89 Notable alumni of San Juan de Letran College

Updated: June 09, 2026 EliteDegrees

San Juan de Letran College is ranked #9,659 in the world and #98 in Philippines by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 89 notable alumni from San Juan de Letran College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with San Juan de Letran College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Pedro Tongio Liongson

1. Pedro Tongio Liongson

1865-. (aged 161)
lawyer
Pedro Tongio Liongson was a member of the Malolos Congress which wrote the constitution of the First Philippine Republic in 1899 and served as First Director of Military Justice in the Republic's army during the Philippine–American War of 1899–1901. A trained lawyer and judge, Col. Liongson figured in and left his mark on a number of historic events in the...
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Bernardo P. Pardo

2. Bernardo P. Pardo

1932-2025 (aged 93)
judge
Bernardo Pardo was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and a Comelec Chairman. He was appointed by President Joseph Estrada.
Crispin Oben

3. Crispin Oben

1876-1947 (aged 71)
politician
Crispín Oben y Ballesteros was a Filipino lawyer and politician born in Lumban, Laguna, Philippines.
Manuel Artigas

4. Manuel Artigas

1866-1925 (aged 59)
journalist historian
Manuel Artigas y Cuerva was a Filipino journalist and historian who prolifically wrote in the Spanish language.
Antonino P. Roman

5. Antonino P. Roman

1939-2014 (aged 75)
politician
Antonino Pascual Roman Jr. was a Filipino politician from Bataan. A member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, he represented the 1st District of Bataan from 1998 until 2007, when his wife, Herminia Roman, took over the seat. Roman was an assemblyman from 1978 to 1986. He was also a Finance Deputy Minister under Finance Minister Cesar Virata,...
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Florentino Torres

6. Florentino Torres

1844-1927 (aged 83)
lawyer
Florentino Torres y Santos was as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Prior to his appointment as an Associate Justice, he was the first Filipino to be appointed as attorney-general. He had also served as a prosecuting attorney, a prosecutor and as a judge.
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Justo Lukban

7. Justo Lukban

1863-1927 (aged 64)
politician
Justo Lukbán y Rilles was a Filipino physician and politician, Lukban was elected to the Philippine Assembly and was the 3rd Mayor of Manila from 1917 until 1920, he also served as the 3rd Vice Mayor of Manila from 1911 to 1915.
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Tomas Aréjola

8. Tomas Aréjola

1865-1926 (aged 61)
politician
Tomás Aréjola y Padilla was a Filipino lawyer, legislator, diplomat, political writer and a propagandist during the Spanish colonial period. A mason and a liberal, he openly campaigned for political reforms in the Philippines. But this was to pass and the Americans took over. During the Commonwealth period, Aréjola joined the Nacionalista Party becoming its first vice-president and twice in...
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Francisco Tongio Liongson

9. Francisco Tongio Liongson

1869-1919 (aged 50)
politician
Francisco Tongio Liongson was a Filipino medical doctor and politician.
Francisco Alonso Liongson

10. Francisco Alonso Liongson

1896-1965 (aged 69)
writer
Francisco Alonso Liongson was a Filipino writer and playwright. He was born into an Ilustrado family from Pampanga, Philippines at the turn of the 20th century and raised with the revolutionary values of an emerging Philippine identity which held freedom, justice, honor, patriotism and piety sacred. He witnessed the rapid changes that transformed the Philippines from a repressed society cloistered...
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Francisco Afan Delgado

11. Francisco Afan Delgado

1886-1964 (aged 78)
lawyer diplomat judge politician
Francisco Afan Delgado was a Filipino politician and diplomat who served as a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands from 1935 to 1936.
Benito Natividad

12. Benito Natividad

1875-1964 (aged 89)
judge
Benito Natividad y Alejandrino was a military leader, a governor and a judge. His parents were Gervasia Alejandrino and Mamerto Natividad, Sr. a lawyer and the First Martyr of Nueva Ecija who was executed by the Spanish authorities on Sept. 26, 1896 in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. He fought in the Philippine Revolution against Spain and was exiled to Hong...
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Gregorio Perfecto

