List of people from Negros Occidental

Below is a list of notable people who were born in Negros Occidental, or those who lived there for an extended period.

Arts, Culture and Media

Architecture

Leandro Locsin — National artist for architecture.

Leandro Locsin

Fashion

Rafé Totengco — New York-based fashion designer.
Grendel Alvarado — fashion model, winner of Philippines' Next Top Model.

Film

Carlo Ledesma — film director, producer and screenwriter, Cannes Film Festival award recipient for Best Short Film.
Peque Gallaga — multi-awarded filmmaker.
Ronnie Lazaro — a Gawad Urian Award-winning Filipino film and television actor, producer and casting and art director.
Susan Roces — award winning actress, nicknamed Queen of Philippine Movies, widow of Fernando Poe, Jr., Adoptive Mother of Grace Poe.
Joel Torre — actor, director and film producer.^[1]
Reiven Bulado — 2004 MMFF best supporting actor, ramp model, and entrepreneur.
Bernard Bonnin — actor
Pancho Magalona — award winning actor
Erik Matti — director, screenwriter, producer
Rosemarie Sonora — actress
Charles Gemora — Hollywood Makeup-artist, special effects pioneer and actor
Rey PJ Abellana — film and TV actor.
Carla Abellana — film and TV actress.

Literature

Adelina Gurrea — journalist, poet and playwright in Spanish.
Elsa Martinez Coscolluela — award-winning poet, short-story writer, and playwright.
Gilbert Luis R. Centina III — prize-winning poet and author.
Alex Lacson —Writer, lawyer and philanthropist.

Music

Bobby Enriquez — jazz pianist
Kuh Ledesma — popular jazz and pop singer. Known as the Pop Diva of the Philippines.

Kuh Ledesma

Publishing

Raul Locsin — Editor, publisher and founder of BusinessWorld. Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient.^[2]
Teddy Boy Locsin — Editor of The Philippine Free Press.

Television

Allan K. — singer, comedian, actor and TV host.
Saicy Aguila — dancesport and samba instructor, Pinoy Big Brother (season 2) housemate.
Alvin Elchico — TV/Radio Host, former provincial correspondent for MagTV na Amiga.
Rio Diaz — former beauty queen, TV host and actress.
Romy Pastrana — comedian and Goin' Bulilit member under the name Dagul. Uncle of Joey Pastrana.
Elizabeth Ramsey — Comedian, singer and actress
Christian Vasquez — actor, model for Pond's and a former housemate of ABS-CBN's Pinoy Big Brother: Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition.

Christian Vasquez

Theater

Eduardo Varela Sicangco — Scene Designer and Illustrator for Broadway, Opera and film

Visual arts

Alfredo Alcala — comic book artist for DC and Marvel Comics.
Alfonso A. Ossorio — abstract expressionist artist.

Athletes

Football

Manuel Amechazurra — The first Filipino footballer to play in the European football circuit, he was called El Capitán and played as a defender, from 1905 to 1915 for FC Barcelona.^[3]
Joshua Beloya — Former member of the Philippines national U-23 football team and player for Ceres F.C. in the United Football League.
Robert Cañedo — Player for Loyola Meralco Sparks F.C. in the United Football League.
Ali Go — Former member of the Philippines national football team and current coach of Ceres F.C. in the United Football League.
Tating Pasilan — Current member of the Philippines national futsal team and plays for the Green Archers United in the United Football League.
Eduard Sacapaño — Former goalkeeper of the Philippine national football team and plays for Ceres F.C. in the United Football League.

James Yap

Basketball

Francis Arnaiz — Former basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for Toyota Super Corollas and Barangay Ginebra Kings.
Noli Locsin — Retired basketball player who spent most of his career for the Ginebra San Miguel franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association.
Nonoy Baclao — Professional basketball player who plays for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters in the Philippine Basketball Association. He also played for the Philippine Patriots in the ASEAN Basketball League and as a collegiate player for the Ateneo Blue Eagles in the UAAP.
Clark Bautista — Professional basketball player who plays for the Blackwater Elite in the Philippine Basketball Association.
Jeffrei Chan — Professional basketball player who plays for the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the Philippine Basketball Association and member of Gilas Pilipinas in the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
Rudy Distrito — Retired Professional Basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association
Boyet Fernandez — Current head coach of the NLEX Road Warriors in the PBA D-League and San Beda Red Lions in the NCAA. Former head coach of the now defunct Sta. Lucia Realtors in the PBA and UP Fighting Maroons in the UAAP.
Reynel Hugnatan — Professional basketball player who plays for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association.
LA Revilla — Professional basketball player for Mahindra Enforcer in the Philippine Basketball Association
James Yap — Professional basketball player who plays for the San Mig Super Coffee Mixers in the Philippine Basketball Association and a former member of the Philippines national basketball team.
Mark Yee — Professional basketball player who plays for the GlobalPort Batang Pier in the Philippine Basketball Association.^[4]

