List of Boholanos

There are thousands of Boholano by blood and affinity anywhere in the world. The following list of Boholano writers is not extensive nor comprehensive enough to be considered a directory. It is expected to continue growing as we attempt to make a complete directory.

Also named in the list are the late president of the Republic of the Philippines Carlos P. Garcia, Francisco Dagohoy and Datu Sikatuna who are Boholanos.

Heroes

• Francisco Sendrijas aka Francisco Dagohoy of Inabanga, Bohol who led the longest Philippine revolt against the Spaniards

• Tamblot of Antequera, Bohol - Famous babaylan who led a revolt against the Spaniards

• Datu Sikatuna - boholano chieftain who was part of the famous blood compact with Miguel Lopez de Legazpi

• Vicente T. Cubero aka Francisco Salazar- a USAFFE agent and a guerrilla captain during ww2 who successfully led a resistance against the Japanese

Entertainment

• Cesar Manhilot aka Cesar Montano of Baclayon, Bohol - award winning actor, director, host
• Yoyoy Villame of Calape - the father of novelty songs
• Rebecca Lusterio, Philippine Best Actress
• Rebecca del Rio, Asia's Best Actress
• Amay Bisaya- Erap's sidekick and actor
• Giselle Sanchez
• Olivia Solis, movie actress (Remember "Dawata na, Olivia")
• Richelle Angalot, actress
• Maryo J. de los Reyes, film and television director
• Joan Almedilla, Broadway star in New York (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, etc.)
• Sonia Leornas Sanguenza - Ainsworth (a.k.a. Sonia Singson), original interpreter of Vehnee Saturno's "Isang Dakot", 5th Metro Manila Pop Musicfest Grand Prize Winner

Scientists and Discoverers

• Dr. Czarina Saloma, sociologist
• Dr. Caesar Saloma, applied physicist
• Engr. Rico Obligado Cruz, author of the word biodiesel and a world-famous resource person on biodiesel and alternative/renewable sources of energy.

• Maria Socorro L. Relampagos - Gonzaga, vice president of PAL.

• Genju Lapez, former national president of Coca-Cola.

• Tomas Cloma, discoverer of the Kalayaan group of islands.

• Dr. Marife Corre - Veldkamp, international soil scientist

Public service

• Carlos P. Garcia of Talibon, Bohol - the 4th President of the Philippine Republic
• Olegario Clarin of Loay, Bohol - senator, Philippine Senate, 1946-1949
• Jose A. Clarin of Loay, Bohol and Tagbilaran City - former senator represented the Eleventh Senatorial District (Surigao, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Bohol) in the Fourth to Tenth Legislature, Philippine Senate (1916-1935).
• Troadio D. Galicano - former senator represented the Eleventh Senatorial District (Surigao, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Bohol) in the Seventh and Eight Legislature, Philippine Senate (1925-1931).
• Juan Torralba represented the Eleventh Senatorial District (Surigao, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental and Bohol) in the following in the Ninth and Tenth Legislature, Philippine Senate (1931-1935). Also a former Bohol governor, 1919-1925.
• Ernesto Herrera - 1987-1998 Senator of the republic of the Philippines, Member Agrava Fact Finding Board, Opposition senior Leader,Presidential Adviser on safety nets, (DOLE)Peso Rural Globalization, President Job's Corps, International Vice President Job's Corps, Covenor network Against Sexual Abuse of Children, Founding Chairman Citizen's Drug Watch Foundation In'c, one of its Founder, Chairman Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP)Business Process Association of the Philippines Chairman (BPAP)
• Julius Caesar Herrera - Assistant Executive Secretary of the SSS commission in 1985 and then Labor Arbiter of the National Labor Relations commissions -Region VII in 1986, President of (VGLP)Vice Governor's League of the Philippines 3rd term First time in the history in Vice governor's League
• Natalio Castillo Jr., executive secretary of the President of the Republic (Garcia)
• Girlie Labastilla, youngest Kabataang Barangay Chairperson (1985) and re-elected in 1988; Vice President, First District Manila, Sangunniang Kabataan of Manila's First District Federation and Member of Execom Manila Federation.
• Jane Censoria Cajes, Sangguniang Kabataan National Federation President, 2007-2010
• Jono Jumamoy, the youngest mayor elected in the Philippine history at age 21.
• Edwin Lacierda of Loon, Bohol, the current Presidential Spokesperson of President Benigno Aquino III, and an incumbent member of the Philippine Cabinet.
• Virgilio Mendez, the current Director of the National Bureau of Investigation

