List of people from Cebu
Culture[edit]
LITERATURE[edit]
- Martin Abellana – Visayan author (Cebu City)
- Antonio Abad - a poet, fictionist, playwright and essayist (Barili)
- Gémino Abad - an educator, writer, and literary critic. He is a National Artist of the Philippines for Literature (Barili)
- Temistokles Adlawan - a contemporary Cebuano poet and short story writer who often writes with irreverent humor usually associated with Cebuano folk (Cebu City)
- Estrella Alfon - an author who wrote in English (Cebu City)
- Potenciano Aliño - a writer, translator, and revolutionary (Talisay)
- Natalio Bacalso - a writer, newspaperman, radio broadcaster, filmmaker, Constitutional Convention delegate in 1971 representing Cebu's 2nd district, and opposition assemblyman to the Interim Batasang Pambansa in 1978 (Cebu City)
- Cecilia Manguerra Brainard - an author and editor. She co-founded PAWWA or Philippine American Women Writers and Artists; and also founded Philippine American Literary House (Cebu City)
- Simeon Dumdum Jr. - writer, poet and former RTC judge (Balamban)
- Adonis Durado - a poet, visual journalist, and graphic designer of Cebuano descent (Cebu City)
- Ernesto Lariosa - a writer, poet, and columnist (San Fernando)
- Lina Espina-Moore - a Cebuano writer (Toledo)
- Vicente Garces - a politician, writer, and poet (Talisay)
- Pio Kabahar - a Cebuano composer, playwright, journalist, and director (Cebu City)
- Resil B. Mojares - a Filipino historian and critic of Philippine literature best known as for his books on Philippine history. He was recognized in 2018 as a National Artist of the Philippines for Literature - a conferment which represents the Philippine state's highest recognition for artists (Cebu City)
- Hilda Montaire - a writer (Mandaue)
- Marcelino Navarra - an editor, poet, and writer. He was regarded as the father of modern Cebuano short story (Carcar)
- Gilda Olvidado - a movie and television writer, and melodrama novelist (Cebu City)
- Amando Osório - a poet, playwright, novelist, and Cebu deputy governor (Dalaguete)
- Sulpicio Osório - was a Filipino editor, poet, and writer of fiction and essay in Cebuano language (Dalaguete)
- Nicolas Rafols - a legislator, journalist, businessman, lawyer, and agriculturalist (Toledo)
- Vicente Rama - a legislator, publisher, and writer (Cebu City)
- Hope Sabanpan-Yu - a short story writer/poet (Cebu City)
- Vicente Sotto – politician, author (Cebu City)
- Florentino Suico - a public school teacher and prolific writer, fictionist, poet, and journalist. He was known for his historical fiction written in Cebuano language (Mandaue)
- Florentino Tecson - a lawyer, politician, editor, writer, and labor leader (Naga)
- Vicente Ranudo - a writer, poet laureate, and Cebu provincial civil servant (Cebu City)
- Trizer D. Mansueto - an author of several books, he is also involved in museums, translation and teaching. He contributes stories to Cebu Daily News and the Philippine Daily Inquirer (both under the Inquirer Group). (Bantayan)
- José María del Mar - a writer, orator, playwright, theater actor, politician and authority on the Spanish Language. (Cebu City)
VISUAL ARTS[edit]
- Martino Abellana "Noy Tinong" - a renowned Cebuano and dubbed as "The Dean of Cebuano Painters" (Carcar)
- Ramon Abellana - a Cebuano sculptor and composer (Carcar)
- Paulina Constancia - a Filipino-Canadian artist known for her work on canvas, textiles, and found materials, sometimes incorporating stitching (Cebu City)
- Manuel Rodriguez Sr. "Mang Maning" - a Filipino printmaker. He was one of the pioneers of printmaking in the Philippines and was dubbed as the "Father of Philippine Printmaking" (Cebu City)
- Romulo Galicano - a Filipino painter whose works are technically academic and philosophical in approach (Carcar)
MUSIC[edit]
