- John Gokongwei
John Gokongwei, Jr. is a Filipino businessman with holdings in telecom, financial services, petrochemicals, power, aviation and hog farming. In 2005, he was listed by Forbes as the 34th richest person in Southeast Asia, with a fortune of US$425 million. Some say that the Forbes estimate of Mr. Gokongwei's fortune is very low, considering his large business portfolio. He is the chairman of JG Summit Holdings, one of largest conglomerates in the Philippines.
- Wilson Lee Flores
Wilson Lee Flores is a multi-awarded writer and journalist and the former president of The Anvil Business Club, a Chinese-Filipino business organization. He is also a real estate entrepreneur.
- Emilio Aguinaldo
Emilio Aguinaldo c. 1898 In 1895, Aguinaldo joined the Katipunan rebellion, a secret organization then led by Andrés Bonifacio , dedicated to the expulsion of the Spanish and independence of the Philippines through armed force. He joined as a lieutenant under Gen. Baldomero Aguinaldo and rose to the rank of general in a few months. 30,000 members of the Katipunan launched an attack against the Spanish colonizers in the same week.
- Lucio Tan
Lucio Tan (born July 17, 1934) is a prominent Filipino business magnate. He owns Asia Brewery, the 2nd largest brewer in the Philippines, Tanduay Holdings, one of the world's largest rum makers, Fortune Tobacco, the largest tobacco company in the country, Philippine Airlines, Philippine National Bank, the 5th largest bank in the country, Allied Bank the Philippines' 8th largest lender. These companies are just a few of some 300 companies that Mr. Tan controls.
- José Rizal
José Rizal (June 19, 1861 - December 30, 1896), was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era and its eventual independence from Spain. He is considered a national hero and the anniversary of Rizal's death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called "Rizal Day". Rizal's 1896 military trial and execution made him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution.
- Alfredo Lim
Alfredo Siojo Lim (born December 21, 1929) is the newly-elected Mayor of the City of Manila and a former senator of the Philippines. He was the mayor of Manila from 1992 to 1998. He won for mayor again in the 2007 Elections.
- Corazon Aquino
María Corazón Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino, widely known as 'Cory Aquino', was President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992. She was the first female President of The Philippines. She was Asia's first female President and world-renowned advocate of democracy, peace, women empowerment, and religious piety. Aquino is the widow of the popular opposition senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., …
- Amy Chua
Amy Chua (born 1962) in the United States, is the John M. Duff, Jr. Professor of Law at Yale Law School. She joined the Yale faculty in 2001 after teaching at Duke Law School. Prior to starting her teaching carer, she was a corporate law associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. She specializes in the study of international business transactions, law and development, ethnic conflict, and globalization and the law. Chua is the author of the New York Times bestseller, …
- Henry Sy
Henry Sy, Sr. is the Chinese-Filipino owner of SM Investments Corporation in the Philippines. He earned his Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University in 1950. Acknowledged as the country’s "Retail King," he has come a long way from the modest shoe store he set up in Quiapo, in 1946, to become the owner of the Philippines’s biggest chain of shopping malls. According to the 2005 Forbes Magazine World's Richest People list, …
- Ma Mon Luk
Ma Mon Luk (1896-1961) was a pioneering Chinese Filipino restauranteur and entrepreneur. He established the popular Chinese restaurant that bears his name, Ma Mon Luk. Born in Guangdong, China, he was a grade school teacher in Guangzhou when he decided to emigrate to the Philippines in 1918. According to legend, he migrated to the Philippines in order to earn his fortune and win the hand of a girl whose wealthy Cantonese family looked none too kindly on his poverty.
- Lorenzo Ruiz
Saint Lorenzo Ruiz or Laurence Ruiz or Lawrence Ruiz was born in Binondo, Manila. His Chinese father taught him Chinese, and his Filipino mother taught him Tagalog. Both of his parents were Catholic.
- Kris Aquino
Kristina Bernadette Cojuangco Aquino-Yap (born February 14, 1971 in Quezon City) is a prominent television and movie personality in the Philippines. She is the fifth and youngest child of former president Corazon Aquino and Benigno Aquino, Jr., a popular opposition senator during the Ferdinand Marcos regime. She is the youngest of five siblings: Maria Elena, Aurora Corazon, …
- Panfilo Lacson
Panfilo Morena Lacson (born June 1, 1948) is a retired Director-General of the Philippine National Police, and is currently a member of the Philippine Senate.
