1. Apolinario Mabini (1864)

Filipino Politician

In 1899, this Katipunan revolutionary organization leader became the Philippines' first Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs under the dictatorial presidency of Emilio Aguinaldo.

2. Elpidio Quirino (1890)

Filipino Politician

From 1948 until 1953, this Liberal Party turned Nacionalista Party politician served as the sixth President of the Philippines. Previously, he had served as Vice President, Secretary of Foreign Affairs,...

3. Grace Poe (1968)

Filipino Politician

Notable for her Philippine political appointment as Chair of the National Movie and Television Review and Classification Board. She also launched a successful 2013 campaign for a seat in the...

4. Jinggoy Estrada (1963)

Filipino Politician

Affiliated at different points in his career with both the Force of the Filipino Masses and the United Nationalist Alliance parties, he began serving in the Philippine Senate in 2004....

5. Francis Escudero (1969)

Filipino Politician

Filipino politician who was elected to the Philippine Senate in 2007. He previously served as the Minority Floor Leader of the 13th Congress of the Philippines.

6. Chavit Singson (1941)

Filipino Politician

Governor (from 2010-2013) of the Philippine province of Ilocos Sur and former Member (from 1987-1992) of the Philippine House of Representatives. Also a businessman, he operated several casinos in his...

7. Jejomar Binay (1942)

Filipino Politician

Member of the United Nationalist Alliance political party who served as the 15th Vice President of the Philippines from June of 2010 to June of 2016 under President Benigno S....

8. Rodrigo Duterte (1945)

Filipino Politician

Became the 16th President of the Philippines in 2017. He has earned the nickname "The Punisher" for his controversial zero-tolerance law and order policy against criminals. Before being elected president,...

9. Eddie Villanueva (1946)

Filipino Politician

Filipino televangelist and politician who ran for President of the Philippines in 2004 and 2010.

10. Tito Sotto (1948)

Filipino Politician

Versatile Filipino man whose occupations have ranged from singer to TV host to politician. He has served as Quezon City's vice mayor, a senator, and as a long time host...

11. Pia Cayetano (1966)

Filipino Politician

Filipino lawyer who is known for being a member of the Philippine's House of Representatives from Taguig City's Lone District. She is also known for being the Deputy Speaker of...

12. Lucy Torres (1974)

Filipino Politician

Most famous as the star of the late 1990s series Richard Loves Lucy, this Filipina television personality went on to host such talk shows and reality programs as The Sweet...

13. Francis Pangilinan (1963)

Filipino Politician

Filipino politician who served as a senator from 2001 to 2013. He previously taught law at Ateneo de Manila University and wrote for the Times Journal and Manila Times.

14. Lito Lapid (1955)

Filipino Politician

This political Independent and veteran screen actor took office in 2004 as a member of the Senate of the Philippines. Previously, he had served as Governor of the Pampanga province.

15. Kim Atienza (1967)

Filipino Politician

Filipino television host and actor also known as Kuya Kim who began hosting the educational children's show Matanglawin in 2008. He has also served as the weather reporter for the...

16. Benigno Aquino III (1960)

Filipino Politician

Fifteenth President of the Philippines who took office in June 2010. TIME magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2013.

17. Gwendolyn Ecleo (1974)

Filipino Politician

Gwendolyn Buray Ecleo also known as Gwen Ecleo is a Filipino politician who has been the unopposed Mayor of Dinagat Dinagat Islands Philippines since May 2004 and also the Philippine...

18. Glenn Chong (1974)

Filipino Politician

Glenn Ang - Chong is a Filipino politician. A member of the Liberal Party he was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives representing the Lone District of...

19. Tecla San Andres Ziga (1906)

Filipino Politician

Tecla San Andres Ziga was an award-winning female senator in the Philippines notable for being the first woman in the country to top the bar examination for law-degree graduates.

20. Magnolia Antonino (1915)

Filipino Politician

Magnolia Welborn-Antonino was a Senator of the Philippines. The daughter of George Welborn and Hipolita Rodriguez she was married to Gaudencio Antonino also a Senator. She was born in Balaoan...

21. Rodolfo Plaza (1958)

Filipino Politician

Rodolfo Galido Plaza is a Filipino politician. A member of the Nationalist People's Coalition he has been elected to three terms as a Member of the House of Representatives representing...

22. Cerge Remonde (1958)

Filipino Politician

Cerge Mamites Remonde was a Filipino journalist and politician.

23. Jun Hemedes, Jr. (1958)

Filipino Politician

Jun Hemedes Jr. is the incumbent mayor of Cabuyao City in the province of Laguna. He served as a municipal councilor of Cabuyao from 1998 to 2001 municipal vice-mayor...

24. Manuel Mamba (1958)

Filipino Politician

Manuel N. Mamba is a Filipino politician. A member of the Liberal Party he has been elected as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the...

25. Marion Andres (1958)

Filipino Politician

Marion Andres is a Filipino politician formerly a three-term vice mayor for the city of Marikina. He was the son of former Marikina vice mayor Jose Andres. He took his...

