Famous People Born In Manila

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 1 
Lea Salonga
(The First Asian Actress to Receive a Tony Award)
Lea Salonga
26
Birthdate: February 22, 1971
Sun Sign: Pisces
 2 
Manny Jacinto
(Filipino-Born Canadian Actor)
Manny Jacinto
21
Birthdate: August 19, 1987
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 3 
Benigno Aquino III
(15th President of the Philippines)
Benigno Aquino III
29
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 8, 1960
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: June 24, 2021
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 4 
Daniel Padilla
(Filipino Actor and Recording Artist Known for His Films: ‘She's Dating the Gangster’ and ‘Crazy Beautiful You’)
Daniel Padilla
43
Birthdate: April 26, 1995
Sun Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 5 
Sarah Geronimo
14
Birthdate: July 25, 1988
Sun Sign: Leo
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 6 
Isabel Preysler
(Filipina Socialite, Television Host and Mother of Enrique Iglesias)
Isabel Preysler
20
Birthdate: February 18, 1951
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 7 
Heart Evangelista
18
Birthdate: February 14, 1985
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 8 
Maria Ressa
(Journalist)
Maria Ressa
18
Birthdate: October 2, 1963
Sun Sign: Libra
 9 
Vic Sotto
(Actor, comedian, film producer, TV host, singer , composer)
Vic Sotto
7
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 28, 1954
Sun Sign: Taurus
 10 
Fernando Poe Jr.
(Popular Philippine Actor Who Later Stepped into Politics)
Fernando Poe Jr.
3
Birthdate: August 20, 1939
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: December 14, 2004
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 11 
Nico Santos
(Known for portraying Oliver T'sien in Crazy Rich Asians)
Nico Santos
1
Birthdate: April 7, 1979
Sun Sign: Aries
 12 
John Lloyd Cruz
(Actor)
John Lloyd Cruz
1
Birthdate: June 24, 1983
Sun Sign: Cancer
 13 
Ivana Alawi
(Actress And Model)
Ivana Alawi
3
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: December 25, 1996
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 14 
Imelda Marcos
(Filipino Politician)
Imelda Marcos
48
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 2, 1929
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 15 
Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
(President of Philippines)
Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.
34
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 13, 1957
Sun Sign: Virgo
 16 
Sharon Cuneta
(singer)
Sharon Cuneta
7
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 6, 1966
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 17 
Neile Adams
(Filipina-American Actress, Singer and Dancer)
Neile Adams
11
Birthdate: July 10, 1932
Sun Sign: Cancer
 18 
Angelica Panganiban
(Actress)
Angelica Panganiban
5
Birthdate: November 4, 1986
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 19 
Bryan Callen
(Filipino-Born American Comedian, Actor, and Podcaster)
Bryan Callen
11
Birthdate: January 26, 1967
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 20 
Gina Lopez
(Philippine Environmental Activist Who Fought against Destructive Mining)
Gina Lopez
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 27, 1953
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: August 19, 2019
 21 
Piolo Pascual
(Actor, film producer, musician, model, record producer)
Piolo Pascual
4
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 12, 1977
Sun Sign: Capricorn
 22 
Risa Hontiveros
(Filipino Politician Who is Currently Serving as a Senator of the Philiippines)
Risa Hontiveros
7
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 24, 1966
Sun Sign: Pisces
 23 
Francis Pangilinan
(Filipino Politician Who us Currently Serving as the Chairperson of the 'Liberal Party')
Francis Pangilinan
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 24, 1963
Sun Sign: Virgo
 24 
Nick Joaquin
(Filipino Journalist and Writer)
Nick Joaquin
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: May 4, 1917
Sun Sign: Taurus
Died: April 29, 2004
 25 
Carlos P. Romulo
(Filipino Statesman, Diplomat, Journalist, Soldier, and Author)
Carlos P. Romulo
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 14, 1898
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: December 15, 1985
 26 
Rachelle Ann Go
