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.

Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Quiapo during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1970s with 155 notable births.

What Quiapo Is Known For

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Actor is Quiapo's biggest profession — 23% of all notables (243).

Quiapo over-indexes on comedian21.4× the global rate.

Quiapo under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Actor243
  2. Politician112
  3. Singer80
  4. Basket71
  5. Film35
  6. Journalist31
  7. Comedian28
  8. Writer23
  1. Comedian2821.4×
  2. Basket715.4×
  3. Model134.8×
  4. Actor2434.3×
  5. Singer803.7×
  6. Judge153.0×
  7. Film352.7×
  8. Journalist311.9×
  1. Football170.1×
  2. Painter160.6×
  3. Writer230.7×

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.

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  • Music
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  • Art & Design
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Showing 91 of 1,050 notable people

0012 ACTOR

Fernando Poe Jr.

1939 - 2004

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0018 ACTOR

Neile Adams

Born 1932

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0064 FILM

Ishmael Bernal

1938 - 1996

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0065 FILM

Cirio H. Santiago

1936 - 2008

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0069 POLITICIAN

Juan Flavier

1935 - 2014

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0075 ARTIST

Tony DeZuniga

1932 - 2012

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0080 BASKET

Carlos Loyzaga

1930 - 2016

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0104 ARTIST

Roberto Chabet

1937 - 2013

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0113 JUDGE

Artemio Panganiban

Born 1936

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0114 POLITICIAN

Crispin Beltran

1933 - 2008

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0117 ACTOR

Pilar Seurat

1938 - 2001

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0136 PAINTER

José T. Joya

1931 - 1995

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0164 ACTOR

Chiquito (actor)

1932 - 1997

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0173 CHILD

Arthur MacArthur IV

Born 1938

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0201 ACTOR

Berting Labra

1933 - 2009

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0217 PAINTER

Onib Olmedo

1937 - 1996

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0219 BASKET

Narciso Bernardo

1937 - 2008

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0228 ARCHITECT

Francisco Mañosa

1931 - 2019

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0244 HISTORIAN

Doreen Fernandez

1934 - 2013

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0245 POLITICIAN

Butz Aquino

1939 - 2015

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0296 BASKET

Eduardo Pacheco (Filipino sportsman)

1936 - 2009

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0297 MINISTER

Albert del Rosario

Born 1939

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0299 ACTOR

Rosa Rosal

Born 1931

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0313 SEISMOLOGY

Raymundo Punongbayan

1937 - 2005

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0320 ACTOR

Delia Razon

Born 1931

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0328 ARCHBISHOP

Diosdado Talamayan

Born 1932

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0350 POLITICIAN

Jose Cojuangco Jr.

Born 1934

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0358 BASKET

Emilio Achacoso

Born 1932

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0374 FILM

Jun Aristorenas

1933 - 2000

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0394 BASKET

Florentino Bautista

Born 1930

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0398 BOXING

Carlos Padilla Jr.

Born 1934

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0399 BASKET

Rogelio Melencio

1939 - 1995

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0405 ROWER

Carl Lovsted

1930 - 2013

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0406 FILM

Pablo S. Gomez

1931 - 2010

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0422 BASKET

Rafael Barretto

1931 - 2002

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0444 JUDGE

Jose Melo

1932 - 2020

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0459 SINGER

Sylvia La Torre

Born 1933

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0467 BASKET

Constancio Ortíz

Born 1937

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0497 ACTOR

Joonee Gamboa

Born 1936

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0507 POLITICIAN

Mel Lopez

1935 - 2017

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0508 POLITICIAN

Feliciano Belmonte Jr.

Born 1936

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0510 WRITER

Gilda Cordero-Fernando

1932 - 2020

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0533 ACTOR

Vic Diaz

Born 1932

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0540 POLITICIAN

Benjamin Romualdez

1930 - 2012

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0541 ACTOR

Zaldy Zshornack

1937 - 2002

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0544 BUSINESS

Jaime Zobel de Ayala

Born 1934

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0556 POLITICIAN

Mel Mathay

1932 - 2013

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0575 CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Felipe Gozon

Born 1939

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0576 MINISTER

Roberto Ongpin

Born 1937

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0578 POLITICIAN

Ramon Magsaysay Jr.

Born 1938

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0579 COMEDIAN

Cachupoy

1931 - 2008

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0583 NEWS PRESENTER

Harry Gasser

1937 - 2014

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0593 JOURNALIST

Louie Beltran

1936 - 1994

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0600 ILLUSTRATOR

José Aruego

1932 - 2012

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0645 DIPLOMAT

Rosario Manalo

Born 1935

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0647 JOURNALIST

Rod Reyes

1935 - 2016

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0649 PRODUCER

Craig B. Fisher

1932 - 2006

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0657 CARTOONIST

Corky Trinidad

1939 - 2009

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0658 DAUGHTER

Victoria Quirino-Gonzalez

1931 - 2006

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0682 ACTOR

Rod Navarro

1936 - 2003

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0711 FOOTBALL

Charlie Kendall

Born 1935

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0722 ACTOR

Larry Silva

1937 - 2004

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0745 KARATE

Katsuhiko Shinzato

Born 1939

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0747 DOGE

Alex Leukart

Born 1939

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0754 SECRETARY

Jaime C. Laya

Born 1939

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0770 PRIEST

Jose Paala Salazar

1937 - 2004

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0777 JUDGE

Alfredo Benipayo

Born 1938

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0795 ACTOR

Beverly Long (actress)

1933 - 2014

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0804 MEDICAL

James S. Tan

1938 - 2006

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0806 POLITICIAN

Raul Daza

Born 1935

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0817 JUDGE

Bernardo P. Pardo

Born 1932

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0821 BOTANIST

Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann

1937 - 2005

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0831 DIPLOMAT

Antonio Cabangon-Chua

1934 - 2016

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0840 ACTOR

Eddie Mercado

1938 - 2006

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0844 FILM

Emmanuel Borlaza

1935 - 2017

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0894 PRIEST

Antonio Racelis Rañola

Born 1932

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0912 BASEBALL

Filomeno Codiñera

1939 - 2016

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0934 SPORT

Adolfo Feliciano

Born 1930

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0944 SINGER

Vi Velasco

Born 1939

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0950 SPORT

Leopoldo Ang

Born 1937

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0963 MISSING

Orly Punzalan

1935 - 2005

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0971 SPORT

Horacio Miranda

Born 1931

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0972 TEACHER

Ernesto Domingo

Born 1930

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0978 BUSINESS

Jorge L. Araneta

Born 1936

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0989 TEACHER

Don Moon (educator)

Born 1936

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0995 SWIMMER

Sandra von Giese

Born 1939

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0996 SPORT

Paterno Miranda

Born 1930

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0999 POLITICIAN

Oscar Inocentes

Born 1931

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1010 SWIMMER

Lorenzo Cortez

Born 1939

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1013 PAEDIATRICIAN

Natividad Relucio-Clavano

1932 - 2007

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1019 SPORT

Antonio Mendoza (sport shooter)

Born 1939

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