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 province of Nueva Ecija.

Contents

• National heroes and patriots
• Entertainment
• Journalism
• Education, literature and the arts
• Politics and government
• Religion
• Sports
• Other
• References

National heroes and patriots

• Antonio Bautista – air force pilot and Medal of Valor awardee
• Mariano Llanera – vice commander of the Philippine Revolutionary Army ^[1]
• Benito Natividad – brigadier general of the Philippine Revolutionary Army ^[2]
• Mamerto Natividad – commanding general of the Philippine Revolutionary Arm in Central Luzon ^[3]
• Juan Pajota – World War II guerrilla officer who played a key role in the Raid at Cabanatuan ^[4]
• Manuel Tinio – youngest general of the Philippine Revolutionary Army and later governor of Nueva Ecija ^[5]
• Pantaleon Valmonte – general of the Philippine Revolutionary Army ^[6]

Entertainment

• Jason Abalos – actor and politician
• Jose Balagtas – film director and politician ^[7]
• Paolo Ballesteros – actor, comedian and drag queen
• Heber Bartolome – folk singer
• Ruel S. Bayani – film and television director
• Kathryn Bernardo – actress and singer
• Gavin "Ser Geybin" Capinpin – vlogger ^[8]
• Anthony Castelo – singer
• Val Castelo – singer and actor ^[9]
• Ryza Cenon – actress
• Manuel Chua – actor and model
• Nestor de Villa – actor
• Cristy Fermin – talk show host
• Diana Mackey – actress and beauty queen ^[10]
• Rose Marielle Mamaclay – singer
• Kaori Oinuma – actress
• Rommel Padilla – actor and politician ^[11]
• Fred Panopio – singer and actor
• Coleen Perez – actress
• Kurt Perez – former child actor
• Lito Pimentel – actor
• Willie Revillame – television host, actor, and businessman
• Vilma Santos – actress and politician ^[12]
• Yen Santos – actress
• Nikki Samonte – actress
• Romnick Sarmenta – actor ^[13]
• Vic Sotto – actor, television host, and comedian ^{[14] [15]}

• Val Sotto – actor, singer and politician
• Xilhouete – drag performer

Journalism

• Louie Beltran – broadcast journalist, first editor-in-chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer
• Frankie Evangelista – broadcast journalist and newspaper columnist
• Athena Imperial – GMA News reporter and Miss Earth - Water 2011
• Anthony Taberna – news anchor and radio broadcaster
• Joe Taruc – DZRH radio broadcaster ^[16]

Education, literature and the arts

• Lino Brocka – director and National Artist for Film
• Behn Cervantes – artist, activist and film director
• Emmanuel de Guzman – 12th president of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• Felipe Padilla de Leon – composer and National Artist for Music
• Damiana Eugenio – writer known as the "Mother of Philippine Folklore." ^[17]
• Doreen Fernandez – food writer and cultural historian
• Lázaro Francisco – novelist and National Artist for Literature.
• Rony V. Diaz – writer and Palanca awardee
• E. Arsenio Manuel – academic, historian and anthropologist
• Rogelio R. Sikat – novelist, playwright and Palanca awardee

Politics and government

• Jaime Bautista – businessman and former Secretary of Transportation ^[18]
• Ponciano Bernardo – former mayor of Quezon City ^[19]
• Oscar Calderon – former chief of the Philippine National Police ^[20]
• Oscar Castelo – former secretary of national defense and secretary of justice
• Perci Cendaña – representative, Akbayan Party-list
• Hermogenes Concepcion – former senator ^[21]

• Hermogenes Concepcion Jr. – former solicitor general and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Epifanio de los Santos – historian and writer who served as Nueva Ecija representative to the Malolos Congress and later governor of Nueva Ecija
• Jaime de los Santos – former chief of staff and commanding general of the Philippine Army, former commander of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor
• Randy Escolango – undersecretary at the Department of Health
• Josie Fitial – former First Lady of the Northern Mariana Islands
• Isauro Gabaldón – former resident commissioner of the Philippines to the United States House of Representatives ^[22]
• Dr. Paulino J. García – former Secretary of Health
• Eduardo Joson – WWII guerrilla leader and former governor of Nueva Ecija
• Juan Liwag – former senator ^[23]
• Rafael V. Mariano – former partylist representative for Anakpawis and former Secretary of Agrarian Reform
• Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera – lawyer and former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Vicente "Tito" Sotto III – senate president, actor, and musician ^[24]

Religion

• Emma de Guzman – Marian visionary and co-founder of La Pietà International Prayer Group
• Frederick Kriekenbeek – Catholic priest and pioneering exorcist in the Archdiocese of Cebu
• Alberto Ramento – ninth supreme bishop and former chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church
• Oscar Solis – bishop of Salt Lake City in Utah since 2017, first Filipino-American Catholic bishop ^[25]

Sports

• Hernando Castelo – sports shooter
• Samboy de Leon – basketball player
• Japoy Lizardo – taekwondo athlete, actor, and commercial model
• Frances Molina – volleyball player
• Ferdinand Pascual – international basketball referee

Other

• Mary Jane Veloso – Filipino migrant worker who was sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking in 2010. Her case drew international attention and widespread advocacy efforts, leading to a stay of execution in 2015.

References