Pinoys and popular people with filipino blood

[SAINT DESTROYER]

I just learned that cassie (the girl who sang me and you) has a filipino blood. It is a good thing but ang lumalabas sabik tayo na mag karoon ng kababayan na popular person. Lahat na lang ng nagiging sikat sa ibang bansa ginagawan ng research tapos ibabalita na pinoy pala. From the likes of Rob Schneider to Nicole (PCD) to WWe's Batista. Parang nakaksawa na. I know they bring pride to the country but sobra na (or i am just over acting). What do u guys think? Are we sabik mag karoon ng kababayan na popular person? Post your comments here. ...

[mcgirl04]

I started a thread similar to this one a while back. I think we should only acknowledge popular people who were born and raised in the Philippines because they are true Filipinos.

[SAINT DESTROYER]

I started a thread similar to this one a while back. I think we should only acknowledge popular people who were born and raised in the Philippines because they are true Filipinos.

sorry, i havent' seen that one. maybe we can ask the mods to merge our threads?

[rev4maite]

Yeah. Marami nga cgurong mga sikat na tao abroad ang may filipino blood pero the fact still remains na hindi na sila dito nakatira or should we say na hindi naman sila lumaki at walang pakialam sa pilipinas like jasmin trias na lang na noong malamang filipino pala eh nagkaroon na ng shows dito sa atin, sa halip na tumulong sa mga pilipino eh kumita pa mula sa atin.

What we should be proud of is yung mga pilipinong ipinanganak at naninirahan sa Pilipinas pero patuloy na nagpapakilala sa buong mundo kaya lang ang hirap, puro sports inclined people lang ang nagpapasikat pero yung mga nakikilala sa ibang aspect hindi naman pinapansin ng government natin

[lilsue]

I started a thread similar to this one a while back. I think we should only acknowledge popular people who were born and raised in the Philippines because they are true Filipinos.

Popular people who were born and raised in the Philippines? Are we going to talk about local celebs? If we're gonna talk about "true blue pinoys" who made it big internationally, then this thread won't be that long. There are other nationalities born and raised in the Philippines but are they considered true Filipinos? Having Filipino blood was, is and will always be Filipino.

[lilsue]

THIS IS NOT COMPLETE HA

Arts and Letters
Alfredo Alcala - Filipino comic book artist.
Lynda Barry - mestiza cartoonist, most known for Ernie Pook's Comeek and Marlys, published in Salon.com and other independent papers; she created the prototype for what would become the cartoon hit series, The Simpsons
Amapola Cabase - author of Fiction novels: "Coming Home" (Winner of 3 Book Awards), "Promising Skies" among others.
Eugene F. Castillo - conductor, born in Hollywood, CA, is now the Music Director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra, Cultural Center of the Philippines.
Ernie Chan - comic book artist/inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics.
Howard Chua-Eoan - Time Magazine senior editor.
Dorothy Cordova - Activist, professor, co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
Fred Cordova - Author of "Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans"; co-founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society.
Tony DeZuniga - co-creator of Jonah Hex
George Estrada - Humboldt State University professor of journalism; author of "I Have Tasted the Sweet Mangoes of Cebu"; former reporter with Oakland Tribune and Associated Press; columnist with the Philippine Times of Las Vegas.
Dina Gan - former editor-in-chief of A Magazine and co-editor of "Eastern Standard Time"
Jessica Hagedorn - playwright/author (Mango Tango, "Dream Jungle", "The Gangster of Love", Dogeaters)
Rafael Kayanan - comic book artist and master level instructor in Sayoc Kali.
Lloyd LaCuesta - South Bay Bureau Chief of KTVU
Nick Manabat - creator of Cybernary, comic book artist for Wildstorm Productions
Aimee Nezhukumatathil - award-winning poet and professor
Han Ong - playwright and author; recipient of MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant
Whilce Portacio - created Bishop of the X-Men, co-founder of Image Comics
Eileen Tabios - poet
Romeo Tanghal - comic book artist
Alex Tizon - Pulitzer Prize Winner
Jose Garcia Villa - poet, writer, generationalist; pre-Beat Generation influence