- Vicente Rubi - a Filipino Visayan musician best known for composing the Philippine Christmas carol Kasadyaa Ning Taknaa, which was translated into Tagalog, Ang Pasko ay Sumapit, by National Artist Levi Celerio. (Cebu City)
- Ramon Abellana - a sculptor and composer (Carcar)
- Daisy Ba-ad - a playwright, stage director, composer, motivational speaker and life coach (Cebu City)
- Luis Borromeo - a jazz musician and entertainer. Known as the "King of Jazz" in the Philippines (Cebu City)
- Manuel Kabajar Cabase - a singer, songwriter, musical director, computer musician, instrumentalist of at least 28 musical instruments, arranger, conductor, bandleader and musical director (Cebu City)
- Albert Tiu - a classical pianist (Cebu City)
- Emilio Villareal - a composer and musician (Boljoon)
- Ingrid Sala Santamaria - is a Filipina pianist (Cebu City)
FILM[edit]
- Isabel Sandoval - filmmaker, actress and director (Cebu City)
- Julian Daan - a character he played in a radio drama, was a Filipino Cebuano film, local TV, stage, and radio writer, director, actor, comedian, and politician (Talisay)
- Julius Roden - producer and director, Hailed as "The Father of Modern Cebuano Movies"
- Lyle Sacris - a cinematographer and director, known for Exodus: Tales from the Enchanted Kingdom (2005), Yanggaw (2008) and Transit (2013). (Cebu City)
- Natalio Bacalso - a Filipino writer, newspaperman, radio broadcaster, filmmaker, Constitutional Convention delegate in 1971 representing Cebu's 2nd district, and opposition assemblyman to the Interim Batasang Pambansa in 1978. (Cebu City)
- Pio Kabahar - Playwright, Writer, Journalist, Director and Composer (Cebu City)
- Ruel Antipuesto - film director and cinematographer considered as "The Godfather of Cebuano Filmmaking". (Cebu City)
Media[edit]
- Amelyn Veloso - broadcast journalist CNN Philippines (Cebu City)
- Harry Gasser - Newscaster and anchor of Balita Ngayon on ABS-CBN from 1969 to 1972 (Carcar)
- Leo Lastimosa - is a veteran tri-media journalist based in Cebu City. He was formerly an anchorman for ABS-CBN's regional news program, TV Patrol Central Visayas, the host of the current affairs program Arangkada on radio station DYAB, and a columnist for Cebu's newspaper, The Freeman (Cebu City)
- Dan Campilan - a radio and TV reporter for GMA Network (Cebu City)
Entertainment[edit]
- Amapola – singer, musician, actress, TV host, novelist (Sibonga)
- Kriesha Chu - K-pop Artist (Cebu)
- Akiko Solon - singer, actress (Lapu-Lapu City)
- Sheena Belarmino – singer (Cebu City)
- Allan Paule – actor (Cebu City)
- Albert Martinez - actor (Cebu City)
- Buboy Villar – actor, comedian, TV personality host (Cebu City)
- Jason Dy - singer (Cebu City)
- Anna Fegi – singer (Toledo)
- Annabelle Rama - actress, talent manager (Cebu City)
- Bailey May - actor, model (Cebu City)
- Ben Zubiri – singer, stage actor and World War 2 Guerrilla (Cebu City)
- BISAYA NI BAI - internet celebrity (Mandaue)
- Sheryn Regis - singer (Carcar)
- Buboy Villar - actor , comedian (Cebu City)
- Cattski - singer-songwriter, musician, record producer (Cebu City)
- Caridad Sanchez – actress (Mandaue)
- Christopher De Leon - actor (Cebu City)
- Chanda Romero - actress (her mother is from Cebu City)
- Claudia Zobel - actress (Mandaue)
- Cueshe - band (Cebu City)
- Darren Criss - a Hollywood actor, singer,and songwriter (His mother was from Cebu, Philippines)
- Dave Bornea - actor (Talisay)
- Devon Seron – actress (Cebu City)
- Dionne Monsanto - actress (Cebu City)
- Diva Montelaba - actress, dancer (Cebu City)
- Dominic Roco - actor (Lapu-Lapu City)
- Dulce - singer (Cebu City)
- Eda Nolan – actress (Cebu City)
- Ellen Adarna – Actress, Model, Socialite (Cebu City)
- Elyson de Dios - actor (Cebu City)
- Enrique Gil – actor, former dancer (Cebu City)
- Erich Gonzales - actress (Cebu City)
- Eula Caballero – actress (Boljoon)
- Felix Roco - actor (Lapu-Lapu City)
