–Filipino professional footballer who plays as a full back and occasionally as midfielder for Danish Superliga side AGF Aarhus. He also represents the Philippines at international level, having been a former Danish U-21 and League XI international. His...
  
  
• Paul Mulders
  Paul Mulders
  Paul Mulders is a Dutch–Filipino professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag and the Philippines national team...
  
  

Basketball

• Johnny Abarrientos
  Johnny Abarrientos
  Johnny Abarrientos is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a many-time member of the Philippine National team, and was the 1996 PBA MVP, becoming the shortest player to win the league's highest individual award.He is known by many...
  
  
• Bogs Adornado
  Bogs Adornado
  William "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino athlete who played basketball in both the amateur and professional ranks. He made his mark playing in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987...
  
  
• Ato Agustin
  Ato Agustin
  Renato Agustin , better known as Ato "The Atom Bomb" Agustin, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. He played college ball for the Lyceum of the Philippines, before moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association.Agustin is a former Most Valuable...
  
  
• Francis Arnaiz
  Francis Arnaiz
  Francis C. Arnaiz is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He played for Toyota and Ginebra San Miguel from 1975-1986...
  
  
• Nelson Asaytono
  Nelson Asaytono
  Nelson Asaytono is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association, also known as "The Bull" for his monster dunks...
  
  
• Marlou Aquino
  Marlou Aquino
  Marlou B. Aquino is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who last played for the Meralco Bolts. Known by his moniker The Skyscraper, he is also known, along with Dennis Espino, as one-half of the so-called Twin Towers of the disbanded Sta...
  
  
• Narciso Bernardo
  Narciso Bernardo
  Narciso C. Bernardo , also known as Ciso Bernardo, was a Filipino basketball player and coach. Bernardo was born in Manila, Philippines. He played for Mariwasa AC in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. Bernardo also appeared at the Olympic Games as a member of the country's...
  
  
• Ricardo Brown
• Allan Caidic
  Allan Caidic
  Alan Vito Flores Caidic is a retired professional basketball player from the Philippines and is currently an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the PBA...
  
  
• Hector Calma
  Hector Calma
  Hector Calma is a retired Filipino professional basketball player. At 5 feet and 6 inches, he played at the point guard position and was most notably associated with the San Miguel Beer team of the Philippine Basketball Association....
  
  
• Philip Cezar
  Philip Cezar
  Philip "The Scholar" Cezar is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award in 1980. He was also a many-time Philippine national team player in...
  
  
• Atoy Co
  Atoy Co
  Fortunato Co, Jr., better known as Atoy Co, is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player and actor who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award, in 1979 and a 9-time Mythical First...
  
  
• Jerry Codiñera
  Jerry Codiñera
  Jerry Codiñera is a retired professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. He is nicknamed the "Defense Minister" for his prowess at the defensive end. He is also a member of the 25 Best Players of all Time of PBA and Philippine men's national basketball team of the 1994...
  
  
• Baby Dalupan
  Baby Dalupan
  Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan is a Filipino former basketball coach and player. He is the son of University of the East founder Dr. Francisco T...
  
  
• Kenneth Duremdes
  Kenneth Duremdes
  Kenneth Duremdes is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association who currently plays for the Powerade Tigers...
  
  
• Bernie Fabiosa
  Bernie Fabiosa
  Bernard "Tough Job" Fabiosa is a Filipino athlete who played basketball for the Crispa Redmanizers in the Philippine Basketball Association.-Career:Fabiosa was a member of the 1974 RP Youth Team and a graduate of the University of the East...
  
  
• Ramon Fernandez
  Ramón Fernández
  Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
  
  
• Danny Florencio
  Danny Florencio
  Danilo Zoleta Florencio , better known as Danny Florencio, is a pioneer of the Philippine Basketball Association having played in the PBA from 1975 to 1983. He played for different teams like the U/Tex Weavers, the 7-Up Uncolas, the Toyota Tamaraws, and the Galerie Dominique Artistas...
  
  
• Abet Guidaben
  Abet Guidaben
  Alberto "Abet" Guidaben is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983...
  
  
• Jayjay Helterbrand
  Jayjay Helterbrand
  Anthony Jason James Helterbrand , better known as Jayjay Helterbrand, is a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
  
  
• Vince Hizon
• Freddie Hubalde
  Freddie Hubalde
  Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Danny Ildefonso
  Danny Ildefonso
  Danilo Ildefonso is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. Nicknamed Danny I and The Demolition Man, Ildefonso is a two-time PBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001...
  
  
• Robert Jaworski
  Robert Jaworski
  Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, 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...
  
  
• Jojo Lastimosa
  Jojo Lastimosa
  Isabelo Lastimosa, Jr. , better known as Jojo Lastimosa and by his nickname "Jolas", is a former Filipino professional basketball player from Cagayan de Oro City who played in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, the Alaska Aces and the Pop Cola Panthers from 1988-2003...
  
  
• Lim Eng Beng
  Lim Eng Beng
  Lim Eng Beng , is a former Philippine Basketball Association player. Played from 1975–1986, he is one of the greatest players in the history of the PBA. He is much remembered playing for the U/Tex Wranglers, where he was named to the Mythical Five on two occasions, and won two championships and...
  
  
• Samboy Lim
  Samboy Lim
  Avelino B. Lim, Jr. , better known as Samboy Lim, is a former basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. As a shooting guard, the iconic Lim distinguished himself with Magic Johnson-like ball handling skills and Julius "Dr...
  
  
• Joe Lipa
  Joe Lipa
  Jose "Joe" Lipa, Jr. is a Filipino basketball coach. Lipa coached his alma mater, the University of the Philippines, in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines men's basketball. He has also had a head coaching stint for the Ateneo Blue Eagles, and the Air21 Express of the...
  
  
• Carlos Loyzaga
  Carlos Loyzaga
  Carlos M. Loyzaga is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. He led the Philippine National team to a Bronze Medal finish in the 1954 FIBA World Championship. The Philippines third place finish remains the highest rank of any Asian team in the history of the tournament...
  
  
• Chito Loyzaga
  Chito Loyzaga
  Joaquin C. Loyzaga is a former Filipino basketball player. He played college ball for San Beda College before eventually going on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association, where he became a many-time member of the All-Defensive team. Loyzaga played for Tanduay,...
  
  
• Ronnie Magsanoc
  Ronnie Magsanoc
  Ronald "Ronnie" Magsanoc is a former Filipino professional basketball point guard. He was the former assistant coach of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants and a color commentator for the television coverage of the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Tommy Manotoc
  Tommy Manotoc
  Tommy Manotoc is a former Filipino professional basketball coach in the PBA, for the U/Tex Wranglers, San Miguel Beer, Crispa Redmanizers, and the Mobiline Phone Pals and later became deputy commissioner of the PBA after Mariano Yenko died. He was also a former broadcaster for the PBA on Viva TV...
  
  
• Vergel Meneses
  Vergel Meneses
  Vergel Meneses - nicknamed "The Aerial Voyager" - is a retired Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was also a former PBA Most Valuable Player and a many-time member of the Philippine National team...
  
  
• Eric Menk
  Eric Menk
  Eric Conrad Menk is a Filipino-American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barangay Ginebra Kings...
  
  
• Willie Miller
  Willie Miller
  William Ferguson Miller, MBE is a former professional football player who made a club record 558 league appearances for Aberdeen. He is currently the club's Director of Football...
  
  
• Lauro Mumar
  Lauro Mumar
  Lauro "Larry" Mumar , is a former Filipino basketball player and later served as the national team head coach of India and the Philippines...
  
  
• Edgardo Ocampo
  Edgardo Ocampo
  Edgardo L. Ocampo, also known as Ed Ocampo and Eddie Ocampo, was a former Filipino basketball player and head coach. Ocampo was born in Pampanga, Philippines. He played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila University, where he led the team to two championships in 1957 and 1958...
  
  
• Ambrosio Padilla
  Ambrosio Padilla
  Ambrosio Bibby Padilla was a former Filipino basketball player and former elected member of the Senate of the Philippines. He was one of the most important figures in the Asian basketball development.Padilla was born as the eighth of eleven children of Dr. Nicanor Padilla and Ysabel Bibby...
  
  
• Manny Paner
  Manny Paner
  Manuel Paner , better known as Manny Paner, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Paner was born in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. He played for San Miguel in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and also in the Philippine Basketball Association for Royal/San...
  
  
• Benjie Paras
  Benjie Paras
  Venancio Johnson Paras, Jr. , better known as Benjie Paras, is a Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association turned actor. He is the only PBA player to win both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player honors, in a single season...
  
  
• Alvin Patrimonio
  Alvin Patrimonio
  Alvin Vergara Patrimonio , nicknamed "The Captain" and "Captain Lionheart" is a retired Filipino professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager of his former team, the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants.Patrimonio holds several PBA records...
  
  
• Leo Prieto
  Leo Prieto
  Leopoldo "Leo" L. Prieto was a Filipino sports executive who served as the first Commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Olsen Racela
  Olsen Racela
  , better known as , is a retired Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also a part time analyst, assistant coach of the Petron Blaze Boosters, and the current head coach of the Philippines under-16 basketball team. He is considered the best point...
  
  
• Lou Salvador
  Lou Salvador
  Luis "Lou" Salvador was a Filipino basketball player, stage actor and talent manager. As a player for the Philippine national basketball team during the 1923 Far Eastern Games, he scored 116 points in a single game. He later became a leading figure in Philippine show business as a talent manager...
  
  
• Dante Silverio
  Dante Silverio
  Dante Lorna Silverio, better known simply as Dante Silverio, is a former Filipino basketball coach, and champion race car driver. He is best known as the coach of the Toyota Tamaraws in the Philippine Basketball Association. Silverio guided Toyota to five of its total nine PBA Championships. He...
  
  
• Erik Spoelstra
  Erik Spoelstra
  Erik Spoelstra is an American professional basketball coach and the current head coach of the National Basketball Association's Miami Heat...
  
  
• Raymond Townsend
  Raymond Townsend
  Raymond Anthony Townsend is a Filipino-American retired professional basketball player.A 6'3", 175-lb point guard, Townsend attended Camden High School and Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California before playing college basketball at UCLA...
  
  
• Turo Valenzona
  Turo Valenzona
  Arturo F. Valenzona , also known as Turo Valenzona, is a former Filipino basketball player and head coach.-Info:Valenzona played college ball for the Far Eastern University, before eventually playing in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association, and later, the Philippine Basketball...
  
  
• Freddie Webb
  Freddie Webb
  Freddie N. Webb is a retired Filipino basketball player and head coach, politician, radio personality, and actor. He also had been active in politics when he was elected as councilor of Pasay City, congressman for Parañaque, and senator...
  