Gerry Peñalosa

Boxing

Francisco Guilledo — More commomly known as Pancho Villa, First Filipino World Champion boxer, World flyweight champion.
Ben Villaflor — WBA world junior lightweight (now called super featherweight) champion during the 1970s.
Small Montana (Benjamin Gan) — Won the Flyweight Championship of the World (as recognized by New York state).
Eleuterio Zapanta — World bantamweight champion in 1940 and World flyweight champion in 1941.
Dodie Boy Peñalosa — Former IBF champion in the light flyweight and flyweight classes.
Gerry Peñalosa — Former holder of the WBC super flyweight and the WBO bantamweight titles.
Rolando Bohol — Former IBF world flyweight champion.
Sonny Boy Jaro — Former Ring Magazine & WBC Flyweight World Champion.
Eric Jamili — Retired professional boxer and former WBO minimumweight Champion.
Merlito Sabillo — Current holder of the WBO Minimumweight world title.
Donnie Nietes — Current WBO Minimumweight World Champion.
Mansueto Velasco, Jr. — 1996 Summer Olympic Games Silver Medalist
Roel Velasco — 1992 Summer Olympics Bronze Medalist
Leopoldo Cantancio — Retired boxer who competed at two Summer Olympic Games. He also won a bronze medal in the 1990 Asian Games.
Elias Recaido — Competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the 1990 Asian Games.
Leopoldo Serantes — 1988 Seoul Olympics bronze medalist.
Genesis Servania — Professional Boxer
Joan Tipon — 2006 Doha Asian Games gold medalist (bantamweight)
Godfrey Castro — 2007 SEA Games silver medalist and 2006 Asian Games bronze medalist (flyweight)
Mark Jason Melligen — Professional boxer.
Young Tommy — retired professional boxer

Donnie Nietes

Golf

Juvic Pagunsan —professional golfer, Asian Tour Order of Merit champion.

Martial arts

Monsour del Rosario — taekwondo champion who has also starred in several Filipino and international action films. He won bronze in the 1985 World Taekwondo Championships.
Randy Mengullo — initiated the Jack and Jill School karate program,^[5] a Sandan Blackbelt in karate–do who garnered medals in many karatedo championships and athletic meet of different schools and karate organizations in the Philippines.
Ernesto Presas — martial artist, founder of Filipino martial arts system Kombatan.
Remy Presas — Father of Modern Arnis
Remy P. Presas — arnisador, martial artist

Pool

Ramil Gallego — professional pool player

Swimming

Carlo Piccio — Olympic swimmer

Margaret Nales Wilson

Beauty Queens

Aurora Pijuan — Miss International 1970.
Vickie Rushton — Mutya ng Pilipinas 2011 , Pinoy Big Brother: All In Housemate.
Sandra Seifert — Miss Philippines Earth 2009 , International Fashion Model.
Margaret Nales Wilson — Binibining Pilipinas-World 2007, TV personality and actress.

Business

Oscar Hilado- Former Chairman and CEO of Phinma, in 2007 he was listed as the 33rd Richest man in the Philippines^[6]^[7]
Tan Yu —Billionaire Philanthropist, was ranked the richest man in the Philippines.

Government Service and Diplomacy

International Organization

Rafael M. Salas — former United Nations Under-Secretary General, Executive Director UNFPA, Executive Secretary to Ferdinand Marcos.
Jorge B. Vargas — Member, World Scout Committee, de facto Head of the Philippine Government during World War II, Executive Secretary to Manuel Quezon.
Teodoro Locsin Jr. — Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations ,Former Congressional Representative, and Journalist

National Government

Jose Miguel Arroyo

Jose Yulo

Rafael Alunan — Former Secretary of Agriculture of Manuel Quezon and Jose P. Laurel
Rafael M. Alunan III — Former Secretary of the Interior of Fidel Ramos
Mercedes Alvarez — Deputy Speaker of The House of Representatives of the Philippines
Jose Miguel Arroyo — Former First Gentleman of the Philippines.
Iggy Arroyo — Representative 5th District of Negros Occidental, brother in law of former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo.
Francisco Chavez — Former Solicitor General of the Philippines
Neri Colmenares — Former Party-list Congressman for Bayan Muna
Raul M. Gonzalez — Former Secretary of Justice (Philippines)
Rowena Guanzon — Commissioner Commission on Elections (Philippines)
Emilio Hilado — Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines during World War II^[8]
Oscar R. Ledesma — former Senator^[9]
Jose Locsin — former Senator and Secretary of Health.
Enrique B. Magalona — former Senator, grandfather of the late Francis Magalona.
Alfredo Montelibano, Sr. — politician and industrialist, served as Mayor of Bacolod City governor of Negros Occidental,and Philippine Secretary of National Defense and Interior.
Gil Montilla — Speaker of the National Assembly
Ruperto Montinola — former Senator^[10]
Enrique Ona — former Secretary of Health (Philippines)
Monico Puentevella — politician, former Representative Lone District of Bacolod City former Commissioner of Philippine Sports Commission.
Rolando Ramos Dizon — Former chairman of the Commission on Higher Education. La Sallian Brother
Judy Taguiwalo — Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (Philippines)
Haydee Yorac — former Chairman of the Commission on Elections (Philippines).
Jose Yulo — former Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ,former Secretary of Justice under Manuel Quezon, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines during World War II, Former Secretary of Labor, and served as Secretary of Justice again under Ferdinand Marcos.