- Fretzie Bercede - actress (Cebu City)
- Gloria Sevilla – actress (Sibonga)
- Golden Cañedo - singer (Minglanilla)
- Isabel Oli – actress (born in Quezon City, grew up in Cebu City)
- Isabel Sandoval - director (grew up in Cebu City)
- Jackie Lou Blanco - actress (Cebu City)
- Janella Salvador - actress (Cebu City)
- Janine Berdin - singer, actress (Lapu-Lapu City)
- Jay-R Siaboc - singer (Toledo)
- Jessica Villarubin - singer (San Fernando)
- Joan Almedilla - singer, actress (Cebu City)
- Juan Karlos Labajo - actor, singer (Consolacion)
- Karen Ann Cabrera/Karencitta - Singer-songwriter and actress (Cebu City)
- Keanna Reeves – actress, comedian (Danao)
- Kenneth Earl Medrano - actor, model (Cebu City)
- Kim Chiu – actress, singer (Cebu City)
- Kiray Celis - comedian actress (Cebu City)
- Kyle Echarri - actor, endorsement, singer (grew up in Cebu City)
- Lilian Velez - actress (Cebu City)
- Manilyn Reynes – singer, actress (Cebu City)
- Manuel Kabajar Cabase aka Mahnee or Manny – composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist (Cebu City)
- Mark Joseph - actor (Bantayan)
- Matteo Guidicelli – actor, singer, car racer (Cebu City)
- Maureen Larrazabal - actress (Cebu City)
- Max Surban - singer (Cebu City)
- Medyo Maldito - internet celebrity, songwriter (Cebu City)
- Mike "Pekto" Nacua - comedian (Cebu City)
- Monica Cuenco - actress (Cebu City)
- Morissette - singer, songwriter, and actress (Minglanilla)
- Marco Alcaraz - Filipino actor, commercial model, and former varsity basketball player at San Sebastian College-Recoletos (Cebu City)
- Nicole Uysiuseng – actress (Cebu City)
- Niel Murillo – singer (Bogo)
- Panky Trinidad – singer (Cebu City)
- Paul Jake Castillo - actor, businessman (Cebu City)
- Pilita Corrales - actress, singer (Cebu City)
- Richard Yap – actor, singer, businessman (Cebu City)
- Redford White - comedian (Bogo)
- Shaina Magdayao - Actress (Bogo)
- Slater Young – actor, businessman (born in Manila, based in Cebu City)
- Suzette Ranillo - actress (Cebu City)
- Terence Baylon - actor (Cebu City)
- Tita Duran - actress (Pinamungajan)
- Urbandub - band (Cebu)
- Van Roxas - actor (Talisay)
- Vina Morales – singer, dancer, actress (Bogo)
- Vivian Velez - actress (Cebu City)
- Zandra Summer - actress (Cebu City)
Politics and government[edit]
- Thomas F. Breslin – surveyor of large sections of Cebu, Colonel, Bataan Death March victim
- Mariano Jesús Cuenco – Senate President during the First Congress of the Philippines (Carmen)
- Hilario Davide Jr. - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court under Estrada Administration (Argao)
- Hilario Davide III - Governor of Cebu (2013-2019), Vice-Governor of Cebu (2019–present) (Cebu City)
- Joseph Ace Durano - DOT Secretary under Arroyo Administration (Danao)
- Marcelo Fernan – Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Senate President (Cebu City)
- Gwendolyn Garcia - Governor of Cebu (2004-2013; 2019–present), 3rd District Representative (2013-2019) (Cebu City)
- Pablo Garcia - Former 3rd (1987-1995) & 2nd (2007-2013) District Representative, Former Governor (1995-2004) (Barili)
- Pablo John Garcia - 3rd District Representative (2007-2013; 2019–present) (Cebu City)
- Winston Garcia - President and General Manager of GSIS under Arroyo Administration (Cebu City)
- Ernesto Herrera - Ex-Senator of the Philippines (Samboan)
- John Henry Osmeña - Former Senator and Former 3rd District Representative (1995-1998) (Cebu City)
- Sergio Osmeña Sr. – Second President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (Cebu City)
- Sergio Osmeña Jr. - Former Senator and Former Governor (Cebu City)
- Sergio Osmeña III - Former Senator
- Tomas Osmeña - Former Mayor of Cebu City (1987-1995; 2001-2010; 2016–2019)
- Cerge Remonde - Press Secretary under Arroyo Administration (Argao)
- Michael Rama – Former Mayor of Cebu (2010–2016), Vice-Mayor of Cebu City (2001-2010; 2019–present) (Cebu City)
