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)
• 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
• 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