This article is a list of notable people from Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines. The demonym of Metro Manila is "Metro Manileño" or simply "Manileño."

Architecture and urban planning

  • Pablo Antonio (1901–1975): Filipino architect and National Artist. (Binondo)
  • Arcadio Arellano (1872–1920): Filipino architect. (Tondo)
  • Juan M. Arellano (1888–1960): Filipino architect. (Tondo)
  • Edilberto Evangelista (1862–1897): Filipino civil engineer. (Santa Cruz)
  • Francisco Mañosa (1931–2019): Filipino architect. (Muntinlupa)
  • Tomás Mapúa (1888–1965): Filipino architect. (Binondo)
  • Juan Nakpil (1899–1986): Filipino architect and National Artist. (Quiapo)
  • Ildefonso P. Santos, Jr. (1929–2014): Filipino National Artist. (Malabon)
  • José María Zaragoza (1912–1994): Filipino architect and National Artist. (Quiapo)

Fashion

  • Pitoy Moreno (1925–2018): Filipino fashion designer. (Manila)
  • Josie Natori (1947): Filipino American fashion designer. (Manila)
  • Kermit Tesoro (1988): Filipino accessories and fashion designer. (Manila)
  • Marco Fortuny (1979): Filipino Male Model Manila

Finances

  • Jorge L. Araneta (1936): Filipino businessman. (Manila)
  • Betty Go Belmonte (1933–1994): Filipina newspaper publisher. (Santa Mesa)
  • Antonio Cabangon-Chua (1934–2016): Filipino businessman and media magnate. (Manila)
  • Engracia Cruz-Reyes (1892–1975): Filipino chef and entrepreneur. (Navotas)
  • Felipe Gozon (1939): Filipino lawyer and media executive. (Ermita)
  • Ramon Jacinto (1945): Filipino business tycoon and musician. (Pasay)
  • Eugenio Lopez III (1952): Filipino businessman and media baron. (Manila)
  • Ma Mon Luk (1896–1961): Chinese restaurateur. (Binondo)
  • Román Ongpin (1847–1912): Filipino Chinese businessman and philanthropist. (Binondo)
  • Manuel V. Pangilinan (1946): Filipino businessman and sports patron. (Manila)
  • Chick Parsons (1902–1988): American businessman, diplomat and war veteran. (Manila)
  • Enrique K. Razon (1960): Spanish Filipino businessman and casino mogul. (Manila)
  • Chino Roces (1913–1988): Filipino businessman and media tycoon. (San Miguel)
  • Leonardo S. Sarao (1921–2001): Filipino businessman and founder of Sarao Motors. (Las Piñas)
  • Andrés Soriano (1898–1964): Spanish Filipino businessman and chief executive of San Miguel Brewery. (San Miguel)
  • Andrés Soriano Jr. (1926–1984): Spanish Filipino businessman. (San Miguel)
  • Washington SyCip (1921–2017): Chinese Filipino accountant and business executive. (Makati)
  • Andrew Tan (1952): Filipino Chinese tycoon. (Manila)
  • Manny Villar (1949): Filipino businessman and politician. (Tondo)
  • Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo (1924–1984): Spanish Filipino painter and businessman. (Ermita)
  • Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (1959): Spanish Filipino businessman. (Manila)

Independence activists

  • Melchora Aquino (1812–1919): Filipina revolutionary. (Caloocan)
  • Andrés Bonifacio (1863–1897): Filipino revolutionary. (Tondo)
  • Gregoria de Jesús (1875–1943): Filipina revolutionary. (Caloocan)
  • Antonio Luna (1866–1899): Filipino revolutionary general. (San Nicolas)
  • Andrés Novales (1800–1823): Spanish Army captain who led a revolt against Spanish colonial authorities. (Manila)
  • Pío del Pilar (1860–1931): Filipino revolutionary general. (Makati)
  • Pío Valenzuela (1869–1956): Filipino physician and patriot. (Valenzuela)

