List of Famous people born in Manila, Philippines

Andres Bonifacio

Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro
First Name Andres
Last Name Bonifacio
Born on November 30, 1863
Died on May 10, 1897 (aged 33)

Andrés Bonifacio y de Castro was a Filipino revolutionary leader and the president of the Tagalog Republic. He is often called "The Father of the Philippine Revolution". He was one of the founders and later Supremo of the Kataas-taasang, Kagalang-galangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or more commonly known as the "Katipunan", a movement which sought the independence of the Philippines from Spanish colonial rule and started the Philippine Revolution.

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Isko Moreno

Francisco Moreno Domagoso
First Name Isko
Born on October 24, 1974 (age 50)

Francisco Moreno Domagoso, also known by his screen name Isko Moreno or Yorme, is a Filipino politician and former actor who currently serves as the 22nd mayor of Manila since 2019. Before becoming mayor, he served as a former three-term councilor of the city's first congressional district from 1998 to 2007 and more recently as the vice mayor of Manila from 2007 to 2016. As an actor, Isko Moreno started as a matinee idol and later became known for his mature roles during his short stint in the "titillating films" genre that was prevalent in the country during the 1990s.

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Antonio Luna

First Name Antonio
Last Name Luna
Born on October 29, 1866
Died on June 5, 1899 (aged 32)

Antonio Narciso Luna de San Pedro y Novicio Ancheta or simply known as Antonio Luna was a Filipino army general who fought in the Spanish–American War, Philippine Revolution, and Philippine–American War before his assassination in 1899.

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Fe del Mundo

First Name Fe
Last Name Mundo
Born on November 27, 1911
Died on August 6, 2011 (aged 99)

Fe Villanueva del Mundo,, was a Filipina pediatrician, the founder of the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines. Her pioneering work in pediatrics in the Philippines while in active medical practice spanned eight decades. She gained international recognition, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1977. In 1980, she was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines, and in 2010, she was conferred the Order of Lakandula. She was the first female president of the Philippine Pediatric Society and the first woman to be named National Scientist of the Philippines in 1980. She was also the founder and the first president of the Philippine Pediatric Society, the first Asian to be elected president of the Philippine Medical Association in its 65-years existence, and the first Asian to be voted president of the Medical Woman's International Association.

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Arnel Pineda

First Name Arnel
Last Name Pineda
Born on September 5, 1967 (age 57)

Arnel Campaner Pineda is a Filipino singer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the Philippines during the 1980s and internationally in 2007 as the new lead singer of the American rock band Journey.

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Rico Blanco

First Name Rico
Last Name Blanco
Born on March 17, 1973 (age 51)

Rico Rene Granados Blanco is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur. He began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist of the Filipino rock band Rivermaya from 1994 until 2007, and has been a solo artist since 2008.

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Renato Corona

First Name Renato
Born on October 15, 1948
Died on April 29, 2016 (aged 67)

Renato Tirso Antonio Coronado Corona was the 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He served as an Associate Justice after being appointed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on April 9, 2002 and later as Chief Justice on May 12, 2010 upon the retirement of Chief Justice Reynato Puno.

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Dolphy

Born on July 25, 1928
Died on July 10, 2012 (aged 83)

Rodolfo Vera Quízon Sr., better known by his stage names Dolphy, Pidol, and Golay (1944), was a Filipino comedian and actor. He is widely regarded as the country's King of Comedy for his comedic talent embodied by his long roster of works on stage, radio, television and movies.

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Cesar Legaspi

First Name Cesar
Last Name Legaspi
Born on April 2, 1917
Died on April 7, 1994 (aged 77)

Cesar Torrente Legaspi was a Filipino National Artist in painting. He was also an art director prior to going full-time in his visual art practice in the 1960s. His early (1940s–1960s) works, alongside those of peer, Hernando Ocampo are described as depictions of anguish and dehumanization of beggars and laborers in the city. These include Man and Woman and Gadgets. Primarily because of this early period, critics have further cited Legaspi's having "reconstituted" in his paintings "cubism's unfeeling, geometric ordering of figures into a social expressionism rendered by interacting forms filled with rhythmic movement".

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Cristeta Comerford

First Name Cristeta
Born on October 27, 1962 (age 62)

Cristeta Pasia Comerford is a Filipino-American chef who has been the White House Executive Chef since 2005. She is the first woman and first person of Asian origin to hold the post.

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