24 Notable alumni of
Ateneo de Davao University
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Ateneo de Davao University is 1808th in the world, 418th in Asia, and 13th in the Philippines by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 24 notable alumni from Ateneo de Davao University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Rodrigo Duterte
- Occupations
- statesperson
- Biography
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte KGCR is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He had served as the mayor of Davao City in the past. Duterte is the first Philippine president from Mindanao, and is the oldest person to assume office, beginning his term at age 71. Duterte is the chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino, the ruling party during his presidency.
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Raffy Tulfo
- Occupations
- radio personality
- Biography
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Rafael Teshiba Tulfo is a Filipino politician, broadcast journalist, and media personality who has served as a senator of the Philippines since 2022.
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Elizabeth Zimmerman
- Occupations
- flight attendant
- Biography
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Elizabeth Abellana Zimmerman is the former wife of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th President of the Philippines, and the mother of incumbent Vice President Sara Duterte, incumbent Davao City representative Paolo Duterte, and Davao City acting mayor Sebastian Duterte.
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Bong Go
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Tesoro Go is a Filipino politician serving as a senator since 2019. He previously served under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte as Special Assistant to the President and Head of the Presidential Management Staff from 2016 to 2018. Go served as Duterte's personal aide and special assistant from 1998 to 2025, although he focused more on his senatorial duties after his election in 2019. Go was reelected to the Senate in 2025, earning the most number of votes in a senate election in Philippine history.
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Sebastian Duterte
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- politician
- Biography
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Sebastian "Baste" Zimmerman Duterte is a Filipino businessman and politician who has served as the 22nd mayor of Davao City since 2022. Following the 2025 elections, which he initially won as vice mayor, he served as acting mayor until officially assuming the post permanently in 2026. He previously served as the vice mayor of Davao City from 2019 to 2022.
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Antonio Carpio
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Antonio Tirol Carpio is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. He was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 26, 2001, and served until his retirement on October 26, 2019. He served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines for a period of eighteen years. He also served as chief justice in an acting capacity several times during his tenure as Senior Associate Justice.
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Jose Calida
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Jose Callangan Calida is a Filipino lawyer. He previously served as Undersecretary of Justice and executive director of Dangerous Drugs Board under the Arroyo administration, as Solicitor General under the Duterte administration, and as Chairman of Commission on Audit (COA) under the Marcos administration.
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Karlo Nograles
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- politicianspokesperson
- Biography
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Karlo Alexei Bendigo Nograles is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission from March 4, 2022 to October 7, 2024. He was previously the Cabinet Secretary (2018–2022) and acting Presidential Spokesperson (2021–2022) in the Duterte administration. He was also the co-chair and spokesperson of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in the Philippine government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and chairman of the government's Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger. He was the representative of Davao City's 1st district from 2010 to 2018.
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Juris Fernandez
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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Julie Iris "Juris" Fernandez-Lim, also known mononymously as Juris, is a Filipino singer and songwriter. From 2001 to 2009, she was the lead singer of acoustic group MYMP. Following her departure from MYMP, Fernandez signed with Star Music as a solo artist. Her solo debut album, Now Playing, was released in February 2010.
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Próspero Nograles
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- politician
- Biography
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Prospero Rafael Castillo Nograles also known as "Boy" or "Nogie", was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the speaker of the House of Representatives from 2008 to 2010. He was the first speaker from Mindanao in a hundred years of Philippine legislative history. From 1989 to 2010, he served as the representative for Davao City's 1st district.
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Ernesto Abella
- Born in
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Philippines - Enrolled in Ateneo de Davao University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in pre-medical
- Occupations
- columnist
- Biography
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Ernesto "Ernie" Corpus Abella is a Filipino businessman, writer and former evangelist who served in the Duterte administration as Presidential Spokesperson (2016–2017) and Undersecretary for Strategic Communications and Research of the Department of Foreign Affairs (2017–2021). He ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate in the 2022 Philippine presidential election.
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Joey Ayala
- Occupations
- singer
- Biography
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José Íñigo Homer Lacambra Ayala, professionally known as Joey Ayala, is a Filipino singer-songwriter. A former journalist and copywriter, Ayala is considered among the most prominent folk musicians in the Philippines. He previously served as the chairman of the music committee of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. He is well known for his style of music that combines the sounds of Filipino ethnic instruments with modern pop music. His public music life started when he released an album recorded in a makeshift studio in 1982 in Davao City. To date, he has released fourteen albums.