  
• Kelly Williams
  Kelly Williams
  Kelly Williams is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• James Yap
  James Yap
  James Carlos Yap Sr. is a Filipino professional basketball player for the B-Meg Llamados in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Chris Tiu
  Chris Tiu
  Chris Tiu , is a Filipino professional basketball player of Chinese-Filipino descent. He currently plays for the Smart Gilas team and is also a TV host, commercial model, and politician.He is the host of the TV shows Man vs...
  
  
• JV Casio
  JV Casio
  Joseph Evans "JV" Casio, is Filipino basketball player for the Philippine national basketball team and the Smart Gilas. He was drafted 1st overall by the Powerade Tigers in 2011.-High School:...
  
  
• Marcio Lassiter
  Marcio Lassiter
  Marcio Tsongo Lassiter is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Powerade Tigers of the Philippine Basketball Association. He just completed his stint with the Philippine national basketball team, Smart Gilas...
  
  
• Mac Baracael
• Asi Taulava
  Asi Taulava
  Pauliasi M. Taulava also known as Asi Taulava is a American-born Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player playing in the Philippines for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association....
  
  
• Jimmy Alapag
  Jimmy Alapag
  Jim Olmedo Alapag , better known as Jimmy Alapag, is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Japeth Aguilar
  Japeth Aguilar
  Japeth Paul C. Aguilar , better known as Japeth Aguilar born in Pampanga, Philippines, is a Filipino basketball player. He recently played for Smart Gilas, and will play for the Talk N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Kelly Williams
  Kelly Williams
  Kelly Williams is a Filipino-American professional basketball player currently playing for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association...
  
  
• Chris Lutz
• Ranidel de Ocampo
  Ranidel de Ocampo
  Ranidel Rozal de Ocampo , better known as Ranidel de Ocampo, is a professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. de Ocampo currently plays for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters after he was traded by Air21 Express. He is the younger brother of Yancy de Ocampo...
  
  
• Marcus Douthit
  Marcus Douthit
  Marcus Eugene Douthit is an American-Filipino basketball player who graduated from Providence College. After his stint with the Providence Friars, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2004 NBA Draft...
  
  
• Dondon Hontiveros
  Dondon Hontiveros
  Donaldo "Dondon" Hontiveros is a Filipino professional basketball player actively playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He has a son named Isaiah with singer and fellow Cebu native Gail Blanco.A devout Christian, Hontiveros studied and honed his basketball...
  
  

Boxing

• Gabriel Elorde
  Gabriel Elorde
  Gabriel "Flash" Elorde was a Filipino professional boxer. He was born and raised in the town of Bogo, Cebu....
  
  
• Luisito Espinosa
  Luisito Espinosa
  Luisito Pio Espinosa is a retired boxer from the Philippines who won World titles in two different weight divisions....
  
  
• Rolando Navarrete
  Rolando Navarrete
  Rolando Navarrete is a Filipino ex-boxer who briefly held a junior lightweight world title in the 80s.-Fighting style:A fine boxer, Navarrete had a good talent and was known for his hard-hitting punches....
  
  
• Dodie Boy Penalosa
  Dodie Boy Peñalosa
  Diosdado "Dodie Boy" Peñalosa is a retired Filipino boxer and a former IBF champion in the light flyweight and flyweight classes.-Professional career:...
  
  
• Gerry Penalosa
  Gerry Peñalosa
  Geronimo Peñalosa , more commonly known as Gerry Peñalosa, is a retired Filipino professional boxer....
  
  
• Rudy Salud
  Rodrigo Salud
  Rodrigo Salud was a commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association from 1988 to 1992 and the founding secretary-general of the World Boxing Council.-PBA Commissioner:...
  
  
• Onyok Velasco
  Mansueto Velasco
  Mansueto "Onyok" Velasco, Jr. is a Filipino boxer from Bago City, Negros Occidental. He competed in the Men's 48 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and took home the silver medal, the Philippines' only medal of the games...
  
  
• Roel Velasco
  Roel Velasco
  Roel Velasco is a retired boxer from the Philippines. He competed in the light flyweight division during the late 1980s, early 1990s....
  
  
• Pancho Villa
  Francisco Guilledo
  Francisco Guilledo , more commonly known as Pancho Villa, was a Filipino boxer. Villa, who stood only 5 feet and 1 inch tall and never weighed more than 114 pounds , rose from obscurity to win the World Flyweight boxing championship in 1923, earning acclaim in some quarters as "the...
  
  
• Bobby Pacquiao
  Bobby Pacquiao
  Alberto Dapidran Pacquiao, more commonly known as Bobby Pacquiao, is a retired Filipino professional boxer.He is the younger brother of Manny Pacquiao.-Boxing career:...
  
  
• Manny Pacquiao
  Manny Pacquiao
  Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first eight-division world champion; having won six world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the...
  
  
• Nonito Donaire
  Nonito Donaire
  Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox...
  
  
• Rey Fortaleza
  Rey Fortaleza
  Reynaldo "Rey" Fortaleza is a former Olympic boxer who represented the Philippines in the 1976 Montreal Olympicsbefore immigrating permanently to Canada in 1990 where he became a community leader and media pioneer.-Early life:...
  
  
• AJ Banal
• Rey Bautista
  Rey Bautista
  Reynaldo Bautista , more commonly known as Boom Boom Bautista, is a Filipino professional boxer, currently residing in Tagbilaran City, Bohol.- Early life :...
  
  

Pool & Snooker

• Ronato Alcano
  Ronato Alcano
  Ronato Alcano , is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Ronnie Calamba" and "the Volcano".-Career history:...
  
  
• Django Bustamante
  Francisco Bustamante
  Francisco Bustamante is a Filipino professional pocket billiards player from Tarlac, and the 2010 World Nine-ball Champion., nicknamed "Django", after the lead character of the film of the same name, and sometimes also called "Bustie", especially in the United States.-Early life:Bustamante is the...
  
  
• Rodolfo Luat
  Rodolfo Luat
  'Rodolfo Luat is a Filipino professional pool player from Angeles City Pampanga. He is one of the higher-ranking players of Team Philippines and he holds many Asian individual, world Champion and team titles. Luat turned professional at age 16. He has titles in the Asian Championships and the...
  
  
• Marlon Manalo
  Marlon Manalo
  Marlon Manalo is a Filipino professional pool player from Mandaluyong City, Philippines.-Career:...
  
  
• Dennis Orcullo
  Dennis Orcullo
  Dennis Orcollo , sometimes called Dennis Orcullo, is a Filipino professional pool player, nicknamed "Surigao" and "RoboCop"...
  
  
• Alex Pagulayan
  Alex Pagulayan
  Alejandro Salvador Pagulayan, is a Filipino Canadian professional pool and snooker player. His nicknames are "the Lion" and "the Killer Pixie". He was born in Cabagan, Isabela, Philippines and was raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
  
  
• Jose "Amang" Parica
  Jose Parica
  Jose Parica is a Filipino professional pool player from Manila, nicknamed "Amang" and "the Giant Killer." As a Philippine Hall of Famer, he pioneered the "Filipino invasion" in the United States, especially in the game of nine-ball.Also known as "the King" and "the Legend" in Philippine pool,...
  
  
• Efren "Bata" Reyes
  Efren Reyes
  Efren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
  
  

National Heroes

• Emilio Aguinaldo
  Emilio Aguinaldo
  Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...
  
  
• Melchora Aquino
  Melchora Aquino
  Melchora Aquino de Ramos was a Filipina revolutionary who became known as "Tandang Sora" in the history of the Philippines because of her age when the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896...
  
  
• Andres Bonifacio
  Andres Bonifacio
  Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino nationalist and revolutionary. He was a founder and later Supremo of the Katipunan movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution...
  
  
• Francisco Dagohoy
  Francisco Dagohoy
  Francisco Dagohoy, was a Boholano who holds the distinction of having led the longest revolt in Philippine history, the Dagohoy Rebellion. This rebellion against the Spanish colonial government took place in the island of Bohol from 1744 to 1829, roughly 85 years.-About Dagohoy:Little is known of...
  
  
• Gregorio del Pilar
  Gregorio del Pilar
  Gregorio del Pilar y Sempio was one of the youngest generals in the Philippine Revolutionary Forces during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine-American War. He is most known for his role and death at the Battle of Tirad Pass...
  
  
• Marcelo H. del Pilar
  Marcelo H. del Pilar
  Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán , better known by his nom-de-plume Plaridel, was a celebrated figure in the Philippine Revolution and a leading propagandist for reforms in the Philippines A master polemicist in both the Tagalog and Spanish languages, he helped the Propaganda Movement through...
  
  
• Emilio Jacinto
  Emilio Jacinto
  Emilio Jacinto y Dizon , was a Filipino revolutionary known as the Brains of the Katipunan.-Biography:Born in Trozo, Tondo, Manila. Jacinto was the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon...
  
  
• Graciano Lopez-Jaena
• Lapu-Lapu
  Lapu-Lapu
  Lapu-Lapu was the ruler of Mactan, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization...
  
  
• Antonio Luna
  Antonio Luna
  Antonio Luna y Novicio was a Filipino pharmacist and general who fought in the Philippine-American War. He was also the founder of the Philippines's first military academy.- Family background :...
  
  
• Juan Luna
  Juan Luna
  Juan Luna y Novicio was an Ilocano Filipino painter, sculptor and a political activist of the Philippine Revolution during the late 19th century...
  
  
• Gregorio Aglipay
  Gregorio Aglipay
  Gregorio Labayan Aglipay was the first Filipino Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church.-Early life:...
  
  
• Isabelo de los Reyes
  Isabelo de los Reyes
  Isabelo Florentino De Los Reyes, Sr., also known as Don Belong , was a prominent Filipino politician, writer and labor activist in the 19th and 20th centuries. He was the founder of the Aglipayan Church, an independent Philippine national church...
  
  
• Apolinario Mabini
  Apolinario Mabini
  Apolinario Mabini y Maranan was a Filipino political philosopher and revolutionary who wrote a constitutional plan for the of 1899-1901, and served as its first prime minister in 1899...
  
  
• Miguel Malvar
  Miguel Malvar
  Miguel Malvar y Carpio was a Filipino commander who served during the Philippine Revolution and subsequently during the Philippine–American War. He assumed command of the Philippine revolutionary forces during the latter conflict following the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo in 1901...
  
  
• José P. Rizal
• Macario Sakay
• Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong was a noted Filipino historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, archivist, scholar, painter, poet, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, bibliographer, translator,...
  
  
• Diego Silang
  Diego Silang
  Diego Silang y Andaya was a revolutionary leader who conspired with British forces to overthrow Spanish rule in the northern Philippines and establish an independent Ilocano nation...
  
  
• Gabriela Silang
  Gabriela Silang
  María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang was the wife of the Ilocano insurgent leader, Diego Silang. Following Diego's assassination in 1763, she led the group for four months before she was captured and executed....
  
  
• Pio Valenzuela
  Pio Valenzuela
  Pío Valenzuela was a Filipino physician and patriot who was among the leaders of the Katipunan that started the Philippine Revolution against Spain...
  
