Famous Filipinos

   
Lapu Lapu Tribal Warrior Chief and Liberator of Magellans Soul
Dr. Jose Rizal Doctor, writer, political leader
General Antonio Taguba U.S. Army Major General
Manny Pacquiao Boxing Featherweight Champion
Efren Reyes Profesional Billiard Champion
Ernie Reyes Sr. and Jr, Martial Arts Champions and Actors
Tia Carerre Actress
Joy Bisco Actress
Nia peeples Actress
Dante Basco Actor - played Rufio in Steven Spielberg's Hook
Lou Diamond Phillips Actor
Dean Devlin Film Producer/Screenwriter - Independence Day, Stargate, Godzilla, The Patriot
Agapito Flores Inventor of the Flourescent Light Bulb
Benjamin Cayetano The first filipino to be a governor in the United States (Governor for the state of Hawaii)
Lea Salonga Singer - Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Aladdin's Princess Jasmin and Mulan's Fa Mulan
Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno 6x World Cup Bowling Champion
Rob Schneider Actor,Comedian,Writer
Roberto del Rosario Inventor of the Karaoke Machine
Dan Inosanto Martial Arts Instructor,Actor, Taught Bruce Lee the Filipino Art of Kali
Marc Dacascos Martial artist, Actor
Adriano Emperado One of the 5 founders of Kajukenbo Martial Arts
Eugene Amano NFL- Center/ Tennessee Titans
Brian Viloria Professional Boxer
Ceferino Garcia Professional Boxer-1930s
Speedy Dado Professional Boxerthe Pacific Coast bantamweight champion who attempted to be world flyweight and bantamweight champion of the world
Bernard (Big Duke) Docusen Professional Boxer from New Orleans, Louisiana, who challenged but lost to Sugar Ray Robinson for the welterweight championship of the world in Chicago in 1948
Lalaine Paras Actress – Disney Channel / “Miranda” on Lizzie Mc Guire
Pancho Villa Professional Boxer- American Flyweight Champion- Boxing Hall of Fame Member
Jim Washington a six-foot-seven forward, who was drafted in 1965 by the St. Louis Hawks of the National Basketball Association
Roman Gabriel the well-known quarterback of the Los Angeles Rams
Elizabeth Punsalan a fifth-time and current U.S. ice dance champion and a 1994 and 1998 Olympic competitor with her partner and husband, Jerod Swallow
Tai Babilonia the other half of the famed Babilonia-Radner skating team
Larry Itliong 1956 he founded the Filipino Farm Labor Union in California. Larry Itliong became Assistant Director to Cesar Chavez in the union that would eventually become the UFW. Larry Itliong started the 1965 grape strike in delano, ca that launched Cesar Chavez into california history
Kirk Hammet Metallica
Ben Agbayani Professional Baseball player
Carlos Bulosan World Reknowned Poet and Writer, Author of "America is in the Heart" a story about the Filipino-American experience in the 1930s.
Vanessa Minillo mtv vj, miss teen usa pagent winner
Todo Leonidas 2003 world series of poker champion
Teddy Bruschi middle linebacker for the Superbowl Champions Patriots
Monique Wilson Singer
Mutya Buena Singer - former member of Sugababes

More:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Filipino_Americans

http://www.notablefilipinos.com

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