- Vicente Rama - Former Senator of the Philippines
- Jose Rene Almendras - Former Energy Secretary and Former Foreign Affairs Secretary of PNOY Administration (Cebu City)
Sports[edit]
- Gabriel "Flash" Elorde – boxer and former world champion (Bogo)
- Mercito Gesta - boxer (Mandaue)
- Frank Cedeno - boxer (Talisay)
- Eric Chavez - boxer (Cebu City)
- Rodel Mayol - boxer (Mandaue)
- Malcolm Tunacao - boxer (Mandaue)
- Bernabe Villacampo - boxer (Toledo)
- Bert Batawang - boxer (Cebu City)
- Arlo Chavez - boxer (Bantayan)
- Rolando Pascua - boxer (Cebu City)
- Felipe Nunag - boxer (Balamban)
- Jhack Tepora - boxer (Cebu City)
- Dominador Calumarde - boxer (Cebu City)
- Christian Araneta - boxer (Cebu City)
- Kevin Jake Cataraja - boxer (Cebu City)
- Joe Noynay - boxer (Bogo)
- Dondon Ampalayo – basketball player (Cebu City)
- Dondon Hontiveros – basketball player (Cebu City)
- J. R. Quiñahan – basketball player (Cebu City)
- June Mar Fajardo – basketball player (Pinamungahan)
- Eliud Poligrates – basketball player (Poro)
- Elmer Cabahug – basketball player (Cebu City)
- Roger Pogoy – basketball player (Minglanilla)
- Manny Paner - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Roger Yap - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Robert Labagala - basketball player (Talisay)
- Aldrech Ramos - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Reed Juntilla - basketball player (Carmen)
- Junthy Valenzuela - basketball player (Bogo)
- Jimwell Torion - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Carl Tamayo - basketball player (Talisay)
- Marco Alcaraz - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Alfie Almario - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Boy Cabahug - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Paul Desiderio - basketball player (Liloan)
- Barkley Eboña - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Ernesto Estrada (basketball) - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Ramon Fernandez - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Brian Heruela - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Rob Labagala - basketball player (Talisay)
- Raymar Jose - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Calvin Oftana - basketball player (Danao City)
- Bibiano Ouano - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Eliud Poligrates - basketball player (Poro)
- Cristobal Ramas - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Neil Rañeses - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Biboy Ravanes - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Dale Singson - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Mac Tallo - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Jojo Tangkay - basketball player (Aloguinsan)
- Arnie Tuadles - basketball player (Argao)
- Francisco Vestil - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Roger Yap - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Warren Ybañez - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Roberto Yburan - basketball player (Cebu City)
- Deanna Wong – volleyball player (Minglanilla)
- Sisi Rondina – volleyball player (Compostela)
- Cyd Demecillo - volleyball player (Cebu City)
- Justine Dorog - volleyball player (Catmon)
- Isa Molde - volleyball player (Catmon)
- Grethcel Soltones - volleyball player (Catmon)
- Zenaida Ybañez-Chavez - volleyball player (Cebu City)
- Thelma Barina-Rojas - volleyball player (Cebu City)
- Ray Anthony Jónsson – Icelandic–Filipino footballer (Liloan)
- Louie Casas - footballer (Danao City)
- Ivan Ouano - footballer (Cebu City)
- Chad Gould - footballer (Liloan)
- Leticia Gempisao - softball player (Sibonga)
- Jose Caballero (martial artist) - martial artist (Toledo)
- Ciriaco Cañete - martial artist (San Fernando)
- Sonny Umpad - martial artist (Eskrima) (Bogo)