Business
Diosdado Banatao - Silicon Valley engineer and businessman
Manuel Alcantara Donesa Jr. - Director of New Business Development (Venture Corporation), Director of Technical Development (Aedion Corporation). Owner of multiple entertainment entities throughout the US. Fomer Hot Import Nights General Manager.
Loida Nicolas-Lewis - chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc.
Reno Ursal - founder - BrownJungle.com, Rhythm Drive Records, creator of Holidays in the City

Entertainment

Actors
Ruthie Alcaide - MTV Real World Hawaii cast
Alley Baggett - model, actress (half-Filipino)
Dante Basco - actor, director, producer
Darion Basco - actor, director, producer
Anthony Begonia - producer, actor
Bernardo Bernardo - actor, singer, comedian,writer, director
Gil Rivera Blas - actor
Q Allan Brocka - director, producer, actor, best known for directing the Film Eating Out
Eileen Boylan - actress (South of Nowhere, General Hospital)
Cher Calvin - actress, news anchor, KTLA Morning News
Daniel Campos - (aka Cloud), dancer, actor
Tia Carrere - actress
Phoebe Cates - actress (Filipino maternal grandfather, 1/4 Filipino)
Emy Coligado - actress, (Piama, Francis' wife, Malcolm in the Middle)
Michael Copon - actor, (Blue Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force)
Annie Cruz - adult film star
Mark Dacascos - actor, martial artist, Iron Chef America host (1/8 Filipino)
Yes Duffy - MTV Road Rules Semester at Sea Cast
Ava Fabian - actress, model
Von Flores - actor
Sumi Haru - actress, activist, First National Vice-President of the Screen Actors Guild. National Vice President of the AFL-CIO
Melissa Howard - actress-comedienne(half filipino)
Stella Hudgens - actress
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (1988 - ) television star (High School Musical) /teen idol[1]
Radmar Agana Jao - actor
Jan Christian Ambata-Rodriguez - actor (High School Musical),(The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)
Cris Judd - actor, choreographer
Lalaine - (1987) TV star ("Lizzie McGuire")[2]
Sharon Leal - actress who played Marylin Sudor on Boston Public
Kaylani Lei - adult film star
Brandon Lee - porn star
Tiffany Limos - actress
Alec Mapa - gay actor and comedian (currently Adam Benet on Half & Half)
Sabrine Maui - adult film star
Sean Michael (1988 - ) film/television actor (Akeelah and the Bee)[3]
Madison Michele - actress and television host, host of Animal Planet's King of the Jungle
Vanessa Minnillo - model, host MTV's TRL (Total Request Live)
Mimi Miyagi (née Melody Damayo) - adult film star, candidate for Governor of Nevada
Paolo Montalban - actor, model, starred as Kung Lao in Mortal Kombat
Troy Montero (né Troy Miller) - actor, model, born in Washington and brother of KC Montero
Nia Peeples - actress
Lou Diamond Phillips - actor, La Bamba
Victoria Principal - actress
Victoria Recaño - correspondent The Insider, actress CSI: Miami
Ernie Reyes Jr. - actor, martial artist
Rob Schneider - Saturday Night Live performer, actor, comedian (Jewish father, half-Filipina mother); "Mom's family had the better food; Dad's family had the better jokes."
Shannyn Sossamon - actress, 40 Days and 40 Nights, A Knight's Tale
Charmane Star - adult film star
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle - actress (Ashley from Hannah Montana)
Chuti Tiu - actress, Desire, 24, Dragnet, Beautiful,The Specials (half-Chinese, quarter-Filipino, quarter-Spanish)
Tamlyn Tomita - actress, The Joy Luck Club and The Karate Kid, Part II (half-Japanese and half-Filipino)
Lori Trespicio - MTV Real World Cast: New York
Hervé Villechaize - actor (Tatoo from Fantasy Island)

