List of Famous people born in Central Visayas

John Henry Renner Osmeña, also known as Sonny Osmeña or simply John Osmeña, was the grandson of Philippine President Sergio Osmeña. He served as Senator of the Philippines from 1971 to 1972, 1987 to 1995, and 1998 to 2004. He was the last surviving senator of the 7th Congress, the last Congress before martial law.

Christian Vicente Fernandez Noel was a Filipino Roman Catholic prelate.

Carlos Polistico Garcia was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, guerrilla, and Commonwealth military leader who was the eighth President of the Philippines.

Gwendolyn Fiel Garcia is a Filipino politician serving as the governor of Cebu province since 2019, and previously from 2004 to 2013—the first woman to hold that office. She served as the representative of Cebu's 3rd district from 2013 to 2019 and concurrently served as a House Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2018.

Emmanuel T. Cabajar is a Filipino bishop of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Pagadian from 2004 to 2018.

Osvaldo Montecillo Padilla is a Philippine prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1991 and the position of Apostolic Nuncio to several countries before retiring in 2017.

Roman Tesorio Villame, better known as Yoyoy Villame, was a Filipino singer, composer, lyricist, actor and comedian.

Dr. James Cooke Brown was an American sociologist and science fiction author. He is notable for creating the artificial language Loglan and for designing the Parker Brothers board game Careers.

John Forrosuelo Du, D.D., is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Archbishop of Palo in Leyte, Philippines. He was appointed to a previously vacant see left by the elevation of archbishop Jose S. Palma to the Archdiocese of Cebu.

Mariano Jesús Diosomito Cuenco was a Filipino Cebuano politician and writer.