List of University of the Philippines Diliman people

The University of the Philippines has numerous notable alumni and faculty.

Notable students and alumni

Arts and humanities

Dong Abay	musician, former Yano band member
Marcus Adoro	musician, former member of Eraserheads
Nilo Alcala	composer, arranger, vocalist
Fernando Amorsolo	visual artist and National Artist
Hero Angeles	actor, host, film director, artist
Angel Aquino	film and television actress
Atom Araullo	TV news broadcaster
Kim Atienza	broadcaster, TV host, weatherman (ABS-CBN)
Julius Babao	broadcast journalist (ABS-CBN)
Christian Bautista	singer, actor, host and model
Ramon Bautista	TV personality, internet celebrity, radio dj
Christine Bersola-Babao	broadcast journalist and TV personality
Theodore Boborol	TV and film director
Ely Buendia	musician, former vocalist of Eraserheads
Santiago Bose	mixed media artist, founding member of the Baguio Arts Guild
Lino Brocka	film director and National Artist
Zean Cabangis	painter
Benedicto Cabrera ("Bencab")	visual artist and National Artist; founding member of the Baguio Arts Guild
Derick Cabrido	film director
Ryan Cayabyab	conductor, composer, arranger, pianist, resident judge of Philippine Idol
Gilbert Luis Centina III	poet and member of the Augustinian Order
Cristeta Comerford	first female White House executive chef
Renato Constantino	historian and social critic
Wency Cornejo	singer/songwriter, TV host
Prudenciana Cruz	director of the National Library of the Philippines
Luchi Cruz-Valdes	broadcast journalist (TV5)
Ebe Dancel	former Sugarfree frontman, musician
Kara David	broadcast journalist
Randy David	professor, sociologist, columnist, former TV public affairs show host
Karen Davila	broadcast journalist
Vincent de Jesus	composer, librettist, musical scorer and musical director
Martin del Rosario	actor and model
Nick Deocampo	film director
TJ Dimacali	science fiction author and science journalist
Pepe Diokno	director, producer and screenwriter ^[1]
Eugene Domingo	TV and film actress, Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actress
Hannah Espia	film director, Cinemalaya and Urian Best Director
Gretchen Espina	Pinoy Idol Season 1 winner
Gretchen Fullido	model and anchor
Pia Guanio	TV host and actress
Agot Isidro	singer, TV host and actress
Geraldine Javier	artist
Joseph Laban	film director, Cinemalaya and ASEAN Film Festival Best Director
Joel Lamangan	TV and film director
Cholo Laurel	film director
Maricel Laxa	TV actress and host
Cheche Lazaro	broadcast journalist
Anna Theresa Licaros	Binibining Pilipinas Universe 2007
Eduardo Manalo	Executive Minister of Iglesia Ni Cristo
Raimund Marasigan	musician, former member of Eraserheads
Rikki Mathay	broadcast journalist
Maningning Miclat	visual artist and poet
Mark Meily	film and TV director
Chito Miranda	lead vocalist of Parokya ni Edgar ^[2]
Solita Monsod	TV host, newspaper columnist, Professor of Economics, former Economic Planning secretary
Jose "Pitoy" Moreno	fashion designer and "Asia's fashion czar"
Sitti Navarro	bossa nova artist, TV host
Grace Nono	music performing artist, ethnomusicologist, author, cultural worker
Ces Oreña-Drilon	broadcast journalist and anchor
Paula Peralejo	TV and film actress
Maki Pulido	broadcast journalist and host
Ces Quesada	theatre actress, comedian
Radioactive Sago Project members Rastem Eugenio, Francis De Veyra, EJ Delgado, Arwin Nava, Jay Gapasin, Goo Simpliciano and Pards Tupas
Frances Rivera	U.S.-based Emmy award-winning TV journalist
Eddie Romero	film director and National Artist
Ninotchka Rosca	novelist
Lucio San Pedro	musician, professor of music and National Artist
Pura Santillan-Castrence	writer, essayist and diplomat
Bernadette Sembrano	broadcast journalist, anchor and host
Jose Maria Sison	Professor of Literature and Social Sciences; poet; founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines
Jessica Soho	broadcast journalist
Auraeus Solito	film director
Shamcey Supsup	Miss Universe 2011 3rd runner-up
Kidlat Tahimik (formerly Eric de Guia)	film director
Jerrold Tarog	film director
Mel Tiangco	broadcast journalist, anchor and host, GMA Kapuso Foundation chair
Jessica Zafra	writer, columnist (Philippine Star)
Buddy Zabala	musician, former member of Eraserheads