- Tony Tan Caktiong
Tony Tan Caktiong is the founder and current Chairman and CEO of Philippine fast food chain Jollibee. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a degree in chemical engineering. Caktiong had initially planned an ice cream parlor when he founded Jollibee, then subsequently added additional dishes such as hamburgers, french fries, and fried chicken.
- George Ty
George Ty is a Filipino-Chinese finance tycoon. He founded Metropolitan Bank and Trust, currently the largest bank in terms of Assets and Capital in the Philippines. He also has stakes in the Bank of the Philippine Islands and Philippine Savings Bank, a Metrobank subsidiary.
- Jaime Cardinal Sin
Jaime Sin, also Jaime Lachica Sin (Chinese name: 辛海梅; 辛海棉 "Xīn Hǎiméi"; "Xīn Hǎimián"), was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He led the Archdiocese of Manila as its archbishop and was later made cardinal by Pope Paul VI. As Archbishop of Manila, he was widely considered Primate of the Philippines, though no formal dignity has ever been attached to the archdiocese.
- Sergio Osmeña
Sergio Osmeña was the second President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. He was Vice President under Manuel L. Quezon, and rose to the presidency upon Quezon's death in 1944. He was a founder of Nacionalista Party. Osmeña is the patriarch of the prominent Osmeña family, which includes his son (former Senator Sergio Osmeña Jr.) and his grandsons (Senators Sergio Osmeña III and John Henry Osmeña), ex-Governor (Lito Osmeña and Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña).
- Heart Evangelista
Love Marie Payawal Ongpauco, better known in her stage name as Heart Evangelista, is a Filipina actress, singer, model and VJ.
- Kim Chiu
Kimberly Sue Yap Chiu (born April 19, 1990) was born in Xiamen, China and migrated to Cebu City at the age of 3. She is the first Teen Big Winner of Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition, After 42 days of spending summer in the Big Brother house and besting 13 teen housemates, Kim was named the Teen Big Winner with 626,562 votes or 41.4% of the total votes Her growing popularity led her to enter show businness with fellow housemate Gerald Anderson, …
- Rachelle Ann Go
Rachelle Ann Go (born August 31, 1986) is a Filipina singer. She rose to prominence after winning the second season of the reality show "Star For A Night" renamed as "Search For A Star", hosted by fellow Filipina recording artist Regine Velasquez.
- Katrina Halili
Maria Katrina Irene Halili (born on January 4, 1986 in Quezon City but raised in El Nido, Palawan, Philippines), popularly known as Katrina Halili, is a Filipina actress. She is an alumna of the "StarStruck" talent search and was the cover girl of FHM Philippines for its December 2005 issue. She was subsequently voted as FHM Philippines' sexiest woman for the year 2006 and bagged the title yet again in 2007.
- Lim Eng Beng
Lim Eng Beng, is a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player. Played from 1975 - 1986, he is one of the greatest players in the history of the PBA. He is much remembered playing for the U-Tex Wranglers, where he was named to the Mythical Five on two occasions, and won two championships and two runner-up finishes. Wearing the jersey with No. 14, he plays the point and shooting guard. In year 2000, he was named one of the PBA's 25th Anniversary All-Time Team.
- Atoy Co
Fortunato "Atoy" Co, Jr. is a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) basketball player who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award, in 1979 and a 9-time Mythical First Team Member. He was a national team player that participated in the 1974 Asian Games.
- Dennis Trillo
Gaudencio Florencio Abelardo Trillo (born May 12, 1981 in Quezon City, Philippines) popularly known as Dennis Trillo is television and film actor in the Philippines. His film debut "Aishite Imasu (Mahal Kita) 1941" which skyrocketed him into a matinee idol status. He is currently an artist of GMA Network.
- Isabel Oli
María Olivia S. Daytia, better known by her screen name Isabel Oli is a Filipina model and television and movie actress. She is the youngest of seven children of Chinese father and a Filipina mother. Isabel graduated from the University of San Jose - Recoletos in Cebu with the degree of Information Technology.
- Miriam Quiambao
Miriam Quiambao - (b.May 20, 1975) is a beauty queen from the Philippines who competed in the 1999 Miss Universe pageant. Miriam Quiambao initially won the title to represent the Philippines in the 1999 Miss World pageant in London.
