17 Notable alumni of Manuel L. Quezon University
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Manuel L. Quezon University is 11447st in the world, 1st in North America, and 143st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 17 notable alumni from Manuel L. Quezon University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Manuel L. Quezon University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Roberto A. Abad
1944-. (aged 82)
judge
Roberto A. Abad is a lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from August 7, 2009, to May 22, 2014.
2. Aleem Said Ahmad Basher
1951-. (aged 75)
dawah
presenter
Said Ahmad Basher is a Filipino Islamic scholar, an active Islamic preacher, broadcaster, lecturer and Islamic consultant. He is the current chair of the Imam Council of the Philippines. A Muslim leader and Imam, who tends to the community development, social needs, and spiritual guidance of Filipino Muslims, specifically those living in the Islamic communities in Metro Manila and nearby...
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3. Wynne Arboleda
1976-. (aged 50)
basketball player
Wynne Arboleda is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He is known by his moniker "The Snatcher" in reference to his steals during games.
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4. Catalino Cuy
1957-. (aged 69)
police officer
Catalino "Lito" Salandanan Cuy is a Filipino retired police director and who served as chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board under the Duterte administration and Marcos administration from 2018 to 2025. He assumed the role of Officer-in-Charge of the Department of Interior and Local Government on April 5, 2017, upon the departure of Ismael Sueno who was dismissed by President...
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5. Mohagher Iqbal
writer
politician
Datucan M. Abas, better known by his nom de guerre Mohagher Iqbal, is a Filipino politician and former revolutionary leader who heads the Bangsamoro Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE). He served as the chief peace negotiator of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and was a principal signatory of the 2012 Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro and...
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6. Jose Melo
1932-2020 (aged 88)
judge
Jose Armando R. Melo was a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1992 to 2002. He also served as Chairman of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), and was succeeded by election lawyer Sixto Brillantes.
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7. Rosalinda Baldoz
politician
Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz is a Filipina lawyer, civil servant, and labor arbiter. She served as Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment of the Philippines under the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
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8. Alberto Romulo
1933-. (aged 93)
diplomat
official
politician
Alberto "Bert" Gatmaitan Romulo is a Filipino politician and diplomat. He served in the Philippines in various capacities as executive secretary, finance secretary, foreign affairs secretary, and budget secretary. His most recent office is his leadership of the Department of Foreign Affairs before and during the early period of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
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9. Voltaire Gazmin
1944-. (aged 82)
minister
military personnel
politician
Voltaire Tuvera Gazmin is a retired Filipino soldier who was the 35th Secretary of the Department of National Defense of the Philippines. Gazmin assumed office on 1 July 2010, after President Benigno S. Aquino III had issued the former's appointment the day before.
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10. Wigberto Tañada
1934-. (aged 92)
university teacher
politician
Wigberto "Ka Bobby" Ebarle Tañada Sr. is a Filipino politician and lawyer. He is member of the Liberal Party and a former member of the Senate of the Philippines (1987–1995) and Philippine House of Representatives representing the Quezon's 4th District (1995–2001). He is the son of the late former senator Lorenzo M. Tañada, known as the "grand old man of...
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11. Samuel Pagdilao, Jr
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
police officer
Samuel Duldulao Pagdilao, Jr., is a retired Filipino police officer and politician who served in the House of Representatives from 2013 to 2016. Pagdilao used to work as a director in the Philippine National Police (PNP), holding multiple positions and receiving a number of distinctions and recognition in his 34-years as a police officer.
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12. Rogelio Ordoñez
1940-2016 (aged 76)
writer
Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez also known as Ka Roger, was a multi-awarded Filipino fiction writer, poet, activist, journalist and educator. He was one of the authors of the iconic Tagalog literature anthology Mga Agos sa Disyerto in the 1960s. He was a contributor to Liwayway Magazine, Pilipino Free Press, Asia-Philippines Leader, Pilosopong Tasyo, Diario Uno and Pinoy Weekly.
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13. Alan Purisima
1959-. (aged 67)
Alan La Madrid Purisima is a former Filipino police officer. He served as Philippine National Police Chief between December 17, 2012 and February 5, 2015.
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14. Blas Ople
1927-2003 (aged 76)
diplomat
politician
journalist
Blas Fajardo Ople was a Filipino journalist and politician who held several high-ranking positions in the executive and legislative branches of the Philippine government, including as Senate President from 1999 to 2000, and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs from 2002 until his death. Perceived as a leftist-nationalist at the onset of his career in public service, Ople was, in his...
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15. Silvestre Bello III
1944-. (aged 82)
politician
Silvestre Hernando Bello III is a Filipino businessman and lawyer from Isabela, who served as the secretary of the Philippines' Department of Labor and Employment, and concurrently Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, under the Duterte administration. Bello was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte to replace Rosalinda Baldoz as the Department of Labor secretary.
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16. Benjamin Abalos
1935-. (aged 91)
politician
Benjamin Santos Abalos Sr. is a Filipino politician who last served as the mayor of Mandaluyong, Metro Manila from 2022 to 2025, a position he also held from 1986 to 1987 and from 1988 to 1998. He also served as a chairman of the Commission on Elections and chairman of the MMDA. As a private citizen, he also serves as...
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17. Guillermo de Vega
1931-1975 (aged 44)
politician
Guillermo Vinluan de Vega, nicknamed Gimo, was a presidential assistant of Philippine president Ferdinand E. Marcos with the rank of cabinet secretary. As chair of the Board of Censors for Motion Pictures from the late 1960s to 1975, de Vega served as Marcos' chief censor, instituting censorship policies as a means of social change. He was assassinated on October 27,...
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