13. Gregorio Perfecto

1891-1949 (aged 58)
politician judge journalist
Gregorio Milián 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. A controversial figure who was described as an "apostle of liberal causes", Perfecto was notable for his libertarian views, his colorful writing style, and the frequency of his dissenting opinions while on the...
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Arsenio Cruz-Herrera

14. Arsenio Cruz-Herrera

1863-1917 (aged 54)
politician
Arsenio Cruz Herrera was considered the first Filipino Mayor of Manila from 1901 to 1905. He was also the leader of the Progresista Party from 1907 to 1914.
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Tobias Enverga

15. Tobias Enverga

1955-2017 (aged 62)
project manager politician
Tobias Combalicer Enverga Jr. was a Canadian senator representing the province of Ontario.
Boyet Bautista

16. Boyet Bautista

1981-. (aged 45)
basketball player
Boyet Bautista is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Armed Forces of the Philippines Cavaliers of the UNTV Cup. Bautista played high school and collegiate basketball for the Knights of the Colegio de San Juan de Letran. He had a stint with Toyota Otis-Letran in the Philippine Basketball League, and later with the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants of the...
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Flaviano Yengko

17. Flaviano Yengko

1874-1897 (aged 23)
Flaviano Yengko y Abad was one of the youngest generals during the Philippine Revolution, next only to Gregorio del Pilar (The Boy General) and Manuel Tinio y Bundoc (commander of the Tinio Brigade. The Soul of Insurrection in the North. The "Magiting" of Katipunan). He was regarded as the "Hero of Salitran".
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Leon Guinto

18. Leon Guinto

1896-1962 (aged 66)
politician
León Gawaran Guinto Sr. was a public servant in the Philippines from the Commonwealth period up to the post-war era, best remembered as the war-time Mayor of the City of Greater Manila in the Philippines.
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Manuel Araullo

19. Manuel Araullo

1853-1924 (aged 71)
judge
Manuel Araullo y Gonzáles was the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He served from November 1, 1921 until his death on July 26, 1924.
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Bryan Faundo

20. Bryan Faundo

1984-. (aged 42)
basketball player
Bryan C. Faundo is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Imus SV Squad of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
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Lito Banayo

21. Lito Banayo

1946-. (aged 80)
diplomat
Angelito "Lito" Tan Banayo is a Filipino politician with the Nationalist People's Coalition. He was appointed Chairman and Representative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office, the de facto embassy of the Philippines in Taiwan, by President Rodrigo Duterte on June 30, 2016. Formerly the Postmaster General under Cory Aquino and then head of the Philippine Tourism Authority during the...
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José Torres Bugallón

22. José Torres Bugallón

1873-1899 (aged 26)
military personnel
José Torres Bugallón y Gonzales was a Filipino military officer who fought and served the Spanish Government during the Philippine Revolution against the revolutionaries and joined the Philippine Revolutionary Army during the Philippine–American War. He is known as the "Hero of the Battle of La Loma", where he was fatally wounded that led to his death.
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Pedro Gil

23. Pedro Gil

1889-1965 (aged 76)
diplomat politician
Pedro Gil y Hernández was a Filipino physician, journalist, and legislator. He served in different distinguished roles—as a labor leader, as a doctor of medicine, as a crusading newspaperman, as a social worker, and as a conscientious legislator.
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José María Mata

24. José María Mata

1819-1895 (aged 76)
physician military personnel diplomat politician
José María Mata Reyes was a 19th-century liberal politician and diplomat from Mexico who served for two months as minister of Finance in the cabinet of Benito Juárez (1860–1861), three months as minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of Porfirio Díaz (1878), as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United States (1859–1860), as congressman in the...
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Ramón Avanceña

25. Ramón Avanceña

1872-1957 (aged 85)
judge
Ramón Avanceña y Quiosay was a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He served from 1925 to 1941, when he resigned at the beginning of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during World War II. He was from Arevalo, Iloilo City.
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Pablo Ocampo

26. Pablo Ocampo

1853-1925 (aged 72)
lawyer politician
Pablo de León Ocampo Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, nationalist, a member of the Malolos Congress, inaugural holder of the office of Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress alongside Benito Legarda and a member of the 2nd Philippine Legislature. He gave his service to his country and helped to bring about the peaceful transition of...
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Victorino Mapa