- Ang Kiukok
Ang Kiukok was a leading Filipino painter and a National Artist for Visual Arts.
- Andrés Bonifacio
Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was one of the chief leaders of the revolution of the Philippines against Spanish colonial rule. The 1896 Philippine Revolution was the first revolution in Asia against European colonial rule.
- Yasmien Kurdi
Yasmien Yuson Kurdi (born January 25, 1989) is a Filipino singer and actress. She was one of the Final Four in the first season of "StarStruck", a reality-based talent search show of GMA Network in the Philippines, but she lost to Jennylyn Mercado and finished only as first runner up. Her biggest acting break is on 2006 when she plays the role of Charming, the ugly daughter of Bakekang in 2006 Bakekang TV Series.
- Eduardo Cojuangco Jr.
Eduardo Murphy "Danding" Cojuangco, Jr. (born June 10, 1935) is the chairman of San Miguel Corporation, the largest food and beverage corporation in the Philippines, and was a candidate for the Philippine presidency in 1992, ultimately losing to Fidel Ramos. He tested the political waters in 2003, planning to run in the 2004 Presidential and Local Elections, but soon withdrew. He was a close advisor and personal friend to former President Ferdinand E. Marcos, …
- Mike Tan
Jan Michael S. Tan, better known by his screen name Mike Tan (born December 31, 1986 in Angono, Rizal, Philippines), is a Filipino actor. He became famous after he became the Ultimate Male Survivor in the second batch of the reality show StarStruck aired on GMA Network. He can be seen in several of the network's shows.
- Claudio Teehankee Sr.
Claudio Teehankee Sr. (April 18, 1918 - November 27, 1989) was the 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was also the most senior associate justice and chairman of the First Division of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
- Rico Yan
Ricardo Carlos Castro Yan (March 14, 1975 - March 29, 2002) was a Filipino matinee idol. He was under an exclusive contract in the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Network. Yan was a member of ABS-CBN's elite circle of homegrown talents properly named Star Magic. He graduated from De La Salle University-Manila, with a degree in Business Management. He was a Youth Spokesman for the Department of Education before he died, …
- Samboy Lim
Avelino "Samboy" Lim (born April 1, 1962) was an iconic basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association, who, as a forward/shooting guard, distinguished himself with Magic Johnson-like ball handling skills and Julius "Dr. J" Erving leaping and dunking abilities, he is best remembered as a player who would leap towards the basket, switch the ball from one hand to the other while in mid-air, and finish off with a dunk.
- Benigno Aquino III
Benigno Simeón Cojuangco Aquino III popularly known as "Noynoy", is a Philippine statesman and only son of Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., the popular opposition senator under the dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos and wife, former president Corazon Aquino. He is the only brother of TV host and actress Kris Aquino. He was named after his father and his grandfather, Benigno Aquino, Sr., a one-time Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- Luis Singson
Luis Crisologo "Chavit" Singson (born June 21, 1941) is a Filipino politician. He is the incumbent Governor of the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines since 1998. He will run for Senator in the 2007 Elections in the Philippines.
- Ignacia del Espíritu Santo
Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo was the first Filipina foundress of the first Filipino congregation for women in the Philippines.
- Nicanor Tiongson
Nicanor Tiongson is a leading critic, creative writer and academic from the Philippines. He holds a Bachelor of Humanities degree from the Ateneo de Manila University, and M.A. and Ph. D in Philippine Studies from the University of the Philippines. A founding member of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, Tiongson is currently Dean and Professor of Film and Audiovisual Communication at the College of Mass Communications in U.P. Diliman.
- Romnick Sarmenta
Romeo Nicolas Sarmenta Tejedor, better known by his screen name Romnick Sarmenta (born April 28, 1972 in Quezon City, Philippines), is a Filipino actor. He is best remembered as the five-year-old boy who played the role of Peping in the TV series Gulong ng Palad. He was born to Adonis F. Tejedor and Julie C. Sarmenta and is of Chinese and Japanese descent. He started acting at the age of four.
- Ariel Rivera
Jose Ariel Jimenez Rivera was born in the Philippines in 1966 but has since migrated with his family to and became a Canadian citizen. He is a Filipino actor, singer, songwriter and Aliw award-winning artist.