Who are the famous people in Mindanao Philippines?
When you talk of Bohol, Philippines, you immediately think of
the tarsier and Chocolate Hills. When you talk of famous people
from Bohol, Philippines, former President Carlos P. Garcia,
Francisco Dagohoy (who led one of the longest insurrections against
the Spaniards), and Yoyoy Villame, the famous novelty singer of
long ago come to mind with ease. However, there are other
celebrities who came from this rustic province in the Visayas. Let
us enumerate some of them.
In the field of basketball, this province produced Lauro Mumar
and Bernard Fabiosa. Lauro Mumar is a legend when it comes to
Philippine basketball. Some of his achievements were; being a
member of the Philippine national basketball team that landed 12th
place during the 1948 Summer Olympics, he led the national
basketball team in gaining two gold medals in 1951 and 1954 Asian
Games, and he led the Philippine Basketball team that captured
bronze medal in the 1954 World Basketball Championships in Rio de
Janiero, the feat has not been surpassed yet. Bernard Fabiosa, a
popular PBA player in the seventies was fondly called as the "King
of Swipes" and was a member of the Crispa Team that captured grand
slam feats in 1979 and in 1983. He was named as one of the 25
greatest PBA player of all time.
In another sports field, boxing has also famous people from
Bohol, Philippines in the name of Nonito Donaire. This famous boxer
who traced his roots in the province is also known as "The Filipino
Flash." He currently holds four boxing titles from different boxing
organizations.
In the field of education, law, and politics, among the famous
people from Bohol, Philippines are; Dr. Jose Abueva from the
University of the Philippines year 1987-1993 and Cecil Putong,
former Department of Education secretary during the fifties. Among
the famous senators this province has produced were Senators
Ernesto Herrera, Juan Torralba, and Olegrano Clarin. It has
produced two bar top notchers in the person of Victor S. de la
Serna and Oscar B. Glavosa.
Just like other provinces in the Philippines, Bohol is also
known for beautiful ladies and talented people. Ana Marie Igpit who
was our representative in the 2006 Miss World pageant is one of the
famous people from Bohol, Philippines in the field of beauty
pageants. In the field of arts and entertainment, the list is quite
long; Cesar Montano - famous movie action star, Luke Mijares -
famous pop singer and balladeer, Mutya Buena - Filipino-British
singer and member of the group Sugababe, Jerome Sala - 2005 Grand
Champion Search for The Star In A Million, Rich Asuncion - GMA and
former BB. Pilipinas runner up, Lutgardo Labad - famous movie
musical composer, and Napoleon Abueva - National Artist for
Sculpture are just some of the famous people from Bohol,
Philippines whether pure Boholanos or half breed.