Singers
Amapola Cabase - singer, author, cruise ship headliner
Joe Bataan - Latin soul legend
Death Angel - Thrash Metal band
Cassie (Cassandra Ventura) - Half-Filipino and half African-American R&B, pop and hiphop singer, and former fashion model. She is best known by her stage name Cassie and for the hit song "Me & U".
Billy Crawford - recording artist, singer
Revik Delfin - recording artist, singer
Kate Earl - singer-songwriter
Jocelyn Enriquez - singer
Rhica Fernandez - singer in Epic Voices
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (1988 - ) singer, television star (High School Musical)/teen idol[1]
Enrique Iglesias - singer, international pop star (Filipino mother)
Rachael Lampa - Christian singer[4]
Allen "apl.de.ap" Pineda Lindo - singer, member of The Black Eyed Peas (Filipino mother)
Melinda Lira - American Idol contestant (season 4)
Maile Misajon - singer of Eden's Crush
Jose Penala - American Idol contestant (season 5)
Neal McCoy - country music singer
Nicole Scherzinger - lead singer for the Pussycat Dolls (Filipino father)
Josephine “Banig” Roberto - singer, Star Search Winner
Amber Rowley - singer
Lea Salonga - singer/Tony Award winner
Jordan Segundo - singer, American Idol semi-finalist (Season 2)
Jasmine Trias - American Idol contestant (Season 3)
Camile Velasco (1985 - ) American Idol contestant (Season 3)[5]

Wrestlers
David Bautista - WWE performer on the WWE Friday Night SmackDown! brand, former World Heavyweight Champion (Filipino father)
Benny Cuntapay - also known by his ring aliases B-Boy. Performer in CZW or Combat Zone Wrestling
Scott Epperson - also known by his ring aliases Scott Lost. Performer in PWG, or Pro Wrestling Guerilla
T.J. Perkins - also known by his ring aliases Pinoy Boy and Puma.

Misc.
DJ Babu - DJ of the World Famous Beat Junkies & member of the Hip Hop Group Dilated Peoples.
DJ RockyRock - World Battle DJ & Jeepney Music exec; part of the Dirty Heads (Warner Bros).
DJ Busy B - Bay Area Hip-Hop DJ.
DJ Dave Dynamix - Bay Area Mobile DJ Pioneer
Gerald Anderson - Pinoy Big Brother teen housemate.
Cheryl Burke (1984) - professional dancer, partnered with Drew Lachey in Dancing with the Stars[6]
Francine Dee - glamour model
Ronnie del Carmen - story supervisor, Finding Nemo; storyboard artist, Batman: The Animated Series
Dean Devlin (1962 - ) screenwriter and producer of many films including, Independence Day, Godzilla and Stargate, also occasional actor[7]
DJ Q-Bert - pioneering turntablist
Jerome Fontamillas - guitarist for the Christian rock bands Switchfoot and Fold Zandura (former member of Mortal)
Randy Romero - Writer
Raquel Gibson (1985) - swimsuit model who was offered Playboy's Playmate of the Month pictorial for November 2005[8]
Kat Gutierrez - model
Jenascia Chakos - America's Next Top Model cycle 2 contestant. [9]
Kirk Hammett - lead guitarist for Metallica (Filipina mother)
Chad Hugo - music producer and musician; one-half of The Neptunes
Melody Lacayanga - contestant on So You Think You Can Dance
Christine Mendoza - model
Vanessa Minnillo - Miss Teen USA 1998, MTV personality
Rex Navarrete - comedian
Braxton Olita - guitarist, ashlee simpson band (half filipino/puerto rican)
Van Partible - creator/director/writer of cartoon series Johnny Bravo
Joey Santiago - guitarist for the Pixies
Chuti Tiu - America's Junior Miss (first non-Caucasian winner)
Leeann Tweeden - model, television personality
Sam Khurana - contestant (Team Geniuses) on Treasure Hunters. Half-Indian and Half-Filipino[10]
Ryan Conferido - contestant on So You Think You Can Dance
Brad Virata - contestant on Survivor: Cook Island
Jenny Guzon-Bae - contestant on Survivor: Cook Island

Military
Jose Calugas - Medal of Honor Recipient, WWII
Rudolph Davila - Medal of Honor Recipient, WWII
Edward Soriano - Lieutenant General (3*) of U.S. Army
Ramon S. Subejano - PFC U.S. Army, WWII, Awarded 17 medals for killing more than 400 Germans in battle. One of the medals was the Silver Star
Antonio Taguba - Major General (2*) of U.S. Army, author of the Taguba Report which uncovered major prisoner abuses in Iraq