Literature

  • Juan Abad (1872–1932): Filipino playwright and journalist. (Sampaloc)
  • Rosauro Almario (1886–1933): Filipino essayist and journalist. (Tondo)
  • Cecilio Apóstol (1877–1938): Filipino poet. (Santa Cruz)
  • Francisco Arcellana (1916–2002): Filipino writer and National Artist (Manila)
  • Jesús Balmori (1887–1948): Filipino poet. (Ermita)
  • Cirilo Bautista (1941–2018): Filipino poet and National Artist. (Sampaloc)
  • Lualhati Bautista (1945–2023): Filipina novelist. (Tondo)
  • Amelia Lapeña Bonifacio (1930–2020): Filipina playwright, educator and National Artist. (Binondo)
  • Fernando María Guerrero (1873–1929): Filipino writer and politician. (Ermita)
  • León María Guerrero III (1915–1982): Filipino novelist and diplomat. (Ermita)
  • Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero (1911–1995): Filipino playwright and National Artist. (Ermita)
  • Amado V. Hernandez (1903–1970): Filipino writer, labor leader and National Artist. (Tondo)
  • José Corazón de Jesús (1896–1932): Filipino poet. (Santa Cruz)
  • Nick Joaquin (1917–2004): Filipino writer and historian. (Paco)
  • Patricio Mariano (1877–1935): Filipino playwright and revolutionary. (Santa Cruz)
  • José Palma (1876–1903): Filipino poet. (Tondo)
  • Trinidad Pardo de Tavera (1857–1925): Spanish Filipino historian. (Intramuros)
  • Iñigo Ed. Regalado (1888–1974): Filipino poet, novelist and journalist. (Sampaloc)
  • Severino Reyes (1861–1942): Filipino writer and playwright. (Santa Cruz)
  • Alejandro Roces (1924–2011): Filipino author and National Artist. (San Miguel)
  • Bienvenido Santos (1911–1996): Filipino American writer. (Tondo)
  • Lope K. Santos (1879–1963): Filipino language writer. (Pasig)
  • Rolando Tinio (1937–1997): Filipino poet, playwright and National Artist. (Tondo)
  • Jose Garcia Villa (1908–1997): Filipino American poet and National Artist. (Malate)

Media and entertainment

Military

  • Frederick Walker Castle (1908–1944): U.S. Army general and Medal of Honor recipient. (Taguig)
  • Rafael Crame (1863–1927): Filipino constabulary chief. (Malabon)
  • George Fleming Davis (1911–1945): US Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient. (Manila)
  • José Olaguer Feliú (1857–1929): Spanish lieutenant general and war minister. (Manila)

Music

Natural sciences

  • León María Guerrero (1853–1935): Filipino botanist and patriot. (Ermita)
  • Richard F. Heck (1931–2015): American chemist and Nobel Prize winner. (Quezon City)
  • Fe del Mundo (1911–2011): Filipina pediatrician and National Scientist. (Intramuros)
  • Manuel A. Zamora (1870–1929): Filipino chemist and pharmacist. (Santa Cruz)

Politics

  • Gregorio S. Araneta (1869–1930): Filipino lawyer and Philippine Commission member. (Quiapo)
  • Joker Arroyo (1927-2015): Filipino politician and lawyer (Makati)
  • Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero (1832–1915): Spanish prime minister. (Manila)
  • Benjamin Abalos Jr. (1962): Filipino politician and lawyer. (Mandaluyong)
  • Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (1896–1965): Filipino statesman and International Monetary Fund governor. (Manila)
  • Joseph Estrada: 13th president of the Philippines and former mayor of the city of Manila. (Tondo)
  • Miguel Lino de Ezpeleta: Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines. (Manila)
  • Benito Legarda (1853–1915): Filipino legislator and Philippine Commission member. (Quiapo)
  • Bongbong Marcos (1957): 17th president of the Philippines. (Manila)
  • Imelda Marcos (1929): former first lady of the Philippines and governor of Metro Manila. (Pandacan)
  • Tomás Morató (1887–1965): Spanish politician and businessman. (Quezon City)
  • Esperanza Osmeña (1894–1978): former first lady of the Philippines. (San Miguel)
  • Pedro Paterno (1857–1911): Filipino prime minister. (Santa Cruz)
  • Teodoro Sandiko (1860–1939): Filipino senator and revolutionary. (Pandacan)
  • Jejomar Binay (1942): former vice president of the Philippines. (Paco)
  • Benigno Aquino III (1960-2021): 15th president of the Philippines (2010-2016). (Sampaloc)

Religion

  • Francisca del Espíritu Santo Fuentes (1647–1711): Spanish religious figure. (Manila)
  • Ignacia del Espíritu Santo (1663–1748): Filipina venerable. (Binondo)
  • Mariano Gomez (1799–1872): Executed Filipino secular priest. (Santa Cruz)
  • José María of Manila (1880–1936): Spanish blessed. (Manila)
  • Isabel Larrañaga Ramírez (1836–1899): Spanish venerable. (Manila)
  • Vicente Liem de la Paz (1732–1773): Vietnamese saint. (Manila)
  • Felix Manalo (1886–1963): Filipino religious leader and founder of Iglesia ni Cristo. (Taguig)
  • Darwin Ramos (1994–2012): Filipino candidate to the sainthood. (Pasay)
  • Lorenzo Ruiz (1600–1637): Filipino saint. (Binondo)
  • Jacinto Zamora (1835–1872): Executed Filipino secular priest. (Pandacan)
  • Nicolas Zamora (1875–1914): Filipino religious leader and founder of Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas. (Binondo)

