Descendants
Several of Roxas' descendants became prominent political figures in their own right:
- Mar Roxas, grandson of former President and former Congressman turned Senator
- Gerardo Roxas, Jr., grandson of former President and former Congressman
- Margarita Moran-Floirendo, (born Maria Margarita Roxas-Moran), granddaughter of former President and Miss Universe 1973
- Margarita Roxas de Ayala, (1826–1869), considered the first Filipino philanthropist and the greatest businessperson of her time
- Don Jose Bonifacio Roxas, (1834–1888), younger brother of Margarita Roxas de Ayala and father of Pedro Pablo Roxas. In 1851 he would purchase the former Jesuit estate of Hacienda de San Pedro de Macati, which would become the future basis of the Zobel de Ayala Family wealth.
- Felix Roxas y Fernandez, (1864–1936) would become the mayor of Manila from 1905 to 1917.
- Felix Roxas y Arroyo, (1820–?), father of Felix Roxas y Fernandez, the first Filipino qualified architect
- Felipe Roxas y Arroyo, (1840–1899), the painter who emigrated to Paris
- Pedro Pablo Roxas, (1847–1912), one of the richest Filipinos at the turn of 20th century, the first manager of San Miguel Brewery
- Francisco Roxas, (1851–1897), second cousin of Pedro Pablo Roxas, a musician turned businessman who was falsely accused of complicity with the Katipunan. He was one of the "13 Martyrs of Bagumbayan".
- Antonio J. Roxas, present chairman of board of Roxas & Company, Inc. and chairman emeritus of Roxas Holdings, and director of Central Azucarero Don Pedro
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