List of Famous people born in Bicol Region, Philippines
Leni Robredo
Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo is a Filipina lawyer and social activist who is the 14th and incumbent vice president of the Philippines. Running under the Liberal Party, Robredo won the vice-presidential contest in the May 9, 2016 election as confirmed and proclaimed by the official congressional count of May 25–27, with 14,418,817 votes, narrowly defeating Senator Bongbong Marcos by 263,473 votes. A report released by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal further widened her lead to 278,566 over Senator Marcos. She is the second woman to serve as vice president after Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and the first vice president from Bicol Region.
Leila de Lima
Leila Norma Eulalia Josefa Magistrado de Lima is a Filipino lawyer, human rights activist, politician, and law professor currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines since 2016. She was appointed by president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo as Chairperson of the Philippine Commission on Human Rights in May 2008 and she served in the commission until June 30, 2010, when she was appointed by President Benigno S. Aquino III as the Philippines' Secretary of Justice.
Migz Villafuerte
Miguel Luis "Migz" Reyes Villafuerte is a Filipino politician and model, who has been Governor of Camarines Sur since 2013.
Kyline Alcantara
Kyline Nicole Alcantara is a Filipina actress and singer. She portrayed the rival half-sister of Annaliza and appears in Kambal, Karibal. She also became an Internet sensation on social media for her video compilations of musical.ly on YouTube.
Gilbert Garcera
Gilbert Armea Garcera is the Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lipa in the Philippines. He was appointed to lead the Archdiocese by Pope Francis, succeeding Archbishop Ramon Arguelles, who earlier filed his resignation prior to his mandatory retirement age. His previous assignment was the bishop of the Diocese of Daet in Camarines Norte.
Wilfredo Manlapaz
Adolfo Tito Yllana
Adolfo Tito Yllana is a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who works in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has been an archbishop and apostolic nuncio since 2001, the Apostolic Nuncio to Australia since 2015.