# List of De La Salle University people

De La Salle University (Tagalog: Pamantasang De La Salle) (DLSU) is a Catholic private Lasallian university in Malate, Manila, Philippines. It was founded in 1911 by De La Salle Brothers as the De La Salle College in Paco, Manila with Blimond Pierre serving as its first director. DLSU traces its founding to Manila Archbishop Jeremiah James Harty. He believed that the establishment of a La Salle school in Manila was instrumental in preempting the spread of Protestantism in the Philippines through the arrival of the Thomasites and Protestant missions. His request would later be endorsed in 1907 by Pope Pius X. An envoy of De La Salle Brothers arrived in 1910.
More than a century ago, the De La Salle College (DLSC) was established as an exclusive all boys' elementary and high school. The pre-war grade school and high school departments of DLSC were finally dissolved in 1968 and 1978 respectively. DLSU currently offers coeducational undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its seven colleges and one school specializing in varied disciplines, including business, engineering, computer sciences, education and liberal arts. DLSU, granted university status in February 1975, is the oldest constituent of De La Salle Philippines (DLSP), a network of 16 Lasallian institutions established in 2006 to replace the De La Salle University System.
The Lasallians affiliated with De La Salle University include over 100,000 alumni, 888 faculty, honorary degree recipients and university administrators. Among them are National Artists of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay Awardees, officials of the Catholic Church and the government of the Philippines
Note: Dynamic list seems limited to people in politics and entertainment only. Please add the scientists, mathematicians, engineers, peacemakers, Forbes list of Filipino billionaires and many more from DLSU.