  
• Benigno Aquino Jr.

Statesmen

• Jose Diokno
  José Diokno
  Jose "Pepe" Wright Diokno was a Filipino nationalist. He served as Senator of the Philippines, Secretary of Justice, founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights, and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group....
  
  
• Fernando Lopez
  Fernando Lopez
  Fernando López,Sr. was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential López Family of Iloilo, Fernando López served as Vice President for three terms, under President Elpidio Quirino for the Liberals and Ferdinand Marcos for the Nacionalistas.-Early life and career:López was born on April 13,...
  
  
• Raul Manglapus
  Raul Manglapus
  Raúl Sevilla Manglapus was a prominent post-World War II Filipino politician. He co-founded the reformist Progressive Party of the Philippines and the Christian Democratic Socialist Movement in 1968 .He was appointed as the Philippines' youngest-ever foreign minister in 1957,...
  
  
• Alejandro Melchor
  Alejandro Melchor
  Alejandro Melchor was a Filipino civil engineer, mathematician, educator, and member of the Cabinet of the Philippines. A native of Ibajay, Aklan, Melchor was also known for his work on pontoon bridges during the Second World War....
  
  
• Claro M. Recto
  Claro M. Recto
  Claro Mayo Recto, Jr. , was a Filipino politician, jurist, poet and one of the foremost statesmen of his generation...
  
  
• Raul Roco
  Raul Roco
  Raul Sagarbarria Roco was a political figure in the Philippines. He was the standard-bearer of Aksyon Demokratiko, which he founded in 1997 as a vehicle for his presidential bids in 1998 and 2004. He was a former senator and the Secretary of the Department of Education under the presidency of...
  
  
• Carlos P. Romulo
  Carlos P. Rómulo
  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...
  
  
• Rene Saguisag
  Rene Saguisag
  Rene A. V. Saguisag is a Filipino lawyer. He served as a Filipino Senator from 1987 until 1992.-Early life:...
  
  
• Rafael M. Salas
  Rafael M. Salas
  Rafael M. Salas , was the first head of the United Nations Population Fund from its inception in 1969 up to his death in 1987 . Salas is an alumnus of the University of the Philippines...
  
  
• Jovito Salonga
  Jovito Salonga
  Jovito "Jovy" Reyes Salonga is a Filipino nationalist politician and lawyer, as well as a leading opposition leader during the Marcos regime from 1972, when Ferdinand Marcos declared martial law, until 1986, when Marcos was deposed as a result of a bloodless revolution...
  
  
• Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong was a noted Filipino historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, archivist, scholar, painter, poet, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, bibliographer, translator,...
  
  
• Lorenzo Sumulong
  Lorenzo Sumulong
  Lorenzo Sumulong was a Filipino politician who served in the Philippine Senate for four decades, and as a delegate of his country to the United Nations...
  
  
• Lorenzo Tanada
  Lorenzo Tañada
  Lorenzo Martinez Tañada was a Filipino politician. Elected to the first Philippine Senate in 1947, he was the longest-serving senator in Philippine history. He served as a Philippine senator for 24 years.-Early life:...
  
  
• Cesar Virata
  Cesar Virata
  Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata is a former Prime Minister of the Philippines from 1981-1986 under the Interim Batasang Pambansa and the Regular Batasang Pambansa. One of the Philippines' business leaders and leading technocrats, he served as Finance Minister from 1970 during the Marcos regime and...
  
  

Politicians

• Edgardo Angara
  Edgardo Angara
  Edgardo Javier Angara is a Filipino politician who served as President of the Senate of the Philippines from 1993-1995. He is currently serving his fourth term in the Senate which ends in 2013.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Joker Arroyo
  Joker Arroyo
  Joker Paz Arroyo is a Filipino lawyer, politician and Senator of the Republic of the Philippines. He has no direct relation with former Presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo.-Early life and career:...
  
  
• Jose Avelino
  José Avelino
  José Dira Avelino . The first President of the Senate of the First Republic of the Philippines under the presidency of Manuel Roxas. He was President Pro-tempore to President Manuel Quezon prior to the establishment of the Commonwealth.Avelino was born in a town called Calbayog in Samar to...
  
  
• Noli de Castro
  Noli de Castro
  Manuel Leuterio de Castro, Jr. , better known as Noli de Castro or "Kabayan" Noli de Castro, was Vice President of the Philippines ....
  
  
• Benjamin Cayetano
• Cesar Climaco
  Cesar Climaco
  Cesar Cortez Climaco was a Filipino politician who served as mayor of Zamboanga City for 11 years. A prominent critic of the martial law regime of Ferdinand Marcos, he was famed for his toughness in governance and colorful personality. He is also famous for his refusal to cut his hair until...
  
  
• Jose de Venecia, Jr.
  Jose de Venecia, Jr.
  Jose Claveria de Venecia, Jr. also known as JDV or Joe De V is a former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, serving from 1992 to 1998 and from 2001 to 2008. As Speaker, he was the fourth highest ranking official of the Philippines. He was the former president of the...
  
  
• Franklin Drilon
  Franklin Drilon
  Franklin Magtunao Drilon is a Filipino politician who served as President of the Senate of the Philippines in 2000 and from 2001 to 2006. Drilon currently serves his third term in the Senate...
  
  
• Rodrigo Duterte
  Rodrigo Duterte
  Rodrigo Roa Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (b. March 28, 1945 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Philippines is the current vice mayor of the city of Davao City, Philippines. He was first elected 1988 and reelected 1992 and 1995. In 1998, he ran for the House of Representatives and...
  
  
• Juan Ponce Enrile
  Juan Ponce Enrile
  Juan Ponce Enrile is a Filipino politician. As a protege of President Ferdinand Marcos, he served as Justice Secretary and then Defense Secretary under the Marcos regime. He later became one of the leaders of the 1986 People Power Movement that drove Marcos from power...
  
  
• Francis Escudero
  Francis Escudero
  Francis Joseph "Chiz" Guevara Escudero is a Filipino politician who has been a member of the Philippine Senate since 2007...
  
  
• Bayani Fernando
  Bayani Fernando
  Bayani Flores Fernando is the former Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority .He has announced his intention to run for President of the Philippines in the 2010 election. However, after talks with Richard Gordon, he agreed to slide as Vice President for Gordon's newly-established...
  
  
• Richard Gordon
  Richard Gordon (politician)
  Richard "Dick" Juico Gordon is a Filipino politician and broadcaster who currently serves as the chairman of the Philippine National Red Cross....
  
  
• Panfilo Lacson
  Panfilo Lacson
  Panfilo "Ping" Morena Lacson, Sr. is a Filipino politician. He was Director-General of the Philippine National Police from 1999 to 2001 and has been a member of the Philippine Senate since 2001.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Loren Legarda
  Loren Legarda
  Loren Legarda is a Filipino broadcast journalist, environmentalist, and politician of Visayan ancestry, notable as the only female to top two senatorial elections . During the 2004 Philippine general election, she ran for the position of Vice-President as an Independent with Fernando Poe, Jr...
  
  
• Alfredo Lim
  Alfredo Lim
  Alfredo Siojo Lim is the incumbent Mayor of the City of Manila and a former senator of the Philippines. A widower, he first served as mayor of Manila from 1992 to 1998 and returned to that post after winning in the 2007 mayoral election.-Early life and career:Born on December 21, 1929 in 1324 J...
  
  
• Imelda Marcos
  Imelda Marcos
  Imelda R. Marcos is a Filipino politician and widow of 10th Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos. Upon the ascension of her husband to political power, she held various positions to the government until 1986...
  
  
• Eddie Panlilio
  Eddie Panlilio
  Eduardo "Among Ed" Tongol Panlilio was a Kapampangan Filipino Roman Catholic priest and governor of the province of Pampanga. He was suspended from his priestly ministry upon announcing his intention to run as governor...
  
  
• Ronaldo Puno
  Ronaldo Puno
  Ronaldo V. Puno is a campaign manager in Philippine politics. He supported the presidential bids of eventual winners Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada, and Gloria Macapagal Arroyo....
  
  
• Ralph Recto
  Ralph Recto
  Ralph Gonzalez Recto is a Filipino politician. Recto served as a member of the House of Representatives representing the 4th District of Batangas from 1992 to 2001. He was then elected to the Senate, serving from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, Recto run for reelection and lost because, as many analysts...
  
  
• Miriam Defensor-Santiago
  Miriam Defensor-Santiago
  Miriam Defensor Santiago is a Senator of the Philippines. She is a lawyer, former trial judge and professor of constitutional and international law. She served as the Commissioner of the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation in 1988 and the Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform from 1989...
  
  
• Luis Singson
• Francisco Tatad
  Francisco Tatad
  Francisco “Kit” Tatad is a political figure in the Philippines.-Journalist:Tatad practiced journalism as a wire service reporter for the Agence France-Presse...
  
  
• Antonio Trillanes
• Manny Villar
  Manny Villar
  Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar, Jr. is a Filipino businessman and politician. He is currently a Philippine Senator, president of the Nacionalista Party...
  
  

Presidents

• Emilio Aguinaldo
  Emilio Aguinaldo
  Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...
  
  
• Manuel Quezon
• Jose P. Laurel
  Jose P. Laurel
  José Paciano Laurel y García was the president of the Republic of the Philippines, a Japanese-sponsored administration during World War II, from 1943 to 1945...
  
  
• Sergio Osmena
  Sergio Osmeña
  Sergio Osmeña y Suico was a Filipino politician who served as the 4th President of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944, being the oldest Philippine president to hold office at age 65...
  
  
• Manuel Roxas
  Manuel Roxas
  Manuel Acuña Roxas was the first president of the independent Third Republic of the Philippines and fifth president overall. He served as president from the granting of independence in 1946 until his abrupt death in 1948...
  
  
• Elpidio Quirino
  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...
  
  
• Ramon Magsaysay
  Ramon Magsaysay
  Ramón del Fierro Magsaysay was the third President of the Republic of the Philippines from December 30, 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1957. He was elected President under the banner of the Nacionalista Party.-Early life:Ramon F...
  
  
• Carlos P. Garcia
  Carlos P. Garcia
  Carlos Polistico García was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist and guerrilla leader...
  
  
• Diosdado Macapagal
  Diosdado Macapagal
  Diosdado Pangan Macapagal was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965, and the sixth Vice President, serving from 1957 to 1961. He also served as a member of the House of Representatives, and headed the Constitutional Convention of 1970...
  
  
• Ferdinand Marcos
  Ferdinand Marcos
  Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian 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...
  
  
• Corazon Aquino
  Corazon Aquino
  Maria Corazon Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was the 11th President of the Philippines and the first woman to hold that office in Philippine history. She is best remembered for leading the 1986 People Power Revolution, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy in the Philippines...
  