Music

• Justino Romea, composer, Bohol Hymn, UB Hymn, Ako Kang Paabuton, Dalaga sa Baybayon
• Jerome Sala Ucab, ABS-CBN's Star in a Million grand prize winner
• Luke Michael Mijares, one of the best singers in the Philippines
• Ato Mariano composer and recording artist, youngest son of Leoncia Simbajon Asilo from Calape, Bohol

Beauty Pageants

• Anna Maris Igpit, Bb. Pilipinas-World 2006
• Perla Salig, Bb. Pilipinas first runner-up (Melanie Marquez's batch)
• Rich Asuncion, Bb. Pilipinas first runner-up (2008)
• Noela Buhion Evangelista, first Boholana to compete in an international pageant

Education

• Dr. Christopher C. Bernido, physicist and educator
• Dr. Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido, educator
• Dr. Cecilio Putong

Fashion Designing

• Nikki Crodua, Cebu-based fashion designer from Loon
• Siony Pamaong, Canada/Makati based designer
• Lino "Linoi" Almirol of Loon, owner of "Linoi", a famous bridal line in Manila
• Francis Van Dongen, gay rights activist
• Mario Rotersos, Austria-based architect and fashion designer from Loon, represented the Philippines in the Asian Young Fashion Designers Competition
• Diyong Veloso, contemporary of Pitoy Moreno

Journalism, Poetry, Arts and Culture

• National Artist Napoleon Abueva (for sculpture), whose works include the UP Oblation and the Blood Compact scene at Bool, Tagbilaran (Duero)
• Dr. Jose Abueva, former UP President and current President of Kalayaan College (Duero)
• Marjorie Evasco, feminist poet, Chair, literature department, De la Salle University and Metro Bank Outstanding Teacher Awardee (Maribojoc)
• Brothers Pete and Eman Lacaba, well-known poets and playwrights (Loon)
• Reynaldo Monreal, writer of "balak" and Visayan plays; Pres. Carlos P. Garcia Awardee for Culture Advocacy (Loon)
• Clovis Nazareno, three-time Palanca Award winner in English poetry (Loon)
• Reynald Luminarias, US-based architect and well-published poet (Loon)
• Rene Eune Ponte, visual artist and poet; grand prize winner of both CPG Balak Writing Competition and US-based www.poetry.com (Loon)
• Ed Ibanez Edwin Ibañez, Boholano photojournalist, based in United Arab Emirates. Photographer and news correspondent of Kabayan Weekly Newspaper in United Arab Emirates. Official photographer of PEIBL ( Pinoy Inter-Faith Basketball League), a charity basketball league in Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates. He graduated high school at the Holy Name University in Bohol and attended college in Cebu City.

Sports

• Roberto "Bobby Berna" Bernaldez is a former IBF bantamweight Champion of the World.
• EJ Banal from Corella is one of the young and promising Boholano boxers.
• Rey Boom Boom Bautista
• Nonito Donaire - four-division world boxing champion
• Celestino Gallares
• Roberto Jalnaiz
• Simeon Toribio - equal the world high jump record in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. He finished 3rd to take the Bronze Medal. Participated in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Also a former congressman.
• Nino Ramirez - Philippine entry in the Men's Long Jump in the 1936 Olympic Games. He dropped in the qualifying round but he was the event Long Jump title holder in Asia. He was also a good basketball and tennis player.
• Lauro Mumar - Known as "the fox" in Philippine basketball because he was instrumental in disqualifying the best player of Puerto Rico during a World Basketball Conference in Brazil. He caused the revision of the 20 seconds rule in basketball when he "freeze" the ball for 4 minutes against Puerto Rico. Carlos Loyzaga was known to be "The great difference", but there is a saying that says; he [Loyzaga] would not be "the great difference" without the "Fox" Mumar.
• Eugenio Sarabia - A MICAA stalwart playing with various teams like Seven-Up, Yutivo, Crispa, Chelsea and Yellow Taxi.
• Jorge Naron - A MICAA player playing with Yutivo
• Dodie Bonita - former PBA cager played with Crispa
• Bernard "Bernie" Fabiosa - a member of the 1974 RP Youth Team and a graduate of the University of the East. During his time with the PBA Fabiosa was a member of the 1976 and 1983 Crispa Grand Slam Team, the Mythical Second Team (1984), selected as one of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players, and a member of the 5,000 points club, 2,000 assists club and the 500 & 1,000 steals club.
• Atan Canlubo, a Boholano from Ilihan, Ubay, Bohol - Muay Thai fighter based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Edward Naron, an ex-PBA cager.
• Peter Naron, an ex-PBA cager.
• Christopher Lou Sumalinog of Jagna, Bohol - former member of Ateneo Blue Eagles, 2008-2012.

