List of people from Iloilo

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

Arts, literature, and entertainment

Beauty pageants

Film

Literature

Performing arts

Music

TV and movie personalities

Mass communications

Visual arts

  • Romeo Villalva Tabuena - Filipino painter and printmaker
  • The Scottish artists, Iain Macnab and Chica Macnab were both born in Iloilo

Business

  • Eugenio Lopez, Sr. - former Chairman of the Lopez Group of Companies
  • Eugenio Lopez, Jr. - former Chairman Emeritus of ABS-CBN
  • Eugenio Lopez III - the 3rd generation Eugenio of the Lopez family; present Chairman of ABS-CBN
  • Edgar Sia - founder of Mang Inasal
  • Alfonso A. Uy – first President of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry from Visayas and Mindanao

Education

Government service

Executive service

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

Judiciary

  • 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

Military service

  • Vicente Piccio, Jr. - former chief of the Philippine Air Force
  • Ramona Go - First Female Brigadier General

Social sciences

  • F. Landa Jocano - anthropologist and historian; 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 scientists

  • Alexis Belonio - engineer, inventor and winner of Rolex Award for Enterprise in 2008
  • Josette Biyo - Intel Excellence for Teaching awardee in 2002; an asteroid was named after her, 13241 Biyo

Religious service

Revolutionaries and war heroes

  • Juan Araneta - led the Negros Revolution
  • Ludovico Arroyo Bañas - World War II veteran, pioneer in Philippine telecommunications
  • Jose Calugas - World War II Medal of Honor awardee
  • 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
  • Graciano Lopez Jaena - revolutionary hero, writer, editor, orator, and journalist, founder of La Solidaridad
  • Aniceto Lacson - led the Negros Revolution
  • Teresa Magbanua - the Joan of Arc of the Visayas
  • Patrocinio Gamboa - revolutionary heroine, brought the Philippine flag to Sta. Barbara, where it was first raised outside the capital.

Sports

Others

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References

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