Lubao, Pampanga - Notable People From Lubao

Notable People From Lubao

• Diosdado Macapagal - was the ninth President of the Philippines, serving from 1961 to 1965

• Arwind Santos -PBA basketball player and an alumnus of Lubao Institute .He is also the PBA last conference Finals MVP . He is also one of the well Known Alumni Of Lubao Institute and from Sto Tomas Lubao Pampanga.

• Ian Sangalang - A Collage Basketball Player Playing in the NCAA with the San Sebastian Collage Recoletos . He is also an alumnus of Lubao Institute and a well known player . He plays the Position of CENTER.

• Joe Lingad - was a politician who was elected provincial governor and congressman

• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga. She was the country's second female president (after Corazón Aquino), and the daughter of former President Diosdado Macapagal.

• Gregorio Fernandez - started out as a dentist who was fascinated by the silver screen. Fernandez' film career can be divided into that of an actor in his earlier years and a director in the latter part.

• Rogelio de la Rosa - one of the most popular Filipino matinee idols of the 20th century. He is also remembered for his statesmanship, in particular his accomplishments as a diplomat. Elected to the Philippine Senate from 1957 to 1963, he also was the first Filipino film actor who was able to parlay his fame into a substantial political career.

• Jaime de la Rosa - a Filipino pre-war and postwar actor better known as Jimmy in Philippine showbiz. He is the younger brother of Rogelio dela Rosa and became one of LVN Pictures's bankable star.

• Ato Agustin - better known as Ato "The Atom Bomb" Agustin, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. He played college ball for the Lyceum of the Philippines, before moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association. A former Most Valuable Player awardee of the PBA. In 2000, Agustin was named a member of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players.

• Cecile Licad - a renowned Filipina virtuoso classical pianist dubbed as a "a pianist's pianist" by The New Yorker, "her artistry, a blend of daring musical instinct and superb training.

• Rudy Fernandez - also known as "Daboy", was a multi-awarded Filipino actor and producer. He came to prominence as an action star in the Philippine cinema during the 1980s up to the early 1990s. Fernandez was born in Manila, the son of film director Gregorio Fernandez. Both his parents were from Lubao, Pampanga, which he considered his hometown.

• Angela Fernando - is a fashion model and beauty queen from Lubao, Pampanga Philippines. She is the reigning Miss UST Medical Technology and also, Miss UST Pharmacy 2007 and was crowned Miss Thomasian Personality 2007. She competed in the tenth edition of the national Miss Philippines Earth beauty pageant and was crowned Miss Philippines Eco Tourism 2010. As a beauty titleholder, she fulfills her duty as one of the spokespersons of the Miss Earth Foundation, an environmental-social-humanitarian outreach arm of Miss Earth beauty pageant.