Politics
Mariano Laya Armington (1908-1994) - Filipino community and labor leader
Carlos Bulosan - Filipino American author and labor activist
Robert Bunda - first Filipino American legislative president
Romeo Munoz Cachola - Honolulu City Council member
Benjamin J. Cayetano - first Filipino American governor in U.S.
Jose Esteves - mayor of Milpitas, California since 2002; served as a member of the City Council from 1998 to 2002.
Juventino “Ben” Fajardo - Former Mayor, Glendale Heights, Illinois
Mike Guingona - Filipino mayor of Daly City
Michelle Malkin - strongly conservative syndicated columnist
Pablo Manlapit - Filipino labor leader in Hawaii
Ron Menor - Hawaii State Representative
Bobby Scott - U.S. Representative from Virginia (D)
Philip Vera Cruz - Filipino labor leader in California, co-founded the United Farm Workers Union with Cesar Chavez

Sports
Benny Agbayani - New York Mets, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals baseball player
Chris Aguila - Florida Marlins baseball player (Filipino father)
Eugene Amano - NFL offensive guard/center, Tennessee Titans
Tai Babilonia - Olympic figure skater (African-American mother; Filipino and Hopi-Indian father)
Bobby Balcena - Cincinnati Reds baseball player
Tedy Lacap Bruschi - NFL All-Pro linebacker, New England Patriots
Bobby Chouinard - Baltimore Orioles baseball player
Natalie Coughlin - Olympic swimmer, gold medalist
Victoria Manalo Draves - diver who was first woman to win two gold medals in springboard diving at the 1948 Olympics in London.
Roman Gabriel - former NFL quarterback, Los Angeles Rams
Sunny Garcia - surfing world champion, surfing legend
Malia Jones - surfing model, People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People
Rafael Nepomuceno - Bowling world champion, has the title of most world cup titles in the Guinness World Records since 1993, youngest to win the bowling world cup. Record still unbroken.
Chris Rix - former FSU Quarterback, Tallahassee (Filipino mother)
Brandon Vera - UFC Fighter (nicknamed Brandon "the Truth" Vera)
Brian Viloria - US Olympic boxer, former WBC light-flyweight champion

Other
Angela Perez Baraquio - Miss America 2001
Cristeta Comerford - first woman executive chef at the White House. She worked as an assistant chef for 10 years. After a ten-month search, she was appointed by First Lady Laura Bush on August 14, 2005.
Pedro Flores - father of the yo-yo (Donald Duncan purchased the company and renamed it Duncan Yo-Yo Co.)
Andrew Gonzales - Famous Bass Player
Fritz Friedman - Senior Vice President, Worldwide Publicity Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Andrea Jumapao - first Filipino American to participate (on a national level in the United States) in the Miss USA-World 1976 competition held in Boston, MA as Miss Oregon.
Claire Leka - former CNN Business Reporter (half Filipino half German Irish)
Monique Lhuillier - Hollywood Fashion Designer
Loida Nicolas-Lewis - chairman and CEO of TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc., a two-billion-dollar corporation of 64 companies based in 31 countries. TLC is a marketer of ice cream in Spain and the Canary Islands, the leading manufacturer of potato chips in Ireland, and a prime distributor of beverage in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Thailand. As a businesswoman, Nicolas-Lewis was ranked number 1 among the "Top 50 Women Business Owners in America" by the Working Woman magazine (1994)
Maria P. P. Root - Psychologist
Hazel Sanchez - correspondent, reporter/anchor for WCBS-TV New York
Michele J. Sison - US ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
Robyn Watkins - Miss Oklahoma USA 2006
Sarah Novio- 23rd Winner of the Miss America Pageant
Mamangun Triplets- first triplets to attend Virginia Commonwealth University

[princessdiane30]

Lilsue, your post was very informative.... thanks

[leporidae]

I started a thread similar to this one a while back. I think we should only acknowledge popular people who were born and raised in the Philippines because they are true Filipinos.

So american born filipinos are fake? If a person has a lot of filipino blood, I think we should still acknowledge them because it gives hope to other filipinos who have an inferiority complex. It gives people proof that race doesn't need to hinder oneself from being successful.