  
• Fidel Ramos
• Joseph Estrada
  Joseph Estrada
  Joseph "Erap" Ejercito Estrada was the 13th President of the Philippines, serving from 1998 until 2001. Estrada was the first person in the Post-EDSA era to be elected both to the presidency and vice-presidency.Estrada gained popularity as a film actor, playing the lead role in over 100 films in...
  
  
• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
• Benigno Aquino III
  Benigno Aquino III
  Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III , also known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, is a Filipino politician who has been the 15th and current President of the Philippines since June 2010....
  
  

Business

• Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.
  Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr.
  Eduardo Murphy Cojuangco, Jr. , also known as Danding Cojuangco, is the chairman of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and beverage corporation in the Philippines and Southeast Asia, former Philippine ambassador, and former governor of Tarlac. In 2005, his personal wealth was estimated at...
  
  
• John Gokongwei
  John Gokongwei
  John L. Gokongwei, Jr. is a Chinese Filipino businessman with holdings in telecommunications, financial services, petrochemicals, power generation, aviation and live stock farming...
  
  
• Andrew Gotianun
  Andrew Gotianun
  Andrew Gotianun is a Chinese Filipino entrepreneur from the Philippines who at one time held a net worth of US$860 million . He runs the Filinvest Development Corporation which owns most of the Filinvest Land and the East West Bank. Gotianun also focuses on biofuels and has acquired two sugar...
  
  
• Felipe Gozon
  Felipe Gozon
  Felipe Gozon is the current chief executive and chair of GMA Network Inc., one of the largest media networks in the Philippines.A lawyer by profession, the Yale-educated Gozon is seen as the network executive who has successfully turned-around GMA from its state as the one of the leading television...
  
  
• Oscar Lopez
• Manuel V. Pangilinan
  Manuel V. Pangilinan
  Manuel V Pangilinan , also known as Manny Pangilinan and MVP, is a Filipino businessman. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, from 1998 up to the present....
  
  
• Henry Sy
  Henry Sy
  Henry Sy is a Chinese Filipino businessman and the founder of SM Group and chairman of SM Prime Holdings, the largest retailer and shopping mall operator in the Philippines. He earned his Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University in 1950...
  
  
• Washington SyCip
  Washington SyCip
  Washington SyCip is a Chinese Filipino accountant, founder of the Asian Institute of Management and Sycip Gorres Velayo and Company. A product of the Philippine public school system, Sycip was in the United States completing a post-graduate degree during the outbreak of the Second World War...
  
  
• Andrew Tan
  Andrew Tan
  Andrew L. Tan is a billionaire businessman from the Philippines who engages in real estate, liquor and fast food. In 2010, Forbes Magazine rated him fifth on its "Philippines 40 richest" list, estimating his net worth at $1.2 billion....
  
  
• Lucio Tan
  Lucio Tan
  Lucio Tan is a prominent Chinese Filipino business magnate and is one of the most prominent business magnates in the Philippines...
  
  
• Tony Tan Caktiong
  Tony Tan Caktiong
  Tony Tan Caktiong is the founder and current Chairman and CEO of Philippine fast food chain Jollibee. He attended high school at Chiang Kai Shek College and graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in chemical engineering...
  
  
• Tan Yu
  Tan Yu
  Tan Yu was a Chinese Filipino philanthropist and real estate entrepreneur who was once the richest man in the Philippines. In 1997, Forbes ranked him among the 20 wealthiest men on the planet where he had a net worth of about $7 Billion...
  
  
• George Ty
  George Ty
  George S.K. Ty is a Chinese Filipino finance tycoon. He founded Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company, currently the second largest bank in terms of Assets and Capital in the Philippines. He also has stakes in the Bank of the Philippine Islands and Philippine Savings Bank, a Metrobank subsidiary....
  
  
• Manny Villar
  Manny Villar
  Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar, Jr. is a Filipino businessman and politician. He is currently a Philippine Senator, president of the Nacionalista Party...
  
  
• Alfonso Yuchengco
  Alfonso Yuchengco
  Alfonso T. Yuchengco is a prominent industrialist, certified public accountant, FEU alumnus, educator, and diplomat in the Philippines.He heads the Yuchengco Group of Companies, one of the largest family-owned business conglomerates in the Philippines. He is the Chairman of Rizal Commercial...
  
  
• Enrique Zobel
  Enrique Zobel
  Enrique Jacobo Emilio Zobel y Olgado , was a prominent Filipino businessman. The only child of Colonel Jacobo Zóbel y Roxas and Ángela Olgado, he was a member of the influential Zobel de Ayala family of the Philippines and a first cousin of Jaime Zobel de Ayala.Zobel was chief executive officer of...
  
  
• Jaime Zobel de Ayala
  Jaime Zobel de Ayala
  Jaime Zobel y Fitz , also known as Jaime Zobel de Ayala, is a prominent Filipino businessman and philanthropist. He was the last managing partner of Ayala y Compañía in 1967 when the company changed to a corporation. He served as both president and chairman of Ayala Corporation from 1983 to 2005...
  
  

Law & Jurisprudence

• Jose Abad Santos
  José Abad Santos
  In 1919, Abad Santos would become instrumental in laying the legal groundwork as well as drafting the by-laws and constitution of the Philippine Women's University, the country's and Asia's first private non-sectarian institution for higher learning for women...
  
  
• Manuel Araullo
  Manuel Araullo
  Manuel Araullo was the third Chief Justice of the Philippines. He served from November 1, 1921 until his death on July 26, 1924.-Career:...
  
  
• Cayetano Arellano
  Cayetano Arellano
  Cayetano L. Arellano was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the American Civil Government. He was Chief Justice from 1901 until his retirement on April 12, 1920, making him the longest serving Chief Justice.Born in Orion, Bataan, He started as a working student...
  
  
• Ramon Avancena
  Ramon Avanceña
  Ramón Avanceña was a Chief Justice of the Philippines. He served from 1925-1941, when he resigned during the nearing of the Japanese Occupation...
  
  
• Romeo Callejo, Sr.
  Romeo Callejo, Sr.
  Romeo J. Callejo, Sr. is a retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was appointed to the Court on September 3, 2002 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and served until his mandatory retirement on April 27, 2007.- Profile :After earning his law degree from the San...
  
  
• Kiwi Camara
  Kiwi Camara
  Kiwi Alejandro Danao Camara , also known as K.A.D. Camara, is a Filipino American attorney. In 2001, he became the youngest person to matriculate at Harvard Law School, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 2004. He was also involved in a racial controversy at the school that attracted...
  
  
• Roberto Concepcion
  Roberto Concepcion
  Roberto Concepción was the Chief Justice of the Philippines from June 17, 1966, until April 18, 1973. Apparently, he took a leave 50 days earlier from his scheduled mandatory retirement...
  
  
• Irene Cortes
  Irene Cortes
  Irene R. Cortes was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and a respected law academician. She was also the first female dean of the University of the Philippines College of Law.-Professor and Dean:...
  
  
• Hilario Davide, Jr.
  Hilario Davide, Jr.
  Hilario Gelbolingo Davide, Jr, GCSS is a former Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations in New York City....
  
  
• Jose Diokno
  José Diokno
  Jose "Pepe" Wright Diokno was a Filipino nationalist. He served as Senator of the Philippines, Secretary of Justice, founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights, and founder of the Free Legal Assistance Group....
  
  
• Enrique Fernando
  Enrique Fernando
  Enrique M. Fernando was the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. A noted constitutionalist and law professor, he served in the Supreme Court for 18 years, including 6 years as Chief Justice....
  
  
• Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr.
  Regino C. Hermosisima, Jr.
  Regino Campos Hermosisima, Jr. of Banilad and Sibonga, Cebu, Philippines is the incumbent 3-termer regular member of the Judicial and Bar Council. Appointed on December 17, 1997 by Fidel Ramos, he was reappointed on September 12, 2001 and on October 4, 2005, by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo....
  
  
• Jose P. Laurel
  Jose P. Laurel
  José Paciano Laurel y García was the president of the Republic of the Philippines, a Japanese-sponsored administration during World War II, from 1943 to 1945...
  
  
• Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera
• Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
  Cecilia Muñoz-Palma
  Cecilia Muñoz-Palma was a Filipino jurist and the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of the Philippines...
  
  
• Gregorio Perfecto
  Gregorio Perfecto
  Gregorio Perfecto was a Filipino journalist, politician and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1945 to 1949...
  
  
• Artemio Panganiban
  Artemio Panganiban
  Artemio V. Panganiban , "The Renaissance Jurist of the 21st Century" was the 21st Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines.-Early life and education:...
  
  
• Reynato Puno
  Reynato Puno
  Reynato Puno y Serrano was the 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Appointed on December 8, 2006 by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, he was the 22nd person to serve as Chief Justice...
  
  
• Florenz Regalado
  Florenz Regalado
  Florenz D. Regalado was the 14th Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from July 29, 1988 to October 13, 1998...
  
  
• J. B. L. Reyes
  J. B. L. Reyes
  Jose Benedicto Luna Reyes was a noted Filipino jurist who served as Associate Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court from 1954 until 1972...
  
  
• Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos
  Epifanio de los Santos y Cristóbal, sometimes known as Don Pañong or Don Panyong was a noted Filipino historian, literary critic, art critic, jurist, prosecutor, antiquarian, archivist, scholar, painter, poet, musician, musicologist, philosopher, philologist, bibliographer, translator,...
  
  
• Claudio Teehankee
• Arturo Tolentino
  Arturo Tolentino
  Arturo Modesto Tolentino was a prominent political figure in the Philippines who briefly held the position of vice president in 1986. He is more well known as the father of the Philippine “archipelagic doctrine” and expert on the Law of the Sea.-Early career:Arturo M. Tolentino was born in Manila...
  
  
• Jose Yulo
  Jose Yulo
  José Yulo was the Chief Justice of the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation and was Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives from 1939 until the World War II started in 1941.-Career:...
  
  

Religion

• Blessed Pedro Calungsod
  Pedro Calungsod
  Blessed Pedro Calungsod is a Filipino Roman Catholic martyr who was killed while doing missionary work in Guam in 1672. He was beatified on March 5, 2000, by Pope John Paul II. As a skilled sacristan and teacher of cathecism, he was a companion of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores to the Marianas...
  
  
• Horacio de la Costa, S.J.
  Horacio de la Costa
  Horacio V. de la Costa was the first Filipino Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, and a recognized authority in Philippine and Asian culture and history....
  
  
• Gregorio Aglipay
  Gregorio Aglipay
  Gregorio Labayan Aglipay was the first Filipino Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church.-Early life:...
  
  
• Isabelo de los Reyes
  Isabelo de los Reyes
  Isabelo Florentino De Los Reyes, Sr., also known as Don Belong , was a prominent Filipino politician, writer and labor activist in the 19th and 20th centuries. He was the founder of the Aglipayan Church, an independent Philippine national church...
  
  
• Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo
• GOMBURZA
  Gomburza
  Gomburza or GOMBURZA is an acronym denoting the surnames of the priests Mariano Gómez, José Apolonio Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora, three Filipino priests who were executed on 17 February 1872 at Bagumbayan in Manila, Philippines by Spanish colonial authorities on charges of subversion arising from...
  
