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 1910s Clear ×
Nick Joaquin
1917 - 2004
Arturo Tolentino
1910 - 2004
Gerardo de León
1913 - 1981
Alfonso A. Ossorio
1916 - 1990
Raul Manglapus
1918 - 1999
José Maceda
1917 - 2004
Levi Celerio
1910 - 2002
Helena Benitez
1914 - 2016
Anita Magsaysay-Ho
1914 - 2012
William Fox (actor)
1911 - 2008
José Villanueva
1913 - 1983
Francisco Arcellana
1916 - 2002
William Robertson Desobry
1918 - 1999
Brice Mack
1917 - 2008
Maria Kalaw Katigbak
1912 - 1992
Antonio Blanco (painter)
1911 - 1999
Frederic Bartter
1914 - 1983
Fely Franquelli
1916 - 2002
Elizabeth Cooper
1914 - 1960
Genoveva Matute
1915 - 2009
Arturo Alcaraz
1916 - 2001
León María Guerrero III
1915 - 1982
Charles Borck
1917 - 2008
Dely Atay-Atayan
1914 - 2004
Robert Borg
1913 - 2005
Carlos Padilla Sr.
1910 - 1962
Antonio M. Molina
1918 - 2000
Jacinto Ciria Cruz
1911 - 1944
Querube Makalintal
1910 - 2002
Chino Roces
1913 - 1988
Jerry D. Page
1915 - 1989
Pacita Madrigal-Warns
1915 - 2008
George Fleming Davis
1911 - 1945
Charles Grieve
1913 - 2000
Macario Peralta Jr.
1913 - 1975
José María Zaragoza
1912 - 1994
Carlos Arguelles
1917 - 2008
Jonathan O. Seaman
1911 - 1986
Royal R. Ingersoll II
1913 - 1942
Purita Kalaw Ledesma
1914 - 2005
Rosa Santos Munda
1918 - 2010
César Jayme
1918 - 1992
Ricardo Adolfo
1917 - 2005
Gavino Rotor
1917 - 2005
Hilario Ziálcita
1913 - 2011