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Jasmine Bacurnay Lee
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- film actoractorpolitician
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Jasmine Bacurnay Lee is a South Korean television personality, actress and civil servant. Elected as a proportional representative in South Korea's National Assembly in 2012, she is the first non-ethnic Korean and naturalized South Korean to become a lawmaker.
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Norberto Gonzales
- Enrolled in Ateneo de Davao University
- In 1968 graduated with Bachelor of Science in pre-medical
- Occupations
- official
- Biography
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Norberto Borja Gonzales is a Filipino social democratic politician who served as secretary of national defense and national security adviser under 14th President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Gonzales was a candidate in the 2022 presidential election.
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Alex Santos
- Occupations
- television presenterradio personalityjournalist
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Alexander "Alex" Hidalgo Santos is a Filipino field reporter who is currently a news and radio anchor for Net 25 and DZEC Radyo Agila. Santos was a former news director for DWIZ, and a former newscaster and television host for ABS-CBN, DZMM and PTV.
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Leoncio Evasco Jr
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Leoncio "Jun" Badilla Evasco Jr. is a Filipino politician who served as Secretary of the Cabinet from 2016 to 2018 and was the Presidential Adviser on Streamlining of Government Processes under the Duterte administration from 2020 to 2022. Before he was appointed as the Cabinet secretary, he was the Mayor of Maribojoc town in Bohol from 2007 to 2016. He was an ordained priest, being ordained in 1970, when he joined the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People's Army, in 1974.
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Jose Alvarez
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- politician
- Biography
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Jose Chaves Alvarez, known by initials JCA, is a Filipino businessman and politician from the province of Palawan, Philippines who is serving as the representative of Palawan's 2nd congressional district since 2022. He previously served as the Governor of the province from 2013 to 2022.
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Aljo Bendijo
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- journalist
- Biography
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Alexes Joseph "Aljo" Rubia Bendijo is a Filipino broadcast journalist.
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Jesus Dureza
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- journalistpolitician
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Jesus "Jess" Gestuveo Dureza is a Filipino lawyer, consultant, journalist and politician from Davao City, Philippines. He was the adviser on the peace process to President Rodrigo Duterte from 2016 to 2018 and is the Founding Chairman of Advocacy MindaNow Foundation, a group advocating for peace in Mindanao. He has held various appointive positions in past administrations including the chairmanship of the Mindanao Development Authority, the chairmanship of the Government Peace Negotiating Panel for Talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and Presidential Assistant for Mindanao. He is also a former Representative of the 1st District of Davao City in the Philippine House of Representatives.
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Carlos Isagani Zarate
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- lawyer
- Biography
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Carlos Isagani "Kaloi" Tabora Zarate is a Filipino politician, lawyer, and activist who served as a Party-list Representative for Bayan Muna from 2013 to 2022. He was also the deputy minority leader in the 18th Congress.
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Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon
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- lawyerpolitician
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Corazon "Cora" Toroba Nuñez-Malanyaon was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and accountant who served as the representative of Davao Oriental's 1st district from 2016 to 2022 and from 2001 to 2007. She also served twice as the governor of Davao Oriental from 2007 to 2016 and again from 2022 until her death in 2023. Malanyaon started her political career as a member of the Davao City Council from 1986 to 1987 and from 1988 to 1992.
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Henri Jean Paul Inting
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- judge
- Biography
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Henri Jean Paul Balinghasay Inting is a Filipino judge who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines since 2019. He was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte, replacing Lucas Bersamin, who was appointed chief justice.
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Jay Jaboneta
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Jay Michael Ortuoste Jaboneta, better known as Jay Jaboneta, is a Filipino blogger, philanthropist, new media advocate, and online community organizer, who served as Head for New Media under the Presidential Communications Operations Office of President Benigno Aquino III. Jaboneta is known for having sparked the idea that led to the creation of the charitable organisation Philippine Funds for Little Kids, for which Jaboneta was recognized by Yahoo! Southeast Asia as one of their “7 Modern Day Pinoy Heroes.” In May 2012, The Philippine Funds for Little Kids was incorporated as the Yellow Boat of Hope Foundation, Inc.
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Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza
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- politician
- Biography
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Emmylou "Lala" Jacolo Taliño-Mendoza is a Filipina politician. She was a representative for the first congressional district of Cotabato from 2001 until 2010. She was then elected as the Governor of Cotabato against Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol. She was elected until her last term in 2019, when she was elected as vice governor. She was then elected as the Governor of Cotabato in 2022 and currently serves as the governor.