Marcelo Hilario del Pilar y Gatmaytan was a celebrated figure in the Philippine Revolution and a leading propagandist for reforms in the Philippines. Popularly known as "Plaridel", he was the editor and co-publisher of "La Solidaridad". He tried to marshal the nationalist sentiment of the enlightened Filipino ilustrados, or bourgeoisie, against Spanish imperialism. Marcelo Hilario was born in Kupang, Bulacan, on August 30, 1850, …

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, …

Michael Dadap is a popular Filipino guitarist, composer and conductor. Dadap is an influential advocate of Filipino folk music. He is one of the pioneers to build world-class "rondalla" ensembles in the United States. He is also the founding music director of the "Iskwelahang Rondalla" (Rondalla School) in Boston, Massachusetts.

José María Sison is a writer and intellectual who reorganized the Communist Party of the Philippines by combining elements of Maoism. Since August 2002, he has been classified as a "person supporting terrorism" by the U.S. and the E.U..

Professor Oscar C. Yatco (born November 23,1931) is a Filipino conductor and violinist residing in Germany.

Gervacio Santos was a Filipino film editor, who would in his career edited several American films. This now retired editor, currently resides in Canada with his wife, five children, and five grand-children. Gervacio has many pseudonyms for his work, some of which include: George Santos, Gerry Santos, Bas Santos, and Bass Santos.

Verónica Pedrosa is a former news anchor of CNN International who also was a former journalist at ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs. She recently joined Qatar-based al-Jazeera television network's English channel Al Jazeera International. She is the daughter of Filipino journalist Carmen Navarro Pedrosa, …

Christina Aguilar (born October 31 1966) is one of the most successful Pop/Dance music artists of Thai music history. With her first album "Ninja", Aguilar was the first female artist of Thailand to reach 1,000,000 copies. Following with several albums, Thais name her as the thai "Dancing Queen". She is often mistaken for American pop star Christina Aguilera.

Danny Barcelona (August 23 1929 - April 1 2007) was an international jazz-band drummer for Louis Armstrong's All-Stars band. He was a Filipino-American born in Waipahu of Honolulu, Hawaii. He was also popularly known as "The Little Hawaiian Boy".

Isabel Rosario (Dimples) Cooper (1910-1960) was a Scottish-Filipina actress. Born in the Philippines, she was famous as the first recipient of an on-screen kiss in a Filipino movie. When she was sixteen years old she met US General Douglas MacArthur and became his mistress. He arranged for her to follow him to Washington DC. While serving as Army Chief of Staff in the 1930's, MacArthur filed a libel action against a journalist on the "Washington Post", Drew Pearson.

Gabe Baltazar is a Filipino-American jazz alto saxophonist. Considered as one of the last great alumni from the Stan Kenton Orchestra, Baltazar moved to the U.S. mainland from Hawaii in the mid-1950s, to record music with Paul Togawa in 1957, and spent a brief unrecorded period in 1960 with the Lighthouse All-Stars. He gained recognition for his years with Kenton (from 1960 to 1965), during which he recorded a number of well-regarded solos.