Biographies

= Biographies =

On this page is a list of influencial people of the Philippines and their acomplishments in their live that makes them so important.
1. Manny Pacquiao - professional boxer, actor, and currently a congressman media type="file" key="Manny Pacquiao.wmv"   ﻿   2. Lorenzo Ruiz - First Filipino Saint media type="custom" key="9469152" align="center" 3. Lapu-Lapu - Lapu-Lapu lived from 1491 to 1542. He is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization. Lapu-Lapu was the son of Kusgano and Inday Puti, brother to Abnaw and Mausug, married Princess Bulakna, and had a child named Sawili. Lapu-Lapu had earned the title of Chieftain after his father had died. On the morning of April 27, 1521, Lapu-Lapu led his Mactan warriors armed with spears, kampilan and kalasag, in a battle against Portuguese explorer and conquistador Ferdinand Magellan armed with cannons and guns. In what would later be known as the Battle of Mactan, Magellan and several of his men were killed. 4. Emilio Angunialdo - Country's first president  5. Jose Rizal - a Filipino polymath, patriot and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. 6. Corazon Aquino - spearheaded the People's Power Movement to topple the dictatorship under Ferdinand Marcos. 7. Cecilia Flores - Oebanda is named as one of three laureates of the World's Children's Prize for 2011. 8. Ninoy Aquino - was a Philippine Senator, Governor of Tarlac, and an opposition leader against President Ferdinand Marcos. 9. Ferdinand Marcos - distinct guerrilla fighter during Japanese occupation: President in 1965 to 1986   10. Ferdinand Magellan - person to circumference the world   11. Ramond Magsaysay - A distinguished leader in the struggle with the Hukbalahaps   12. Emilio Anguinaldo y Famy - commander of the revolutionary forces; president of the revolutionary First Philippine Republic   13. Manuel Luis Quezon - 1st president of the commonwealth of the Philippines, 2nd president of the Philippines  14. Imelda Romualdez Marcos - emerged as a powerful force within her husband's government during the 1970. 15. Andres Bonifacio - Leader of the secret Katipunan movement against Spain.