List of University of the Philippines Diliman people

The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Politics, law and governance

 * Benigno Aquino Jr. – Senator (1967–1972), Marcos opposition leader, Governor of Tarlac; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Arturo Tolentino – Philippine Vice President, 12th Senate President, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, and Metro Manila Representative; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Salvador Laurel – Philippine Vice President, Prime Minister, Senator, and Secretary of Foreign Affairs; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Richard Gordon – Senator (2004–2010; 2016–Present) and Tourism Secretary (2001-2004); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Francis Pangilinan – Senator (2001–2007; 2016–Present), Senate Majority Floor Leader (2004-2008); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Gil Puyat – 13th Senate President (1967-1972), Senator (1951–1972); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Sotero Laurel – President Pro Tempore (1991-1992), Senator (1987–1992); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Domocao Alonto – Senator (1956–1961), Islamic leader; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Juan Liwag – Senator (1963–1969) and Justice Secretary; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Gerry Roxas – Senator (1963–1972), Senate Minority Floor Leader, Capiz Representative; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Mamintal A.J. Tamano – Senator (1969–1972, 1987–1992), Lanao del Sur Vice Governor; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Joker Arroyo – Senator (2001–2013), Executive Secretary, and Makati Representative; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Martin Romualdez – Leyte Representative (2007–2016; 2019–Present); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Jesus Crispin Remulla – Cavite Representative (2004–2013; 2019–Present); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Roman Romulo – Pasig Representative (2007–2016; 2019–Present); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Arnulf Bryan Fuentebella – Camarines Sur Representative (2019–Present); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Isagani Amatong - Zamboanga del Norte Representative (2019–Present); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Victor Yap - Tarlac Representative (2019–Present); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Rimpy Bondoc - Pampanga Representative (2019–Present); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * José Laurel Jr. – 9th Speaker of the House of Representatives; Batangas Representative (1941-1957; 1961–1972; 1984–1986); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Nicanor Yñiguez – 15th Speaker of the House of Representatives; Southern Leyte Representative (1957–1972; 1984–1986); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Wenceslao Vinzons – Camarines Norte Representative (1941–1942); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Gerardo Roxas Jr. – Capiz Representative (1987–1993); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Gilbert Remulla – Cavite Representative (2001–2004); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Roque Ablan, Jr. – Ilocos Norte Representative (1967–1973; 1987–1998; 2001–2010); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Felix William Fuentebella – Camarines Sur Representative (2001–2004; 2013–2016) ; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Roberto S. Benedicto - Ambassador to Japan (1972-1978); First Class, Order of the Rising Sun (1977); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Querube Makalintal – 11th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; 14th Speaker of the House of Representatives; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Enrique Fernando – 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Estanislao Fernandez – Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Carmelino Alvendia Sr. – Associate Justice, Court of Appeals; Founder, Quezon City Academy; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Gregorio Pio Catapang – Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Jolly R. Bugarin – Director, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI); President, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL); member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Alfonso Calalang – Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Christian Monsod – COMELEC Chairman; Commissioner, 1987 Constitutional Commission; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Delia Albert – Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2003–2004)
 * Leandro Alejandro – student council leader, honored for his role in resisting the authoritarian dictatorship at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani; staff member, Philippine Collegian
 * Edgardo J. Angara – Senator, Senate president (1993–1995); University of the Philippines president (1981–1987)
 * Juan Edgardo Angara – House of Representatives member
 * Bellaflor Angara-Castillo – Governor of Aurora; House of Representatives member (1995–2004); Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives (2000–2001)
 * Ma. Alicia Austria-Martinez – Supreme Court associate justice (2002–2009)
 * Lauro Baja – Ambassador to the United Nations (2003–2007); member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Robert Barbers – Senator (1998–2004); member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Herbert Bautista – Mayor of Quezon City; movie and TV actor
 * Jejomar Binay Jr. – Mayor of Makati
 * Antonio Carpio – Supreme Court associate justice
 * Alan Peter Cayetano – Senator and House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
 * Pia Cayetano – Senator
