List of people from Iloilo
The following is a list of people born or associated with Iloilo and Iloilo City.
Arts, Literature, Entertainment
Beauty Pageants
- Anjanette Abayari - Binibining Pilipinas Universe 1991 winner
- Angelia Ong - Miss Earth 2015 winner
Film
- Peter Solis Nery - Film Director, Actor, Producer, Writer Gugma sa Panahon sang Bakunawa(2012)[1]
- Nick Deocampo - Film Director, Film Historian
Literature
- Flavio Zaragoza Cano - Ilonggo writer
- Peter Solis Nery - Ilonggo Palanca Awards Hall of Fame awardee, and first Filipino author invited to the Sharjah International Book Fair[2]
- Leoncio P. Deriada - Ilonggo Palanca Awardee
- Magdalena Jalandoni - Hiligaynon poet, National Cultural Awardee for Literature
- Stevan Javellana - Ilonggo writer
- Angel Magahum - Ilonggo writer
- Guillermo Gómez Rivera - Ilonggo writer
- Miguel Syjuco - 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize
- Gilbert Luis R. Centina III- Palanca Awardee
Performing Arts
Music
- Jose Mari Chan - Singer, Songwriter
- Jed Madela - Singer and Songwriter
- Emman Abatayo - Singer, Songwriter/Pinoy Dream Academy Season 1 scholar)
- Nina Girado - Singer
- Ruben Tagalog - Kundiman singer
- Young JV - Singer, Actor, Model, and Dancer
TV and Movie Personalities
- Anjanette Abayari - Actress, Beauty Queen, Model, TV Host and Personality
- Carla Abellana - Actress, Model, TV Host and Personality
- Saicy Aguila - Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2 housemate) and Dancer
- Sharmaine Arnaiz - Actress
- Claudine Barretto - Actress
- Gretchen Barretto - Actress
- Marjorie Barretto - Actress
- Gian Carlos - Actor, Model, and Dancer
- Billy Crawford - Actor, Model, Singer, TV Host and Personality
- Dingdong Dantes - Actor, Model
- Charlie Davao - Actor
- Sunshine Dizon - Actress, Model
- Gabb Drilon - Actor
- Ike Lozada - Actor
- Luis Manzano - Actor, Model, TV Host and Personality
- Edu Manzano - TV host, Actor
- Cynthia Patag - Actress
- Delia Razon - Actress
- Myrtle Sarrosa - Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition 4 Big Winner
- Paul Salas - Actor
- Arthur Solinap - Actor
- Prince Stefan - Actor, Model, and Dancer
- Dawn Zulueta - Actress
- Marita Zobel - Actress
- Pokwang - Actress, Comedian
- Ria Bolivar - Model (Local & International)
Mass Communications
- Billy Balbastro - radio broadcaster
- Karen Davila - main news anchor on the ABS-CBN News Channel programmes Bandila, and Headstart with Karen Davila
- Philip Stanley Amigo Palisada - news anchor, Dateline Philippines Sunday, ABS-CBN News Channel
- Israel Malasa- Executive Producer News Advisory, Associate Producer Umagang kay Ganda, Desk Editor, Regional Network Group.
Theater
- Jhett Tolentino - Tony Award-winning Broadway director
Visual Arts
- Romeo Villalva Tabuena - Filipino painter and printmaker.
Business
- Eugenio Lopez, Sr. - former Chairman of the Lopez Group of Companies
- Eugenio Lopez, Jr. - Formerly the Chairman Emeritus of ABS-CBN
- Eugenio Lopez III - The 3rd generation Eugenio of the Lopez family and the present Chairman of ABS-CBN
Education
- Jose Cabalum, Sr. - Educator
- William Valentine - American Protestant missionary and educator who founded Central Philippine University, the second American university in Asia.
Government Service
Executive Service
- Fernando López - former Senator and Vice-President of the Philippines
- Teofisto Guingona, Jr. - former Senator and Vice-President of the Philippines
Judiciacy
- Ramón Avanceña - Former Chief Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines and Vice President
- Carolina Griño-Aquino - Former Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines, Rank 1st 1950 Philippine Bar Examinations
- Gregorio Perfecto - Former Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines
- Florenz Regalado - Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and record holder for the highest average in the Philippine Bar Examinations, with his 1954 mark of 96.7%.
