List of people from Dumaguete

The following is a list of notable people who were either born in, lived in, are current residents of, or are closely associated with the city of Dumaguete, in Negros Oriental, a province in Negros Island, Philippines.

Business, economics, and finance

 * Juanita Amatong, Philippine Secretary of Finance and first woman executive director in the World Bank Group

Cinema and broadcast arts

 * Elizabeth Cooper [Isabel Rosario Cooper], actress and mistress of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
 * Glydel Mercado, actress
 * Gino Antonio, actor
 * Theodore Boborol, director
 * Beauty Gonzalez, actress and Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus 4th Teen Placer
 * Bret Jackson, actor and Pinoy Big Brother housemate
 * Eddie Romero, director, screenwriter, and National Artist for Cinema and Broadcast Arts
 * Dennis Trillo, actor, model, singer, and TV host

Education and library science

 * Leonor Briones, Secretary of the Department of Education and former Treasurer of the Philippines

Historical figures

 * Dios Buhawi, revolutionary
 * León Kilat, revolutionary
 * Papa Isio, revolutionary

Law

 * Edgardo Delos Santos, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
 * Felix Makasiar, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

Literature and historiography

 * Merlie M. Alunan, poet and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
 * César Ruiz Aquino, poet, fictionist, SEAWrite awardee, and four-time Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
 * Ian Casocot, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
 * Elsa Martinez Coscolluela, poet, fictionist, playwright, co-founder of the IYAS National Writers Workshop, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer
 * Leoncio P. Deriada, poet, fictionist, playwright and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award Hall-of-Famer
 * Lakambini Sitoy, fictionist and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner
 * Edilberto Tiempo, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and SEAWrite awardee
 * Edith Tiempo, poet, novelist, critic, co-founder of the Silliman University National Writers Workshop, and National Artist for Literature
 * Rowena Tiempo Torrevillas, poet, fictionist, essayist, and Carlos Palanca Memorial Award winner

Media and journalism

 * Crispin Maslog, journalist and educator

Military and law enforcement

 * Dionardo Carlos, 27th Chief of the Philippine National Police
 * Cirilito Sobejana, general, incumbent Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Armed Forces of the Philippines, and recipient of the Medal of Valor

Music

 * Rico Blanco, singer
 * Boboy Garovillo, singer and member of APO Hiking Society
 * Kyle Juliano, pop singer
 * Budoy Marabiles, reggae musician

Politics, diplomacy, and civic work

 * Juanita Amatong, former Secretary of the Department of Finance
 * Kira Danganan-Azucena, diplomat
 * Emilio Macias, provincial governor
 * José E. Romero, congressman, senator, first Philippine Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and former Secretary of the Department of Education
 * Jose V. Romero Jr., Philippine Ambassador to Italy
 * Lorenzo Teves, senator
 * Margarito Teves, congressman and former Secretary of the Department of Finance
 * Hermenegildo Villanueva, senator

Religion and theology

 * Mariano Bernad, last Spanish colonial parish priest of Dumaguete and historian
 * Bishop Julito Buhisan Cortes, incumbent bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete
 * Bishop John F. Du, third bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete
 * Antonio Fortich, Catholic bishop and social activist
 * Bishop Angel Lagdameo, second bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dumaguete
 * Ryan Jimenez, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chalan Kanoa in the Northern Mariana Islands

Sciences

 * Angel C. Alcala, biologist and National Scientist
 * Rozzano Locsin, nursing academic

Sports and athletics

 * Jennifer Dy Chan, archer and Olympian
 * Mark Javier, archer and Philippine delegate to the Beijing Olympics
 * Marlon Maro, football coach and former international football player
 * Paula Lynn Obanana, international badminton player
 * Jerom Lastimosa, Adamson Soaring Falcons college basketball player and SEA Games gold medalist

Theatre arts

 * Junix Inocian, actor
 * Frances Makil-Ignacio, actor

Visual arts

 * Paul Pfeiffer, multimedia artist