List of people from Dumaguete

The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are closely associated with the city of Dumaguete, in Negros Oriental, a province in Negros Island, Philippines.

Business, economics, and finance

• Juanita Amatong, Philippine Secretary of Finance and first woman executive director in the World Bank Group

Cinema and broadcast arts

• Elizabeth Cooper [Isabel Rosario Cooper], actress and mistress of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
• Glydel Mercado, actress
• Gino Antonio, actor
• Theodore Boborol, director ^[1]
• Beauty Gonzalez, actress and Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus 4th Teen Placer ^{[2] [3] [4]}
• Bret Jackson, actor and Pinoy Big Brother housemate ^{[5] [6]}
• Eddie Romero, director, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts ^[7]
• Dennis Trillo, actor, model, singer, and TV host ^[8]

Education and library science

• Leonor Briones, Secretary of the Department of Education and former Treasurer of the Philippines ^{[9] [10]}

Historical figures

• Dios Buhawi, revolutionary
• León Kilat, revolutionary
• Papa Isio, revolutionary

Law

• Edgardo Delos Santos, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
• Felix Makasiar, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Literature and historiography

• Merlie M. Alunan, poet and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner ^[11]
• César Ruiz Aquino, poet, fictionist, SEAWrite awardee, and four-time Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner ^[12]
• Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, poet, fictionist, playwright, co-founder of the IYAS National Writers Workshop, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer ^[13]
• Leoncio P. Deriada, poet, fictionist, playwright and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer ^[14]
• Lakambini Sitoy, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner ^[15]
• Edilberto Tiempo, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and SEAWrite awardee ^[16]
• Edith Tiempo, poet, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and National Artist for Literature ^[17]
• Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, poet, fictionist, essayist, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner ^[18]

Media and journalism

• Crispin Maslog, journalist and educator

Military and law enforcement

• Dionardo Carlos, 27th Chief of the Philippine National Police
• Cirilito Sobejana, general, incumbent Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Armed Forces of the Philippines, and recipient of the Medal of Valor

Music

• Rico Blanco, singer
• Boboy Garovillo, singer and member of APO Hiking Society
• Kyle Juliano, pop singer
• Budoy Marabiles, reggae musician

Politics, diplomacy, and civic work

• Juanita Amatong, former Secretary of the Department of Finance ^[19]
• Kira Danganan-Azucena, diplomat
• Emilio Macias, provincial governor
• José E. Romero, congressman, senator, first Philippine Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and former Secretary of the Department of Education
• Jose V. Romero Jr., Philippine Ambassador to Italy
• Lorenzo Teves, senator
• Margarito Teves, congressman and former Secretary of the Department of Finance ^[20]
• Hermenegildo Villanueva, senator

Religion and theology

• Mariano Bernad, last Spanish colonial parish priest of Dumaguete and historian
• Bishop Julito Buhisan Cortes, incumbent bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete
• Bishop Glenn M. Corsiga, bishop-elect of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ipil
• Bishop John F. Du, third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete
• Antonio Fortich, Catholic bishop and social activist ^[21]
• Bishop Angel Lagdameo, second bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete
• Ryan Jimenez, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the Northern Mariana Islands

Sciences

• Angel C. Alcala, biologist and National Scientist ^[22]
• Rozzano Locsin, nursing academic

Sports and athletics

• Jennifer Dy Chan, archer and Olympian
• Mark Javier, archer and Philippine delegate to the Beijing Olympics ^{[23] [24]}
• Marlon Maro, football coach and former international football player
• Paula Lynn Obanana, international badminton player
• Jerom Lastimosa, Adamson Soaring Falcons college basketball player and SEA Games gold medalist

Theatre arts

• Junix Inocian, actor ^[25]
• Frances Makil-Ignacio, actor ^[26]

Visual arts

• Paul Pfeiffer, multimedia artist ^[27]

See also

• List of people from Bacolod
• Negros Oriental#Notable personalities

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