## Alumni and faculty
### Alumni

    Fields with a – are unknown; NA – not applicable
| Name | Relationship | Discipline | Known for |
| Benjamin Abalos, Jr. | | History and political science | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2004 to 2007, Mayor of Mandaluyong, (June 30, 1998 – June 30, 2004, June 30, 2007 - June 30, 2016) |
| Carla Abellana | | Psychology (AB-PSM) cum laude | Actress |
| Ogie Alcasid | — | — | TV Host/Song Writer/Actor |
| Don Allado | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Rafael Alunan III | | Business administration and history | Department of the Interior and Local Government secretary from 1992 to 1996 |
| Rolando Andaya, Jr. | | Business and economics | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines |
| Darlene Antonino-Custodio | | Management | Mayor of General Santos |
| Ryan Araña | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Drew Arellano | | Marketing management | Actor/TV Host |
| Aaron Atayde | | Communication arts | Sportscaster |
| Arjo Atayde | | Entrepreneurship | Actor, politician |
| Mary Joy Baron | | - | UAAP Season 79 Women’s Volleyball Most Valuable Player, middle blocker for the Philippines women's national volleyball team |
| Joseph Bernardo | | Business administration | Ambassador of the Philippines to Spain |
| Hernani A. Braganza | | History | Department of Agrarian Reform secretary from 2001 to 2003 |
| Rafael Buenaventura | | Commerce | Central Bank of the Philippines governor from 1999 to 2005 |
| Junjun Cabatu | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Jose Isidro Camacho | e | Mathematics | Department of Finance secretary from 2001 to 2003 |
| Mark Cardona | | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. | Secondary | NA | Chairman of San Miguel Corporation |
| Jose Concepcion, Jr. | | Commerce | Department of Trade and Industry secretary from 1986 to 1991 |
| Mike Cortez | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Elsa Martinez Coscolluela | Graduate | Literature | Vice President for Academic Affairs of University of St. La Salle |
| David Consunji | Secondary | NA | Department of Public Works, Transportation and Communications secretary from 1971 to 1975 |
| Jose Cuisa, Jr. | | Commerce | Central Bank of the Philippines governor from 1990 to 1993 |
| Leila de Lima | | History and political science | former Department of Justice secretary, incumbent Senator |
| Jose de Venecia, Jr. | Secondary | NA | Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 1992–1998 and 2005–2008 |
| Enchong Dee | | Development studies | ABS-CBN Star Magic celebrity |
| Monsour del Rosario | | Arts | Taekwondo practitioner, incumbent Member, House of Representatives |
| Ramon del Rosario, Jr. | | Commerce and social sciences | Department of Finance secretary from 1992 to 1993 |
| Jose W. Diokno | | Commerce | Senator of the Philippines in 1963–1969 and 1968–1972 |
| Joseph Victor Ejercito | | Political science | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines |
| Michael Elbinias | — | — | Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals of the Philippines |
| Mike Enriquez | | Commerce | GMA VP radio and TV journalist |
| Eileen Ermita-Buhain | | Psychology | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines |
| Cheryl Fuerte | | Computer science | Web designer |
| Jerwin Gaco | Graduate | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Peque Gallaga | Secondary | NA | Film director |
| Albert S. Garcia | | Philosophy | Member of the House of Representatives |
| Tet Garcia | | Accountancy and economics | Governor of Bataan from 1992 to 1994 |
| John Gokongwei | Graduate | Business administration | Chairman of JG Summit Holdings |
| John Paul Gomez | | Mechanical engineering | Chess grandmaster |
| Jose Antonio Gonzalez | — | — | Former Department of Tourism secretary |
| Miguel Benjamin Guico | — | Industrial and Management Engineering | Musician of Ben and Ben |
| Paolo Benjamin Guico | — | Industrial and Management Engineering | Musician of Ben and Ben |
| Kisses Delavin | — | Accountancy (now Business Administration) | Actress, beauty queen, brand endorser, singer and model |
| Armando Goyena | | Commerce | Actor |
| Quinito Henson | | East Asian studies and economics | Sports analyst |
| Niña Jose | | European studies | Actress |
| Philip Juico | | Business | Sports Official |
| Ernesto Kahn | | Commerce | Former San Miguel Corporation President |
| Edwin Lacierda | | Communication arts | Spokesperson of President of the Philippines Benigno Aquino III |
| Salvador Laurel | Secondary | NA | Vice President of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 |
| Richmond Lee | | Industrial Engineering | Patent attorney |
| Lim Eng Beng | | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Jun Limpot | | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Japoy Lizardo | U | — | Taekwondo practitioner |
| Leandro Locsin | Secondary | NA | National Artist of the Philippines for architecture |
| Teodoro Locsin, Jr. | Secondary | NA | Former member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, incumbent Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
| Mara Lopez | | Communication arts | Actress |
| Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. | Secondary | NA | Former senator of the Philippines |
| Ervin Malicdem | | Electronics and Communications Engineering, Multimedia Arts | Winner of the 1st Philippine Animation Competition, Environment and mapping advocate |
| Tommy Manotoc | Secondary | NA | Philippine Basketball Association coach |
| Edu Manzano | Elementary | NA | Actor/TV Host |
| Florencio Miraflores | | Industrial engineering | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines |
| Kitchie Nadal | | Education and psychology | Singer |
| Paeng Nepomuceno | — | — | Bowler |
| Sam Oh | | International studies | Talk show host |
| Jennifer Olayvar | U | International studies | Ballerina |
| Francisco Ortigas, Jr. | | Arts | Former Department of Finance secretary |
| Sergio Osmeña III | Secondary | NA | Senator of the Philippines |
| Cayetano Paderanga, Jr. | | Accountancy | National Economic and Development Authority director-general |
| Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam | Graduate | Counselling | Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur |
| Francis Pangilinan | | Accounting | Senator of the Philippines |
| Jose Pardo | Graduate | Business administration | Department of Finance secretary from 2000 to 2001 |
| Prospero Pichay, Jr. | | Commerce | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 1998 to 2007 |
| Rorian Pratyaksa | | Economics and finance | Entrepreneurs |
| Monico Puentevella | | Political science | Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines |
| Ralph Recto | | Business Administration | Senator of the Philippines |
| Gilbert Remulla | Elementary | NA | 2010 Philippine Senate election candidate |
| José Javier Reyes | | Literature | Film director |
| LJ Reyes | | Commerce | Actress |
| Mark Reyes | | Communication Arts | Television and Film Director |
| Ren-Ren Ritualo | | Bachelor of early childhood education, major in guidance counseling and child psychology | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Jesse Robredo | | Industrial management and mechanical engineering | Department of the Interior and Local Government secretary |
| Mariel Rodriguez | | Bachelor of Arts in Philippine Studies, major in Filipino in Mass Media | Actress |
| Alberto Romulo | | Accountancy | Department of Foreign Affairs secretary from 2004 to 2011 |
| Sebastian Francis Shah | Graduate | Counselling | Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore |
| Carlo Sharma | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Rogelio Singson | Graduate | Public and business management | Department of Public Works and Highways secretary |
| Lorenzo V. Tan | Graduate | Commerce, Major in Accounting | Banker, Bankers Association of the Philippines President |
| Tyrone Tang | | Business management | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Mark Telan | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Gilbert Teodoro | | Commerce | incumbentDepartment of National Defense since 2023 and previously from 2007 to 2010; former Member of the Philippine House of Representatives from Tarlac |
| John Iremil Teodoro | Graduate | Fine arts | Literary writer |
| TJ Trinidad | | Commerce | Actor |
| Antonio Trillanes IV | | Electronics and communications engineering | Senator of the Philippines |
| Jong Uichico | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association coach |
| Gary Valenciano | — | — | Dancer/Song Writer/TV Host |
| Luis R. Villafuerte, Jr. | | Political science | Governor of Camarines Sur |
| Jesús A. Villamor | | Arts | World War II USAFFE Ace Fighter pilot |
| Martin Villarama | | Business administration | Supreme Court of the Philippines justice |
| Bernardo Villegas | | Commerce and humanities | Founder of University of Asia and the Pacific |
| Jason Webb | — | — | Philippine Basketball League player |
| Pinky Webb | | Psychology | Newscaster |
| Roselle Nava | | Marketing Management | ABS-CBN diva/singer |
| Willy Wilson | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Rico Yan | | Business management | Actor |
| Joseph Yeo | — | — | Philippine Basketball Association player |
| Francis Zamora | | Psychology | Mayor, San Juan, Metro Manila |
| Ronaldo Zamora | Secondary | NA | Executive secretary to President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada |
| Jose Zubiri, Jr. | | Management | Governor of Bukidnon |
| Randy Santiago | | Communication Arts | Song Writer/Actor/Comedian |
| Iya Villania | | Psychology | Actress, TV host, and VJ |
| Jeannie Sandoval | | Computer science | incumbent Mayor of Malabon, Vice Mayor of Malabon from 2013 to 2019 |