27. Victorino Mapa

1855-1927 (aged 72)
minister judge politician
Victorino Montaño Mapa was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and later, as the second Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines under the American colonial Insular Government.
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Mamerto Natividad

28. Mamerto Natividad

1871-1897 (aged 26)
military personnel politician
Mamerto Natividad y Alejandrino was a haciendero and a Filipino military leader who led numerous successful battles during the Philippine Revolution against the Spaniards. He is credited with establishing army headquarters at Biak Na Bato, which today is a national park because of its historical significance. Together with Jose Clemente Zulueta, he wrote the proclamation entitled “To The Brave Sons...
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Pedro Guevara

29. Pedro Guevara

1879-1938 (aged 59)
lawyer politician
Pedro Guevara y Valenzuela, was a Filipino soldier, lawyer, legislator, and Spanish-language writer who became Resident Commissioner of the Philippines during the American occupation.
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Roi Sumang

30. Roi Sumang

1990-. (aged 36)
basketball player
Shej Roi Sumang is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Titan Ultra Giant Risers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Jesús Balmori

31. Jesús Balmori

1886-1948 (aged 62)
poet writer
Jesús Balmori y Rivera was a Filipino Spanish language journalist, playwright, and poet.
Vicente Madrigal

32. Vicente Madrigal

1880-1972 (aged 92)
politician
Vicente María Epifanio López Madrigal was a Spanish Filipino businessman, industrialist and politician. Madrigal died at home in New Manila, Quezon City, under the care of his youngest daughter, Maria Luisa.
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Andres Narvasa

33. Andres Narvasa

1928-2013 (aged 85)
judge
Andres dela Rosa Narvasa was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 1, 1991, to November 30, 1998.
Gustavo Tambunting

34. Gustavo Tambunting

1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Gustavo Alonzo Suarez Tambunting is a Filipino politician and businessman who served as the representative for 2nd District of Parañaque from 2022 to 2025. He also previously served in the same position from 2013 to 2019. He was also a councilor of the same city from 1988 to 1995 and again from 2001 to 2007. He was Vice Mayor of...
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Juan Sumulong

35. Juan Sumulong

1875-1942 (aged 67)
lawyer journalist judge politician
Juan Marquez Sumulong Sr. was a Filipino former revolutionary, journalist, lawyer, educator and politician from the province of Rizal. He was the president of the opposition party which ran against Manuel L. Quezon's Nacionalista Party in the 1941 presidential election of the Philippine Commonwealth. He is also the maternal great-grandfather of former President Benigno Aquino III.
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Jaime C. de Veyra

36. Jaime C. de Veyra

1873-1963 (aged 90)
historian journalist linguist politician
Jaime Carlos de Veyra y Díaz was a Resident Commissioner to the U.S. House of Representatives from the Philippine Islands from 1917 to 1923 and Governor of Leyte from 1906 to 1907.
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Teodoro Kalaw

37. Teodoro Kalaw

1884-1940 (aged 56)
minister writer politician
Teodoro Manguiat Kalaw, Sr. was a Filipino scholar, legislator, and historian in Spanish language.
Pedro Abad Santos

38. Pedro Abad Santos

1876-1945 (aged 69)
politician
Pedro Abad Santos y Basco was a Filipino Marxist politician. He founded the Partido Sosyalista ng Pilipinas (PSP) or Philippine Socialist Party in 1932. He ran for several local elections but never won. He also ran for president in the 1941 Philippine presidential election, but later withdrew, weeks before the election. Luis Taruc of the Hukbalahap Rebellion was under his...
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Vicente Liem de la Paz

39. Vicente Liem de la Paz

1732-1773 (aged 41)
Catholic priest
Vicente Liêm de la Paz was a Tonkinese (present day northern Vietnamese) Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church along with other Vietnamese Martyrs in 1988.
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Alfrancis Chua