Legislators
Senators
- Potenciano Treñas - Senator, elected in the 1934 Philippine senate elections and served in the 10th Philippine legislature
- Tomas Confesor - Senator served in the 2nd Commonwealth Congress or 1st Congress of the Philippines, elected ranked 6th in the 1946 national elections
- Rodolfo T. Ganzon - 1960's, imprisoned during Martial Law. Longest Serving Martial Law Prisoner (as Senator), only freed in 1986
- Miriam Defensor Santiago - Senator, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th Congress
- Franklin Drilon - Senator, 10th, 11th (Senate President), 12th (Senate President), 13th (Senate President), 15th, 16th (Senate President), and 17th (Senate President pro tempore) Congress
- Grace Poe-Llamanzares- Senator, 16th Congress of the Philippines
- Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng - Senator, 8th Congress
- Teofisto Guingona, Sr. - Senator, 4th Philippine Legislature
- Jose Zulueta - Senator and Senate President, 2nd Congress
- Manuel Villar - Senator, 12th, 13th (Senate President), 14th (Senate President), 15th Congress
Military Service
- Vicente Piccio, Jr. - Former chief of the Philippine Air Force.
- General Charles Mondejar - Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
- Nemensio Sigaya - Major General of Philippine Air Force
- Ramona Go - Brigadier General of Philippine Army
Others
- Resurreccion Borra - COMELEC Commissioner
- Francis Jardeleza - Former Solicitor General
- Nicholas Loney - 19th Century British diplomat & businessman who helped develop Iloilo City
- Amelita Ramos - Former First lady of the Philippines wife of former President Fidel Ramos
- Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. - Former SEC Chairman, and 2010 Philippine Vice-Presidential candidate running alongside to Eddie Villanueva
- Angelia Gabrena Ong - Miss Earth 2015
Social Sciences
- F. Landa Jocano - Anthropologist and Historian. He documented the epic Hinilawod of the Panay Bukidnon of Iloilo.
- Alicia P. Magos - Anthropologist and Historian. Published and documented the culture of Western Visayas especially the Panay Bukidnon.
Innovators and Scientist
- Josette Biyo - Intel Excellence for Teaching Awardee in 2002. An asteroid was named after her, 13241 Biyo.
- Alexis Belonio - Engineer, Inventor and Rolex Award for Enterprise in 2008
Religious Service
- Mother Rosario Arroyo de la Visitacion - Servant of God, founder Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines
- Fernando Capalla - the present Archbishop of Davao
- Eduardo Hontiveros - Filipino Jesuit composer and musician
- Angel Lagdameo - 5th Archbishop of Jaro and former President of Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
- Alberto Jover Piamonte - 4th Archbishop of Jaro
- Antonio Ledesma - Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
- Jose S. Palma - the present Archbishop of Cebu and President of Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
Revolutionary & War Heroes
- Graciano Lopez Jaena - Great revolutionary hero, Writer, editor, orator, and journalist, founder of La Solidaridad,
- Jose Calugas - World War II Medal of Honor Awardee
- Ludovico Arroyo Bañas - World War II Veteran, Pioneer in Philippine Telecommunications
- Martin Teofilo Delgado - Revolutionary hero, soldier, politician
- Adriano Hernandez - leader of the "Cry of Lincud", the first armed uprising for independence in the province of Iloilo
- Teresa Magbanua - The Joan of Arc of the Visayas
- Aniceto Lacson - lead the Negros Revolution
- Juan Araneta - lead the Negros Revolution
Sports
- Paulino Alcántara - International football player who played for FC Barcelona
- Angel Guirado Aldeguer - Member Philippine Azkals
- Eugene Torre - First Filipino and Asian Grandmaster
- Emelio Caligdong - Vice Captain Philippine Azkals and 2012 The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Awardee
- Ian Araneta - Member Philippine Azkals
- Kurt Bachmann - Basketball Player
- Ken Bono - PBA Player
- Denver Cuello - current WBC International minimumweight champion.
- Nancy Deaño - swimmer
- Kenneth Duremdes - PBA Player
- Rudy Fernandez - Amputee Triathlete
- Roel Gener - Member Philippine Azkals
- Emmanuel "Emman" Monfort - PBA Player, former UAAP Basketball Player for Ateneo Blue Eagles
- Ferdinand Ravena - PBA Player
- Kiefer Ravena - UAAP Basketball Player for Ateneo Blue Eagles
- Inocencia Solis - track and field
- Masunoyama Tomoharu - Sumo wrestler
- Ronald Tubid - PBA Player
- James Yap - PBA Player, former ICCHS or Huasiong Basketball Player
- Anjo Caram - PBA Player, former NCAA Basketball Player for San Beda Red Lions
- John Trompeta - UAAP Player
References
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