### Faculty

| Name | Relationship | Discipline | Known for |
| Heber Bartolome | Former professor | Literature | Musician |
| Cirilo Bautista | Professor | Literature | Literary writer |
| Josette Biyo | Professor | Biology | Biologist |
| Albert Casuga | Professor | Literature | Literary writer |
| Xiao Chua | Professor | History | Historian, academic, and television personality |
| Isagani R. Cruz | Professor emeritus | Literature | Literary writer |
| Randy Dellosa | Professor | Psychiatry | TV show counsellor |
| Jose Manuel Diokno | College of Law dean | Law | Human rights lawyer |
| Marjorie Evasco | Professor | Literature | Poet |
| Rico Hizon | Former lecturer | Broadcast journalism | BBC newscaster |
| Bienvenido Lumbera | Professor | Literature | National Artist of the Philippines for Literature |
| Ambeth Ocampo | Professor | History | National Historical Commission of the Philippines chairman |
| Vicente Paterno | Former lecturer | Business administration | Senator of the Philippines from 1987 to 1992 |
| Louie Jon Agustin Sanchez | Professor | Literature | Awarded Poet of the Year by the Commission on the Filipino Language |
| Julio C. Teehankee | Professor | Political Science | Dean of the College of Liberal Arts |
| Jean Vitug | Professor | English | Grammar |

