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=== Historical ===
* [[Jose Rizal]], officially the national hero of the Philippines, whose execution by Spanish authorities for his criticism of corruption within church and state through his satirical novels ''[[Noli Me Tangere]]'' and ''[[El Filibusterismo]]'' which sparked a revolution.
* Andres Bonifacio, founder, clerk and leader of the biggest Philippine La Resistance movement the ''Katipunan'', also known as the KKK (no, ''not'' the ''other'' one). Several Filipino historians continuously debate with each other about considering him the true first President of the Philippines.
* Emilio Aguinaldo, another [[La Résistance]] leader, was officially the first President of the Philippines.
* Apolinario Mabini, political philosopher whose [[Incurable Cough of Death|crippling polio]] [[Determinator|did not stop him from serving as Prime Minister of the First Republic]]. Viewed by many as the [[Man Behind the Man]] to Pres. Aguinaldo before their falling-out, and later [[Deadpan Snarker|strongly criticized the latter]] in his writings.
* Manuel Quezon, first president of the Philippine Commonwealth, under whose administration the Philippines would have been granted independence were it not for [[World War
* Manuel Roxas, first president of the fully-independent Republic after America legally granted the nation independence on 4 July 1946. His grandson Mar is currently serving as Transportation and Communication secretary.
* Ferdinand Marcos, [[World War Two]] veteran and later President, notorious for imposing martial law during [[The Seventies]], ostensibly as a preemptive method to root out the nation's persistent problem with communist rebels. Kicked out of office after twenty years through a nonviolent revolution.
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* [[Badass|Lapu-Lapu]], Datu of Mactan Island in modern-day Cebu province, who led to allegedly the first documented Philippine [[La Résistance]] that defeated (and killed) Ferdinand Magellan. 40 years after this event, the Spanish came back to colonize what would become the Philippine Islands.
* Diego Silang, leader of an anti-Spanish rebellion in the Ilocos area in the 1760s, who once collaborated with the British during their brief invasion of the Philippines. After his assassination [[Et Tu, Brute?|by a close friend]], his widow [[Determined Widow|Gabriela]] continued the desperate struggle (and in recognition of her deeds, a Filipino feminist organization is named after her).
* Ramon Magsaysay, third President of the fully-independent Republic who backed America during the [[Cold War]]. [[Reasonable Authority Figure|A popular president known for his humility]], [[
* [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Sultan]] [[Asskicking Equals Authority|Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat]], [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Muslim chief]] who successfully fended off Spanish incursions into Mindanao throughout his reign.
* The Luna brothers, [[Sibling Yin-Yang|Juan and Antonio]]. The former was a [[Magnum Opus|painter]], the latter a [[Four-Star Badass|military man]].
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* Mariano Gómez, José Burgos and Jacinto Zamora, collectively known as the GomBurZa, three Filipino priests whose execution by strangulation in 17 February 1872, on false charges of instigating a failed mutiny in Fort San Felipe (modern-day Cavite City, Cavite) 28 days earlier, slowly uncorked resentment against Spanish authorities. The mutiny was used by friars to get rid of the liberal Burgos (as well as his associates Gómez and Zamora), who has infuriated them with his advocacy of reforms benefiting native clergymen and attacks against corrupt friars.
* Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino-Chinese altar boy from Manila and member of a Spanish missionary fleet to Japan, executed in Nagasaki for refusing to recant his beliefs. He was also proclaimed the first Filipino saint on 18 October 1987.
* Pedro Calungsod, another Filipino missionary, this time from Cebu, martyred in Guam.
=== Political ===
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