40. Alfrancis Chua

1966-. (aged 60)
basketball coach basketball player
Alfrancis P. Chua is a Filipino sports executive and former basketball player and coach. He is currently the team manager of Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the sports director of San Miguel Corporation (SMC), overseeing the professional sports teams of the SMC group (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, the San Miguel Beermen, and the Magnolia Hotshots).
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Mariano Llanera

41. Mariano Llanera

1855-1942 (aged 87)
Cabeza de Barangay Gobernadorcillo military personnel politician
Mariano Núñez Llanera was a Filipino revolutionary general from Cabiao, Nueva Ecija who fought in his aforementioned home province, and also in the neighboring provinces of Bulacan, Tarlac, and Pampanga. He is considered one of the "three Fathers" (the main instigators/ commanders) of the Cry of Nueva Ecija, along with Pantaleon Valmonte and Manuel Tinio.
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J.C. Intal

42. J.C. Intal

1983-. (aged 43)
basketball player
John Christopher Antonio "JC" Intal is a Filipino former professional basketball player. He played for four teams during his career in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is married to television host and model Bianca Gonzalez.
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Ramil Hernandez

43. Ramil Hernandez

1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Ramil Laurel Hernandez is a Filipino politician who has served as the representative for Laguna's second district since 2025. A member of Lakas–CMD, he previously served as the 18th governor of Laguna from 2014 to 2025 and as vice governor from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2013 to 2014.
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Ladislao Diwa

44. Ladislao Diwa

1863-1930 (aged 67)
politician
Ladislao Diwa y Nocon was a Filipino patriot who was among the founders of the Katipunan that initiated the Philippine Revolution against Spain in 1896.
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Vicente Lukbán

45. Vicente Lukbán

1860-1916 (aged 56)
politician
Vicente Lukbán y Rilles or Vicente Lucbán Rilles was a Philippine general in the Philippine Republican Army and politician who served as the governor of Tayabas (now Quezon) from 1912 to 1916.
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Felipe Agoncillo

46. Felipe Agoncillo

1859-1941 (aged 82)
minister politician lawyer diplomat jurist
Don Felipe Agoncillo y Encarnación was the Filipino lawyer representative to the negotiations in Paris that led to the Treaty of Paris (1898), ending the Spanish–American War and achieving him the title of "outstanding first Filipino diplomat."
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Eulogio Rodriguez

47. Eulogio Rodriguez

1883-1964 (aged 81)
politician
Eulogio "Amang" A. Rodriguez, Sr. was a Filipino politician who twice served as President of the Senate of the Philippines. He was known for vehemently confronting corruption during the administration of Carlos P. Garcia, alleging he held a list of corrupt officials close to the president which the media dubbed the "White Paper".
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Richard Gordon

48. Richard Gordon

1945-. (aged 81)
journalist politician
Richard Juico Gordon is a Filipino lawyer and politician who most recently served as a Senator from 2016 to 2022, and previously from 2004 to 2010. He has been the chairman and CEO of the Philippine Red Cross since 2004.
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Raymond Almazan

49. Raymond Almazan

1989-. (aged 37)
basketball player
Raymond Canaria Almazan is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He is nicknamed Rock N' Roll.
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Lourd de Veyra

50. Lourd de Veyra

1975-. (aged 51)
singer songwriter journalist activist musician
Lourd Ernest Hanopol de Veyra is a Filipino musician, emcee, poet, journalist, TV host, broadcast personality and activist who became famous as the vocalist of the Manila-based jazz rock band Radioactive Sago Project.
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Diosdado Peralta

51. Diosdado Peralta

1952-. (aged 74)
judge
Diosdado "Dado" Madarang Peralta is a Filipino lawyer and jurist who served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 2019 to 2021. He previously served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from January 13, 2009, to October 22, 2019. He is the third Sandiganbayan presiding justice to be appointed to...
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Santiago Alvarez

52. Santiago Alvarez

1872-1930 (aged 58)
politician
Santiago Virata Álvarez was a revolutionary general and a founder and honorary president of the first directorate of the short-lived earlier Partido Nacionalista which existed from 1901 to 1907. Also known as Kidlat ng Apoy (En: Lightning of Fire; Fiery Lightning) because of his inflamed bravery and dedication as commander of Cavite's famous battles (particularly that in Dalahican), he was...
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Pedro Peláez