## Honorary degree recipients

    DA – Doctor of Arts; DBM – Doctor of Business Management; EdD – Doctor of Education; LHD – Doctor of Humane Letters; DHum – Doctor of Humanities; LLD – Doctor of Laws; LittD – Doctor of Letters; DMgt – Doctor of Management; DNatSc – Doctor of Natural Science; PedD – Doctor of Pedagogy; PhD – Doctor of Philosophy; ScD – Doctor of Science
| Name | Degree | Year | Known for |
| Manuel S. Alba | Doctor of Management Education | 1982 | Former Department of Budget and Management minister |
| Ismail Mohd Ali | DMgt | 1993 | Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia from 1962 to 1980 |
| Edgardo Angara | Doctor of Educational Management | 1989 | Senator of the Philippines |
| Angelo Caloia | PhD | 1997 | President of Vatican Bank from 1989 to 2009 |
| Hilario Davide, Jr. | LLD | 2001 | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1998 to 2005 |
| Roberto De Ocampo | PhD | 1996 | Department of Finance secretary from 1992 to 1998 |
| Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría | DHum | 2010 | Superior general of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools |
| Marcelo Fernan | DMgt | 1991 | Only person to become both President of the Senate of the Philippines and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines |
| David Gross | ScD | 2008 | 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics laureate |
| Pilar Hidalgo-Lim | PedD | 1964 | Women's rights advocate |
| Joseph Höffner | DMgt | 1986 | Archbishop of Cologne from 1969 to 1987 |
| Daisaku Ikeda | LHD | 1997 | Leader of Sōka Gakkai |
| Khir Johari | EdD | 1967 | First minister of education of Malaysia |
| F. Sionil José | PhD | 1995 | 1980 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Literature |
| Toshiki Kaifu | DMgt | 1991 | Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991 |
| Yōhei Kōno | PhD | 2003 | Speaker of the House of Representatives of Japan from 2003 to 2008 |
| Ramon Magsaysay | LLD and LittD | 1957 | President of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957 |
| Robert Mundell | DHum | 2007 | 1999 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate |
| Cecilia Muñoz-Palma | LHD | 1987 | First female Supreme Court of the Philippines justice |
| Bienvenido Nebres | ScD | 2004 | President of Ateneo de Manila University from 1993 to 2011 |
| Eugene Nida | LHD | 1985 | Developer of the functional equivalence method of Bible translation |
| Teodoro R. Padilla | LLD | 1998 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1987 to 1997 |
| José Ramos-Horta | DHum | 2009 | President of East Timor |
| Carlos P. Romulo | ScD | 1964 | President of the UN General Assembly in 1940 and 1950 |
| Julio Rosales | DHum | 1966 | Archbishop of Cebu from 1949 to 1982 |
| Bienvenido Santos | DA | 1990 | Literary writer |
| Rufino Jiao Santos | Doctor of Ecclesiastical Finance | 1958 | First Filipino cardinal |
| Jaime Sin | LHD | 1975 | Archbishop of Manila from 1974 to 2003 |
| Chatri Sophonpanich | DBM | 1986 | Chairman of Bangkok Bank |
| Su Nan-cheng | DMgt | 1989 | 1983 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service |
| Henry Sy | ScD | 1999 | Owner of SM Investments Corporation |
| Washington SyCip | PhD | 1977 | 1992 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for International Understanding |
| Edmund Szoka | Doctor of Financial Management | 1990 | President emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State |
| Lorenzo Tañada | EdD | 1968 | Senator of the Philippines from 1948 to 1971 |
| Jean-Louis Tauran | DHum | 2001 | President of Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue |
| Edward Teller | DNatSc | 1981 | Inventor of the hydrogen bomb |
| Edith Tiempo | DHum | 2001 | National Artist of the Philippines for Literature |
| Geronimo Velasco | PhD | 1979 | Minister of Energy of the Philippines from 1978 to 1986 |
| Torsten Wiesel | ScD | 2010 | 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate |
| James Wolfensohn | DHum | 2008 | President of the World Bank from 1999 to 2005 |
| Manuel T. Yan | DHum | 2008 | Youngest to be appointed as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines |
| Yong Pung How | PhD | 2003 | Chief Justice of Singapore from 1990 to 2006 |
| Alfonso Yuchengco | PhD | 1982 | Former Philippine representative to the United Nations |
| Enrique Zobel | DBM | 1983 | Former chief executive officer of Ayala Corporation |
| Jaime Zobel de Ayala | DBM | 1985 | Fourth richest person in the Philippines as of 2010 |

## Presidents

De La Salle University has had 21 presidents, including two acting presidents. The first, Antony Ferdinand Kilbourn, acted in Lucian Athanasius Reinhart's capacity during his return to the United States while the second, Naj Robosa, completed Reinhart's office when he died in 1950.
Presidents :
| # | Name | Term |
| 1 | Blimond Pierre Eilenbecker | 1911–1912 |
| 2 | Goslin Camille Thomas | 1912–1915 |
| 3 | Acisclus Michael Naughter | 1915–1919 |
| 4 | Albinus Peter Graves | 1919–1923 |
| 3 | Acisclus Michael Naughter | 1923–1927 |
| 5 | Celba John Lynam | 1927–1930 |
| 6 | Dorothy Joseph Brophy | 1930–1933 |
| 7 | Marcian James Cullen | 1933–1936 |
| 8 | Flannan Paul Gallagher | 1936 |
| 9 | Egbert Xavier Kelly | 1937–1945 |
| 10 | Lucian Athanasius Reinhart | 1945–1950 |
| 13 | Hyacinth Gabriel Connon | 1950–1959 |
| 14 | Denis of Mary Ruhland | 1959–1961 |
| 15 | Crescentius Richard Duerr | 1961–1966 |
| 13 | Hyacinth Gabriel Connon | 1966–1978 |
| 16 | Andrew Gonzalez | 1978–1991 |
| 17 | Rafael Donato | 1991–1994 |
| 16 | Andrew Gonzalez | 1994–1998 |
| 18 | Rolando Ramos Dizon | 1998–2003 |
| 19 | Carmelita Quebengco | 2003–2004 |
| 20 | Armin Luistro | 2004–2011 |
| 21 | Narciso S. Erguiza | 2011–2012 |
| 22 | Ricky Laguda | 2012–2015 |
| 23 | Raymundo Suplido | 2015-present |