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A national hero of the Philippines is a Filipino who has been recognized as a national hero for their role in the history of the Philippines.Loosely, the term may refer to all historical figures recognized as heroes, but the term more strictly refers to those officially designated as such.
This is a compendium of the Filipino generals, commanders, leaders and who fought during the Philippine Revolution, Filipino-American War and the Post-war insurgencies against US occupation of the Philippines. There are 165 generals listed in this article.
Nicolás Zamora – founder of the first indigenous evangelical church in the Philippines, known as Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas. [17] Zamora is also recognized as the first Filipino Protestant minister in the Philippines. [18] Dionisio Deista Alejandro – first Filipino Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1944.
1 Heroes. 2 Arts and Culture. 3 Scientists and Discoverers. 4 Public service. 5 Education. ... Karyapa, first known poet of the Philippines; Scientists and Discoverers
Rizal is widely considered one of the greatest heroes of the Philippines and has been recommended to be so honored by an officially empaneled National Heroes Committee. However, no law, executive order or proclamation has been enacted or issued officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as a national hero. [ 9 ]
Antonio Ledesma Jayme (July 24, 1854 – October 19, 1937) was a Filipino lawyer, revolutionary hero, Governor of Negros Occidental, and assemblyman, as well as a lawmaker and a revolutionary nation's founding father and a signatory to a nation-state's constitution.
Abellana, Godofredo "Dodong" Abiog, Napoleon Torralba; Aboli, Tayab "Arthur" Ayyungo; Acebedo, Norberto "Boyet" Hermoso Jr. Acebedo, Roy Lorenzo Hermoso
When he was released in 1943, he was secretly assigned to a guerrilla unit in the Philippines where he fought for the liberation of the Philippines from the Japanese. After World War II Calugas received a direct commission and became a United States citizen. Retiring from the Army, he settled in Tacoma, Washington.