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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.
This article is a list of notable people from Metro Manila, ... Benigno Aquino III (1960-2021): 15th president of the Philippines (2010-2016). Religion
Bienvenido Nebres, S.J. – National Scientist of the Philippines for Mathematics, 29th President of the Ateneo de Manila University,; Joaquin Bernas, S.J. – 28th President of the Ateneo de Manila University, member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986
Football coach who was born in Indonesia but grew up in the Philippines. [11] Akiko Thomson: 1985 United States: 1985 (Presidential Decree No. 1983) American-born swimmer who grew up in the Philippines and took part in the Summer Olympics. [12] Peter Leslie Wallace: 1939 Australia: 2015 (Republic Act No. 10685) Australian born Businessman. [13 ...
Violeta Marcos, AMP (Pandi) – Filipino Roman Catholic nun best known as the co-founder and first director of the Augustinian Missionaries of the Philippines, [1] and for her contributions to the resistance in opposition to the martial Law dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos - first through her diocesan social action involvements in Negros ...
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%; Francis Jardeleza – former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Solicitor General of the Philippines
The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are closely associated with the province of Cebu, Philippines (including from highly urbanized cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu):
William Cameron Forbes, American Governor-General of the Philippines who ordered Kennon Road to be built [17] Eusebius Julius Halsema, American Civil Engineer and mayor of Baguio from 1922 to 1937; namesake of Halsema Highway; Francis Burton Harrison, governor general for whom Harrison Road was named [17]