Business, economics and finance

Name	Importance
Dante Canlas	National Economic and Development Authority director-general (2001–2002)
Felipe L. Gozon	Chairman and CEO of GMA Network, Inc.
Jaime C. Laya	first Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (as Minister of Budget) of the Republic of the Philippines (1975 to 1981), 5th governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines (1981 to 1984), Dean of the College of Business Administration (1968-1975)
Felipe Medalla	National Economic and Development Authority director-general (1998–2001)
Solita Monsod	economist, professor, TV anchor, and National Economic and Development Authority director-general (1986–1989)
Loida Nicolas-Lewis	Chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
Ernesto Pernia	National Economic and Development Authority director-general (2016–)
Ralph Recto	Senator and National Economic and Development Authority director-general (2008–2009)
Manuel Villar	owner of Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc.; Senator, Senate president (2006–2008); Speaker of the House of Representatives (1998–2000)
Cesar Virata	Prime Minister of the Philippines (1981–1986); National Economic and Development Authority director-general (1981–1986)

Engineering, sciences and medicine

Name	Importance
Paulo Campos	physician; "father of nuclear medicine in the Philippines"; National Scientist
Edwin Copeland	founder and first dean, U.P. Agricultural College (now U.P. Los Baños)
Conrado Dayrit	cardiologist; co-founder of the Philippine Heart Association; "father of virgin coconut oil"
Fe del Mundo	pediatrician; first woman admitted to Harvard Medical School; National Scientist; founder of the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines
Tomas Dy-Liacco	electrical engineer, researcher, and developer; father of modern energy control centers.^[3]
Juan Flavier	medical doctor; former Secretary of Health and Philippine senator
Mikaela Fudolig	former child prodigy, current U.P. professor Summa Cum Laude
Delfin Ganapin Jr.	former Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary; head of the UNDP Small Grants Program-Environment in New York
Alfredo Juinio	civil engineer; Dean of the UP College of Engineering; former Minister of Public Works and Highways and Administrator of the National Irrigation Administration
Roman Kintanar	meteorologist
Alfredo Mahar Lagmay	geologist, professor, Executive Director of Project Noah^[4]^[5]
Alejandro Melchor	civil engineer, mathematician, and former Secretary of National Defense
Mario Montejo	engineer, businessman; DOST Secretary
Baldomero Olivera	2007 Harvard Foundation Scientist of the Year, biochemist
Fortunato de la Peña	engineer, DOST Secretary
Raymundo Punongbayan	geologist; professor; consultant on volcanology, geology, seismology and disaster preparedness; former director of PHIVOLCS; recipient of Unit Award for Excellence of Service
Jose R. Velasco	agricultural physiologist and chemist, National Scientist

Politics, law and governance

Delia Albert – Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2003–2004)
Leandro Alejandro – student council leader,
Edgardo J. Angara – Senator, Senate president (1993–1995); University of the Philippines president (1981–1987)
Juan Edgardo Angara – House of Representatives member
Bellaflor Angara-Castillo – Governor of Aurora; House of Representatives member (1995–2004); Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives (2000–2001)
Benigno Aquino Jr. – Senator (1967–1972), columnist, and martyr
Joker Arroyo – Senator and House of Representatives member (1992–2001)
Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez – Supreme Court associate justice (2002–2009)
Lauro Baja – Ambassador to the United Nations (2003–2007)
Robert Barbers – Senator (1998–2004)
Herbert Bautista – Mayor of Quezon City; movie and TV actor
Jejomar Binay Jr. – Mayor of Makati^[6]
Antonio Carpio – Supreme Court associate justice
Alan Peter Cayetano – Senator and House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
Pia Cayetano – Senator
Rene Cayetano – Senator (1998–2003)
Edgardo Chatto – Governor of Bohol; House of Representatives member (2001–2010); lawyer
Minita Chico-Nazario – Supreme Court associate justice (2004–2009)
Nikki Coseteng – Senator (1992–2001) and House of Representatives member (1987–1992)
Simeon Datumanong – House of Representatives member and Cabinet secretary
Hilario Davide Jr. – Supreme Court chief justice (1998–2005)
Teresita de Castro – Supreme Court associate justice
Arthur Defensor Sr. – Governor of Iloilo; House of Representatives member (2001–2010)
Michael Defensor – Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (2004–2006); House of Representatives member (1995–2001); Presidential Chief of Staff (2006–2007)
Franklin Drilon – Senator
Emilio Ramon Ejercito – actor; Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna (2001–2010); Governor of Laguna
Juan Ponce Enrile – Senator and Senate president, former Defense Minister
Francis Escudero – Senator and House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
Erlinda Fadera-Basilio – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva ; Undersecretary for Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to China
Marcelo Fernan – Supreme Court chief justice (1988–1991); Philippine senator (1995–1999); Senate president (1998–1999)
Arnulfo Fuentebella – House of Representatives member; Speaker of the House of Representatives (2000–2001)
Cancio Garcia – Supreme Court associate justice (2004–2007)
Gwendolyn Garcia – Governor of Cebu
Pablo John Garcia – House of Representatives member
Richard Gordon – Senator (2004–2010); Secretary of Tourism (2001–2004); Founding Chair of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority; Mayor of Olongapo City (1980–1986)
Carolina Griño-Aquino – Supreme Court associate justice (1988–1993)
Roseller Guiao – Vice Governor of Pampanga;head coach of the Red Bull Barako team in the PBA
Magtanggol Gunigundo – House of Representatives member
Constantino Jaraula – House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
Francis Jardeleza – Solicitor General
Edcel C. Lagman – House of Representatives member
Salvador H. Laurel – Vice President of the Philippines (1986–1992)
Jaime C. Laya - first Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (as Minister of Budget) of the Republic of the Philippines (1975 to 1981), 5th governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines (1981 to 1984), Dean of the College of Business Administration (1968-1975)
Katrina Legarda – lawyer
Loren Legarda – Senator and broadcast journalist
Marvic Leonen – Supreme Court associate justice
Cardozo Luna – Undersecretary of Department of National Defense (2016–Present); former Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands (2009–2010); former Vice Chief of Staff and Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (2008–2009)
Jed Patrick E. Mabilog – Iloilo City Mayor
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo – President of the Philippines (2001–2010); House of Representatives member
Catalino Macaraig Jr. – Executive Secretary (1987–1990)
Liza Maza – House of Representatives member (2001–2010)
Heidi Mendoza – Undersecretary General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight and former commissioner and officer-in-charge of the Commission on Audit
Nur Misuari – former leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
Conchita Morales – Ombudsman; Supreme Court associate justice (2002–2011)
Oscar Orbos – lawyer, Executive Secretary (1990–1991); Governor of Pangasinan (1995–1998), and TV host
Rey Pagtakhan – Canadian cabinet minister and Canadian Parliament member (1988–2004)
Francis Pangilinan – Senator
Aquilino Pimentel III – Senator
Reynato Puno – Supreme Court chief justice (2006–2010)
Romero Quimbo – House of Representatives member
Leonardo Quisumbing – Supreme Court associate justice (1998–2009)
Gilbert Remulla – House of Representatives member (2001–2007); broadcast journalist
Juanito Victor Remulla – Governor of Cavite
Jesse Robredo – Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (2010–2012); Mayor of Naga City (2001–2010)
Leni Robredo – Vice President of the Philippines (2016-present)
Rufus Rodriguez – House of Representatives member; lawyer
Flerida Ruth Romero – Supreme Court associate justice (1991–1999)
Gerardo Roxas – Senator (1963–1972)
Rafael Salas – first head of the United Nations Population Fund
Miriam Defensor Santiago – Senator, Cum Laude
Abraham Sarmiento – Supreme Court associate justice (1987–1991)
Abraham Sarmiento Jr. – martial law activist; editor-in-chief of the Philippine Collegian
Ma. Lourdes Sereno – Supreme Court chief justice
Jose Maria Sison – Communist Party of the Philippines founder
Victor Sumulong – House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
Mamintal Tamano – Senator (1969–1972; 1987–1992)
Gilberto Teodoro Jr. – Secretary of National Defense (2007–2009); House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
Ruben D. Torres – Secretary of Labor and Employment (1990–1992); Executive Secretary (1995–1998)
Antonio Trillanes IV – Senator; Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula mutiny leader
Niel Tupas Jr. – House of Representatives member
Niel Tupas Sr. – Governor of Iloilo (2001–2010); House of Representatives member (1978–1984; 1987–1998)
Presbitero Velasco Jr. – Supreme Court associate justice
Luis Villafuerte – House of Representatives member
Manuel Villar – Senator, Senate president (2006–2008); Speaker of the House of Representatives (1998–2000)
Liwayway Vinzons-Chato – House of Representatives member (2007–2010)
Perfecto Yasay – Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1995–2000)
Consuelo Ynares-Santiago – Supreme Court associate justice (1999–2009)
Haydee Yorac – Chairwoman of the Commission on Elections (1989–1991) and the Presidential Commission on Good Government (2001–2005)

Social sciences

Name	Importance
Encarnacion Alzona	first woman historian in the Philippines; National Scientist
Virgilio Enriquez	"father of Filipino psychology", founder of Sikolohiyang Pilipino
Lia Andrea Aquino Ramos	Binibining Pilipinas Miss Universe 2006
Gregorio F. Zaide	historian

Sports

Eric Altamirano – basketball coach, former member of the UP Fighting Maroons basketball team
Jun Bernardino – former member of the UP Fighting Maroons basketball team, and commissioner of the NCAA and PBA
Marvin Cruz – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; player of the Burger King Whoppers in the PBA
Ryan Gregorio – former UP Fighting Maroons player; current head coach of the Meralco Bolts basketball team in the PBA
Yeng Guiao – current head coach of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team in the PBA; Pampanga vice governor
Jireh Ibañes – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; player of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the PBA
Joe Lipa – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; commissioner of the UAAP; former UP Fighting Maroons basketball team coach; commissioner of the NCAA
Ronnie Magsanoc – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; current assistant coach of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants team in the PBA
Paolo Mendoza – former UP Fighting Maroons player; current player of the Sta. Lucia Realtors in the PBA
Benjie Paras – TV actor, comedian and host; former member of the UP Fighting Maroons basketball team and the PBA
Bo Perasol – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; former head coach of the Air21 Express basketball team; current assistant coach of the Coca-Cola Tigers in the PBA
Bruce Quebral – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; TV actor, Pinoy Big Brother Season Two participant

University and college student council leaders

UP Diliman

Lean Alejandro - USC Chairperson
Atom Araullo - USC Councilor, ABS CBN Reporter
Jejomar Binay - USC Councilor
Alan Peter Cayetano - USC Councilor
Randy David - USC Vice Chairperson
Michael Defensor - USC Vice Chairperson
Franklin Drilon - USC Councilor
Marcelo Fernan - USC Chairperson
Richard Gordon - USC Councilor
Raymond Palatino - USC Chairperson; National Union of Students of the Philippines National President; former Representative of Kabataan Partylist in the Congress
Francis Pangilinan - USC Chairperson
Alfredo Pascual - USC Councilor
Leonardo Quisumbing - USC Chairperson
Rafael Salas - USC Chairperson
Miriam Defensor Santiago - USC Vice Chairperson, Philippine Collegian Editor-in Chief
Eric de Guia (aka Kidlat Tahimik ) - Student Union Chairperson
Wenceslao Vinzons - USC Chairperson