(Actor, Singer, Model)
Rachelle Ann Go
5
Listed In: Fashion
Birthdate: August 31, 1986
Sun Sign: Virgo
 27 
Francis Escudero
(Filipino Politician and Former Governor of Sorsogon)
Francis Escudero
10
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 10, 1969
Sun Sign: Libra
 28 
Joey Mead King
(Television personality)
Joey Mead King
2
Birthdate: September 12, 1976
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 29 
Joey de Leon
(Comedian, actor, television presenter)
Joey de Leon
5
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: October 14, 1946
Sun Sign: Libra
 30 
Karylle
(Actor, Singer, Model)
Karylle
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 22, 1981
Sun Sign: Aries
 31 
Ruffa Gutierrez
(Former pageant queen known for her 1993 Binibining Pilipinas World and Second Runner-up to Miss World 1993)
Ruffa Gutierrez
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 24, 1974
Sun Sign: Cancer
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 32 
Kathleen de Leon Jones
(Actress, singer, and dancer known for her role in the Hi-5 musical children's television series)
Kathleen de Leon Jones
2
Birthdate: September 1, 1977
Sun Sign: Virgo
 33 
Tito Sotto
(Former Philippine Senate President)
Tito Sotto
12
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: August 24, 1948
Sun Sign: Virgo
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 34 
Jejomar Binay
(Vice President of the Philippines from 2010 to 2016)
Jejomar Binay
10
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 11, 1942
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
 35 
Jake Ejercito
(Filipino Actor)
Jake Ejercito
0
Birthdate: March 27, 1990
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 36 
Paolo Contis
(Actor)
Paolo Contis
1
Birthdate: March 14, 1984
Sun Sign: Pisces
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 37 
Macario Sakay
(Revolutionary)
Macario Sakay
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 1, 1878
Sun Sign: Pisces
Died: September 13, 1907
 38 
Nico Santos
(Singer)
Nico Santos
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 7, 1993
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 39 
Mark Gil
(Actor)
Mark Gil
1
Birthdate: September 25, 1961
Sun Sign: Libra
Died: September 1, 2014
 40 
Bong Revilla
(Actor, Film producer, Comedian, Film actor)
Bong Revilla
10
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 25, 1966
Sun Sign: Libra
 41 
Richard Gomez
(Filipino Actor, Director, Television Presenter, Épée Fencer, and Politician)
Richard Gomez
6
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 7, 1966
Sun Sign: Aries
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 42 
Slater Young
(Actor and Reality Star)
Slater Young
0
Birthdate: December 19, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 43 
Cesar Montano
(Actor)
Cesar Montano
5
Birthdate: August 1, 1962
Sun Sign: Leo
 44 
Salvador Laurel
(The 8th Vice-President and the 5th Prime Minister of the Philippines)
Salvador Laurel
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: November 18, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Died: January 27, 2004
 45 
JM de Guzman
(Actor, Singer)
JM de Guzman
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: September 9, 1988
Sun Sign: Virgo
 46 
Pedro Paterno
(politician, novelist, poet, author, autobiographer)
Pedro Paterno
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 17, 1857
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: March 11, 1911
 47 
Bam Aquino
(Philippine Senator and Former Actor and Host)
Bam Aquino
5
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 7, 1977
Sun Sign: Taurus
 48 
Rico J. Puno
(Pioneering Philippine Singer and Entertainer Who Later Stepped into Politics)
Rico J. Puno
3
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 13, 1953
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Died: October 30, 2018
 49 
Jose Garcia Villa
(Filipino Poet, Short Story Writer, Literary Critic, and Painter)
Jose Garcia Villa
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 5, 1908
Sun Sign: Leo
Died: February 7, 1997
 50 
Arianne Caoili
(Filipino-Australian Chess Player Who Served as a Advisor to Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan)
Arianne Caoili
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 22, 1986
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Died: March 30, 2020