List of Famous people born in Philippines

Florencio "Butch" Barsana Abad is a Filipino lawyer and politician. Having held many cabinet-level ranks in the past, he was appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as Secretary of the Philippine Department of Budget and Management. Abad held various cabinet-level positions in the past, particularly as Secretary of the Department of Education and Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform.

Ralph Gonzales Recto is a Filipino politician serving as the president pro tempore of the Philippine Senate since 2017, previously holding the position from 2013 to 2016. Since 2010, he has been on his second stint in the Senate, first serving from 2001 to 2007. He was the representative of Batangas' 4th district from 1992 to 2001.

Manuel "Manny" Bamba Villar, Jr. is a Filipino billionaire businessman and former politician. He previously served as senator from 2001 to 2013 and as the President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2006 to 2008. Before his stint in the senate, he represented the district of Las Piñas–Muntinlupa from 1992 to 1998, and Las Piñas's at-large district from 1998 to 2001. He also became the speaker of the House of Representatives from 1998 to 2000; in this term, he presided over the impeachment of President Joseph Estrada. From 2019 to 2022, Forbes magazine named Villar as the richest individual in the Philippines, with an estimated net worth of $8.3 billion.

Herminio Sánchez Aquino is a Filipino businessman, former politician and a vice presidential candidate where he ran as the running mate of Raul Roco in 2004.

Herbert Constantine "Bistek" Maclang Bautista is a Filipino actor and politician. He was elected mayor of Quezon City in a landslide victory during the May 2010 elections. He previously served three consecutive terms as the vice mayor from 2001 to 2010, winning two reelection bids. He has been vice mayor of Quezon City, serving under then-Mayor and former House Speaker Sonny Belmonte.

Cynthia Aguilar Villar is a Filipino politician currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. She was a member of the House of Representatives for the Lone District of Las Piñas from 2001 to 2010 before winning a seat in the Senate in 2013, placing tenth. Villar topped the Senate race with 25 million votes, the most votes in election history, and was re-elected for a second term in the Senate and got first in the results of the 2019 elections.

Luisa Pimentel-Ejercito is a Filipino politician and psychiatrist who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2001 to 2007. She is the wife of former Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada, and was the twelfth First Spouse of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001. Her son, Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada, was a senator in the 15th Congress of the Philippines.

Gerard Imutan Salonga is an orchestral conductor, musical arranger and orchestrator from the Philippines. He is also the musical director of the ABS-CBN Philharmonic Orchestra. He is the younger brother of the Tony Award-winning singer-actress Lea Salonga.

Marilou Yap Gumabao, professionally known as Isabel Rivas is a Filipina actress and businesswoman. She is the younger sister of former actor Dennis Roldan.

Socrates Buenaventura Villegas O.P is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the current Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan in Pangasinan, and is the former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines, from December 1, 2013 to December 1, 2017, when he finished his second and final term as president of the said conference.