Notable People From Sta. Maria
- Francisco Santiago - Ama ng Kundiman
- Fortunato Halili - Governor of Bulacan
- Rogaciano Mercado - a veteran legislator who served under five presidents of the Philippines (from Magsaysay to Aquino). Minister of Public Works under President Corazon C. Aquino until November 1986.
- José Corazón de Jesús, Huseng Batute - Filipino poet
- Aaron Junatas - child actor (ABS-CBN)
- Jolina Marie B. Reyes - A child actress, also known as Krystal Reyes
- Angel Locsin - Actress, commercial model
- Pol Caguiat - GMA DZBB reporter and former municipal councilor
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