  
• Isabel Larranaga Ramirez
  Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez
  Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez is a Venerable in the Roman Catholic Church. She was born in Manila, Philippines. Her cause for beatification is currently underway with saint protocol number: 994...
  
  
• Gaudencio Rosales
• San Lorenzo Ruiz
  Lorenzo Ruiz
  Saint Lorenzo Ruiz , also known as San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila, is the first Filipino saint venerated in the Roman Catholic Church...
  
  
• José Tomás Sánchez
• Rufino Santos
• Jaime Sin
• Bro. Eli Soriano
  Eliseo Soriano
  Eliseo Fernando "Bro. Eli" Soriano is a Filipino televangelist. He is the current Presiding Minister of the Philippines-based Christian organization Members Church of God International, colloquially known through its radio and television program Ang Dating Daan...
  
  
• Fernando Suarez
  Fernando Suarez
  Father Fernando Suarez is a Filipino Catholic priest who has allegedly performed faith healing in the Philippines and all over the world.-Education:...
  
  
• Mother Cecilia Rosa Talangpaz
  Cecilia Rosa De Jesus Talangpaz
  Cecilia Talangpaz is a Kapampangan Filipino Roman Catholic figure. Along with her sister Dionisia Talangpaz, she established the "Beaterio de San Sebastian de Calumpang" , in 1719...
  
  
• Mother Dionisia Talangpaz
  Dionisia De Santa Maria Mitas Talangpaz
  Dionisia Talangpaz is a Filipino Roman Catholic figure. Along with her sister Cecilia Rosa De Jesus Talangpaz, she founded the "Beaterio de San Sebastian de Calumpang" , in 1719...
  
  
• Bro. Mike Velarde
  Mike Velarde
  Mariano "Mike" Zuniega Velarde or better known as Bro. Mike Velarde is the founder and Servant Leader of the Philippine based Catholic Charismatic religious group El Shaddai Movement which has a following of an estimated three to seven million Filipinos.He is the owner of Amvel Land Development...
  
  
• Ricardo Vidal
• Eddie Villanueva
  Eddie Villanueva
  Eduardo C. Villanueva , known as Bro. Eddie Villanueva, is a religious and political leader in the Philippines and a presidential candidate in the 2010 Philippine election as standard bearer of the Bangon Pilipinas Party...
  
  

Journalism & Media

• Kris Aquino
  Kris Aquino
  Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino , commonly known as Kris Aquino, is a Filipino television and movie personality who gained prominence from her talk shows, game shows, and numerous endorsements. Known as the Queen of All Media and Philippines' Queen of Talk, she is the youngest daughter of...
  
  
• Boy Abunda
  Boy Abunda
  Eugenio "Boy" R. Abunda, Jr. is a Filipino television host, publicist, talent manager and celebrity endorser. He is dubbed as the "King of Talk" in local show business.-Early life:Boy Abunda was born in Borongan City, Eastern Samar...
  
  
• Inday Badiday
  Inday Badiday
  Lourdes Jimenez Carvajal , better known as Inday Badiday, was a Filipino host and journalist who was known as Philippine television's "queen of showbiz talk shows" and "queen of intrigues"....
  
  
• Luis Beltran
• Teodoro Benigno
  Teodoro Benigno
  Teodoro "Teddy" Benigno, Jr. was a leading Filipino journalist with a career spanning seven decades. His writings first graced the print media in 1946, when he joined the Manila Tribune as a sportswriter and police beat reporter. However, the greater part of his career was spent with the Agence...
  
  
• Tomas Cabili
  Tomas Cabili
  Tomas Lluisma Cabili was a lawyer, journalist, educator, and assemblyman from Lanao. He is also known as Sultan Dimasangkay-ko-Ranao for Maranaos.-Early life:...
  
  
• Renato Constantino
  Renato Constantino
  Renato Constantino was an influential Filipino historian. He was a known leftist historian of the Philippines. He is the father-in-law of political commentator Randy David.-Works:*The Philippines: A Past Revisited...
  
  
• Noli De Castro
  Noli de Castro
  Manuel Leuterio de Castro, Jr. , better known as Noli de Castro or "Kabayan" Noli de Castro, was Vice President of the Philippines ....
  
  
• Mike Enriquez
  Mike Enriquez
  Miguel Castro Enriquez is a popular TV and radio newscaster in the Philippines. He is also the Senior Vice-President for radio of GMA Network, and president of the network's regional and radio subsidiary, RGMA Network Inc.-Career:He started his career in broadcasting as a staff announcer at the...
  
  
• Ted Failon
  Ted Failon
  Mario Teodoro Failon Etong , better known by his names Ted Failon or Teodoro Failon is a Filipino broadcast journalist, radio commentator, and a former congressman representing the first district of Leyte, Philippines, from 2001 to 2004.-Early life:Ted Failon was born and raised in Tacloban City,...
  
  
• Rico Hizon
  Rico Hizon
  Rico Hizon is a Filipino broadcast journalist with BBC World News. He anchors Newsday and Asia Business Report, which is broadcast to more than 300 million households worldwide...
  
  
• Che Che Lazaro
• Solita Monsod
  Solita Monsod
  Solita Collas-Monsod, popularly known as Mareng Winnie, is a Filipino broadcaster, host, economist, professor, and writer.Professor Monsod is best remembered for her role as Socio-economic Planning Secretary during the term of President Corazon Aquino and as a co-host in the GMA Network show Debate...
  
  
• Ambeth Ocampo
  Ambeth Ocampo
  Ambeth R. Ocampo is a multi-awarded Filipino historian, academic, journalist, and author best known for his writings about Philippines' national hero José Rizal and for "Looking Back", his bi-weekly editorial page column in the Philippine Daily Inquirer...
  
  
• Veronica Pedrosa
  Verónica Pedrosa
  Veronica Pedrosa was the lead news presenter at the Kuala Lumpur broadcast centre 2005-2010 of Al Jazeera English, an international news network....
  
  
• Amado Pineda
  Amado Pineda
  Amado Pineda is a Filipino meteorologist who became the first widely recognized television weatherman in the Philippines.A meteorologist with the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration , Pineda began doing weather forecasts for the evening newscast of GMA...
  
  
• Maria Ressa
  Maria Ressa
  Maria A. Ressa is a Filipino journalist, and author of Seeds of Terror, a book published by Free Press that contains blow-by-blow account of the hideouts of Al-Qaeda in Asia....
  
  
• Jessica Soho
  Jessica Soho
  Jessica Soho is Filipino broadcast journalist, documentarian and news director who received a George Foster Peabody Award and was the first Filipino to win the British Fleet Journalism Award in 1998.She has reported for the GMA network for over 15 years...
  
  
• Maximo V. Soliven
  Máximo V. Soliven
  Máximo Villaflor Solivén was a prominent Filipino journalist and newspaper publisher. In a career that spanned six decades, he attained his greatest peak and influence with the Philippine Star, which he co-founded in 1986, and where he served as publisher until his death...
  
  
• Mel Tiangco
  Mel Tiangco
  Carmela Tiangco-Cornejo popularly known as Mel Tiangco is a popular television newscaster and television host in the Philippines....
  
  
• Jessica Zafra
  Jessica Zafra
  Jessica Zafra is a fiction writer, columnist, editor, publisher and former television and radio show host. She is known for her sharp and witty writing style...
  
  
• Daniel Razon
• Cher Calvin
  Cher Calvin
  - Biography :Calvin is the daughter of former actor Roger Calvin. She started with KTLA in January, 2005. She was a former news anchor of Studio 23's "News Central" and one of the hosts of the fashion magazine show "F" on ABS-CBN.Calvin came to KTLA from KVVU-TV Fox 5 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where...
  
  

Miss Humanity International

• Czarina Gatbonton
  Czarina Gatbonton
  Czarina Catherine Ramos Gatbonton is one of the three reigning Binibining Pilipinas 2010, and she represented the Philippines in the 60th edition of Miss World...
  
   - Miss Humanity International 2011 2nd Runner-up

Miss Asia Pacific

• Resurreccion Vianzon - Miss Asia Pacific 1965 2nd Runner-up
• Jane Mozo de Joya - Miss Asia Pacific 1968 3rd Runner-up
• Alice Tiongson Crisostomo - Miss Asia Pacific 1970 1st Runner-up
• Carolyn Gomora Masibay - Miss Asia Pacific 1971 1st Runner-up
• Yvette Marie Alfon - Miss Asia Pacific 1972 1st Runner-up
• Maria Paripola Penson - Miss Asia Pacific 1974 2nd Runner-up
• Maria Luisa Corazon Delgado - Miss Asia Pacific 1976 3rd Runner-up
• Rio Diaz
  Rio Diaz
  Rio Diaz-Cojuangco was a former beauty queen, TV Host and actress born in the Philippines. She was the sister of former Miss Universe Gloria Diaz. Rio was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer in December 1998. She was given three months to live then, but she lived for six more years...
  
   - Miss Asia-Pacific 1977 4th Runner-up †
• Epifania Lagman - Miss Asia Pacific 1978 1st Runner-up
• Lorraine Espiridon Schuck - Miss Asia Pacific 1979 2nd Runner-up
• Rosemarie de Vera - Miss Asia Pacific 1980 1st Runner-up
• Ma. Del Carmen Ines Del Alcazar Zaragoza - Miss Asia Pacific 1982
• Gloria Aranas Dimayacyac - Miss Asia Pacific 1983 (Best in Swimwear)
• Lorna Legaspi - Miss Asia Pacific 1989
• Mutya Crisostomo Laxa - Miss Asia Pacific 1992 2nd Runner up
• Marilyn Gozon Maristela - Miss Asia Pacific 1996 1st Runner-up
• Darlene Zimmer Carbungco - Miss Asia Pacific 2001 4th Runner-up (Miss Close-Up Smile)
• Miriam San Jose Chui - Miss Asia Pacific 2002 3rd Runner-up (Miss Cremesilk Beautiful Hair/Miss Telegenic)
• Jedah Casabuela Hernandez - Miss Asia Pacific International 2004 4th Runner up (Best in Evening Gown/Best Hair)
• Zara Aldana
  Zara Aldana
  Zephorah "Zara" Aldana Mayon also known as Zara Aldana is a Filipina celebrity. Aldana is a former Mutya ng Pilipinas -Asia Pacific title holder, winning the title in 2007.-Career:...
  
   - Miss Asia Pacific International 2007 (Resigned)
• Ana Marie Pulpulaan Morelos - Miss Asia Pacific International 2007 (Assumed Title)

Miss Earth

Miss Earth

Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world....

• Carlene Aguilar - Miss Earth 2001
  Miss Earth 2001
  Miss Earth 2001 is the first edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, organized by Carousel Productions. The pageant coronation night was held on October 28, 2001 at the University of the Philippines Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. There were 42 delegates who competed in the pageant that focuses...
  
