List of people from Iloilo

The following is a list of people born or associated with Iloilo and Iloilo City.

Arts, Literature, Entertainment

Beauty Pageants

Anjanette Abayari - Binibining Pilipinas - Universe 1991 winner
Angelia Ong - Miss Earth 2015 winner

Film

Peter Solis Nery - Film Director, Actor, Producer, Writer Gugma sa Panahon sang Bakunawa(2012)^[1]
Nick Deocampo - Film Director, Film Historian

Literature

Flavio Zaragoza Cano - Ilonggo writer
Peter Solis Nery - Ilonggo Palanca Awards Hall of Fame awardee, and first Filipino author invited to the Sharjah International Book Fair^[2]
Leoncio P. Deriada - Ilonggo Palanca Awardee
Magdalena Jalandoni - Hiligaynon poet, National Cultural Awardee for Literature
Stevan Javellana - Ilonggo writer
Angel Magahum - Ilonggo writer
Guillermo Gómez Rivera - Ilonggo writer
Miguel Syjuco - 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize
Gilbert Luis R. Centina III- Palanca Awardee

Performing Arts

Music

Jose Mari Chan - Singer, Songwriter
Jed Madela - Singer and Songwriter
Emman Abatayo - Singer, Songwriter/Pinoy Dream Academy Season 1 scholar)
Nina Girado - Singer
Ruben Tagalog - Kundiman singer
Young JV - Singer, Actor, Model, and Dancer

TV and Movie Personalities

Anjanette Abayari - Actress, Beauty Queen, Model, TV Host and Personality
Carla Abellana - Actress, Model, TV Host and Personality
Saicy Aguila - Pinoy Big Brother: Season 2 housemate) and Dancer
Sharmaine Arnaiz - Actress
Claudine Barretto - Actress
Gretchen Barretto - Actress
Marjorie Barretto - Actress
Gian Carlos - Actor, Model, and Dancer
Billy Crawford - Actor, Model, Singer, TV Host and Personality
Dingdong Dantes - Actor, Model
Charlie Davao - Actor
Sunshine Dizon - Actress, Model
Gabb Drilon - Actor
Ike Lozada - Actor
Luis Manzano - Actor, Model, TV Host and Personality
Edu Manzano - TV host, Actor
Delia Razon - Actress
Myrtle Sarrosa - Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition 4 Big Winner
Paul Salas - Actor
Arthur Solinap - Actor
Prince Stefan - Actor, Model, and Dancer
Dawn Zulueta - Actress
Marita Zobel - Actress
Pokwang - Actress, Comedian
(Ria Bolivar) - Model (Local & International)

Mass Communications

Billy Balbastro - radio broadcaster
Karen Davila - main news anchor on the ABS-CBN News Channel programmes Bandila, and Headstart with Karen Davila
Philip Stanley Amigo Palisada - news anchor, Dateline Philippines Sunday, ABS-CBN News Channel
Israel Malasa- Executive Producer News Advisory, Associate Producer Umagang kay Ganda, Desk Editor, Regional Network Group.

Theater

Jhett Tolentino - Tony Award-winning Broadway director

Visual Arts

Romeo Villalva Tabuena

Business

Eugenio Lopez, Sr. - former Chairman of the Lopez Group of Companies
Eugenio Lopez, Jr. - Formerly the Chairman Emeritus of ABS-CBN
Eugenio Lopez III - The 3rd generation Eugenio of the Lopez family and the present Chairman of ABS-CBN

Education

Jose Cabalum, Sr. - Educator
William Valentine - American Protestant missionary and educator who founded Central Philippine University, the second American university in Asia.

Government Service

Executive Service

Fernando López - former Senator and Vice-President of the Philippines
Teofisto Guingona, Jr. - former Senator and Vice-President of the Philippines

Judiciacy

Ramón Avanceña - Former Chief Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines and Vice President
Carolina Griño-Aquino - Former Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines, Rank 1st 1950 Philippine Bar Examinations
Gregorio Perfecto - Former Associate Justice Supreme Court of the Philippines
Florenz Regalado - Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and record holder for the highest average in the Philippine Bar Examinations, with his 1954 mark of 96.7%.

