# 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
* Beauty Gonzalez, actress and Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus 4th Teen Placer
* Bret Jackson, actor and Pinoy Big Brother housemate
* Eddie Romero, director, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts
* Dennis Trillo, actor, model, singer, and TV host

## Education and library science

* Leonor Briones, Secretary of the Department of Education and former Treasurer of the Philippines

## 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
* César Ruiz Aquino, poet, fictionist, SEAWrite awardee, and four-time Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
* Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, poet, fictionist, playwright, co-founder of the IYAS National Writers Workshop, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer
* Leoncio P. Deriada, poet, fictionist, playwright and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer
* Lakambini Sitoy, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
* Edilberto Tiempo, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and SEAWrite awardee
* Edith Tiempo, poet, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and National Artist for Literature
* Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, poet, fictionist, essayist, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner

## 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
* 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
* 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 John F. Du, third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete
* Antonio Fortich, Catholic bishop and social activist
* 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
* Rozzano Locsin, nursing academic

## Sports and athletics

* Jennifer Dy Chan, archer and Olympian
* Mark Javier, archer and Philippine delegate to the Beijing Olympics
* 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
* Frances Makil-Ignacio, actor

## Visual arts

* Paul Pfeiffer, multimedia artist