List of people from Manila

This list is made up of notable people who were born or live in Manila, the capital of the Philippines.

National heroes and patriots Andrés Bonifacio – Filipino nationalist, revolutionary leader and founder of Katipunan Gregoria de Jesús – founder and vice-president of the women's chapter of the Katipunan of the Philippines. She was also the custodian of the documents and seal of the Katipunan. Wife of Andrés Bonifacio. Jose W. Diokno – Filipino lawyer and nationalist during Martial Law Emilio Jacinto – Filipino General during the Philippine Revolution Julio Nakpil – Filipino musician, composer and a General during the Philippine Revolution Antonio Luna – Filipino pharmacist and general who fought in the Philippine–American War José Palma – poet and soldier. He was on the staff of La Independencia at the time he wrote "Filipinas", a patriotic poem in Spanish that is since been the basis for every translation of the lyrics of Philippine National Anthem. Jacinto Zamora and Mariano Gomes – Filipino Catholic priests, part of the Gomburza, a trio of priests who were falsely accused of mutiny by the Spanish colonial authorities in the Philippines in the 19th century. Teodora Alonso Realonda – mother of José Rizal Trinidad Pardo de Tavera – Filipino propagandist, physician, historian and politician Macario Sakay – Filipino Revolutionary General Francisco Carreón – Filipino Revolutionary General Edilberto Evangelista – Filipino Revolutionary General Flaviano Yengko – Filipino Revolutionary General Licerio Gerónimo – general of the Philippine Revolutionary Forces under Emilio Aguinaldo during Philippine–American War Marina Dizon – heroine of the Philippine Revolution and one of the first women initiated into the Katipunan. She also kept important documents for the Katipunan. José Dizon – Filipino patriot who was among those who founded the Katipunan that sparked the Philippine Revolution Román Ongpin – Filipino-Chinese businessman and philanthropist who aided Filipino revolutionaries against the Spanish and American colonial administration in the Philippine islands. Mariano Limjap – Filipino-Chinese businessman and philanthropist who helped in the Philippine Revolution and the Filipino-American War. Agueda Esteban – Filipina revolutionary Hermenegildo Cruz – writer and trade union organizer. He was a founding member of Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina and a member of the Philippine Assembly. He became Director of the Bureau of Labor in 1924. Gregorio S. Araneta – Filipino lawyer, businessman, and nationalist, during the Spanish and American colonial periods. Pablo Ocampo – Filipino lawyer, nationalist, a member of the Malolos Congress, first Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress Rosa Sevilla – Filipino activist, educator, and journalist who advocated for women's suffrage in the Philippines. Concepción Felix – Filipina feminist and human rights activist. She established one of the first women's organizations in the Philippines, Asociación Feminista Filipina, as well as one of the first humanitarian NGOs, La Gota de Leche, aimed specifically at the well-being of mothers and their children. On several occasions, she spoke to legislators to promote women's enfranchisement. Benito Legarda – Filipino legislator who was a member of the Philippine Commission of the American colonial Insular Government, the government's legislature, and later a Resident Commissioner from the Philippine Islands to the United States Congress. Edgar Jopson – labor rights and student activist, and freedom fighter during the reign of Martial law under Ferdinand Marcos. Gaston Z. Ortigas – freedom fighter, agrarian reformer, entrepreneur, and peace advocate best known for his opposition to the Martial Law dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Cristina Catalla, Jessica Sales, and Gerry Faustino – anti-martial law activists that were abducted by state security agents and disappeared with seven other activists in what is believed to be the single biggest case of involuntary disappearance during Ferdinand Marcos' martial law in the Philippines that later came to be known as the Southern Tagalog 10.

National scientists Fe del Mundo – National Scientist of the Philippines for Pediatrics Jose Encarnacion Jr. – National Scientist of the Philippines for Economics Alfredo Lagmay – National Scientist of the Philippines for Experimental Psychology Benito Vergara - National Scientist of the Philippines for Plant Physiology Edgardo Gomez – National Scientist of the Philippines for Marine Biology