Legislators

Senators

Potenciano Treñas - Senator, elected in the 1934 Philippine senate elections and served in the 10th Philippine legislature
Tomas Confesor - Senator served in the 2nd Commonwealth Congress or 1st Congress of the Philippines, elected ranked 6th in the 1946 national elections
Rodolfo T. Ganzon - 1960's, imprisoned during Martial Law. Longest Serving Martial Law Prisoner (as Senator) , only freed in 1986
Miriam Defensor Santiago - Senator, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th (current) Congress
Franklin Drilon - Senator, 10th, 11th (Senate President), 12th (Senate President), 13th (Senate President), 15th and 16th (Senate President)(current) Congress
Grace Poe-Llamanzares- Senator, 16th Congress of the Philippines
Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng - Senator, 8th Congress
Teofisto Guingona, Sr. - Senator, 4th Philippine Legislature
Jose Zulueta - Senator and Senate President, 2nd Congress
Manuel Villar - Senator, 12th, 13th (Senate President), 14th (Senate President), 15th Congress

Military Service

Vicente Piccio, Jr. - Formerly Philippine Air Force Chief
General Charles Mondejar -BJMP
Nemensio Sigaya - Major General of Philippine Air Force
Ramona Go - Brigadier General of Philippine Army

Others

Resurreccion Borra - COMELEC Commissioner
Francis Jardeleza - Former Solicitor General
Nicholas Loney - 19th Century British diplomat & businessman who helped develop Iloilo City
Amelita Ramos - Former First lady of the Philippines wife of former President Fidel Ramos
Perfecto R. Yasay, Jr. - Former SEC Chairman, and 2010 Philippine Vice-Presidential candidate running alongside to Eddie Villanueva
Angelia Gabrena Ong - Miss Earth 2015

Social Sciences

F. Landa Jocano - Anthropologist and Historian. He documented the epic Hinilawod of the Panay Bukidnon of Iloilo.
Alicia P. Magos - Anthropologist and Historian. Published and documented the culture of Western Visayas especially the Panay Bukidnon.

Innovators and Scientist

Josette Biyo - Intel Excellence for Teaching Awardee in 2002. An asteroid was named after her, 13241 Biyo.
Alexis Belonio - Engineer, Inventor and Rolex Award for Enterprise in 2008

Religious Service

Mother Rosario Arroyo de la Visitacion - Servant of God, founder Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines
Fernando Capalla - the present Archbishop of Davao
Eduardo Hontiveros - Filipino Jesuit composer and musician
Angel Lagdameo - 5th Archbishop of Jaro and former President of Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
Alberto Jover Piamonte - 4th Archbishop of Jaro
Antonio Ledesma - Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro
Jose S. Palma - the present Archbishop of Cebu and President of Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines

Revolutionary & War Heroes

Graciano Lopez Jaena - Great revolutionary hero, Writer, editor, orator, and journalist, founder of La Solidaridad,
Jose Calugas - World War II Medal of Honor Awardee
Ludovico Arroyo Bañas - World War II Veteran, Pioneer in Philippine Telecommunications
Martin Teofilo Delgado - Revolutionary hero, soldier, politician
Adriano Hernandez - leader of the "Cry of Lincud", the first armed uprising for independence in the province of Iloilo
Teresa Magbanua - The Joan of Arc of the Visayas
Aniceto Lacson - lead the Negros Revolution
Juan Araneta - lead the Negros Revolution

Sports

Paulino Alcántara - International football player who played for FC Barcelona
Angel Guirado Aldeguer - Member Philippine Azkals
Eugene Torre - First Filipino and Asian Grandmaster
Emelio Caligdong - Vice Captain Philippine Azkals and 2012 The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) Awardee
Ian Araneta - Member Philippine Azkals
Kurt Bachmann - Basketball Player
Ken Bono - PBA Player
Denver Cuello - current WBC International minimumweight champion.
Nancy Deaño - swimmer
Kenneth Duremdes - PBA Player
Rudy Fernandez - Amputee Triathlete
Roel Gener - Member Philippine Azkals
Emmanuel "Emman" Monfort - PBA Player, former UAAP Basketball Player for Ateneo Blue Eagles
Ferdinand Ravena - PBA Player
Kiefer Ravena - UAAP Basketball Player for Ateneo Blue Eagles
Inocencia Solis - track and field
Masunoyama Tomoharu - Sumo wrestler
Ronald Tubid - PBA Player
James Yap - PBA Player, former ICCHS or Huasiong Basketball Player
Anjo Caram - PBA Player, former NCAA Basketball Player for San Beda Red Lions
John Trompeta - UAAP Player

References

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