List of Famous people born in Philippines

Princess Punzalan

First Name Princess
Last Name Punzalan
Born on November 20, 1968 (age 57)

Bernadette Vela Punzalan, known professionally as Princess Punzalan, is a Filipino actress. She began her career starring in Lovingly Yours: The Movie (1984) and Lovingly Yours, Helen (1992-96) and was nominated of PMPC Star Awards for Television in 1987. Her profile continued to grow when she starred as antagonist Selina Pereira-Matias in Mula sa Puso (1997–99) with Claudine Barretto, and won Best Actress in 1998.

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Michele Gumabao

First Name Michele
Last Name Gumabao
Born on September 2, 1992 (age 33)

Michele Theresa Imperial Gumabao is a Filipino volleyball player, TV personality and beauty queen. She was a co-captain of the De La Salle University women's volleyball team, the Lady Spikers, in 2012–2013. She is the camp director of the Alaska Volleyball Powercamp and in 2018, she was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas Globe 2018 during the Binibining Pilipinas beauty contest.

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Vic Sotto

First Name Vic
Last Name Sotto
Born on April 28, 1954 (age 71)

Marvic Valentin Castelo Sotto Sr. is a Filipino actor, singer, and comedian, best known for his various television and film projects on the major Philippine television networks GMA, TV5, and ABS-CBN. He is one of three pioneer hosts of Eat Bulaga!, which is the longest-running Philippine noontime variety show.

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Sef Gonzales

Sef Gonzales is a Filipino Australian who was convicted and sentenced in the Supreme Court of New South Wales to life imprisonment for the July 2001 murder of his father Teodoro "Teddy" Gonzales, aged 46 years, his mother Mary Loiva Gonzales, aged 43 years, and his sister Clodine Gonzales, aged 18 years, in Sydney, Australia. As a result of notoriety surrounding the sale of the house where the crimes occurred, the NSW government made it illegal to not disclose information related to the history of a property.

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Cesar Montano

First Name Cesar
Last Name Montano
Born on August 1, 1962 (age 63)

Cesar Manhilot, better known by his screen name Cesar Montano, is a Filipino actor, film producer and film director.

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Josefa Llanes Escoda

First Name Josefa
Born on September 20, 1898
Died on January 6, 1945 (aged 46)

Josefa Madamba Llanes-Escoda was a prominent civic leader and a social worker. She is well known as a Filipino advocate of women's suffrage and was founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines.

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Pauleen Luna

First Name Pauleen
Born on November 10, 1988 (age 37)

Marie Pauleen Jimenez Luna-Sotto is a Filipina actress and television personality. She appears on GMA Network, particularly as one of the regular hosts of the long-running Philippine variety show Eat Bulaga! where she portrays the child-woman character Baby Poleng.

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Gwendoline Ruais

First Name Gwendoline
Born on December 11, 1989 (age 36)

Gwendoline Gaelle Sandrine Ramos Ruais is a Filipino-French actress, model, TV presenter and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Philippines 2011. She represented the Philippines at the Miss World 2011 pageant in London, England and placed 1st Runner-Up.

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Dominic Roque

First Name Dominic
Last Name Roque
Born on July 20, 1990 (age 35)

Dominic Karl Manalo Roque is a Filipino actor and model. He is known for his role in Aryana and May Isang Pangarap. He is managed by ABS-CBN's Star Magic talents.

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Ernest John Obiena

First Name Ernest
Last Name Obiena
Born on November 17, 1995 (age 30)
Height 187 cm | 6'2

Ernest John Uy Obiena is a Filipino pole vaulter. Before breaking the Asian Athletics Championships record, he held the Philippine national record in pole vaulting with a record of 5.55 meters which he accomplished on April 29, 2016 at the 78th Singapore Open Championships in Kallang, Singapore. He later broke the Asian Athletics Championships record with 5.71 meters on April 21, 2019 on its 23rd biennial meet at Doha, Qatar which earned him the coveted gold medal finish. He currently holds the National Record which he broke in the same event.

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