   Semi-Finalists (Best in Long Gown)
• April Rose Lim Perez - Miss Earth 2002
  Miss Earth 2002
  Miss Earth 2002, the second edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held in Quezon City, Philippines on October 29, 2002. In its second year, 53 delegates participated, exceeding the number of contestants in Miss International 2002, thereby becoming the world's third biggest international pageant...
  
   Semi-Finalists (Miss Photogenic)
• Laura Marie Dunlap - Miss Earth 2003
  Miss Earth 2003
  Miss Earth 2003, the 3rd edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2003 at the UP Theater, in Quezon City, Philippines. Fifty-seven delegates from all over the globe participated in the event. The pageant was broadcast live via ABS-CBN in the Philippines and to many countries...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto
  Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto
  Tamera Marie Lagac Szijarto is a beauty queen and entrepreneur from the Philippines and the 4th titleholder of Miss Philippines Earth. She was bestowed Miss Philippines 2004 in Quezon City, Philippines last May 2004...
  
   - Miss Earth 2004
  Miss Earth 2004
  Miss Earth 2004, the 4th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines on October 24, 2004...
  
   Finalists
• Genebelle Francisco Raagas - Miss Earth 2005
  Miss Earth 2005
  Miss Earth 2005, the 5th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on October 23, 2005 in Quezon City, Philippines. A total of 80 candidates from around the globe took part in the event....
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Catherine Untalan
  Catherine Untalan
  Catherine Yu Untalan is an environmentalist, fashion model, psychologist, and beauty queen from the Philippines. She competed and won the beauty title of Miss Philippines-Earth 2006 and the international Miss Earth Water 2006...
  
   - Miss Earth 2006
  Miss Earth 2006
  Miss Earth 2006, the 6th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, took place on November 26, 2006 in the grounds of the National Museum in Manila, Philippines. The pageant was won by Hil Hernández of Chile....
  
   Water {2nd Runner-up}
• Jeanne Angeles Harn - Miss Earth 2007
  Miss Earth 2007
  Miss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was...
  
   (Miss Photogenic)
• Karla Henry - Miss Earth 2008
  Miss Earth 2008
  Miss Earth 2008, the 8th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 9, 2008 at the Clark Expo Amphitheater in Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. Eighty-five delegates arrived from October 19, 2008 in the Philippines...
  
  (Miss Photogenic), (Miss Earth Designers Award), (Eagle Express Award), (Miss Fontana) and (Pasigandahan Awards)
• Sandra Seifert
  Sandra Seifert
  Sandra Inez Suravilla Seifert is a beauty queen and an international fashion model of mixed Filipina and German descent....
  
   - Miss Earth 2009
  Miss Earth 2009
  Miss Earth 2009, the 9th edition of Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held at the Boracay Ecovillage Resort and Convention Center, in the Island of Boracay, Malay, Philippines last November 22, 2009....
  
   Air {1st Runner up} (Best in Swimsuit) and (Best in Long Gown)

Miss Earth Canada

Miss earth canada

Miss Earth Canada is a beauty pageant held annually in search of the most beautiful and environmental-friendly woman in Canada. It is the official preliminary to the Miss Earth pageant...

• Riza Santos
  Riza Santos
  Riza Santos is a Canadian television personality and beauty queen of Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese ancestry. She competed and won Miss Earth Canada 2006 and Miss World Canada 2011 and will represent Canada in Miss World 2011 on November 6 in London. She competed in the Miss Earth 2006 pageant, in...
  
   - Miss Earth Canada 2006
• Jessica Trisko
  Jessica Trisko
  Jessica Nicole Trisko is an academic, activist, and model from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She currently resides in Montreal, Canada.Trisko's father is of Ukrainian-Russian heritage, and her mother is Filipino...
  
   - Miss Earth 2007
  Miss Earth 2007
  Miss Earth 2007, the seventh Miss Earth beauty pageant, was held on November 11, 2007 at the UP Theater in Quezon City, Philippines. The delegates also visited Nha Trang, Vietnam. 88 delegates competed for the title, making 2007 the largest edition of delegates for Miss Earth. The pageant was...
  
  

Miss Globe International

Miss Globe International

Miss Globe Organisation is an international beauty pageant group founded in 1925, which owns the rights to various titles, including "Miss Globe", "Miss Globe International", "Miss Globe Beauty Pageant", and "Miss Globe Beauty"...

• Maricar Balagtas
  Maricar Balagtas
  Maricar Manalaysay Balagtas , of the Philippines, is the first Filipino delegate to win the Miss Globe International title in 2001 and represented the Philippines in the 2004 Miss Universe pageant....
  
   - Miss Globe International 2001

Miss International

Miss International

Miss International is an annual international beauty pageant held since 1960.The current Miss International is Fernanda Cornejo, from Ecuador...

 Delegates

• Edita Resurreccion Vital - Miss International 1960
  Miss International 1960
  Miss International 1960, the first edition of International Beauty Congress Pageant was held on August 12, 1960 at Long Beach, California, USA. There are 52 delegates from all over the world competed the title. Miss Colombia, Stella Márquez Zawadski won the title...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Monina Medinilla Yllana - Miss International 1963
  Miss International 1963
  The 4th Miss International pageant was held on 16 August 1963 at Long Beach, California.- Results :-Delegates:*' - Susana Cukar Cuhan*' - Tricia Reschke*' - Xenia Doppler*' - Monique Bourgeois*' - Maria Lozada...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Gemma Cruz - Miss International 1964
  Miss International 1964
  The Miss International 1964, the 4th Miss International pageant, was won by Gemma Teresa Guerrero Cruz of Philippines. It took place on 14 August 1964 at the Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA.- Results :-Special Awards:-Delegates:...
  
  
• Nenita Tuazon Ramos - Miss International 1968
  Miss International 1968
  Miss International 1968, the 8th Miss International pageant, was won by Maria da Gloria Carvalho of Brazil. It took place on 9 October 1968 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.-Final Results:-Special Awards:...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Margaret Orbe Montinola - Miss International 1969
  Miss International 1969
  Miss International 1969, the 9th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Nippon Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 13, 1969. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Valerie Holmes from Britain was crowned as Miss International 1969....
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Aurora Pijuan - Miss International 1970
  Miss International 1970
  Miss International 1970, the 10th Miss International beauty pageant, was held at Exposition Hall Fairgrounds, Osaka, Japan on May 16, 1970. 47 contestants competed for the pageant. Aurora Pijuan of the Philippines was crowned Miss International 1970 at the end of the event.-Placements:-External...
  
  
• Evelyn Santos Camus - Miss International 1971
  Miss International 1971
  Miss International 1971, the 11th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Long Beach, California, USA on May 26, 1971. 50 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Jane Hansen from New Zealand crown as Miss International 1971.-Final Results:...
  
   2nd Runner-up
• Yolanda Adriatico Dominguez - Miss International 1972
  Miss International 1972
  Miss International 1972, the 12th edition of International Beauty Congress Pageant was held on October 06, 1972 at Tokyo, Japan. There are 47 delegates from all over the world competed the title. Linda Hooks from Britain won the title.-Placements:...
  
   2nd Runner-up (Best in National Costume)
• Maria Suarez Ojeda - Miss International 1973
  Miss International 1973
  Miss International 1973, the 13th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Exposition Hall Fairgrounds, Osaka, Japan on October 13, 1973. 45 contestants competed for the pageant. Tuula Björkling of Finland won the crown.-Final Results:...
  
   4th Runner-up
• Jaye Antonio Murphy - Miss International 1975
  Miss International 1975
  Miss International 1975, the 15th Miss International beauty pageant was held at Okinawa's Expo Portside Theater, Motobu, Japan on November 3, 1975. 48 contestants competed for the pageant. Finally, Lidija Manić from Yugoslavia crown as Miss International 1975....
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Maria Dolores Suarez Escalon - Miss International 1976
  Miss International 1976
  Miss International 1976 was held at Imperial Garden Theater, Tokyo, Japan on July 2, 1976. Sophie Sonia Perin earned France's first Miss International crown.-Results:-Special awards:-References:*...
  
   Semi-Finalists (Best in National Costume)
• Melanie Marquez
  Melanie Marquez
  Melanie Marquez , , is a Filipina personality development coach, actress, film producer, author, and celebrity endorser...
  
   - Miss International 1979
  Miss International 1979
  Miss International 1979 was held at Mielparque, Tokyo, Japan on November 12, 1979. The 15-year old Melanie Marquez earned Philippines's third Miss International crown.-Results:-Special awards:*Friendship: Vivian Elaine Indalecio...
  
  (Best in National Costume)
• Dianne Jeanne Chiong - Miss International 1980
  Miss International 1980
  Miss International 1980, the 20th Miss International pageant, was won by Lorna Marlene Chávez of Costa Rica. It took place on 4 November 1980 in Tokyo, Japan.- Placements:-Special awards:-References:**-External links:*...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Alice Veronica Fernandez Sacasas - Miss International 1981
  Miss International 1981
  Miss International 1981, the 21st Miss International pageant, was won by Jenny Annette Derek of Australia. It took place on 6 September 1981 in Kobe, Japan.-Final Results:- Special Awards :*Best National Costume: - Dominique Van Eeckhoudt...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Alice Dixon - Miss International 1986
  Miss International 1986
  The 26th Miss International pageant was held on 31 August 1986 at Holland Village, Nagasaki. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.- Results :-Special awards:*Friendship: Rika Kobayashi *Photogenic: Susanna Marie Lundmark...
  
   Semi-Finalist
• Lilia Andanar - Miss International 1989
  Miss International 1989
  The 29th Miss International pageant was held on 17 September 1989 at Kanazawa's Kagekiza. The pageant was hosted by Masumi Okada.-Results:-Special awards:*Friendship: Lilia Andanar *Photogenic: Sherri Teixeira...
  
   (Miss Friendship)
• Maria Patricia "Patti" Guzman Betita - Miss International 1991
  Miss International 1991
  Miss International 1991 was held at Tokyo, Japan on October 13, 1991. Agnieszka Kotlarska earned Poland's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Norma Jean Cepeda*Photogenic: ', Melissa Vargas...
  
   Semi-Finalist
• Alma Carvajal Concepcion - Miss International 1994
  Miss International 1994
  Miss International 1994 was held at Sun Arena, Ise, Mie, Japan on September 4, 1994. Christina Lekka earned Greece's first Miss International crown.-Placements:- Special awards:-External links:*...
  