53. Pedro Peláez

1812-1863 (aged 51)
Catholic priest writer
Pedro Pablo Peláez y Sebastián was a Filipino Catholic priest who favored the rights for Filipino clergy during the 19th century. He was diocesan administrator of the Archdiocese of Manila for a brief period of time. In the early 19th century, Peláez advocated for the secularization of Filipino priests and is considered the "Godfather of the Philippine Revolution." His cause...
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Cayetano Arellano

54. Cayetano Arellano

1847-1920 (aged 73)
judge
Cayetano Simplicio Arellano y Lonzón was a Filipino jurist who served as the first Chief Justice of the Philippines from 1899 to 1920.
Salvador Medialdea

55. Salvador Medialdea

1951-. (aged 75)
lawyer
Salvador "Bingbong" Campo Medialdea is a Filipino lawyer and former government official. He served as the Executive Secretary from 2016 to 2022 in the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte. He previously served as Presidential Assistant for Political Affairs and president of the National Livelihood Development Corporation under President Joseph Estrada.
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Gregorio Aglipay

56. Gregorio Aglipay

1860-1940 (aged 80)
lawyer Catholic priest politician Aglipayan priest Aglipayan deacon
Gregorio Aglipay Cruz y Labayán was a Filipino former Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War who became the first head and leader of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), the first-ever wholly Filipino-led independent Christian Church in the Philippines in the form of a nationalist church.
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Manuel Tinio

57. Manuel Tinio

1877-1924 (aged 47)
politician
Manuel Tinio y Bundoc was the youngest General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army, and was elected Governor of the Province of Nueva Ecija, Republic of the Philippines in 1907. He is considered to be one of the three "Fathers of the Cry of Nueva Ecija", along with Pantaleon Valmonte and Mariano Llanera.
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José María Panganiban

58. José María Panganiban

1863-1890 (aged 27)
journalist linguist
Jose Ma. Panganiban y Enverga was a Filipino propagandist, linguist, and essayist. He is one of the main writers and contributors for La Solidaridad, writing under the pen names "Jomapa" and "J.M.P."
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Pío Valenzuela

59. Pío Valenzuela

1869-1956 (aged 87)
politician physician
Pío Valenzuela y Alejandrino was a Filipino physician and revolutionary leader. At the age of 22, he joined the society of Katipunan, a movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution. Together with Andrés Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto, they formed the secret chamber of the society called Camara Reina or Kamara...
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Wendell Ramos

60. Wendell Ramos

1978-. (aged 48)
model television actor actor comedian
Carlino Xavier Reyes Ramos is a Filipino actor. He is best known as one of the original cast members of the GMA Network comedy show Bubble Gang.
Mariano Gomes

61. Mariano Gomes

1799-1872 (aged 73)
writer priest
Mariano Gómes de los Ángeles, often known by his birth name Mariano Gómez y Custodio or Mariano Gomez in modern orthography, was a Filipino Catholic priest who was falsely accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. He was placed in a mock trial and summarily executed in Manila along with two other...
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Isabelo de los Reyes

62. Isabelo de los Reyes

1864-1938 (aged 74)
journalist linguist politician trade unionist
Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino, also known as Don Belong, was a prominent Filipino patriot, politician, writer, journalist, and labor activist in the 19th and 20th centuries. He was the original founder and proclaimer of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the first-ever Filipino independent Christian Church in history in the form of a nationalist church, which was proclaimed in 1902....
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Samboy Lim

63. Samboy Lim

1962-2023 (aged 61)
basketball player
Avelino "Samboy" Borromeo Lim Jr., nicknamed "The Skywalker", was a Filipino professional basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association and the national team in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Benigno Aquino, Sr

64. Benigno Aquino, Sr

1894-1947 (aged 53)
politician
Benigno Simeón Aquino y Quiambao was a Filipino politician who served as speaker of the National Assembly of the Japanese-sponsored puppet state in the Philippines from 1943 to 1944. He was the Director-General of KALIBAPI, a political party established during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines.
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Ramon Tulfo

