Who are the famous people in Mindanao Philippines?

Answer 1

When you talk of Bohol, Philippines, you immediately think of the tarsier and Chocolate Hills. When you talk of famous people from Bohol, Philippines, former President Carlos P. Garcia, Francisco Dagohoy (who led one of the longest insurrections against the Spaniards), and Yoyoy Villame, the famous novelty singer of long ago come to mind with ease. However, there are other celebrities who came from this rustic province in the Visayas. Let us enumerate some of them.

In the field of Basketball, this province produced Lauro Mumar and Bernard Fabiosa. Lauro Mumar is a legend when it comes to Philippine basketball. Some of his achievements were; being a member of the Philippine national basketball team that landed 12th place during the 1948 Summer Olympics, he led the national basketball team in gaining two gold medals in 1951 and 1954 Asian Games, and he led the Philippine Basketball team that captured bronze medal in the 1954 World Basketball Championships in Rio de Janiero, the feat has not been surpassed yet. Bernard Fabiosa, a popular PBA player in the seventies was fondly called as the "King of Swipes" and was a member of the Crispa Team that captured grand slam feats in 1979 and in 1983. He was named as one of the 25 greatest PBA player of all time.

In another sports field, boxing has also famous people from Bohol, Philippines in the name of Nonito Donaire. This famous boxer who traced his roots in the province is also known as "The Filipino Flash." He currently holds four boxing titles from different boxing organizations.

In the field of education, law, and politics, among the famous people from Bohol, Philippines are; Dr. Jose Abueva from the University of the Philippines year 1987-1993 and Cecil Putong, former Department of Education secretary during the fifties. Among the famous senators this province has produced were Senators Ernesto Herrera, Juan Torralba, and Olegrano Clarin. It has produced two bar top notchers in the person of Victor S. de la Serna and Oscar B. Glavosa.

Just like other provinces in the Philippines, Bohol is also known for beautiful ladies and talented people. Ana Marie Igpit who was our representative in the 2006 Miss World pageant is one of the famous people from Bohol, Philippines in the field of beauty pageants. In the field of arts and entertainment, the list is quite long; Cesar Montano - famous movie action star, Luke Mijares - famous pop singer and balladeer, Mutya Buena - Filipino-British singer and member of the group Sugababe, Jerome Sala - 2005 Grand Champion Search for The Star In A Million, Rich Asuncion - GMA and former BB. Pilipinas runner up, Lutgardo Labad - famous movie musical composer, and Napoleon Abueva - National Artist for Sculpture are just some of the famous people from Bohol, Philippines whether pure Boholanos or half breed.