List of people from Manila
This list is made up of notable people born or resides in 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]
- Dr. Jose Antonio (professor of sports nutrition)
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
- Mikee Quintos – film and television actress and singer
- 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
- Kate Valdez – film and television actress and 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
- Howie Severino – broadcast journalist and documentarist
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
- Loizza Aquino - writer, mental health activist, and founder of Peace of Mind Canada and co-founder of Student Mental Health Canada.
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 – former 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 – former 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 former Senate President of the Philippines
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, current Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, former Archbishop of Manila and Cardinal–Priest of the titular church of San Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle
- Socrates Villegas - Roman Catholic Bishop who serves as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan, former President of the CBCP and third bishop of the Diocese of Balanga, Bataan
- Diosdado Talamayan - Roman Catholic Archbishop. Former Auxiliary Bishop and second Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.
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
- Carlos Yulo – artistic gymnast
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
Other
- Muelmar Magallanes – 18-year-old construction worker and hero who died saving 30 lives during Typhoon Ketsana[2]
See also
References
- Patrick H. Moorhead (1983). "President Don Moon (1978- )". The Shimer College presidency : 1930 to 1980 (D.Ed. thesis). Loyola University Chicago. p. 178. OCLC 9789513.
- Mahr, Krista (December 9, 2009). "Top 10 Heroes - 10. Muelmar Magallanes". Time. Time USA, LLC. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
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