- Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralín Marcos was President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959-1965). During World War II he was the leader of the so-called "Ang Maharlika" guerilla force in northern Luzon. In 1963 he became Senate President.
- Juan de Salcedo
Juan de Salcedo was a Spanish commander and soldier. He was known as the last of the conquistadors. Born in Mexico in 1549, Salcedo was the second eldest grandson of Miguel López de Legazpi. He joined Legazpi and brother Felipe de Salcedo in 1564 for the conquest of the Philippines at the age of 15, arriving in the East Indies in 1565. In 1569, Salcedo led an army of 300 soldiers along with Martín de Goiti for the conquest of Manila.
- Gregorio Aglipay
Gregorio Labayan Aglipay was born on May 8, 1860 in Batac, Ilocos Norte, an orphan who grew up in the tobacco fields in the last volatile decades of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines. He bore deep grievances against the Spanish, stemming from abuses within the agricultural system and the radical ecclesiastical reforms he championed. Arrested at fourteen for not meeting his tobacco quota, …
- Lin Feng
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.
- Michelle Rosaldo
Michelle Zimbalist Rosaldo (1944, New York - 1981, Philippines), known to her friends and colleagues as Shelly, was a social, linguistic, and psychological anthropologist famous for her studies of the Ilongot tribe in the Philippines and for her pioneering role in women's studies and the anthropology of gender. Born in New York in 1944, Michelle Zimbalist attended Radcliffe College (Harvard College's sister school, …
- Georg Joseph Kamel
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).
- Rachel Grant
Rachel Louise Grant De Longueuil, more commonly known as Rachel Grant, (born 1977 on the island of Luzon, in the Philippines) is an actress and model of British/French and Filipino ancestry. She moved to the United Kingdom when she was a baby. Her British father is a retired doctor and hypnotist. He is known as the Baron de Longueuil, a French colonial title dating back to the early 18th century. She is most famous for her role as Nina, …
- Donald Rudolph
Donald Eugene Rudolph, Sr. (c. 1921 - May 25 2006) was an American soldier who won his country's highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, in the Second World War. He was awarded the medal whilst serving as a sergeant and acting as leader of his platoon on Luzon island in the northern Philippines; his actions took place on 5 February 1945. Whilst giving first aid on the battlefield he noticed that his unit was pinned down by gun fire from a ditch.
- Charles Henry Brent
Charles Henry Brent was an American Episcopal bishop who served in the Philippines and western New York. Born in Canada and educated at Trinity College, Toronto, Brent was originally stationed in a slum parish in Boston. In 1902, after the Philippines were acquired by the United States during the Spanish-American War, the Episcopal Church appointed Brent as Missionary Bishop of the Philippines and arrived on the same ship with the American Governor, William H. Taft.
- William A. Shomo
William "Bill" A. Shomo was a United States Army fighter pilot during World War II. He is credited with scoring 8 victories during the conflict, seven during a single mission, while flying a P-51 Mustang. For his service he was awarded the Medal of Honor. For over a year, Shomo was assigned to the 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron.
- Shizuo Yokoyama
Shizuo Yokoyama (1890-1961) was a Japanese general who commanded the Shimbu Group, assigned to the defense of the Philippine Islands during the final days of the Second World War. Born in the Fukuoka prefecture, Yokoyama graduated from the Japanese Military Academy in 1912. After leaving Army Staff College in 1925, within three years he had risen to the rank of major and assigned to the Korean Army headquarters as a staff officer in 1929.
- Samuel David Dealey
Samuel David Dealey (13 September 1906 - 24 August 1944) was a submarine commander of the United States Navy during World War II. He was one of the most decorated officers in U.S. Navy history receiving six awards for valor. Born 13 September 1906 in Dallas, Texas, where he attended Oak Cliff High School, Dealey graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1930 and had duty in the battleship "Nevada" (BB-36) before training as a submariner.
- Gwen Wong
Gwen Wong (born Gwen Lipscomb in Manila, Luzon, Philippines) is a Filipino-American model and actress. She is Eurasian, being a mixture of American, Portuguese, Chinese and Filipino. She was "Playboy" magazine's Playmate of the Month for its April 1967 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli and Gene Trindl. Her mother was a radio announcer during World War II. Her family moved from Manila to Sydney, New South Wales, …
- William R. Lloyd
William Rees Lloyd, born 23 September 1916 in Monticello, Florida, enlisted in the United States Navy 9 October 1940. He was appointed midshipman 15 December 1940 and commissioned ensign 14 March 1941. Ensign Lloyd served briefly aboard "Luzon" (PG-47), then reported to "Oahu" (PR-36) 26 September 1941. He was killed in action 6 May 1942 when "Oahu" was sunk at Corregidor at the close of a long and gallant defense.