 * Rene Cayetano – Senator (1998–2003)
 * Edgardo Chatto – Governor of Bohol; House of Representatives member (2001–2010); lawyer
 * Minita Chico-Nazario – Supreme Court associate justice (2004–2009)
 * Nikki Coseteng – Senator (1992–2001) and House of Representatives member (1987–1992)
 * Simeon Datumanong – House of Representatives member and Cabinet secretary
 * Hilario Davide Jr. – Supreme Court chief justice (1998–2005)
 * Teresita de Castro – Supreme Court associate justice
 * Arthur Defensor Sr. – Governor of Iloilo; House of Representatives member (2001–2010)
 * Michael Defensor – Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources (2004–2006); House of Representatives member (1995–2001); Presidential Chief of Staff (2006–2007)
 * Franklin Drilon – Senator
 * Emilio Ramon Ejercito – actor; Mayor of Pagsanjan, Laguna (2001–2010); Governor of Laguna
 * Juan Ponce Enrile – Senator and Senate president, former Defense Minister
 * Suellen Escribano - Women's and Farmer's rights activist during the Marcos dictatorship, honored for her role in resisting the authoritarian dictatorship at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani; member, Sigma Delta Phi Sorority
 * Francis Escudero – Senator and House of Representatives member (1998–2007); member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Erlinda Fadera-Basilio – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva ; Undersecretary for Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador to China
 * Marcelo Fernan – Supreme Court chief justice (1988–1991); Philippine senator (1995–1999); Senate president (1998–1999)
 * Cancio Garcia – Supreme Court associate justice (2004–2007)
 * Gwendolyn Garcia – Governor of Cebu
 * Pablo John Garcia – House of Representatives member; member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Carolina Griño-Aquino – Supreme Court associate justice (1988–1993)
 * Roseller Guiao – Vice Governor of Pampanga;head coach of the Red Bull Barako team in the PBA
 * Magtanggol Gunigundo – House of Representatives member
 * Constantino Jaraula – House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
 * Francis Jardeleza – Solicitor General
 * Edcel C. Lagman – House of Representatives member; member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Salvador H. Laurel – Vice President of the Philippines (1986–1992)
 * Katrina Legarda – lawyer
 * Loren Legarda – Senator and broadcast journalist
 * Marvic Leonen – Supreme Court associate justice
 * Cardozo Luna – Undersecretary of Department of National Defense (2016–Present); former Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands (2009–2010); former Vice Chief of Staff and Lieutenant General of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (2008–2009)
 * Gloria Macapagal Arroyo – President of the Philippines (2001–2010); House of Representatives member
 * Catalino Macaraig Jr. – Executive Secretary (1987–1990)
 * Liza Maza – House of Representatives member (2001–2010)
 * Heidi Mendoza – Undersecretary General for the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight and former commissioner and officer-in-charge of the Commission on Audit
 * Nur Misuari – former leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)
 * Conchita Morales – Ombudsman; Supreme Court associate justice (2002–2011)
 * Oscar Orbos – lawyer, Executive Secretary (1990–1991); Governor of Pangasinan (1995–1998), and TV host; member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Rey Pagtakhan – Canadian cabinet minister and Parliament of Canada member (1988–2004)
 * Aquilino Pimentel III – Senator
 * Reynato Puno – Supreme Court chief justice (2006–2010);  member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Romero Quimbo – House of Representatives member
 * Leonardo Quisumbing – Supreme Court associate justice (1998–2009); member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Gilbert Remulla – House of Representatives member (2001–2007); broadcast journalist
 * Juanito Victor Remulla – Governor of Cavite
 * Jesse Robredo – Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (2010–2012); Mayor of Naga City (2001–2010)
 * Leni Robredo – Vice President of the Philippines (2016–2022)
 * Rufus Rodriguez – House of Representatives member; lawyer
 * Flerida Ruth Romero – Supreme Court associate justice (1991–1999)
 * Rafael Salas – first head of the United Nations Population Fund
 * Miriam Defensor Santiago – Senator, Cum Laude
 * Abraham Sarmiento – Supreme Court associate justice (1987–1991)
 * Abraham Sarmiento Jr. – martial law activist; editor-in-chief of the Philippine Collegian; member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity
 * Ma. Lourdes Sereno – Supreme Court chief justice
 * Jose Maria Sison – Communist Party of the Philippines founder
 * Victor Sumulong – House of Representatives member (1998–2007)
 * Ruben D. Torres – Secretary of Labor and Employment (1990–1992); Executive Secretary (1995–1998)
 * Antonio Trillanes IV – Senator; Oakwood mutiny and Manila Peninsula mutiny leader
 * Niel Tupas Jr. – House of Representatives member
 * Niel Tupas Sr. – Governor of Iloilo (2001–2010); House of Representatives member (1978–1984; 1987–1998)
 * Presbitero Velasco Jr. – Supreme Court associate justice
 * Luis Villafuerte – House of Representatives member
 * Manuel Villar – Senator, Senate president (2006–2008); Speaker of the House of Representatives (1998–2000)
 * Liwayway Vinzons-Chato – House of Representatives member (2007–2010)
 * Perfecto Yasay – Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission (1995–2000)
 * Consuelo Ynares-Santiago – Supreme Court associate justice (1999–2009)
 * Haydee Yorac – Chairwoman of the Commission on Elections (1989–1991) and the Presidential Commission on Good Government (2001–2005)
 * Nancy Binay- Senator of the Philippines (2013–present)