National artists Ryan Cayabyab – National Artist of the Philippines for Music Levi Celerio – National Artist of the Philippines for Music and Literature Lucrecia Roces Kasilag – National Artist of the Philippines for Music Antonio Molina – National Artist of the Philippines for Music Andrea Veneracion – National Artist of the Philippines for Music Alice Reyes – National Artist of the Philippines for Dance Atang de la Rama – National Artist of the Philippines for Theater Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero – National Artist of the Philippines for Theater Amelia Lapeña-Bonifacio – National Artist of the Philippines for Theater Rolando Tinio – National Artist of the Philippines for Theater and Literature Federico Aguilar Alcuaz – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting, Sculpture and Mixed Media Fernando Amorsolo – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting Jose T. Joya – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting Cesar Legaspi – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting Arturo R. Luz – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting Hernando R. Ocampo – National Artist of the Philippines for Visual Arts – Painting Ishmael Bernal – National Artist of the Philippines for Film Gerardo de León – National Artist of the Philippines for Film Fernando Poe Jr. – National Artist of the Philippines for Film Francisco Arcellana – National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Cirilo Bautista – National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Gémino Abad – National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Amado V. Hernandez – National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Nick Joaquin – National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Alejandro Roces – National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Jose Garcia Villa – National Artist of the Philippines for Literature Carlos Quirino – National Artist of the Philippines for Historical Literature Pablo Antonio – National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture Francisco Mañosa – National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture Juan Nakpil – National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture Ramón Valera – National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture, Design and Allied Arts – Fashion Design José María Zaragoza – National Artist of the Philippines for Architecture

Politics and government Executive branch and executive departments Joseph Estrada – 13th President of the Philippines, 9th Vice President of the Philippines, 26th Mayor of Manila, 14th San Juan Mayor, and actor Bongbong Marcos – 17th President of the Philippines, former House Representative of the 2nd district of Ilocos Norte, former Governor of Ilocos Norte, and former Philippine senator Salvador Laurel – 8th Vice President of the Philippines Pedro Paterno – 2nd Prime Minister of the Philippines Juan Flavier – 18th Secretary of the Department of Health and former Philippine senator Raul Manglapus – 18th Secretary of the Department of the Foreign Affairs and former Philippine senator Vicente Paterno – 18th Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry and former Philippine senator Orlando S. Mercado – 20th Secretary of the Department of the Defense and former Philippine senator Alfredo S. Lim − 19th Secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, former Philippine senator, 19th Mayor of Manila, and former NBI director Lito Atienza – 30th Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 20th Mayor of Manila, Party-list Representative for Buhay Solita Monsod – 5th Director-General of the National Economic Development Authority Joaquín Miguel Elizalde – 6th Secretary of the Department of the Foreign Affairs Albert del Rosario – 24th Secretary of the Department of the Foreign Affairs Andrew Gonzalez – 30th Secretary of the Department of the Education Florencio Abad – 33rd Secretary of the Department of the Education, 10th Secretary of the Department of the Budget and Management, and 9th Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform Catalino Macaraig Jr. – 23rd Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea – 38th Executive Secretary Ignacio Bunye – former Presidential Spokesperson and Press Secretary, former mayor and first congressman of Muntinlupa Florin Hilbay – former Solicitor General of the Philippines Alfredo Benipayo – 18th Chairman of the Commission on Elections Raymundo Punongbayan – former director of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) Esperanza Osmeña – former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos – former First Lady of the Philippines and politician Amelita Ramos – former First Lady of the Philippines

Legislative branch José W. Diokno – 32nd Secretary of Justice, 1st Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, and nationalist senator Arturo Tolentino – 12th President of the Senate of the Philippines, 15th Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs Gil Puyat – 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines Manny Villar – 25th President of the Senate of the Philippines, 18th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, and businessman Tito Sotto – 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines, former Vice-mayor of Quezon City, actor and comedian Rafael Palma – former Philippine senator, 4th President of the University of the Philippines, and writer Eva Estrada Kalaw – former Philippine senator Ambrosio Padilla – former Philippine senator, Member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986, and former basketball player Macario Peralta Jr. – former Philippine senator, and 13th Secretary of the Department of National Defense Pacita Madrigal-Warns – former Philippine senator Helena Benitez – former Philippine senator Maria Kalaw Katigbak – former Philippine senator Butz Aquino – former Philippine senator Freddie Webb – former Philippine senator and former professional basketball player Nikki Coseteng – former Philippine senator Jamby Madrigal – former Philippine senator Bam Aquino – former Philippine senator Risa Hontiveros – Senator of the Philippines Francis Pangilinan – Senator of the Philippines Monique Lagdameo incumbent filipina congresswoman of City Of Makati Gerardo Espina Jr. incumbent congressman Vilma Santos Syjuco former House Representative of the 6th district of Batangas, 22nd Governor of Batangas, and film actress Augusto L. Syjuco House of Representatives of the Philippines and director-general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Sarah Elago – activist and House Representative of Kabataan Partylist

Judicial branch Roberto Concepcion – 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, and Member of the Philippine Constitutional Commission of 1986 Enrique Fernando – 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Claudio Teehankee – 16th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Andres Narvasa – 19th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Artemio Panganiban – 21st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Reynato Puno – 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Renato Corona – 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Maria Lourdes Sereno – de facto 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines Florentino Torres – 3rd Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines