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León María Guerrero – Filipino writer, revolutionary leader, politician, the first licensed pharmacist in the Philippines, and one of the most eminent botanists in the country in his time. Manuel A. Zamora – Filipino chemist and pharmacist best known for his discovery of the tiki-tiki formula against beriberi .
Corazon Aquino – 11th President of the Philippines; Gloria Macapagal Arroyo – 14th President of the Philippines, 25th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines; Benigno Aquino III – 15th President of the Philippines; Tito Sotto – 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines, former vice-mayor of Quezon City, actor ...
Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta: Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. Benito Legarda (1853–1915): Filipino legislator and Philippine Commission member. Bongbong Marcos (1957): 17th president of the Philippines. Imelda Marcos (1929): former first lady of the Philippines and governor of Metro Manila.
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%; Francis Jardeleza – former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines and Solicitor General of the Philippines
Bulacan is also home to many of the country's greatest artists, with a good number elevated as National Artists. Katy de la Cruz (Bustos) – tagged as the Queen of Filipino Jazz and Bodabil; Hermogenes Ilagan (Balagtas) – tenor, writer, stage actor, and playwright known as the Father of Philippine Zarzuela
Francisco Arcellana; Francisco Balagtas; Lualhati Bautista; Louis Bulaong; Carlos Bulosan; Cecilia Manguerra Brainard; Ian Casocot; Linda Ty Casper; Gilbert Luis R. Centina III
The book Six Young Filipino Martyrs states, "Not many poets are given the honor of becoming martyrs for their country. In the Philippines there are only two: Jose Rizal and a disciple he never knew, Emmanuel Lacaba." [7] The Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) confers the Gawad Eman Lacaba Award to young poets.
Football coach who was born in Indonesia but grew up in the Philippines. [11] Akiko Thomson: 1985 United States: 1985 (Presidential Decree No. 1983) American-born swimmer who grew up in the Philippines and took part in the Summer Olympics. [12] Peter Leslie Wallace: 1939 Australia: 2015 (Republic Act No. 10685) Australian born Businessman. [13 ...