List of people from Manila

This list is made up of notable people from Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

Architecture

• Juan M. Arellano – architect
• Tomás Mapúa – architect
• Juan Nakpil – architect

Business

• John Gokongwei – owner of Robinsons Malls, JG Summit Holdings, Cebu Pacific and Universal Robina
• Manuel V. Pangilinan – owner of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, TV5 and Philex Mining
• Henry Sy – owner of SM Investments Corporation, SM Prime Holdings, SM Development Corporation and Highlands Prime Holdings, Banco de Oro and Chinabank
• Andrew Tan – owner of Alliance Global Group, Megaworld Corporation and Golden Arches Development Corporation
• George Ty – owner of Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company

Culinary arts

• Cristeta Comerford – chef

Education

• Don Moon – President of Shimer College^[1]

Entertainment

• Carla Abellana – film and television actress, host and model
• Amy Austria – film and television actress
• Levi Celerio – composer and lyricist
• Sam Concepcion – film and television actor, singer, host, dancer and VJ
• Atang de la Rama – singer and actress
• Lisa Macuja-Elizalde – first Filipina Prima Ballerina
• Bella Flores – film actress
• Chin Chin Gutierrez – film and television actress and environmentalist
• Ara Mina – film and television actress, fashion model and singer
• Julia Montes – film and television actress, host and model
• Maiko Nakamura – RNB singer and record producer based in Tokyo, Japan
• Bea Nicolas – film and television actress
• Jopay Paguia – film and television actress, host, singer and dancer
• Angeline Quinto – film and television actress, singer and host
• Polo Ravales – film and television actor and fashion model
• Boots Anson-Roa – film and television actress, columnist, editor and lecturer
• Gloria Romero – film and television actress
• Rosa Rosal – film actress
• Andrea Torres – film and television actress, host and commercial model
• Alicia Vergel – film and television actress
• Beverly Vergel – film actress, director, producer, ramp model and public speaker
• Arnel Pineda - Lead singer of the American rock band Journey since 2008

Fashion

• Brent Chua – fashion model and photographer.

Journalism and media

• Inday Badiday – host and journalist
• Louie Beltran – broadcast journalist and newspaper columnist
• Mike Enriquez – TV and radio newscaster
• Rico Hizon – broadcast journalist
• Vicky Morales – TV newscaster

Literature

• Gémino Abad – literary critic
• Lualhati Bautista – novelist, film and television screenwriter
• Gilda Cordero-Fernando – writer and publisher
• Jessica Hagedorn – playwright, writer, poet, multimedia performance artist
• Nick Joaquin – novelist, writer, historian and journalist
• Alejandro Roces – journalist, author, essayist, dramatist, teacher, educator, fighter, raconteur, patriot and public servant
• Bienvenido Santos – Filipino-American fiction, poetry and nonfiction writer
• Jose Garcia Villa – poet, literary critic, short story writer and painter

National heroes

• Andrés Bonifacio – Filipino nationalist, revolutionary leader and founder of Katipunan
• Emilio Jacinto – Filipino General during the Philippine Revolution
• Antonio Luna – Filipino pharmacist and general who fought in the Philippine–American War
• Apolinario Mabini – Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served as the first Prime Minister of the Philippines
• Macario Sakay – Filipino general

Pageants

• Maria Teresa Carlson – Binibining Pilipinas–Young 1979 and film actress
• April Love Jordan – Mutya ng Pilipinas 2006 2nd Runner-up, Beauty of the World 2009, Miss International Beauty & Model winner 2009 and Miss World Philippines 2012 3rd Princess
• Bianca Manalo – Miss Universe – Philippines 2009, film and television actress and host
• Margarita Moran – Miss Universe 1973
• Joanne Quintas – Binibining Pilipinas – Universe 1995 and Miss Tourism International (Macau Version) 1997
• Daisy Reyes – Binibining Pilipinas – World 1996, film and television actress, singer, TV host, politician and businesswoman

Politics and government

• Ignacio Bunye - former mayor and first congressman of Muntinlupa and former press secretary
• Roberto Concepcion – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Jose Diokno – former Philippine Senator, Secretary of Justice, founding chair of the Commission on Human Rights
• Joseph Estrada – current Mayor of Manila and former President of the Philippines
• Enrique Fernando – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Juan Flavier – former Secretary of Health and Philippine Senator
• Alfredo S. Lim – former Philippine Senator, Mayor of Manila and NBI Director
• Raul Manglapus – former Philippine Senator and Secretary of Foreign Affairs
• Imelda Marcos – former First Lady of the Philippines and politician
• Artemio Panganiban – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Reynato Puno – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Maria Lourdes Sereno – current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Claudio Teehankee – former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Arturo Tolentino – former Vice President of the Philippines
• Manny Villar – businessman and politician

Religion

• Ignacia del Espíritu Santo – religious sister of the Roman Catholic Church
• Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez – venerable in the Roman Catholic Church
• Lorenzo Ruiz – first Filipino Saint
• Luis Antonio Tagle – Roman Catholic Filipino Cardinal, Archbishop of Manila and Cardinal–Priest of the titular church of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle

Science

• Fe del Mundo – pediatrician
• Ernesto Domingo – professor emeritus at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine

Sports

• Hector Calma – basketball player
• Dionisio Calvo – swimmer
• Monsour del Rosario – martial artist, actor, producer and politician
• Luisito Espinosa – boxer
• Jasmin Figueroa – archer
• Danny Florencio – basketball player
• Zema Ion – professional wrestler
• Christine Jacob – swimmer
• Lim Eng Beng – basketball player
• Charlie Kendall – American football player
• Samboy Lim – basketball player
• Carlos Loyzaga – basketball player
• Chito Loyzaga – basketball player
• Miguel Mendoza – swimmer
• Frankie Miñoza – golfer
• Paeng Nepomuceno – bowler
• Ambrosio Padilla – basketball player and former senator
• Benjie Paras – basketball player
• Efren Reyes – pool player and actor
• Jennifer Rosales – swimmer
• Jason Sabio – footballer
• Marlon Stöckinger – race car driver
• Yannick Tuason – footballer
• Freddie Webb – basketball player and politician

Visual arts

• Federico Aguilar Alcuaz – painter
• Fernando Amorsolo – painter
• Marcel Antonio – painter
• Eduardo Castrillo – sculptor
• Roberto Chabet – conceptual artist and architect
• Fabián de la Rosa – painter
• Camille Dela Rosa – painter and former child star
• Damián Domingo – painter
• Paco Gorospe – painter
• Félix Resurrección Hidalgo – artist
• Cesar Legaspi – painter
• Nestor Leynes – hyperrealistic painter
• Malang – cartoonist, illustrator, and fine arts painter
• Hernando R. Ocampo – visual artist, fictionist, playwright and editor
• Onib Olmedo – painter
• Alfonso A. Ossorio – Filipino–American abstract expressionist artist
• Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo – Spanish–Filipino painter, businessman, art collector and museum founder

See also

• List of people from Metro Manila

References