- Shag Crawford
Henry Charles "Shag" Crawford (August 30 1916 - July 11 2007) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League (NL) from 1956 to 1975. During his twenty seasons in the NL, Crawford worked more than 3,100 games and as a home plate umpire was notable for getting in a low crouch and resting his hands on the back of the catcher in front of him. Crawford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Mary Strong Clemens
Mary Strong Clemens was an American botanist and plant collector. Born in New York as Mary Knapp Strong, she married Joseph Clemens, a Methodist Episcopalian minister, in 1892. Throughout her life she collected plants assiduously, mainly in Asia, New Guinea and Australia. The latter part of her life was spent in Australia, where she died in Brisbane, Queensland. Her husband joined the United States Army in 1902 as a chaplain, with the rank of Captain, …
- Edward Dozier
Edward P. Dozier was a Pueblo Native American anthropologist who studied Native Americans and the peoples of northern Luzon in the Philippines. He is an important figure in both anthropology and linguistics.
- Forrest Beton Royal
Forrest Beton Royal, born 10 February 1893 in New York City, was a member of the Naval Academy class of 1915. Service in increasingly important posts afloat and ashore prepared him for his role as commander of an amphibious group in the assaults on Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, and Borneo during the Pacific War in 1944 and 1945. His planning and execution of these important assignments was recognized with the Distinguished Service Medal, …
- Arthur D. Simons
Colonel Arthur D. "Bull" Simons (28 June 1918 - 21 May 1979) was an American military officer, best known for leading Operation Ivory Coast, an attempted rescue of American prisoners of war from the Vietcong prison at Son Tay. Simons was commissioned in 1941 and commanded a field artillery battery from 1942-44 before becoming a company commander and battalion executive officer in the 6th Ranger Battalion.
- Arthur Dewey Struble
Arthur Dewey Struble (28 June 1894 - 1 May 1983) was a U.S. admiral who served in World War II. Struble was born in Portland, Oregon. Following graduation from high school in Portland, he entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1911 and was commissioned in the rank of Ensign in June 1915. Over the next six years, he served in two cruisers, a supply ship and three destroyers. In 1921-23, Struble was an instructor at the Naval Academy, …
- Honorata de la Rama
Honorata “Atang” de la Rama was a singer and vaudeville performer who became the first Filipina film actress. Atang de la Rama was born in Manila, the Philippines on January 11, 1905. By the age of 7, she was already starring in Spanish "zarzuelas" such as "Mascota", "Sueño de un Vals", and "Marina". At the age of 15, she starred in the sarsuela "Dalagang Bukid", where she became known for the singing the song, …
- Harvey Possinger
Harvey Possinger is one of the most highly decorated veterans of World War II. He received every medal for valor in combat except for the Medal of Honor which was promised to him by Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Unfortunately, his paperwork was lost and he never received the medal. Drafted in April 1942, he was able to skip basic training due to civilian military training and left CONUS in May. Possinger was assigned to B Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, …
- Edward Moale Jr.
Edward Moale, Jr. (10 September 1866 - 23 October 1903) was an officer of the United States Navy. Moale born at Little Rock, Arkansas, 10 September 1866, was appointed a naval cadet in 1882 and commissioned an ensign, 1 July 1889. As an officer on board gunboat "Helena" in 1898, he took part in operations against Spanish land and naval forces at Santiago de Cuba, including the naval battle of 3 July.
- Satō Nobuhiro
Satō Nobuhiro was a scientist and early advocate of Japanese Westernization. He is considered the founder of the "Greater East Asia" concept. Satō advocated an authoritarian-style government based on Western science and political institutions. In his "Keizai yoryaku" ("The Epitome of Economy"), he wrote that "The rationale of economy is to manage the realm, develop goods, make domains affluent, …
- Luzon B. Morris
Luzon Buritt Morris was an American Democratic politician. Morris was born in Newtown, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University in 1854. He served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, a Connecticut probate judge, a member of the Connecticut Senate and as the Governor of Connecticut. He was the only member of his party to hold the governorship between 1885 and 1911.
- Phillip Benjamin Baldwin
Phillip Benjamin Baldwin (December 23, 1924 - April 20, 2002) from 1968 to 1991 served as a judge on U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Baldwin was a United States Army Air Corps pilot from 1943 to 1946, flying B-25 Mitchells in the South West Pacific theatre of World War II on low-level bombing raids. He earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with six bronze service stars: (Luzon, Western Pacific, …
- Sharon Luzon
- Henry Luzon
- Strawberry Luzon
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- Wellington Luzon
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- Alvin John Luzon
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- Cherrie Luzon
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- Alex Luzon
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- Alex Luzon
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- Lucy Luzon
Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go. Female, Student at John Jay College. 20 Years Old, Born In the Dominican Republic. Single, looking for my soul mate...... "Mr. Right". Religion: Catholic Sign: Cancer Favorite Colors: Red, White, Black and Blue " if u be my friend, i promise to be a true friend to u too" Enemies are welcome too..........
- Menchie Luzon
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- Elon Luzon
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