Sports

 * Chito Salud – President/CEO/Commissioner, Philippine Basketball Association; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Eric Altamirano – basketball coach, former member of the UP Fighting Maroons basketball team
 * Jun Bernardino – former member of the UP Fighting Maroons basketball team, and former commissioner of the NCAA and PBA
 * Marvin Cruz – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; former player of the Burger King Whoppers in the PBA
 * Ryan Gregorio – former UP Fighting Maroons player; former head coach of the Meralco Bolts basketball team in the PBA
 * Yeng Guiao – current head coach of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters team in the PBA; Pampanga vice governor
 * Jireh Ibañes – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; former player of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters in the PBA
 * Joe Lipa – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; commissioner of the UAAP; former UP Fighting Maroons basketball team coach; commissioner of the NCAA
 * Ronnie Magsanoc – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; current assistant coach of the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants team in the PBA
 * Paolo Mendoza – former UP Fighting Maroons player; current player of the Sta. Lucia Realtors in the PBA
 * Benjie Paras – TV actor, comedian and host; former member of the UP Fighting Maroons basketball team and the PBA
 * Bo Perasol – former UP Fighting Maroons basketball player; former head coach of the Air21 Express basketball team; current UP Fighting Maroons basketball program director; member, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity

UP Diliman

 * Lean Alejandro - USC Chairperson
 * Atom Araullo - USC Councilor, ABS CBN Reporter
 * Jejomar Binay - USC Councilor
 * Alan Peter Cayetano - USC Councilor
 * Randy David - USC Vice Chairperson
 * Michael Defensor - USC Vice Chairperson
 * Franklin Drilon - USC Councilor
 * Marcelo Fernan - USC Chairperson
 * Richard Gordon - USC Councilor; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Raymond Palatino - USC Chairperson; National Union of Students of the Philippines National President; former Representative of Kabataan Partylist in the Congress
 * Francis Pangilinan - USC Chairperson; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Alfredo Pascual - USC Councilor; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Leonardo Quisumbing - USC Chairperson
 * Rafael Salas - USC Chairperson
 * Miriam Defensor Santiago - USC Vice Chairperson, Philippine Collegian Editor-in Chief
 * Eric de Guia (aka Kidlat Tahimik ) - Student Union Chairperson; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Wenceslao Vinzons - USC Chairperson; member, Upsilon Sigma Phi

Notable past and present faculty

 * Maria Ressa - journalist and Rappler CEO; included in the Time's Person of the Year 2018 and first Filipina Nobel Peace Prize laureate
 * Romulo Davide - National Academy of Science and Technology, Nematology/Plant Pathology; Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Jose Juliano - National Academy of Science and Technology, Nuclear Chemistry and Physics; Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Vicente Abad Santos - former Supreme Court justice
 * Nicanor Abelardo - Filipino musician, composer of "U.P. Naming Mahal" ("U.P. Beloved"), the University of the Philippines hymn
 * José Abueva - former University of the Philippines president
 * Napoleon Abueva - sculptor and National Artist
 * Virgilio S. Almario - National Artist; former director of the U.P. Institute of Creative Writing; current UP College of Arts and Letters dean
 * Walden Bello - sociologist
 * Henry Otley Beyer - co-founder, UP Department of Anthropology
 * Emilia Boncodin - former Budget and Management secretary; Hyatt 10 member
 * Clarita Carlos - political analyst; president of Center for Asia Pacific Studies, Inc.; pioneer of political psychology in the country
 * Ryan Cayabyab - musician, artistic director of the San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts
 * Irene Cortes - lawyer and former Supreme Court of the Philippines justice
 * Adrian Cristobal - writer, columnist
 * Isagani R. Cruz - literary critic and playwright
 * Randy David - professor of sociology; newspaper columnist; former TV public affairs host
 * Malou de Guzman - film and TV actress, former senior lecturer at the UP Film Institute
 * Juan R. Francisco - indologist and professor
 * N. V. M. Gonzalez - fictionist and National Artist
 * Margarita Holmes - renowned psychologist and sex expert, TV personality
 * Jun Lana - playwright, screenwriter and director
 * Cheche Lazaro - broadcast journalist; founding president of Probe Productions, Inc.
 * Salvador P. Lopez - writer, journalist, diplomat, former University of the Philippines president
 * Alexander Magno - political scientist, TV host, newspaper columnist
 * Rogemar Mamon - mathematician, quantitative analyst, British and Canadian academic
 * Paz Márquez-Benítez - fictionist
 * Felipe B. Miranda - founder of Pulse Asia; Professor Emeritus at University of the Philippines Diliman Department of Political Science
 * Solita Monsod - professor of economics, former Economic Planning secretary, newspaper columnist, broadcast journalist
 * Ambeth R. Ocampo - historian, writer, Chairman National Historical Institute, TOYM History, decorated by Spain and France
 * Cristina Padolina - professor of chemistry; current President of Centro Escolar University
 * Raymundo Punongbayan - geologist, former Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) director
 * Henry J. Ramos - first Filipino plasma physicist, inventor
 * Nicanor Reyes Sr. - economist, one of the founders of Far Eastern University
 * Temario Rivera - political scientist
 * Carlos P. Romulo - Pulitzer Prize winner, president of the United Nations General Assembly 1949–1950, former chairman of the United Nations Security Council and University of the Philippines president
 * Caesar Saloma - applied physicist, Dean of College of Science, recipient of 2004 International Commission for Optics' Galileo Award, 2008 ASEAN Outstanding Scientist and Technologist Award
 * E. San Juan Jr. - poet and cultural critic
 * Bienvenido Santos - poet and fictionist
 * Rogelio R. Sikat - writer
 * Cesar Virata - former Philippines prime minister and Finance secretary; former dean and professor at the UP College of Business Administration
 * Haydee Yorac - professor of law; former Philippine Commission of Elections; chairperson of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) commissioner
 * Prescillano Zamora - professor of biology