65. Ramon Tulfo

1946-. (aged 80)
columnist television presenter
Ramon "Mon" Teshiba Tulfo Jr. is a Filipino TV host, radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist.
Artemio Ricarte

66. Artemio Ricarte

1866-1945 (aged 79)
Spanish teacher revolutionary
Artemio Ricarte y García was a Filipino general during the Philippine Revolution and the Philippine–American War. He is regarded as the Father of the Philippine Army, and the first Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (March 22, 1897- January 22, 1899) though the present Philippine Army descended from the American-allied forces that defeated the Philippine Revolutionary...
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German Moreno

67. German Moreno

1933-2016 (aged 83)
actor comedian television actor
German Molina Moreno, also known as Kuya Germs ( Tagalog: [kujɐ dʒɛɾms] or [dʒɚms]) and dubbed as "The Master Showman", was a Filipino television host, presenter, actor, comedian, talent manager, producer, writer, and director.
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Severino Reyes

68. Severino Reyes

1861-1942 (aged 81)
playwright
Severino Reyes y Rivera was a Filipino writer and playwright. He used the pen name Lola Basyang. He was nicknamed "Don Binoy".
Antonio Molina

69. Antonio Molina

1894-1980 (aged 86)
composer
Antonio Jesús Naguiat Molina was a Filipino composer, conductor and music administrator. He was named a National Artist of the Philippines for his services to music. He was also known as the "Claude Debussy" of the Philippines due to his use of impressionist themes in music.
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Bienvenido Lumbera

70. Bienvenido Lumbera

1932-2021 (aged 89)
university teacher librettist poet
Bienvenido L. Lumbera was a Filipino poet, critic and dramatist. Lumbera is known for his nationalist writing and for his leading role in the Filipinization movement in Philippine literature in the 1960s, which resulted in his being one of the many writers and academics jailed during Ferdinand Marcos' Martial Law regime. He received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature...
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Fernando Lopez

71. Fernando Lopez

1904-1993 (aged 89)
minister entrepreneur politician
Fernando "Nanding" Hofileña Lopez Sr. KGCR was a Filipino statesman. A member of the influential López family of Iloilo, he served as vice president of the Philippines under Presidents Elpidio Quirino from 1949 to 1953 under the Liberal Party and Ferdinand Marcos from 1965 to 1972, under the Nacionalista Party. He was also the chairman of ABS-CBN Corporation from 1986...
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José Burgos

72. José Burgos

1837-1872 (aged 35)
Catholic priest writer
José Apolonio Burgos y García was a Filipino Catholic priest, accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. He was tried and executed in Manila along with two other clergymen, Mariano Gomez and Jacinto Zamora, who are collectively known as the Gomburza.
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Mariano Ponce

73. Mariano Ponce

1863-1918 (aged 55)
journalist politician
Mariano Ponce y Collantes commonly known as just Mariano Ponce was a Filipino physician, writer, statesman, and active member of the Propaganda Movement. In Spain, he was among the founders of La Solidaridad and Asociación Hispano-Filipino. Among his significant works was Efemerides Filipinas, a column on historical events in the Philippines which appeared in La Oceania Española (1892–1893) and El...
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Tito Sotto

74. Tito Sotto

1948-. (aged 78)
bowler actor comedian television actor songwriter
Vicente "Tito" Castelo Sotto III is a Filipino politician and television personality who has served as the 32nd president of the Senate since 2025, a position he previously held from 2018 to 2022. Sotto has been a senator since 2025, having previously also served in the role from 1992 to 2004 and from 2010 to 2022. He is the longest-serving...
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Chavit Singson

75. Chavit Singson

1941-. (aged 85)
politician
Luis Crisologo "Chavit" Singson is a Filipino businessman and politician who last served as the mayor of Narvacan, Ilocos Sur from 2019 to 2022. He was also the governor of the province of Ilocos Sur, starting from 1972 until 1986, again from 1992 until 2001, again from 2004 to 2007, and again from 2010 until 2013. He was also the...
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Eddie Gutierrez

76. Eddie Gutierrez

1942-. (aged 84)
comedian actor
Eddie Gutierrez, is a Filipino actor and former matinee idol.
Terrence Romeo