26. Vincent S. Perez (1958)

Filipino Politician

Vincent S. Perez Jr. is the son of Ambassador Vincent S. Perez Sr. and was educated at the University of the Philippines earning a degree in economics in 1979....

27. Ignacio Santiago Sr. (1957)

Filipino Politician

Ignacio Santiago Sr. was the governor of Bulacan from 1968 to 1986.

28. Jamby Madrigal (1958)

Filipino Politician

María Ana Consuelo Madrigal Valade better known as Jamby Madrigal is a politician in the Philippines. She was elected during the 2004 general elections as a Senator. She ran for...

29. Loi Estrada (1930)

Filipino Politician

Luisa Pimentel-Ejército is a former Filipino politician. She is the wife of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada and was the twelfth First Spouse of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001....

30. Walden Bello (Unknow)

Filipino Politician

Bello is a Filipino author academic and political analyst. He is a professor of sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines Diliman as well as executive director...

31. Benigno Aquino, Jr. (1932)

Filipino Politician

Benigno Simeon Ninoy Aquino Jr. was a Filipino Senator and a former Governor of Tarlac. Aquino together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga formed the leadership of the opposition...

32. Agapito Aquino (1939)

Filipino Politician

Agapito Aquino Aquino more popularly known as Butz Aquino is a former Senator of the Philippines and congressman from Makati City. He was born to former senator Benigno Aquino Sr....

33. Nuevas Montes (1947)

Filipino Politician

Nuevas Tirol-Montes is a lawyer and a former Vice Mayor of Tagbilaran City Bohol Philippines. She is the Vice President for Administration and member of the Board of Directors of...

34. Alvaro Antonio (1952)

Filipino Politician

Alvaro Trinidad Antonio also known by his nickname Bong or Ambong is a Filipino politician who is the incumbent Governor of Cagayan. He is a former pro-bono lawyer at the...

35. Mel Lopez (1935)

Filipino Politician

Gemiliano Mel Campos López Jr. is a Filipino politician who served as the Mayor of Manila from 1986 to 1987 and 1988 to 1992 and an assemblyman of the...

36. Vicente Emano (1941)

Filipino Politician

Vicente Dongkoy Yap Emano is a Filipino Politician; he was the mayor of the city of Cagayan de Oro from 1998 to 2007 and again from 2010 to 2013; he...

37. Adam Jala (1979)

Filipino Politician

Adam Relson L. Jala is a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party he is a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the 3rd District...

38. Lorenzo Sumulong (1905)

Filipino Politician

Lorenzo Sumulong was a Filipino politician who served in the Philippine Senate for four decades and as a delegate of his country to the United Nations. He was noted for...

39. Lorenzo Tañada (1898)

Filipino Politician

Lorenzo Martinez Tañada PLH was a Filipino politician. Elected to the first Philippine Senate in 1947 he was the longest-serving senator in Philippine history. He served as a Philippine senator...

40. Lorenzo Tañada III (1963)

Filipino Politician

Lorenzo Erin Tañada III is a Filipino politician. A member of the Liberal Party he was elected as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the...

41. Wenceslao Vinzons (1910)

Filipino Politician

slao Quinito Vinzons was a Filipino politician and a leader of the armed resistance against the Japanese occupying forces during World War II. He was the youngest member of the...

42. Teodoro Sandiko (1860)

Filipino Politician

Teodoro Sandiko y Santa Ana was a Filipino lawyer and former senator of the Philippines. Sandiko played important roles in Philippine history when he held various posts in the...

43. Ponciano Bernardo (1905)

Filipino Politician

Ponciano A. Bernardo was a Filipino engineer and politician who served as mayor of Quezon City holding the position from 1947 until his death in 1949. It was during his...

44. Leovigildo Banaag (1943)

Filipino Politician

Leovigildo Briones Banaag was a lawyer and a Congressman in the Philippine House of Representatives for 3 consecutive terms from 1998 to 2007.

45. Gil Montilla (1876)

Filipino Politician

Gil Montilla was a Filipino politician who served as Speaker of the National Assembly from 1935 to 1938 and a member of the Philippine Senate from Negros Occidental from 1931...

46. Lorenzo Teves (1918)

Filipino Politician

Lorenzo Guivelondo Teves was a Philippine politician who served in various positions in the Philippine Government. Teves hailed from the Province of Negros Oriental where he took his college and...

47. Narciso Ramos (1900)

Filipino Politician

Narciso Rueca Ramos was a journalist lawyer assemblyman and ambassador. He was the father of former Philippine President Fidel Ramos.

48. Gerry Roxas (1960)

Filipino Politician

Gerardo Gerry Araneta Roxas Jr. also known as Dinggoy Roxas was former Congressman of Capiz and brother of former Senator and current Secretary of the Interior and Local Government...

49. Crispin Beltran (1933)

Filipino Politician

Crispin 'Ka Bel' Beltran was a Filipino politician and a labor leader. A staunch critic of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo his imprisonment in 2006 and 2007 on disputed charges of rebellion...

50. Candido Pancrudo, Jr. (1955)

Filipino Politician

Candido P. Pancrudo Jr. is a Filipino politician. A member of the Lakas-CMD Party he was a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines representing the First...