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She is the second Filipina to win the Miss Universe title in 1973, and is often mentioned alongside the more recent winners.
Margie Moran
This president, known as the "Man of the Masses," won the 1953 election with significant CIA assistance and was tragically killed in a plane crash during his term.
Ramon Magsaysay
This Filipino professional billiard player is known by the nickname "The Magician" and is widely considered one of the greatest pool players of all time.
Efren "Bata" Reyes
This famous Greek philosopher, known for his work in logic and politics, was the private tutor to Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
This tech entrepreneur and CEO named his son X Æ A-12, a name that sparked huge global buzz and speculation.
Elon Musk
Aside from Emilio Aguinaldo, only this president who served from 1998–2001 did not complete a college degree before taking office.
Joseph Estrada
The year that Hidilyn Diaz won the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold medal in the sport of weightlifting.
2021
The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) is historically infamous because its forces were diverted and ended up sacking this major Christian city, the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
She is the Gen Z actress who cemented her status as a scream queen in the new Scream films before becoming a global cultural phenomenon as Wednesday Addams on Netflix.
Jenna Ortega
This Visayan statesman was the first to hold the office of Vice President of the Philippines under the 1935 Commonwealth Constitution
Sergio Osmeña
This legendary PBA center is the only player in Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) history to win both the Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player (MVP) awards in the same season (1989).
Benjie Paras
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in 1986 occurred in the territory of this then-Soviet Republic, which is now an independent country.
Ukraine
Director of Wicked film adaptation.
Jon M. Chu
This president, after the war, became the only former chief executive to be appointed to the Supreme Court; he also shifted the date of Philippine Independence Day from July 4 to June 12.
Diosdado Macapagal
This female boxer is the first Filipino boxer (male or female) to win multiple Olympic medals, earning a Silver (Tokyo 2020) and a Bronze (Paris 2024) in the Women's featherweight division.
Nesthy Petecio
At over 11,000 meters deep, the Mariana Trench could completely contain this famous 8,848-meter high mountain, with over 2 kilometers to spare.
Mount Everest
This actor, who began as a child star in Indiana Jones and The Goonies, made a major comeback and won the 2023 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Ke Huy Quan
He was the Supreme Court Justice who became a Philippine President who wrote the opinion freeing Marcos.
Jose P. Laurel
The first Olympic medal won by the Philippines in boxing was a Bronze in the bantamweight division at the 1932 Los Angeles Games, won by this athlete. Give the FIRST NAME only. This is a common boy name.
José Villanueva
The Dead Sea is not actually a sea, but is a hypersaline lake that lies on the border between Israel and this country.
Jordan