   Semi-Finalists (Miss Friendship)
• Gladys Dueñas - Miss International 1995
  Miss International 1995
  Miss International 1995, the 35th Miss International pageant, was held at the Sinjuyo Pension Hall, Nippon Seinenkan, Tokyo, Japan on September 10, 1995. 47 contestants competed for the coveted title. Christina Lekka of Greece crowned Anne Lena Hansen of Norway as the new titleholder...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Yedda Marie Mendoza Kittilstved - Miss International 1996
  Miss International 1996
  Miss International 1996 was held at Kanazawa Kagekiza, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan on October 26, 1996. Fernanda Alves earned Portugal's first Miss International crown.-Results:- Special awards:*Friendship: ', Kathleen Williams...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Susan Jane Ritter - Miss International 1997
  Miss International 1997
  Miss International 1997, the 37th Miss International pageant, was won by Consuelo Adler of Venezuela. It took place on 20 September 1997 at the Kyoto Kaikan First Hall in Kyoto, Japan.- Results :*Winner: ', Consuelo Adler...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Colette Centeno Glazer - Miss International 1998
  Miss International 1998
  Miss International 1998, the 38th Miss International pageant, was won by Lía Victoria Borrero González of Panama. It took place on 26 September 1998 at the Koseinenkin Hall in Tokyo, Japan.- Results :- Special awards:*Friendship:...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Margaret Ann Bayot - Miss International 2004
  Miss International 2004
  Miss International 2004, the 44th Miss International pageant was held at Workers Indoor Arena, Beijing, China on October 16 2004. 58 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Precious Lara Quigaman
  Precious Lara Quigaman
  Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman is a model, host, freelance web page writer, and former beauty queen who won the 2005 Miss International beauty pageant held in Tokyo, Japan. She is the fourth Filipina to have won the crown, after Gemma Cruz in 1964, Aurora Pijuan in 1970, and Melanie Marquez...
  
   - Miss International 2005
  Miss International 2005
  Miss International 2005, the 45th Miss International pageant was held in Koseinenkin Hall, Tokyo, Japan on September 26 2005. 52 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown. Jeymmy Vargas of Colombia crowned her successor Precious Quigaman of the Philippines as the new Miss...
  
  
• Patricia Fernandez - Miss International 2008
  Miss International 2008
  Miss International 2008, the 48th Miss International pageant was held at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel, Macau on November 8, 2008. 63 contestants from all over the world competed for the crown, marking the biggest turnout in the 48 years of the pageant, surpassing the previous of 61 during last...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Aileen Jan Valdehueza Yap - Miss USA International 2009
• Melody Gersbach
  Melody Gersbach
  Melody Adelaide Manuel Gersbach was best known as a beauty pageant contestant from the Philippines.-Personal life:...
  
   - Miss International 2009
  Miss International 2009
  Miss International 2009, the 49th Miss International pageant, was held at the Sichuan International Tennis Center, Chengdu, Sichuan, China on November 28, 2009. The pageant was originally scheduled to be held at The Venetian Macao in Macau on November 7, 2009, but the host committee backed out. 66...
  
   Semi-Finalists †
• Krista Arrieta Kleiner - Miss International 2010
  Miss International 2010
  Miss International 2010, the 50th Miss International pageant, was held at Sichuan Province Gymnasium in Chengdu, China on November 7, 2010.Seventy contestants competed for the title, the highest turnout in 50 years of history...
  
   Semi-Finalists (Miss Talent) and (Miss Expressive)
• Dianne Necio - Miss International 2011
  Miss International 2011
  Miss International 2011, the 51st edition of the Miss International pageant, was held on November 6, 2011 at the International Tennis Center, in Chengdu, China...
  
   Semi-Finalists (Miss Internet Popularity)

Miss Hawaii Teen USA

Miss Hawaii Teen USA

The Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. They are ranked seventh in terms of placements won...

• Sonya Balmores
  Sonya Balmores
  Sonya Balmores is an actress and beauty queen from Kalaheo, Hawaii who has competed in the Miss Teen USA pageant.Balmores won the Miss Hawaii Teen USA title on May 16, 2004 at the Waikiki Sheraton Resort, at the same time Jennifer Fairbank was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 2005. Balmores represented...
  
   - Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2004
• Ashley Sagisi Moser - Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2009

Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen USA

• Brianna Godshalk - Miss Georgia Outstanding Teen USA 2009

Miss Tourism Cosmopolitan International

• Barbara Dela Rosa Salvador - Miss Tourism Cosmopolitan International 2010 3rd - Runner up

Miss Tourism Metropolitan International

• Ana Marie Morelos - Miss Tourism Metropolitan International 2007 4th runner-up

Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 Delegates

• Blesilda Mueler Ocampo – Miss Universe 1954
  Miss Universe 1954
  The third edition of Miss Universe was held on 24 July 1954, at Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, Long Beach, California, USA. They had 33 young ladies in the competition. Miss USA, 21-year-old Miriam Stevenson, won the competition...
  
   Top 16
• Lalaine Betia Bennett - Miss Universe 1963
  Miss Universe 1963
  Miss Universe 1963, the 12th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Iêda Maria Vargas of Brazil. It took place on 20 July 1963 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...
  
   3rd Runner-up
• Louise Vail Aurelio - Miss Universe 1965
  Miss Universe 1965
  Miss Universe 1965, the 14th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Apasra Hongsakula of Thailand. It took place on 24 July 1965 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...
  
   Top 16
• Maria Clarinda Garces Soriano - Miss Universe 1966
  Miss Universe 1966
  Miss Universe 1966, the 15th Miss Universe pageant, was won by 18-year-old Margareta Arvidsson of Sweden. It took place on 16 July 1966 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, USA.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...
  
   Top 15
• Gloria Diaz
  Gloria Diaz
  Gloria Maria Aspillera Diaz is an award-winning actress in the Philippines, and the first Filipino to bring home the Miss Universe crown.-Early Life and Family:...
  
   - Miss Universe 1969
  Miss Universe 1969
  Miss Universe 1969, the 18th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, was held in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. The winner was Gloria Diaz, an eighteen year old Miss Philippines. Ms...
  
  (Top 10 Best in Swimsuit)
• Vida Valentina Doria - Miss Universe 1971
  Miss Universe 1971
  Miss Universe 1971, the 20th Miss Universe pageant, was won by Georgina Rizk of Lebanon. It took place on July 24, 1971 at the Miami Beach Auditorium in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.-Placements:-Special awards:-Contestants:...
  
   (Miss Photogenic)
• Armi Barbara Quiray Crespo – Miss Universe 1972
  Miss Universe 1972
  Miss Universe 1972 was held at Cerromar Beach Hotel in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, on July 29, 1972. Kerry Anne Wells earned Australia's first Miss Universe crown. The outgoing Miss Universe, Georgina Rizk of Lebanon, was not allowed to crown her successor due to government restrictions because of...
  
   Top 12
• Margarita Moran - Miss Universe 1973
  Miss Universe 1973
  Miss Universe 1973 was held at the 2,000-year-old amphitheatre of Odeon of Herodes Atticus, at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece on July 21, 1973...
  
  (Miss Photogenic)
• Guadalupe Sanchez – Miss Universe 1974
  Miss Universe 1974
  Miss Universe 1974, the 23rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Manila, Philippines on the early morning of July 21, 1974 before a live audience of an estimated 10,000 at the Folk Arts Theater and broadcast live by CBS and Radio Philippines Network . The pageant was hosted by Bob Barker and Helen...
  
   Top 12
• Rose Marie Singson Brosas – Miss Universe 1975
  Miss Universe 1975
  Miss Universe 1975 the 24th Miss Universe pageant was held at the National Gymnasium, San Salvador, El Salvador on July 19, 1975. The live telecast was broadcast on CBS. Miss Universe 1972, Kerry Anne Wells of Australia crowned the new Miss Universe, Anne Marie Pohtamo of Finland.The political...
  
   4th Runner-up
• Chat Silayan
  Chat Silayan
  Maria Rosario Silayan-Bailon better known as Chat Silayan was a Filipina beauty queen and actress. She won the 1980 Binibining Pilipinas Universe crown and became the third runner-up at Miss Universe 1980. A year after her stint in Miss Universe, her acting career began and she became one of the...
  
   - Miss Universe 1980
  Miss Universe 1980
  Miss Universe 1980 was held at Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul, South Korea on July 8, 1980. 20-year-old Shawn Weatherly of USA was crowned as Miss Universe 1980...
  
   3rd Runner-up †
• Desiree Verdadero – Miss Universe 1984
  Miss Universe 1984
  Miss Universe 1984, the 33rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at James L. Knight Convention Center in Miami, Florida, USA on July 9, 1984. 81 contestants competed for the crown....
  
   3rd Runner-up
• Geraldine Asis – Miss Universe 1987
  Miss Universe 1987
  Miss Universe 1987, the 36th Miss Universe pageant was held at Hall Four at World Trade Centre, Singapore on May 27, 1987. 22-year-old Cecilia Bolocco of Chile was crowned as Miss Universe 1987. 68 contestants competed in the 1987 Miss Universe Pageant. This was the twenty-first and final Miss...
  
   Top 10
• Charlene Gonzalez - Miss Universe 1994
  Miss Universe 1994
  Miss Universe 1994, the 43rd Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Plenary Hall of the Philippine International Convention Center, in Manila, Philippines on May 20, 1994...
  
   Top 6 (Best in National Costume)
• Aileen Damiles – Miss Universe 1996
  Miss Universe 1996
  Miss Universe 1996, the 45th Miss Universe pageant was held at the Theatre for the Performing Arts in the Aladdin Resort and Casino, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA on May 17, 1996. Alicia Machado of Venezuela was crowned as Miss Universe 1996 by Miss Universe 1995 Chelsi Smith of USA. 79 contestants...
  
   (Miss Photogenic)
• Abbygale Arenas
  Abbygale Arenas
  Abbygale Williamson Arenas is a former model from the Philippines. She is 5'9" and is said to resemble Linda Evangelista. She is now a freelance make-up artist. She is married to photographer Jun de Leon-Pageantry:...
  
   - Miss Universe 1997
  Miss Universe 1997
  Miss Universe 1997 pageant was held in Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, culminating in the final competition on May 16, 1997. This was the second consecutive year that the pageant had been held in the United States. Miss USA, Brook Lee of Hawaii was crowned Miss...
  
   (Miss Photogenic)
• Miriam Quiambao
  Miriam Quiambao
  Miriam Redito Quiambao is a television personality, TV/Film Actress and a former beauty queen from the Philippines.Born in Quezon City to Magdalena Redito of Oas, Albay and Medgardo Quiambao of Bacacay, Albay on May 20, 1975, she is the first of two children...
  
   - Miss Universe 1999
  Miss Universe 1999
  Miss Universe 1999 was held at the Chaguaramas Convention Centre, Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on May 26, 1999. Mpule Kwelagobe of Botswana was crowned as Miss Universe 1999 by Miss Universe 1998 Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago. A record number of 84 contestants competed in the pageant...
  
   1st Runner-up (Clairol Herbal Essences Style)
• Zorayda Ruth Andam
  Zorayda Ruth Andam
  Zorayda Ruth Andam is a Filipino lawyer, beauty queen and television host. She won the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe title in 2001.Andam was a cum laude graduate of the University of the Philippines School of Economics. She entered the University of the Philippines College of Law, where she...
  
