14.5955° N, 120.9787° E
QUIAPO
Most Famous People Born in Quiapo, Philippines
- Notable people
- 1,050
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- Median birth year
- 1961
- Most distinctive
- Comedian 21.4×
A Manila church-square district where showbiz, pulpit and politics have always elbowed each other for the same sidewalks. The Comedian bench runs at better than twenty times the global baseline — the bodabil vaudeville tradition bleeding straight into postwar television — while a Basket depth well above the norm feeds the PBA year after year.
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Quiapo during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What Quiapo Is Known For
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Actor is Quiapo's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (243).
Quiapo over-indexes on comedian — 21.4× the global rate.
Quiapo under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of Quiapo's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
- Film & TV
- Politics & Law
- Sports
- Music
- Writing
- Art & Design
- Other
- Filtered to 1870s Clear ×
Emilio Jacinto
1875 - 1899
Rafael Palma
1874 - 1939
Fernando María Guerrero
1873 - 1929
Patricio Mariano
1877 - 1935
Cecilio Apóstol
1877 - 1938
Juan Abad
1872 - 1932
Ramón Avanceña
1872 - 1957
José Alejandrino
1870 - 1951
Erica Grupe-Lörcher
1875 - 1960
Samuel Morris
1870 - 1935
Henry Morris
Born 1874
Fernando Berenguer de las Cagigas
1874 - 1939
José Franco Mussió
1879 - 1937
Jose C. Zulueta
1876 - 1904
Pedro Aunario
1878 - 1945