- Kiyomi Watanabe - judo (Cebu City)
- Gisele Shaw - wrestler (Toledo)
- Ramón Solis - weightlifter (Cebu City)
- Elreen Ando - weightlifter (Cebu City)
- Richard Bitoon - chess player (Cebu City)
- Enrico Sevillano - chess player (Cebu City)
- Kim Steven Yap - chess player (Cebu City)
- Warren Kiamco - billiard player (Cebu City)
- Rubilen Amit - billiard player (Mandaue)
- Leonardo Illut - long-distance runner (Cebu City)
- Mary Joy Tabal - triathlon (Cebu City)
- Margielyn Didal - street skateboarder (Cebu City)
- Arlie Pond - baseball (Cebu)
- Regino Ylanan - baseball and athletics (Bogo)
- Simon Racaza - sport shooter (Cebu City)
- Ulpiano Babol - swimmer (Cebu City)
- Lita dela Rosa - bowling (Cebu City)
- Ben Arda - golf player (Cebu City)
- Jonel Carcueva - cyclist (Minglanilla)
Fashion, designs and arts[edit]
- Monique Lhuillier – Fashion Designer (Cebu City)
- Kenneth Cobonpue – International Furniture Designer (Cebu City)
- Furne One Amato - International Fashion Designer (Cebu City)
- Cary Santiago - Fashion Designer (Cebu City)
Business[edit]
- Lucio Tan - Filipino-Chinese Businessman (LT Group Inc.)
- Vicki Belo - Filipino businesswoman (Belo Medical Group)
- Justin Uy - Cebuano Entrepreneur (Owner of JPark Island Resort and Water Park, Founder of J Centre Mall and Founder of Profood International Corp.)
- John Gokongwei - Filipino, Cebuano billionaire businessman and philanthropist
- Wilfred Steven Uytengsu - Filipino businessman and President of Alaska Milk Corporation
- M Lhuillier (Michael Lhuillier) - Cebuano Businessman known as the country’s ‘Pawnshop King’ ( M Lhuillier Group of Companies Founder and Chairman, Cebu Provincial Sports Commission Chairman, Honorary consul of France in Cebu and Cebu Safari and Adventure Park Founder)
Science[edit]
- Romulo Davide - an agricultural scientist hailed as the “Father of Plant Nematology," is a philanthropist and leader for the poor farmers of the Philippines and a recipient of the renowned Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2012. (Argao)
- Casimiro del Rosario - a Filipino scientist. He was named a National Scientist of the Philippines in 1983 for being a pioneer in physics, meteorology, and astronomy in the Philippines. (Bantayan)
- Roman Kintanar - a scientist in the field of meteorology (Cebu City)
Beauty title holder[edit]
- Pilar Pilapil - Miss Universe Philippines 1967
- Gazini Ganados - Miss Universe Philippines 2019 and Miss Universe 2019 Top 20
- Beatrice Luigi Gomez - Miss Universe Philippines 2021 and Miss Universe Top 5 finalist
- Maria Karla Bautista - Miss World Philippines 2004 & Miss World Top 5 / Miss World Asia and Oceania 2004
- Tracy Maureen Perez - Miss World Philippines 2021 and Miss World 2021 Top 12
- Yedda Marie Romualdez - Miss International Philippines 1996 and Miss International 1996 Top 15
- Nicole Schmitz - Miss International Philippines 2012 and Miss International Top 12
- Nicole Borromeo - Miss International Philippines 2022 ans Miss International 2023 3rd Runner Up
- Karla Paula Henry - Miss Earth 2008
- Jamie Herrell - Miss Earth 2014
- Rogelie Catacutan - Miss Supranational Philippines 2015 and Miss Supranational 2015 Top 20
- Elizabeth Clenci - Miss Grand Philippines 2017 and Miss Grand International 2017 2nd Runner Up
- Eva Patalinjug - Miss Grand Philippines 2018
- Samantha Lo - Miss Grand Philippines 2019
- Kris Janson - Miss Intercontinental Philippines 2014 and Miss Intercontinental 2014 2nd Runner Up
- Rizzini Alexis Gomez - Miss Tourism International 2012
- Fuschia Anne Ravena - Miss International Queen 2022
Religious[edit]
- Pedro Calungsod - 2nd Saint in the Philippines (Ginatilan)
- Teofilo Camomot - A beatified bishop in the Philippines (Carcar)
- Patricio Buzon - is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the current Bishop of Bacolod in Negros Occidental (Cebu city)