Local government

Ramon Bagatsing — longest serving Mayor of Manila (1971–1986), Manila Congressman (1957–1971) and Plaza Miranda bombing survivor.
Guia Gomez — Mayor of San Juan City, known for relationship with former Philippine President Joseph Estrada, with whom she has a son, Senator JV Ejercito
Arsenio Lacson - Broadcaster, first elected Mayor of Manila. former Manila Congressman
Evelio Leonardia — Mayor of Bacolod City and former Congressional Representative
Alfredo G. Marañon, Jr. — Governor of Negros Occidental and former Congressional Representative
Jose Maria Zubiri Jr. — Former Governor of Bukidnon, Former Representative of Third District of Bukidnon

Historical figures

Aniceto Lacson

Juan Araneta — Led the Negros Revolution
Aniceto Lacson — Led the Negros Revolution
Antonio Ledesma Jayme — Revolutionary
Papa Isio — Revolutionary
Yves Leopold Germain Gaston — Sugar Baron
Mariano Varela Ramos — First President Municipal (Mayor) of Bacolod

Military Service

Mary Grace Baloyo — Philippine Medal of Valor Recipient, the nation's highest military honor, First Lieutenant Philippine Air Force

Religion

Niall O'Brien (priest) — Irish Columban missionary priest, writer of the Hiligaynon language bible.
Antonio Fortich — Former Bishop of Bacolod, political activist and Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient.
Vicente Salgado y Garrucho — Former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Romblon
Jesus Y Varela — Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sorsogon,former President, Philippine Federation of Catholic Broadcasters.

Scientists

Oscar H. Ibarra — theoretical computer scientist, known for his works on automata theory, formal language, and Computational complexity theory

Others

Jose Vasquez Aguilar — Ramon Magsaysay Award Recipient
Rose Lacson-Porteous — Australian-Filipino socialite
Tony Meloto — Philanthropist, Founder of Gawad Kalinga
Soledad "Gretchen" Oppen-Cojuangco — Heiress and philanthropist, is the wife of billionaire Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr., Chairman of San Miguel Corporation, Southeast Asia's largest food and beverage corporation.
Carl and Clarence Aguirre — Former conjoined twins.

Charlene Gonzales

Lea Salonga

Notable people with roots from Negros Occidental

Mikey Arroyo — son of former Philippine President Gloria Arroyo, member Philippine House of Representatives.
Diosdado Macapagal Arroyo — also known as Dato Arroyo — son of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, member Philippine House of Representatives.
Ginger Conejero — Former Miss Philippines Earth runner-up and a TV entertainment reporter and host for ABS-CBN.
Sheryl Cruz — Actress on film and television.
Joe Devance — Basketball player who currently plays for the San Mig Coffee Mixers in the Philippine Basketball Association.
Chuckie Dreyfus — Actor on film and television
Joseph Victor Ejercito — Son of former Phil President Joseph Estrada, member Philippine House of Representatives.
Charlene Gonzales — Television and film personality and former beauty queen.
Mark Hartmann — Football player who currently plays for Global and captain of Philippines U-23 team.
Matthew Hartmann — Football player for the Loyola Meralco Sparks.
Jaya — Soul Diva and Asia's Queen of Soul
Angel Locsin — Actress and commercial model.
Elmo Magalona — Actor and singer
Francis Magalona — Former actor, TV host, master rapper and also VJ on Channel V Philippines and MTV Philippines.
Frank Magalona — Actor and rapper
Maxene Magalona — Actress in film and television
Saab Magalona — Actress, singer, photographer and blogger
Raimund Marasigan — Pinoy rock musician and icon.
Tomas Osmeña — Member of the Philippine House of Representatives, Mayor of Cebu City.
Sergio Osmeña III — Senator
Hiro Peralta — Actor
AJ Perez — Former film and television actor
Sue Ramirez - ABS-CBN young artist. Her mother is from Sipalay.
Mar Roxas — Secretary of Transportation and communication, former Trade Secretary, Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate, President of the Liberal Party (Philippines).
Lea Salonga — Tony and Laurence Olivier award winning actress and singer.
Juan Miguel Zubiri — Senator

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