Lawyers

• Atty. Oscar Glovasa of Antequera, bar topnotcher. Other top ten placers are Loonanons Fermin Mesina, Manuel Ferandos and Ramon Lapez. Another Loonanon, Jose Mesina, placed 11th.
• Judge Marivic Artiaga Trabajo - Daray of Talibon, Bohol, the youngest regional court judge in the Philippine judicial system during the time of her appointment in July 2000. She is best known for convicting the terrorist Fathur Roman Al-Ghozi, a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah network which is linked to al-Qaeda.
• Atty Julius Caesar F.Herrera of Calape, 1981 Bar Top Nocher

Spiritual

• Fr. Pernia heads the SVD congregation worldwide.
• Rev. Constantino B. Real is the President of San Sebastian Colleges, Manila is from Guindulman.
• Rev. Joseph D. Granada is Director of Basic Education of San Sebastian Colleges of Recoletos de Cavite. He is from Guindulman, Bohol.
• Archbishop Bernardito Auza of Talibon, Bohol is the fourth Apostolic Nuncio from the Philippines and the first from Bohol.
• Rt.Rev Msgr/Breg General Gorgonio Zapatos H.P,P.N The Last Boholano General

Others

• Atty. Carlos Castillo, Forestry board exam first placer; winner, National Statistics Quiz
• Efren Chatto, businessman cum horticulturist
• Dr. Zeny Sarabia, center director at Caluit Island in Palawan where wild animals from Africa were allowed to roam freely.
• Romulo "dodong" neri - SSS president/chairman
• Msgr Gorgonio Zapatos P.N, The Last Boholano General
• Pio B. Ferandos - author of “The Bohol Guerrillas in Action”, that details the armed struggle against Japanese oppression during the Second World War.
• Bar topnotchers - Natalio P. Castillo Sr., third placer (1938); Fermin R. Mesina, third placer; Manuel S. Ferandos, sixth placer; Jose Mesina, 11th placer
• Ismael M. Masamayor - Bohol's first chemical engineer. A graduate of Mapua Institute of Technology, he topped the board exams in 1940. He was a former registrar and dean of the College of Engineering of Holy Name College, now Holy Name University in Tagbilaran City.
• Dr. Teofilo Recitas - attending anesthesiologist at Flushing Hospital and Medical Center in New York; initiated medical and surgical missions to Bohol and organized projects that provided local hospitals with medical supplies and equipment and sent heart patients to the United States for treatment; one of Ten Outstanding Boholanos Around the World (Tobaw) awardees during the Second Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan (18 July 2003); one of the Ten Tubig-Loon awardees recognized during the first global homecoming of Loonanons (PaghiuSadya 2005).
• Esperanza L. Relampagos - once called “miracle seed” by the Balikatan sa Kaunlaran, this civic leader, wife and mother stands by her strong faith and complete trust in the Lord. Her membership in and leadership of the Catholic Women’s League, Diocesan Council of the Laity, Balikatan sa Kaunlaran, Tagbilaran Lionettes and Lions Clubs, Loon Women’s Club, Philippine National Red Cross, Girl Scouts of the Philippines and many other religious and socio-civic organizations have been highlighted by numerous awards and citations conferred by the Tagbilaran Women’s Club, Divine Word College, CWL, National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, and other award-giving bodies. She was one of the Ten Tubig-Loon awardees recognized during the first global homecoming of Loonanons (PaghiuSadya 2005).
• Dr. Mariano M. Lerin, CPA - first national president from outside Manila of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants or PICPA in which he has been active since 1968, holding different positions and chairmanships and receiving various recognitions. During the administration of President Corazon Aquino, he was president of the ASEAN Federation of Accountants, the second Filipino to hold such position. He has been teaching Accounting, Auditing and Taxation subjects for more than 30 years at the University of San Jose - Recoletos, St. Theresa’s College and Mater Dei College. He has been guest professor