Lin Feng also known as Limahong, was a Chinese pirate and warlord who invaded the northern Philippine Islands in 1574. Lin Feng was born to a poor family in China. He later became a notorious criminal who raided the eastern coast-line of China and committed many robberies, murders and rapes. He was constantly on the run from the law and from the Chinese Emperor, who wanted Lin Feng brought to justice.

Limahong, Lim Ah Hong or also called Lin Feng was a notorious Chinese pirate and warlord who invaded the northern Philippine Islands in 1574. He built up a reputation for his constant raids to ports in Guangdong, Fujian and southern China. He is noted to have twice attempted, and failed, to overthrow the Spanish city of Manila in 1574.

Dean Conant Worcester, D.Sc., F.R.G.S. (October 1, 1866 - 1924) was an American zoologist, public official, and authority on the Philippines, born at Thetford, Vermont, and educated at the University of Michigan (A.B., 1889). From 1899 to 1901 he was a member of the United States Philippine Commission; thenceforth until 1913 he served as secretary of the interior for the Philippine Insular Government.

Pauliasi Taulava (born March 2, 1973) is a Filipino-Tongan professional basketball player for the Talk N' Text Phone Pals in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is also a member of the Philippines national basketball team in international competitions. Taulava is considered by many to be perhaps the greatest Filipino basketball player to ever play the center position in the PBA. His offensive and defensive post game coupled with his enormous 6'9", …

Sarah Meier (born in 17 August 1981 in Manila, Philippines as Sarah Marie Go Meier) is a Swiss former supermodel turned MTV VJ who was discovered by MTV Asia in 2000. She is one of MTV Philippines' most popular VJs, despite deliberately staying away from Philippine show business. Her smooth voice, quick wit, and glib tongue has made her one of Philippine television's most respected hosts. Sarah's beautiful and exotic looks come from her Swiss, …

Ferdinand Magellan ; Spring 1480-April 27, 1521, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines) was a Portuguese-born maritime explorer who, at the service of Spain, attempted to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. This voyage became known as the first successful attempt at world circumnavigation. He did not complete his final westward voyage; he was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines. As he died farther west than the Spice Islands, …

Antonio Pigafetta (c. 1491 - c. 1534), was an Italian navigator born in Vicenza. He paid a large sum of money to accompany and assist the Portuguese captain Ferdinand Magellan and his Spanish crew on their trip around the world. During the voyage, he kept an accurate journal which later assisted him in translating one of the Philippine languages, Cebuano. It is the first recorded document concerning this language.

Georg Joseph Kamel (born 21 April 1661, Brno, Moravia, now Czech Republic - died 2 May 1706, Manila, Philippines), also known as Camellus, was a Jesuit missionary and botanist to the Philippines. The genus "Camellia" was named in his honour by Carolus Linnaeus. He was originally from Moravia and wrote "Herbarium aliarumque stirpium in insula Luzone Philippinarum" (Herbs and Medicinal Plants in the island of Luzon, Philippines).

Makhdum Karim (14th century) was an Arab trader known for having brought Islam to the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines, in the year 1380. He constructed a mosque in Sulu, which is the oldest mosque of the region.

Vicente Liem de la Paz (1732 - November 7, 1773) was a Tonkinese (present day Vietnam) Dominican friar venerated as a saint and martyr by the Roman Catholic Church. He was born at Tra-lu, Tonkin in 1732 to Antonio and Monica Daeon de la Cruz, members of the Tonkinese nobility. When he fell gravely ill several days after his birth, he was baptized by Fr. Chien de Santo Tomas, taking the name of Vicente Liem de la Paz.

Josephine Bracken (1876-1902) was the betrothed of the Philippine national hero, Jose Rizal. Some believed that she was married to Rizal, although no proof of a civil or church wedding has ever been found. She was born in Hong Kong on August 9, 1876 to a British father and an Irish mother. When her mother died shortly after childbirth, she was adopted by an American named George Taufer. Bracken met Rizal when the latter spent several months in Hong Kong in 1891-92.

Yves Leopold Germain Gaston was the patriarch of a large family with roots in the City of Silay, in the province of Negros Occidental, Philippines. He was originally from Lisieux, France, but settled in the Philippines, where he engaged in the production of cane sugar, the primary product of the province. Gaston first moved to Calatagan, Batangas in 1837 to help Domingo Roxas, a prominent businessman, set up his sugar business.

Stella Márquez Araneta, born Stella Márquez Zawadski and now simply known as Madame Stella Araneta, is a national pageant director (Binibining Pilipinas) and former international beauty queen. Araneta was Miss Colombia in 1959 and was therefore able to compete in the Miss Universe pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida placing as a semifinalist. She then competed in the first Miss International beauty pageant held in Long Beach, California, …