Faculty members who are writers

 * Gémino Abad
 * Mila Aguilar
 * Virgilio Almario
 * José Wendell Capili
 * Lourdes Castrillo Brillantes
 * Conchitina Cruz
 * Jose Dalisay Jr.
 * J. Neil Garcia
 * Luis Katigbak
 * Domingo Landicho
 * Bienvenido Lumbera
 * Paolo Manalo
 * Ambeth R. Ocampo
 * Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
 * Ligaya Tiamson-Rubin
 * Nicanor Tiongson
 * Ricardo de Ungria
 * Rene Villanueva

National Artists
Of the 66 National Artists of the Philippines thus far honored, the majority are UP alumni, including three former students who did not earn their degree at the university. The honored league of National Artists from UP are:


 * Architecture
 * Juan Nakpil
 * Ildefonso Santos
 * Dance
 * Ramon Obusan
 * Francisca Reyes-Aquino
 * Film
 * Ishmael Bernal
 * Lino Brocka
 * Eddie Romero
 * Literature
 * Francisco Arcellana
 * Virgilio S. Almario
 * N.V.M. Gonzalez
 * Amado V. Hernandez
 * F. Sionil José
 * Bienvenido Lumbera
 * Carlos P. Romulo
 * Edith Tiempo
 * José García Villa
 * Music
 * Ryan Cayabyab
 * Levi Celerio
 * Jose Maceda
 * Antonio Molina
 * Ramon Santos
 * Lucio San Pedro
 * Andrea Veneración
 * Felipe Padilla de Leon
 * Theater
 * Daisy Avellana
 * Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero
 * Severino Montano
 * Rolando S. Tinio
 * Visual Arts
 * Napoleon Abueva
 * Fernando Amorsolo
 * Benedicto Cabrera
 * Botong Francisco
 * Abdulmari Asia Imao
 * José Joya
 * Cesar Legaspi
 * Vicente Manansala
 * Guillermo Tolentino

National Scientists
Several UP alumni and faculty members have been named as National Scientists of the Philippines. This is the highest award accorded to Filipino scientists by the Philippine government.
 * Juan Salcedo Jr. (1978)
 * Fe del Mundo (1980)
 * Eduardo Quisumbing (1980)
 * Carmen Velasquez (1983)
 * Teodoro Agoncillo (1985)
 * Encarnacion Alzona (1985)
 * Julian Banzon (1986)
 * Dioscoro Umali (1986)
 * Luz Oliveros-Belardo (1987)
 * Jose Encarnacion Jr. (1987) – National Scientist, Economics; Dean, UP School of Economics; Upsilon Sigma Phi
 * Alfredo Lagmay (1988)
 * Paulo Campos (1989)
 * Jose Velasco (1998)
 * Benito Vergara (2001)
 * Onofre Corpuz (2004) – National Scientist, Political Economy and Government; 13th President, University of the Philippines; Upsilon Sigma Phi