   - Miss Universe 2001
  Miss Universe 2001
  Miss Universe 2001 was held at Coliseo Rubén Rodríguez, Bayamón, Puerto Rico on May 11, 2001. 77 contestants participated in the prestigious event...
  
   (Best in National Costume)
• Gionna Cabrera - Miss Universe 2005
  Miss Universe 2005
  Miss Universe 2005, the 54th Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Impact Arena, Bangkok, Thailand on May 31, 2005.At the conclusion of the final telecast, Miss Universe Canada, Natalie Glebova was crowned Miss Universe 2005 by outgoing titleholder Jennifer Hawkins of Australia...
  
   (Miss Photogenic)
• Lia Andrea Ramos
  Lia Andrea Ramos
  Lia Andrea Aquino Ramos, born January 11, 1981 in Davao City, was the representative of the Philippines in the Miss Universe 2006 pageant held in Los Angeles, California. Lia was also voted as Miss Photogenic that same year...
  
   - Miss Universe 2006
  Miss Universe 2006
  Miss Universe 2006, the 55th Miss Universe pageant, took place at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, USA. Unlike past events, it was broadcast live on NBC on a Sunday, July 23, 2006, almost two months later than usual....
  
   (Miss Photogenic)
• Anna Theresa Licaros
  Anna Theresa Licaros
  Anna Theresa Licaros , nicknamed Tere, is the Binibining Pilipinas-Universe 2007 titleholder.-Early life:Licaros was raised in Cainta, Rizal but traces her roots to Cuenca, Batangas...
  
   - Miss Universe 2007
  Miss Universe 2007
  Miss Universe 2007, the 56th Miss Universe pageant, took place on May 28, 2007 at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Mexico. 77 delegates competed for the title. Riyo Mori of Japan was crowned the winner of the title by Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico....
  
   (Miss Photogenic)
• Maria Venus Raj
  Maria Venus Raj
  Maria Venus Bayonito Raj is a Filipina beauty queen. She was crowned Binibining Pilipinas -Universe on March 6, 2010 during the pageant's Grand Coronation Night at the Araneta Coliseum...
  
   - Miss Universe 2010
  Miss Universe 2010
  Miss Universe 2010, the 59th edition of the pageant, was held at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010. It was hosted by Bret Michaels and Natalie Morales...
  
   4th Runner-up
• Shamcey Supsup
  Shamcey Supsup
  Shamcey Gurrea Supsup is a Filipino beauty titleholder who represented the Philippines in the Miss Universe 2011 pageant, in which she was declared third runner-up...
  
   - Miss Universe 2011
  Miss Universe 2011
  Miss Universe 2011, the 60th anniversary of the Miss Universe pageant, was held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011. Ximena Navarrete of Mexico crowned her successor, Leila Lopes of Angola, at the end of this event...
  
   3rd Runner-up

Miss Hawaii USA

Miss Hawaii USA

The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...

• Aureana Tseu - Miss Hawaii USA
  Miss Hawaii USA
  The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...
  
   2009
• Celita de Castro - Miss Hawaii USA
  Miss Hawaii USA
  The Miss Hawaii USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss USA pageant.Hawaii is the most recent state to start competing at Miss USA, as it first competed in 1962. Prior to this delegates were sent to Miss Universe...
  
   1977

Miss World

Miss World

The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 Delegates

• Evangeline Pascual – Miss World 1973
  Miss World 1973
  The 23rd Annual Miss World pageant was held at the Royal Albert Hall on November 23, 1973. Fifty-four delegates vied for the crown won by an American, Marjorie Wallace of Indiana.Pageant Controversy...
  
   1st Runner-up
• Louvette Monzon Hammond – Miss World 1978
  Miss World 1978
  Miss World 1978, the 28th Miss World pageant, was held on November 16, 1978 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Silvana Suárez from Argentina...
  
   (Miss Talent)
• Sara-Jane Areza – Miss World 1982
  Miss World 1982
  Miss World 1982, the 32nd Miss World pageant, was held on November 18, 1982 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Mariasela Álvarez from the Dominican Republic...
  
   Continental Queen of Asia
• Sherry Rose Austria Byrne - Miss World 1986
  Miss World 1986
  The 36th Miss World Pageant was held on November 13, 1986 in the Royal Albert Hall, London, UK. The winner was Giselle Jeanne-Marie Laronde from Trinidad & Tobago. Runner up was Pia Rosenberg Larsen representing Denmark and third was Chantal Schreiber from Austria.-Placements:-Order of...
  
   Semi-Finalists and Continental Queen of Asia
• Ruffa Gutierrez
  Ruffa Gutiérrez
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   - Miss World 1993
  Miss World 1993
  Miss World 1993, the 43rd Miss World pageant was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The event was hosted by actor...
  
   2nd Princess and Continental Queen of Asia
• Caroline Subijano - Miss World 1993
  Miss World 1993
  Miss World 1993, the 43rd Miss World pageant was held on 27 November 1993 at the Sun City Entertainment Centre in Sun City, South Africa. The pageant attracted 81 contestants from all over the world. This is the second consecutive staging of the pageant in Sun City. The event was hosted by actor...
  
   Semi-Finalists
• Daisy Reyes – Miss World 1996
  Miss World 1996
  Miss World 1996, the 46th Miss World pageant took place on November 23, 1996 in the city of Bangalore, India. 88 contestants from all over the world took part in the prestigious pageant...
  
   (Miss Personality)
• Katherine Anne Manalo - Miss World 2002
  Miss World 2002
  Miss World 2002, the 52nd Miss World pageant was held on December 7, 2002 at Alexandra Palace, London, United Kingdom. The pageant was initially slated for Abuja, Nigeria but due to conflict in the city of Kaduna arising from a publication of an article in a Lagos based newspaper the pageant was...
  
   Finalists
• Maria Rafaela Yunon - Miss World 2003
  Miss World 2003
  Miss World 2003, the 53rd Miss World pageant was held at Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on 6 December 2003. The pageant was presented by Phil Keoghan, Amanda Byram and Angela Chow. The contestants also visited Beijing, the national capital of People's Republic of China,...
  
   4th Runner-up (Beach Beauty Top 10 Semi-Finalists)
• Maria Karla Bautista - Miss World 2004
  Miss World 2004
  Miss World 2004, the 54th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 6, 2004. The 2004 pageant marks the second straight year that Sanya played host of the pageant. Miss World 2003, Rosanna Davison of Ireland crowned her successor María...
  
   4th Runner-up and Continental Queen of Asia (Beach Beauty Top 10 Finalists & Miss Talent Top 25 Semi-Finalists)
• Carlene Aguilar - Miss World 2005
  Miss World 2005
  Miss World 2005, the 55th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 10, 2005. Nine former Miss World titleholders and chairwoman of Miss World Organization Julia Morley judged the pageant. Miss World 2004 María Julia Mantilla of Peru...
  
   Semi-Finalists (Beach Beauty Top 19 Semi-Finalists)
• Anna Maris Igpit – Miss World 2006
  Miss World 2006
  Miss World 2006, the 56th Miss World pageant was held at Sala Kongresowa, the main 2,897-seat auditorium at the Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw, Poland on the September 30, 2006. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in a European city other than London, United Kingdom, having...
  
   (Beach Beauty Top 25 Semi-Finalists)
• Margaret Nales Wilson - Miss World 2007
  Miss World 2007
  Miss World 2007, the 57th Miss World pageant was held at the Crown of Beauty Theatre, Sanya, People's Republic of China on December 1, 2007. It was hosted by Fernando Allende and Angela Chow. Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China won the crown and succeeded Miss World 2006, Taťána Kuchařová...
  
   (Beach Beauty Top 21 Semi-Finalists)
• Danielle Castaño
  Danielle Castaño
  Danielle Kirsten Muriel Castaño is a Filipino beauty queen, and represented the Philippines in the Miss World 2008 pageant...
  
   - Miss World 2008
  Miss World 2008
  Miss World 2008, the 58th Miss World pageant was held at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa on December 13, 2008. Originally, the pageant was going to take place in Kiev, Ukraine, but because of the ongoing crisis between Georgia and Russia in neighboring South Ossetia, the...
  
   (Miss World Talent Top 32 Semi-Finalists)
• Gwendoline Ruais - Miss World 2011
  Miss World 2011
  Miss World 2011, the 61st edition of the Miss World pageant took place at the Earls Court Two on November 6, 2011 in London. As part of the events, the contestants also traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland between October 23 and October 27.. Alexandria Mills of the United States crowned her successor...
  
   1st Princess and Continental Queen of Asia (Beach Beauty Top 20, Top Model Top 20 & Beauty with a Purpose Top 30)

Mutya ng Pilipinas

Mutya ng Pilipinas

Mutya ng Pilipinas is a beauty pageant held annually in the Philippines. Two of the primary winners of the pageant from 1977-1991 competed in 2 international beauty pageants such as Miss Asia Pacific International and Miss World...

• Tetchie Agbayani
  Tetchie Agbayani
  Visitacion Parado, who is better known by her screen name Tetchie Agbayani, is a Filipina movie and television actress, Mutya ng Pilipinas, psychology instructor and Playboy model. She appeared in a regular issue of German Playboy and a special American edition entitled "Women of the World"...
  
   - Mutya ng Pilipinas Tourism 1979

War Heroes

• Danilo Atienza
  Danilo Atienza
  Danilo S. Atienza was a Filipino pilot in the Philippine Air Force.Atienza started out as a Philippine Air Force cadet at Fernando Air Base in Lipa City, where he was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1974...
  
  
• César Basa
  César Basa
  César Fernando Basa was a Filipino pilot and hero of World War II. Born in 1915, he was one of the pioneer fighter pilots in the Philippine Air Force and the first Filipino casualty during World War II.-Death:...
  
  
• Antonio Bautista
  Antonio Bautista
  Antonio M. Bautista was a Filipino pilot of the Philippine Air Force.Colonel Antonio "Tony" Bautista was a pilot of the Philippine Air Force and died in action in 1974. In the early 1960s, known as the PAF's Glory Days, he was squadron commander to one of the PAF's aerial acrobatic teams, the...
  
  
• Vicente Lim
  Vicente Lim
  Brigadier General Vicente Lim was an Filipino General in the Philippine Army who served during the Second World War.-Early life:He was born in the town of Calamba, Laguna, on the 24th of February, 1888, the third of Jose Ayala Lim-Yaoco’s four children. His father was a full-blooded Chinese who...
  
  
• Josefa Llanes Escoda
  Josefa Llanes Escoda
  Josefa Llanes Madamba Vd.ª De Escoda was a well-known Filipino advocate of women's right of suffrage and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.-Early life:...
  
  
• Jesús Villamor

Science

• List of National Scientists
• Juan M. Flavier, M.D.

See also

• List of Chinese Filipinos
• List of Filipino Americans
• List of Filipino Canadians
• List of Philippine-related topics