- Antonieto Cabajog - a Roman Catholic bishop in Bohol, as of 2001 bishop of Surigao (Cebu City)
- Francisco Montecillo Padilla - a prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See since 1985 (Cebu City)
- José S. Palma - is a prelate and a professed member of the Dominican Order who is currently serving as the Archbishop of Cebu since 15 October 2010 (Cebu City)
- Ricardo Vidal - was a prelate of the Catholic Church. Made a cardinal in 1985, he was Archbishop of Cebu from 1982 to 2010 (Cebu City)
- Dennis Villarojo - a prelate of the Catholic Church who is the 5th bishop of the Latin Church Diocese of Malolos in the Philippines (Cebu City)
- Jesus Dosado - was a prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, who served as the Bishop and then Archbishop of Ozamiz from 1981 until his retirement in 2016 (Sogod)
- John F. Du - is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is the Archbishop of Palo in Leyte, Philippines (Bantayan)
- Juan García Ruiz - was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nueva Segovia from 1784 to 1796 (Madridejos)
- Christian Vicente Noel - was a Roman Catholic prelate. He served as the Bishop of Talibon from 1986 until his retirement in 2014 (Asturias)
- Osvaldo Padilla - a prelate of the Catholic Church who spent his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He became an archbishop in 1991 and the position of Apostolic Nuncio to several countries before retiring in 2017 (Sogod)
- Daniel Franklin Pilario - a contextual theologian, writer, educator, and Vincentian Catholic priest. He currently serves as president of Adamson University. He was a former professor and dean of St. Vincent School of Theology (Oslob)
- Leopoldo Tumulak - was a Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines. He served as head of the Military Ordinariate of the Philippines from 2005 until his death in 2017 (Santander)
- Narciso Villaver Abellana - is a Roman Catholic bishop and the current and 5th Bishop of Romblon (Talisay)
- Emilio Bataclan - a prelate of the Catholic Church in the Philippines. He is an auxiliary bishop emeritus of the Latin Church archdiocese of Cebu (Bantayan)
Heroes[edit]
- Lapu-Lapu - First Hero in the Philippines
- Leon Kilat - Hero in the Philippine Revolution
- Gen. Arcadio Maxílom - a Filipino teacher and hero of the Philippine Revolution (Tuburan)
Education[edit]
- Vicente Gullas - Founder of University of the Visayas
- Lourdes Quisumbing - was a prominent educator and former Secretary of Education of Philippines under the presidency of Corazon Aquino.
Notable people with roots from Cebu[edit]
- Bruno Mars - American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. (His mother, Bernadette San Pedro Bayot, was born in Cebu, but her family moved to Hawaii when she was a young girl)
- Kirk Hammett - American musician who has been the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica since 1983 (his mother Teofila Oyao is from Cebu).
- Darren Criss - His mother was from Cebu (a Hollywood actor, singer, and songwriter)
- Rodrigo Duterte - His father was from Danao (16th President of the Philippines)
- Manny Pacquiao - His father was from Pinamungahan (Senator and Eight Division World Boxing Champion)
- Francis Magalona - His mother was from Cebu City (actor, the filipino king of rap)
- Ruffa Gutierrez - Actress and beauty queen, was Miss World 1993 2nd Runner Up (her mother Anabelle Rama is from Cebu)
- Richard Gutierrez - Actor (his mother Anabelle Rama is from Cebu)
- Raymond Gutierrez - A host, editor, columnist, endorser, entrepreneur, and occasional actor (his mother Anabelle Rama is from Cebu)
- Tina Paner - Actress and singer (her father Manny Paner is from Cebu)
- Danita Paner - Actress and pop-rock singer (her father Manny Paner is from Cebu)
- Rafael Rosell - Actor (His dad is a Cebuano geologist)