Notable past and present faculty

Vicente Abad Santos - former Supreme Court justice
Nicanor Abelardo - Filipino musician, composer of "U.P. Naming Mahal" ("U.P. Beloved"), the University of the Philippines hymn
José Abueva - former University of the Philippines president
Napoleon Abueva - sculptor and National Artist
Virgilio S. Almario - National Artist; former director of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing; current UP College of Arts and Letters dean
Walden Bello - sociologist
Henry Otley Beyer - co-founder, UP Department of Anthropology
Emilia Boncodin - former Budget and Management secretary; Hyatt 10 member
Clarita Carlos - political analyst; president of Center for Asia Pacific Studies, Inc.; pioneer of political psychology in the country
Ryan Cayabyab - musician, artistic director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
Irene Cortes - lawyer and former Supreme Court of the Philippines justice
Adrian Cristobal - writer, columnist
Isagani R. Cruz - literary critic and playwright
Randy David - professor of sociology; newspaper columnist; former TV public affairs host
Malou de Guzman - film and TV actress, senior lecturer at the UP Film Institute
Juan R. Francisco - indologist and professor
N. V. M. Gonzalez - fictionist and National Artist
Margarita Holmes - renowned psychologist and sex expert, TV personality
Jun Lana - playwright, screenwriter and director
Jaime C. Laya - first Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (as Minister of Budget) of the Republic of the Philippines (1975 to 1981), 5th governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines (1981 to 1984), Dean of the College of Business Administration (1968-1975), Professor of Accounting and Director of Graduate Studies, Minister of Education, Culture and Sports (1984 to 1986), Chairman of the National Commission of Culture and Arts (1996 to 2001), former Administrator of the Intramuros Administration, Treasurer for the Opera Guild of the Philippines, Board of Trustees of Cultural Center of the Philippines, Chairman and President of the Association of Certified Public Accounts in Public Practice (ACPAPP), President of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Council (1985 to 1986), Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting of the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations (1980 to 1983), Chairman of the Philippine Delegations to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the Southeast Asian Central Banks Association, and the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO)
Cheche Lazaro - broadcast journalist; founding president of Probe Productions, Inc.
Salvador P. Lopez - writer, journalist, diplomat, former University of the Philippines president
Alexander Magno - political scientist, TV host, newspaper columnist
Rogemar Mamon - mathematician, quantitative analyst, British and Canadian academic
Paz Márquez-Benítez - fictionist
Felipe B. Miranda - founder of Pulse Asia; Professor Emeritus at University of the Philippines Diliman Department of Political Science
Solita Monsod - professor of economics, former Economic Planning secretary, newspaper columnist, broadcast journalist
Ambeth R. Ocampo - historian, writer, Chairman National Historical Institute, TOYM History, decorated by Spain and France
Cristina Padolina - professor of chemistry; current President of Centro Escolar University
Raymundo Punongbayan - geologist, former Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) director
Henry J. Ramos - first Filipino plasma physicist, inventor
Maria Ressa - current ABS-CBN News & Current Affairs head
Nicanor Reyes Sr. - economist, one of the founders of Far Eastern University
Temario Rivera - political scientist
Carlos P. Romulo - Pulitzer Prize winner, president of the United Nations General Assembly 1949-1950, former chairman of the United Nations Security Council and University of the Philippines president
Caesar Saloma - applied physicist, Dean of College of Science, recipient of 2004 International Commission for Optics' Galileo Award, 2008 ASEAN Outstanding Scientist and Technologist Award
E. San Juan Jr. - poet and cultural critic
Bienvenido Santos - poet and fictionist
Rogelio R. Sikat - writer
Cesar Virata - former Philippines prime minister and Finance secretary; former dean and professor at the UP College of Business Administration
Haydee Yorac - professor of law; former Philippine Commission of Elections; chairperson of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) commissioner
Prescillano Zamora - professor of biology

Faculty members who are writers

National Artists

Of the 66 National Artists of the Philippines thus far honored, the majority are UP alumni, including three former students who did not earn their degree at the University. The honored league of National Artists from UP are:

National Scientists

Several UP alumni and faculty members have been named as National Scientists of the Philippines. This is the highest award accorded to Filipino scientists by the Philippine government.

References

↑ http://engkwentro.com/
↑ http://www.philmusicregistry.net/main/artist/view/2351
↑ "About The Speakers". Power System Operation and Control: A Montefiore/CCLab Seminar Sponsored by Institut d’Electricité Montefiore (Université de Liège) March 22–25, 1999 Liège, Belgium. Control Center LABoratory, University of Liège – Montefiore Electrical Institute. 1999. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
↑ DOST to launch MOSES for Project NOAH. http://www.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1320:dost-to-launch-moses-for-project-noah&catid=1:latest&Itemid=150
↑ National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines. http://www.nigs.upd.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=132
↑ "Guest of Honor and Speaker" (PDF). Rotary Club of Manila. May 3, 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2015.

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[1] ttp://engkwentro.com/

[2] ttp://www.philmusicregistry.net/main/artist/view/2351

[montefiore-3] "About The Speakers". Power System Operation and Control: A Montefiore/CCLab Seminar Sponsored by Institut d’Electricité Montefiore (Université de Liège) March 22–25, 1999 Liège, Belgium. Control Center LABoratory, University of Liège – Montefiore Electrical Institute. 1999. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

[4] DOST to launch MOSES for Project NOAH. http://www.dost.gov.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1320:dost-to-launch-moses-for-project-noah&catid=1:latest&Itemid=150

[5] National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines. http://www.nigs.upd.edu.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70&Itemid=132

[6] "Guest of Honor and Speaker" (PDF). Rotary Club of Manila. May 3, 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2015.