# List of people from Baguio

This is a list of notable inhabitants of Baguio, Luzon, Philippines.

## Arts

* Benedicto Cabrera aka Bencab, painter, National Artist for Visual Arts.
* Bert Nievera, singer
* Kidlat Tahimik, filmmaker, writer and actor who is dubbed the Father of Philippine Alternative Cinema and now National Artist for Film
* Ben Hur Villanueva, sculptor, painter, lecturer, educator and art entrepreneur.
* Agnes Reoma, musician, bassist of Ben&Ben.
* '''Venazir Martinez''', street muralist, and visual anthroprenuer best credited for Hila-bana Project using site-specific street art that challenged the public's visual perception on cultural markers and design theories.

## Athletics

* Roberto Cruz, former Filipino professional boxer who won the WBA World Light Welterweight title
* Eduard Folayang, Filipino professional mixed martial artist and wushu practitioner, Current ONE Lightweight World Champion and well decorated MMA-Wushu fighter.
* Kevin Belingon, a Filipino mixed martial artist and former ONE Championship Bantamweight Champion.
* Geje "Gravity" Eustaquio, a Filipino Professional Mixed Martial Artist and former ONE Championship Flyweight Champion.
* Joshua "The Passion" Pacio, a Filipino Professional Mixed Martial Artist and former ONE Championship Straw weight Champion.
* Douglas Rimorin "Doug" Kramer. Professional Basketball Player, youtuber, Social Media personality.

## Media personalities

* Llyan Oliver Austria, architect and YouTube content creator.
* Paulo Avelino, actor, model, host and singer
* Roxanne Baeyens professionally known as Roxie Smith, Miss Philippines Earth 2020 and Miss Earth Water 2020
* Ces Drilon (born 1961), farmer; retired ABS-CBN journalist
* Van Ferro, American actor, was born in Baguio
* Richard Heydarian, Filipino political scientist and podcaster
* Nanding Josef, actor
* Marc Logan, journalist newscast comedian and narrator
* John Medina, actor
* Rocco Nacino, actor, model, host
* Neri Naig-Miranda, Filipina actress, 6th Runner-up Star Circle Quest.
* Robin Padilla, Filipino film actor, screenwriter, producer and director, current Senator.
* Bernadette Sembrano, a Filipina reporter, news presenter, and television host.
* Kylie Verzosa, Binibining Pilipinas International 2016 and Miss International 2016

## Public service

* Camilo Cascolan, Chief of the Philippine National Police.
* Marvic Leonen, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
* Benjamin Magalong, Mayor of Baguio and retired police officer.
* Marquez "Mark" O. Go, Representative Lone District of Baguio.
* Romeo Brawner Jr., Head Army General Servant of Armed Forces of The Philippines

## American colonial period

* Henry Tureman Allen, a military officer who organized the Philippine Constabulary and namesake of Camp Henry T. Allen, the first home of the Philippine Military Academy
* Robert Baden Powell, British founder of the Scouting Movement and namesake of the Baden-Powell Building, the former headquarters for Boy Scouts of the Philippines and meeting place for the First Philippine Commission
* Charles Henry Brent, Episcopal Missionary Bishop and founder of the Brent International School
* Daniel Burnham, the urban planner and architect responsible for the initial design of the city and namesake of Burnham Park
* William Cameron Forbes, American Governor-General of the Philippines who ordered Kennon Road to be built
* Eusebius Julius Halsema, American Civil Engineer and mayor of Baguio from 1922 to 1937; namesake of Halsema Highway
* Francis Burton Harrison, governor general for whom Harrison Road was named
* John Hay, United States Secretary of State and namesake of Camp John Hay
* Melvin Jones, founder of the Lions Club and namesake of Jones Grandstand in Burnham Park
* Joseph J. Keith Long serving police chief (1912–1941) who declared Baguio an open city on December 8, 1941 in face of the Japanese bombardment
* Lyman W.V. Kennon, builder and namesake for Kennon Road
* George A. Malcolm, American jurist establishing the U.P. College of Law and namesake of Malcolm Square in the city center
* William F. Pack, governor of Benguet province who planned the creation of Teacher's Camp and namesake of Governor Pack Road
* Robb White, (1909–1990) American writer of screenplays, television scripts, and adventure novels
* Leonard Wood, American military officer and Governor-General from 1921 to 1927 for whom Leonard Wood Road was named
* Dean Conant Worcester, Member of First Philippine Commission and government official urging founding of Baguio as the "Summer Capital"

## Literature

* Luisa Igloria (born 1961), poet, 20th Poet Laureate of Virginia, author and professor

## Others

* Sinai Hamada (1911 – September 1991), founder of Baguio Midland Courier
* Joan Carling (born 1963), environmentalist and human rights defender
* Maria Lorena Barros (1948–1976), activist, feminist, Anti-Martial Law hero
* Sef Gonzales (born 1980), convicted murderer who killed his family in Australia serving 3x life sentences without parole
* Darwin Ramos (1994–2012), Servant of God, Filipino teenager.
* Naomi Flores (1921–2013), resistance leader in World War II.