Social sciences

  • Carmen Guerrero Nakpil (1922–2018): Filipina historian and journalist. (Ermita)
  • Epifanio de los Santos (1871–1928): Filipino historian. (Malabon)

Sports

  • Fernando Giménez Álvarez (1925–2013): Spanish Filipino American footballer, sports executive and referee. (Manila)
  • Felicisimo Ampon (1920–1997): Filipino tennis player. (Manila)
  • EJ Obiena (1995): Filipino track and field. (Tondo)
  • Carlos Badion (1935–2002): Filipino basketball player. (Tondo)
  • Oliver Barbosa (1986): Filipino chess grandmaster. (Pasig)
  • Charles Borck (1917–2008): German Spanish Filipino basketball player. (Quiapo)
  • Allan Caidic (1963): Filipino basketball player. (Pasig)
  • Dionisio Calvo (1903–1977): Filipino basketball player. (Sampaloc)
  • Luisito Espinosa (1967): Filipino boxer. (Tondo)
  • Danny Florencio (1947–2018): Filipino basketball player. (Quiapo)
  • Andres Franco (1925-2008): Filipino Chinese Spanish high jumper (Tondo)
  • Jayson Gonzales (1969): Filipino chess grandmaster. (Quezon City)
  • Daniel Guda (1996): Australian badminton player. (Manila)
  • Nikko Huelgas (1991): Filipino triathlete. (Las Piñas)
  • Samboy Lim (1962): Filipino basketball player. (Manila)
  • Carlos Loyzaga (1930–2016): Filipino basketball player. (San Juan)
  • Peter Gabriel Magnaye (1992): Filipino badminton player. (Manila)
  • Marlon Manalo (1975): Filipino pool player. (Mandaluyong)
  • Michael Christian Martinez (1996): Filipino figure skater. (Parañaque)
  • Paeng Nepomuceno (1957): Filipino bowler. (Quezon City)
  • Ambrosio Padilla (1910–1996): Filipino basketball player and senator. (San Miguel)
  • Franz Pumaren (1963): Filipino basketball player and politician. (Quezon City)
  • Alberto Reynoso (1940–2011): Filipino basketball player. (Pasig)
  • Biboy Rivera (1974): Filipino bowler. (Quezon City)
  • Marlon Stöckinger (1991): Filipino racing driver. (Manila)
  • Tim Tebow (1987): American baseball player. (Makati)
  • Eduardo Teus (1896–1958): Filipino Spanish footballer. (Manila)
  • Carlos Yulo (2000): Filipino artistic gymnast. (Malate)

Visual arts

  • Federico Aguilar Alcuaz (1932–2011): Filipino painter, sculptor and National Artist. (Santa Cruz)
  • Fernando Amorsolo (1892–1972): Filipino painter and National Artist. (Paco)
  • Antonio Blanco (1912–1999): Indonesian painter. (Ermita)
  • Benedicto Cabrera (1942): Filipino painter and National Artist. (Malabon)
  • Froilan Calayag (1982-): painter (Bulacan)
  • Eduardo Castrillo (1942–2016): Filipino sculptor. (Santa Ana)
  • Francisco Coching (1919–1998): Filipino illustrator, writer and National Artist. (Pasig)
  • Bonifacio Flores Arevalo (1850–1920): Filipino sculptor and ilustrado. (Quiapo)
  • Félix Resurrección Hidalgo (1855–1913): Filipino painter. (Binondo)
  • Cesar Legaspi (1917–1994): Filipino painter and National Artist. (Tondo)
  • Pelagia Mendoza y Gotianquin (1867–1939): Filipina sculptor. (Pateros)
  • Hernando R. Ocampo (1911–1978): Filipino modernist painter and National Artist. (Santa Cruz)
  • Alfonso A. Ossorio (1916–1990): Filipino American painter. (Manila)
  • Fabián de la Rosa (1869–1937): Filipino painter. (Paco)

See also

  • List of people from Caloocan
  • List of people from Las Piñas
  • List of people from Makati
  • List of people from Malabon
  • List of people from Mandaluyong
  • List of people from Manila
  • List of people from Marikina
  • List of people from Muntinlupa
  • List of people from Navotas
  • List of people from Parañaque
  • List of people from Pasay
  • List of people from Pasig
  • List of people from Pateros
  • List of people from Quezon City
  • List of people from San Juan City
  • List of people from Taguig
  • List of people from Valenzuela City

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