77. Terrence Romeo

1992-. (aged 34)
basketball player
Terrence Bill Vitanzos Romeo is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He plays both the point guard and shooting guard positions.
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Sergio Osmeña

78. Sergio Osmeña

1878-1961 (aged 83)
lawyer politician
Sergio Osmeña Sr. CCLH was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fourth president of the Philippines from 1944 to 1946 and as the first vice president of the Philippines from 1935 to 1944. He served the shortest term as president of the Philippines, lasting for only 1 year and 300 days. He was vice president under Manuel...
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Emilio Aguinaldo

79. Emilio Aguinaldo

1869-1964 (aged 95)
autobiographer military personnel revolutionary politician
Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy QSC CCLH PMM KGCR was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the...
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Manuel L. Quezon

80. Manuel L. Quezon

1878-1944 (aged 66)
lawyer politician
Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina GCGH KGCR, also known by his initials MLQ, was a Filipino lawyer, statesman, soldier, and politician who served as the second president of the Philippines from 1935 until his death in 1944. He was the first Filipino to head a government of the entire Philippines and is considered the second president of the Philippines after...
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Apolinario Mabini

81. Apolinario Mabini

1864-1903 (aged 39)
autobiographer politician judge diplomat journalist
Apolinario Mabini y Maranán was a Filipino revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Revolutionary Government, and then as the first Prime Minister of the Philippines upon the establishment of the First Philippine Republic. He is regarded as the "utak ng himagsikan" or "brain of the revolution" and is also...
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Vic Sotto

82. Vic Sotto

1954-. (aged 72)
television presenter composer film producer comedian television actor
Marvic Valentin "Vic" Castelo Sotto, popularly known as Bossing, is a Filipino actor, comedian, and television personality. Prolific in film and television in the Philippines since the 1970s, he is known for playing comedic roles in television sitcoms and films. He is also one of the three pioneer hosts of Eat Bulaga! together with his elder brother Tito Sotto and...
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Marcelo H. del Pilar

83. Marcelo H. del Pilar

1850-1896 (aged 46)
politician writer journalist
Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaitán, commonly known as Marcelo H. del Pilar and also known by his nom de plume Pláridel, was a Filipino writer, lawyer, journalist, and freemason. Del Pilar, along with José Rizal and Graciano López Jaena, became known as the leaders of the Reform Movement in Spain.
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Henry Lim Bon Liong

84. Henry Lim Bon Liong

1951-2024 (aged 73)
businessperson
Henry Lim Bon Liong was a Filipino businessman who was the chief executive officer of Sterling Paper Group of Companies, S.P. Properties, Inc., SL Agritech Corporation and was a member of the governing council of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCARRD) from 2005 to 2007.
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Jay-R Reyes

85. Jay-R Reyes

1984-. (aged 42)
basketball player
Jay-R C. Reyes is a Filipino former professional basketball player who last played for the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Trinidad Pardo de Tavera

86. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera

1857-1925 (aged 68)
historian botanist
Trinidad Hermenegildo José María Juan Francisco Pardo de Tavera y Gorricho was a Filipino physician, historian and politician of Spanish and Portuguese descent who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the First Philippine Republic in 1899.
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Jose Maria Sison

87. Jose Maria Sison

1939-2022 (aged 83)
revolutionary writer politician
Jose Maria Canlas Sison, also known as Joma, was a Filipino writer, poet, and activist who founded and led the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and added elements of Maoism to its philosophy—which would be known as National Democracy. His ideology was formed by applying Marxism–Leninism-Maoism to the history and circumstances of the Philippines.
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Willie Miller

88. Willie Miller

1977-. (aged 49)
basketball player
Willie Miller was a designer and urbanist based in Glasgow, Scotland. He was Principal of Willie Miller Urban Design (WMUD), a design practice based in the West End of Glasgow. Miller studied at Glasgow School of Art, then at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and The Built Environment in Aberdeen, and was assistant director of Planning at Monklands District...
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Edilberto Evangelista

89. Edilberto Evangelista

1862-1897 (aged 35)
civil engineer
Edilberto Evangelista was a Filipino civil engineer and a revolutionary.