Iloilo City as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. President of the Senate of the Philippines from 2013 to 2016, 2001 to 2006, and 2000, Filipina politician, lawyer, and author (1945–2016), Filipino singer (born 1980)): Franklin Drilon, Miriam Defensor Santiago, Jed Madela and some more.
Celebrities from Iloilo City