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.

160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Film & TV
  • Politics & Law
  • Sports
  • Music
  • Writing
  • Art & Design
  • Other
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Showing 112 of 1,050 notable people

0001 POLITICIAN

Imelda Marcos

Born 1929

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0003 POLITICIAN

Benigno Aquino III

Born 1960

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0025 POLITICIAN

Jejomar Binay

Born 1942

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0027 POLITICIAN

Arturo Tolentino

1910 - 2004

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0041 POLITICIAN

Nicanor Perlas

Born 1950

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0042 POLITICIAN

Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero

1832 - 1915

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0058 POLITICIAN

Jose Diokno

1922 - 1987

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0069 POLITICIAN

Juan Flavier

1935 - 2014

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Alejandro Roces

1924 - 2011

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0077 POLITICIAN

Francis Escudero

Born 1969

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0095 POLITICIAN

Risa Hontiveros

Born 1966

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0114 POLITICIAN

Crispin Beltran

1933 - 2008

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0123 POLITICIAN

Helena Benitez

1914 - 2016

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0133 POLITICIAN

Gerardo Roxas

1924 - 1982

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0147 POLITICIAN

Francis Pangilinan

Born 1963

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0176 POLITICIAN

Bam Aquino

Born 1977

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0185 POLITICIAN

Crisanto Evangelista

1888 - 1942

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0218 POLITICIAN

Pablo Ocampo

1853 - 1925

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0231 POLITICIAN

Maria Kalaw Katigbak

1912 - 1992

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0245 POLITICIAN

Butz Aquino

1939 - 2015

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0249 POLITICIAN

Benito Legarda

1853 - 1915

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0253 POLITICIAN

Mike Defensor

Born 1969

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0263 POLITICIAN

Angelo Reyes

1945 - 2011

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0273 POLITICIAN

Florencio Abad

Born 1954

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0285 POLITICIAN

Henedina Abad

1955 - 2017

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0286 POLITICIAN

Joaquín Miguel Elizalde

1896 - 1965

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0288 POLITICIAN

Gemma Cruz-Araneta

Born 1943

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0290 POLITICIAN

Vicente Paterno

1925 - 2014

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0317 POLITICIAN

Martin Romualdez

Born 1963

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0318 POLITICIAN

Orlando S. Mercado

Born 1946

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0323 POLITICIAN

Lito Atienza

Born 1941

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0334 POLITICIAN

Ronaldo Puno

Born 1948

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0350 POLITICIAN

Jose Cojuangco Jr.

Born 1934

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0373 POLITICIAN

Francisco Duque

Born 1957

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0384 POLITICIAN

Nikki Coseteng

Born 1952

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0389 POLITICIAN

Arthur C. Yap

Born 1965

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0475 POLITICIAN

JV Ejercito

Born 1969

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0484 POLITICIAN

Win Gatchalian

Born 1974

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0492 POLITICIAN

Ronald Singson

Born 1968

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0495 POLITICIAN

Herminio Aquino

Born 1949

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0501 POLITICIAN

Sergio Osmeña III

Born 1943

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0502 POLITICIAN

Jesus M. Vargas

1905 - 1994

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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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0518 POLITICIAN

José Alejandrino

1870 - 1951

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0522 POLITICIAN

Jamby Madrigal

Born 1958

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0540 POLITICIAN

Benjamin Romualdez

1930 - 2012

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0549 POLITICIAN

Rolando Andaya Jr.

Born 1969

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0551 POLITICIAN

Tomas Osmeña

Born 1948

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0556 POLITICIAN

Mel Mathay

1932 - 2013

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0567 POLITICIAN

Joey Salceda

Born 1961

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0578 POLITICIAN

Ramon Magsaysay Jr.

Born 1938

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0594 POLITICIAN

Mark Cojuangco

Born 1957

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0605 POLITICIAN

Mark Villar

Born 1978

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0606 POLITICIAN

Mel Senen Sarmiento

Born 1962

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0611 POLITICIAN

Jack Enrile

Born 1958

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0618 POLITICIAN

Antonio Halili

1946 - 2018

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0628 POLITICIAN

Rodolfo Fariñas

Born 1951

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0629 POLITICIAN

Gerardo Roxas Jr.

