23 Notable alumni of
Mapua University
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Mapua University is 1549th in the world, 344th in Asia, and 12th in the Philippines by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 23 notable alumni from Mapua 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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Joseph Estrada
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- actorpolitician
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Joseph Ejercito Estrada KGCR, also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor who served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 until his removal from office in 2001. He served as the 14th Mayor of San Juan from 1969 to 1986, the ninth vice president under Fidel V. Ramos from 1992 to 1998, and the 26th Mayor of Manila from 2013 to 2019. His presidency was the third-shortest in Philippine history, after Emilio Aguinaldo and Sergio Osmeña.
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Fernando Poe Jr
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- comedianfilm actorpoliticianfilm directorsinger
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Fernando Poe Jr. was a Filipino actor, director and screenwriter. Nicknamed "Da King" and often referred to by his initials FPJ, he has been described as a cultural icon, having dominated the Philippine box-office from the 1960s to 1990s through his leading roles in action films. For his career that spanned nearly five decades, he has received numerous honors including the Order of National Artists of the Philippines in 2006 and the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts in 1999.
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Aed Carabao
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- singer-songwritertelevision actoractorarchitect
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Yuenyong Opakul, known professionally as Aed Carabao, is a Thai musician, activist, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the Thai rock band Carabao.
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Dado Banatao
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- businessperson
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Diosdado P. Banatao was a Filipino businessman and engineer working in the high-tech industry, credited with having developed the first 10-Mbit Ethernet CMOS chip, the first system logic chipset compatible with IBM's PC/XT and the PC/AT, and one of the first GUI accelerators for personal computers. A three-time start-up veteran, he co-founded Mostron, Chips and Technologies, and S3 Graphics.
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Ricky Davao
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- actorcomedianfilm director
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Frederick Charles Abiera Davao was a Filipino actor and television director.
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Japeth Aguilar
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- basketball player
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Japeth Paul Cabrera Aguilar is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He first played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), but after two seasons, he moved to the Western Kentucky University Hilltoppers in the Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States.
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Mccoy De Leon
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- actor
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Marc Carlos "McCoy" Francis de Jesus de Leon is a Filipino actor, dancer, and filmmaker. He is known as a member of #Hashtags, a male-group dance performer on the noontime variety show It's Showtime on ABS-CBN. He is known for his portrayal of Myles in Block Z, Pol in Sakaling Maging Tayo, and David Dimaguiba in FPJ's Batang Quiapo.
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Pablo Antonio
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- architect
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Pablo Sebero Antonio, Sr. was a Filipino architect. A pioneer of modern Philippine architecture, he was recognized in some quarters as the foremost Filipino modernist architect of his time. The rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines was conferred on him by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1976.
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Alvin Patrimonio
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- basketball player
- Biography
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Alvin Dale Vergara Patrimonio is a Filipino retired professional basketball player from the Philippine Basketball Association and is the current team manager for the Magnolia Hotshots.
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Bayani Fernando
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- engineerpolitician
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Bayani Flores Fernando was a Filipino politician, businessman, and mechanical engineer. He served as the mayor of Marikina from 1992 to 2001. During the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, he served as Chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) from 2002 to 2009 and Secretary of Public Works and Highways from January to April 2003. He was a candidate for vice president of the Philippines in the 2010 elections as the running mate of Dick Gordon. He later served as the representative for Marikina's 1st district from 2016 to 2022.
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Leon O. Chua
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- university teachercomputer scientistmathematicianengineerinventor
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Leon Ong Chua is a Chinese-American electrical engineer and computer scientist. He is a professor emeritus of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1971. He has contributed to nonlinear circuit theory and cellular neural network theory and is recognized as the "Father of Nonlinear Circuit Theory" or electronic devices from nonlinear components.
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Eugenio Torre
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- chess player
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Eugenio Oliveros Torre is a Filipino chess grandmaster. In 1974, at 22 years old, he became the first Filipino and non-Soviet Asian to qualify for the title Grandmaster. Torre did this by winning the silver medal in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice, France. He is considered the strongest chess player the Philippines produced during the 1980s and 1990s, and played for the Philippines on board 1 in seventeen Chess Olympiads. In 2021, Torre was inducted into the World Chess Hall of Fame.
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Atoy Co
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- basketball player
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Fortunato "Atoy" Gan Co Jr. is a Filipino former basketball player and coach who played 13 seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association, mostly with Crispa Redmanizers. Nicknamed "The Fortune Cookie" (a pun on his name and ethnicity) during his playing days, he was notable for his trademark turnaround fadeaway jump shot. He is also a former politician and actor.
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Ercito Victolero
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- basketball player
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Ercito "Chito" Victolero is a Filipino professional basketball coach and former player. He is the former head coach for the Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Nestor Redondo
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- comics artistartist
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Nestor P. Redondo was a Filipino comics artist best known for his work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and other American publishers in the 1970s and early 1980s. In his native Philippines, he is known for co-creating the superheroine Darna.
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Rogelio Ordoñez
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- 1940-2016 (aged 76)
- Occupations
- writer
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Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez also known as Ka Roger, was a multi-awarded Filipino fiction writer, poet, activist, journalist and educator. He was one of the authors of the iconic Tagalog literature anthology Mga Agos sa Disyerto in the 1960s. He was a contributor to Liwayway Magazine, Pilipino Free Press, Asia-Philippines Leader, Pilosopong Tasyo, Diario Uno and Pinoy Weekly.
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Catalino Cuy
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- police officer
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Catalino "Lito" Salandanan Cuy is a Filipino retired police director and who served as chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Board under the Duterte administration and Marcos administration from 2018 to 2025. He assumed the role of Officer-in-Charge of the Department of Interior and Local Government on April 5, 2017, upon the departure of Ismael Sueno who was dismissed by President Duterte following corruption allegations.
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Joseph Eriobu
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- basketball player
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Joseph Emmanuel Arinze Eriobu Jr. is a Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Terrafirma Dyip of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
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Kelvin dela Peña
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- basketball player
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Kelvin Charles Chicote dela Peña is a Filipino-Canadian professional basketball athlete who played shooting guard for the Alaska Aces of the PBA, the San Miguel Beermen of the ASEAN Basketball League and Calgary Crush of the ABA.
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Cardozo M. Luna
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- diplomatjudge
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Cardozo Manalo Luna is a retired three-star general and the 35th Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Cardozo Luna also served as the commander of two unified commands, Eastern Mindanao Command and Central Command. He served as the Philippine Ambassador to The Hague, Netherlands from 2009 until 2010. He was Undersecretary of Department of National Defense from 2017-2022.
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Bong Ramos
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- 1961-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- basketball coachbasketball player
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Geraldo "Bong" Ramos is a Filipino professional basketball coach.
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Hermogenes Ebdane
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- politicianminister
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Hermogenes "Jun" Edejer Ebdane, Jr. is a Filipino politician and retired police officer with the rank of Director General. He has been the Governor of Zambales since 2019, and previously held this position from 2010 until 2016. He was also the Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways from 2005 to February 2007 and from July 2007 to 2009.
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Jun Rundstedt Ebdane
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- 1972-.. (age 54)
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Jun Rundstedt "Rundy" Cabanayan Ebdane is a Filipino politician who served as member of Zambales Provincial Board from the 2nd district since 2022. He also served as the 23rd Mayor of Iba, Zambales from 2013 to 2022.
