FAMOUS PASIGUENOS
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Jovito R. Salonga

One of Pasig's brightest stars, Jovito R. Salonga, the Senate President who lead the rejection of American bases treaty. Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr. called him "my role model in dedication and integrity in the public service...."

Daisy Hontiveros Avellana

Daisy Hontiveros Avellana, National Artist for Theater, essayed on the stage such memorable roles as Desdemona in William Shakespeare's Othello, Lady Macbeth in Shakespeare's Macbeth, Bernarda Alba in Federico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, among others....

Carmencita Lozada 

Carmencita Lozada, often described as "a Violin phenomenon from Asia" and "one of the few truly great violin talents of our time," was born in Manila. She started her music training at five, first on the piano with her mother and uncle as teachers, and shortly afterwards shifting to the violin...

Lope K. Santos 

Santos, a.k.a. "Berdugo," was born in 1879 and lived till the age of 84. He was a fictionist, poet, printer, revolutionary (in the Philippine-American War), politician (governer of Rizal 1910-1913, first Filipino governor of Nueva Vizcaya 1918-1920 and senator of the 12th district 1921-1922)...

Another son of Buting born in 1892, a.k.a. Kalingkingan, Gregorio Coching was one of the popular novelists of his time. He began writing in 1923 with the novel Sanggumay, which won first prize in the Liwayway publications contest. His many other novels include Baliya, Nita Ravinsky, Okami San, Dama de Noche, Nanay Ko, and Babae ng Bayan...