1960 - 1993

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0631 POLITICIAN

Chito Gascon

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0634 POLITICIAN

Enrico Echiverri

Born 1954

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0642 POLITICIAN

Corazon Soliman

Born 1953

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0651 POLITICIAN

Kaka Bag-ao

Born 1969

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0665 POLITICIAN

Juanito Victor Remulla

Born 1967

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0673 POLITICIAN

Ignacio Bunye

Born 1945

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0688 POLITICIAN

Monico Puentevella

Born 1946

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0700 POLITICIAN

Angelito Sarmiento

1947 - 2015

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0728 POLITICIAN

Celso Lobregat

Born 1948

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0731 POLITICIAN

Tomás Balbás

1846 - 1930

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0735 POLITICIAN

Pacita Madrigal-Warns

1915 - 2008

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0743 POLITICIAN

Gina Lopez

1953 - 2019

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0753 POLITICIAN

Ronaldo Zamora

Born 1944

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0755 POLITICIAN

Robert "Ace" Barbers

Born 1969

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0758 POLITICIAN

Victor Ziga

Born 1945

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0760 POLITICIAN

Rex Gatchalian

Born 1979

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0762 POLITICIAN

Amado Bagatsing

Born 1947

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0764 POLITICIAN

Lord Allan Jay Velasco

Born 1977

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0765 POLITICIAN

Joey de Venecia

Born 1963

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0771 POLITICIAN

Teodoro Sandiko

1860 - 1939

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0772 POLITICIAN

Antonio Cerilles

Born 1948

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0796 POLITICIAN

Jean Odilon-Barrot

1841 - 1904

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0806 POLITICIAN

Raul Daza

Born 1935

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0807 POLITICIAN

Sally Ponce Enrile

Born 1958

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0808 POLITICIAN

Dennis Apuan

Born 1964

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0809 POLITICIAN

Macario Peralta Jr.

1913 - 1975

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0812 POLITICIAN

Abraham Mitra

Born 1970

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0822 POLITICIAN

Jun Chipeco Jr.

Born 1942

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0823 POLITICIAN

Flor Marcelino

Born 1951

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0843 POLITICIAN

Ramon Jimenez Jr.

1955 - 2020

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0845 POLITICIAN

Alberto Romualdez

1940 - 2013

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0847 POLITICIAN

Greco Belgica

Born 1978

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0860 POLITICIAN

Gina de Venecia

Born 1949

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0863 POLITICIAN

Vicky Cayetano

Born 1956

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0877 POLITICIAN

Reynaldo Dagsa

1975 - 2011

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0879 POLITICIAN

Alfred Romuáldez

Born 1962

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0880 POLITICIAN

Timmy Chipeco

Born 1975

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0907 POLITICIAN

Pedro de Govantes

1853 - 1927

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0918 POLITICIAN

Benny Abante

Born 1951

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0921 POLITICIAN

Eduardo Zialcita

Born 1950

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0922 POLITICIAN

Vicente Jayme

1928 - 2013

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0933 POLITICIAN

Karen G. Angara

Born 1972

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0937 POLITICIAN

Monique Lagdameo

Born 1975

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0938 POLITICIAN

Carl Benito

Born 1954

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0952 POLITICIAN

Victor Agbayani

Born 1957

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0966 POLITICIAN

Regina Reyes Mandanas

Born 1964

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0980 POLITICIAN

Antolin Oreta

Born 1971

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0992 POLITICIAN

Ding Roman

Born 1946

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0999 POLITICIAN

Oscar Inocentes

Born 1931

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1000 POLITICIAN

Luis Marcaida III

Born 1973

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1006 POLITICIAN

Zosimo Paredes

Born 1948

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1009 POLITICIAN

Antonio Cuesta Moyano

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1043 POLITICIAN

Kathryna Yu-Pimentel

Born 1982

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