[patlv23]

Geez, so much hostility... So are some of you saying that we shouldn't recognize Pinoys celebrities born/raised abroad but genuinely want to explore or are truly proud of their heritage? It's not their fault they weren't born/raised here. I don't think they should immediately be branded as publicity hungry people out to take advantage of their bloodline.

[Ice Burn]

It's an example of the nakikisawsaw mentality of a lot of Pinoys. Having nondescript lives make people desperate to associate themselves with successful people especially foreign born pinoys thanks to the prevalent colonial mentality many Filipinos have.

[Annon E. Mousse]

It's an example of the nakikisawsaw mentality of a lot of Pinoys. Having nondescript lives make people desperate to associate themselves with successful people especially foreign born pinoys thanks to the prevalent colonial mentality many Filipinos have.

I don't believe this is the case at all. I think Pinoys who somehow made it big internationally (e.g. Manny Pacquiao) serve as an inspiration to all their kababayans... our local folks identify with them because they find in them the possible fulfillment of their own dreams. As for those Pinoys with foreign blood or were raised abroad, I think it's more or less the same... these people confirm their belief that a Filipino can excel internationally, and that they can do it too. At the very least, they're just plain happy that the blood that runs through their veins also runs through the veins of the Pinoy they see on TV.

Kung nagawa ni Manny Pacquiao o ni Efren "Bata" Reyes... magagawa ko rin. Or...

Wow, ang galing naman niya... Pinoy din iyan, katulad ko!



Now... if you're talking about those na dumidikit sa mga kapwa nila Pinoys na successful abroad para lang masabing kakilala ko si ganito or mabalatuhan lang ng pera, then I guess nakiki-sawsaw nga lang sila.

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Wow. lilsue

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[SUX2BÜ]

Oh, that Pinoy's cultural cringe again.

[cRzYcHiQa]

what about my friend?

he's a colorist of some popular comics. pwede din siya? si raymund lee.

dito siya based.

[the_icewolf]

maganda nga yang me sumisikat na pinoy, at may mga dugong pinoy na sikat sa us... pero mas maganda pa rin yung nakabase sila dito...

magandang ehemplo sina manny at bata... yan dapat talaga ipagmalaki... kasi dito sila nakatira... just imagine nagsilipat tong mga to sa ibang bansa?

nag immigrate na sila manny at bata sa us!!!

...di kaya makabawas ng popularity nila ang headline na iyan?

[Kukuru]

Rebecca Julia Brown from School Of Rock starring Jack Black, is a Pinay. She's the kid prodigy who plays the bass guitar. Her mother is a Filipina.

[answers4cash]

The way some Pinoys are so "gahol" for recognition reminds me of Nazi eugenics theories. According to the Nazis, if you have "1 drop" of Jewish blood, you are a Jew. Some Pinoys use the same standard "if you have 1 drop of Pinoy blood, you are a Pinoy."

My response to this desperate attempt to foster Pinoy "pride": HELLO........Anyone home??? Just as it was stupid for Nazis to employ the 1 drop rule, it would be stupid for Pinoys to adopt the same. The person in question has to ACKNOWLEDGE both Pinoy descent AND identification with the culture.

This stupid approach to "pride" makes as much sense as celebrating the fact that Andrew Cunanan was half filipino.

[SAINT DESTROYER]

Its not them that i think that has the problem eh. sure a person has all the right to be popular and succesful in the field he/she opt to pursue. The point is we filipinos here in the philippines gave these people so much attention that parang lahat na lang ng sumisikat na artist pinagbibintangan nating may filipino blood....

[rabbaddal]

Fil-Am Cheryl Bautista Burke just won this year's Dancing with the Stars championship.

[DaVinciCode]

Oh c'mon. You guys are just being hypocrites. It's just a normal human social trait of fraternizing with "one of our own". Such practice is done by every race on Earth.

From Native American Indians who really tried to emphasize the first American Indian to die in the Iraq War, to racial color like Blacks who will surely promote the "first Black President of the United States", .... they ALL feel the "attachment" when one of their own becomes popular or notorious. Even the Chinese made Yao Ming a national hero eventhough he had unimpressive statistics in the NBA and that's just because he is popular.

I don't know why you give so much fuzz with it, other than being a hypocrite.