and lecturer in many colleges and universities in the Visayas and Mindanao while serving as dean of the College of Commerce and the Graduate School of Business and Management of USJR. He served as regional president of the Philippine Association for Graduate Education, national president of the Association of CPAs in Education, and, for four terms, national president of the Philippine Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. Today, he sits in the Board of many colleges and universities and is an accreditor of PAASCU, a national accrediting body for both undergraduate and graduate education. He was one of the Ten Tubig-Loon awardees recognized during the first global homecoming of Loonanons (PaghiuSadya 2005).
• Valentino C. Pueblos – eighth placer, Board Examination for Geodetic Engineers (1959); eleventh placer, Board Examination for Civil Engineers (1966); scholar of the US Federal Government on Hydraulic Engineering; member, American Society of Civil Engineers
• Aurelio S. Cacho - master of arts major in guidance and counseling, summa cum laude; Outstanding Science Teacher of Region 7 in 1983 and 1984; qualifier, Search for Outstanding Contribution to Science Education in Central Visayas for School-Year 1988-1999; two-time finalist in the Metrobank Search for Outstanding Teachers; Most Outstanding Public Elementary Teacher in 1993. Every year, for 20 consecutive years, from 1978 to 1998, he received a rating of 99% for Outstanding Performance as a teacher. He was one of the Ten Tubig-Loon awardees recognized during the first global homecoming of Loonanons (PaghiuSadya 2005).
• Dr. Sisinio S. Ferandos - Diplomate in Pediatrics; Division Head in Pediatrics of the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan
• Romualdo Murcia - first placer, 1997 national board examination for accountants.
• Zenda G. Poligrates - first placer, national board examination for pharmacists.
• Artemia M. Guitones - fourth placer, national board examination for nurses.
• Primo E. Maestrado Jr. - fourth placer, national board examination for medical technologists.
• Larianne Kristine Corciega Bitancor – fifth placer, 2009 national board examination for accountants
• Christine G. Masamayor - valedictorian, Class 2004 of the UP College of Medicine; 13th placer in the 2004 medical board examination.
• Rafael A. Recamadas Jr. - overall spelling champion during the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Meet held in 1970 in Dumaguete City; University of Bohol’s first magna cum laude graduate in Civil Engineering.
• Cesar Tomas M. Lopez - tenth placer, national board examination for nurses; Loon’s first-ever physician mayor; recipient of the 2003 Local Government Leadership Award (LGLA) for being one of the Outstanding Municipal Mayors of the Philippines, so far the first and only municipal mayor recipient from Bohol.
• Dr. Nick Lopez - “Father of TBTK” or Tigum Bol-anon sa Tibuok Kalibutan; two-term president of the Confederation of Boholanos in the USA and Canada or CONBUSAC; member of both the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American College of Emergency Physicians; president of the Loonanons of USA and Canada or LUSAC.
• The family of Juan Relampagos and Esperanza Lopez - conferred the Huwarang Pamilyang Pilipino or Model Family of the Year Award in 1998 by then President Joseph Ejercito Estrada on the occasion of the Philippine Centennial Celebration.
• Chynna Victoria Tan Labastilla – sixth placer, Doctor of Dental Medicine board examination given on December 2012; 3rd Placer, National Rizal Youth Leadership Institute Conference Oratorical Contest, December 10-14, 2011, Baguio City.
• Eubert Glenn M. Supremo – tenth placer, Board Examination for Deck Officers (BS in Marine Transportation); cum laude, University of Cebu
• Jay Ronald Leopardas Lluvido – ninth placer, 2013 national board examination for accountants; Holy Name University
• John Thaddeus Neri Campo – tenth placer, 2014 chemist licensure examination; Cum laude, UP Manila. BS in Biochemistry.