List of San Beda University alumni

The following is a list of people who have studied at the San Beda University by campus.

San Beda University Manila

Presidents, Vice Presidents and historical figures

• Agapito "Butz" Aquino (GS, HS) - key personality during the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution; former Philippine senator and House Minority Floor Leader
• Benigno Aquino Jr. (HS) - former Senator and key personality of the anti-Marcos regime struggle
• Rodrigo Duterte (LI.B) - 16th President of the Republic of the Philippines; former Mayor of Davao City
• Francisco A. Medrano (GS, HS) - World War II resistance fighter; former military general
• Ramon V. Mitra (HS, Ll.B ) - 1992 Philippine presidential candidate; former Speaker of the House of Representatives; former senator and agriculture minister; human rights lawyer
• Leni Robredo (Ll.M.) - 14th Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines
• Raul Roco (AB, Ll.B) - 2004 Philippine presidential candidate; former senator and education secretary; champion of women's rights and icon of the youth
• Rene Saguisag (AB, Ll.B) - former Philippine Senator; Human Rights advocate; co-founder of the Movement of Attorneys for Brotherhood, Integrity, and Nationalism, Inc. (MABINI)
• Augusto S. Sanchez (AB, Ll.B) - former Labor Minister during the Aquino Administration, human rights lawyer
• Gen. Basilio J. Valdes (GS, HS) - former chief-of-staff of the Philippine Army ^{[citation needed]}
• Sara Duterte- (transferred) 15th Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines; former Mayor of Davao City

Senators and representatives

• Tomas V. Apacible (CAS) - Representative, 1st District, Batangas
• Alipio C. Badelles (BSC, Ll.B) - Representative, 1st district of Lanao del Norte
• Amado Bagatsing (GS, HS, BS) - veteran legislator; representative of the 5th district of Manila
• Leovigildo B. Banaag (AB, Ll.B) - Representative, 1st district of Agusan del Norte
• Elpidio F. Barzaga (AB, Ll.B) - Representative, 4th district of Cavite
• Jose Cabochan - Representative from Bulacan
• Fredenil H. Castro (Ll.B) - Representative from Capiz
• Neri J. Colmenares (AB) - Representative of Bayan Muna partylist
• Leila de Lima (Ll.B) - Senator; former Secretary of Justice; former Chairperson, Commission on Human Rights; prominent election lawyer of Pampanga Gov. Eddie Panlilio and Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca
• Arnulfo Fuentebella (GS, HS) - former Speaker of the House of Representatives; representative from Camarines Sur
• Gregorio B. Honasan II (GS) - Senator and reformist military reader; one of the personalities of the first EDSA revolution
• Eduardo Nonato Joson (AB, Ll.B) - Nueva Ecija representative and former National Food Authority Administrator
• Roger G. Mercado (Ll.B) - Representative, lone district of Southern Leyte
• Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra (GS, HS, BSC) - Palawan Congressman and son of the late Speaker Ramon Mitra
• Marlyn L. Primicias-Agabas (AB, Ll.B) - Representative, 6th district of Pangasinan
• Eric D. Singson (BSC) - Deputy Speaker for Luzon and representative, 1st district, Ilocos Sur
• Alfonso V. Umali (GS, HS) - Representative, 2nd district, Oriental Mindoro
• Rodolfo G. Valencia (GS, HS) - Representative, 2nd district, Mindoro Oriental
• Reynaldo "RU" Umali (GS, HS) - Representative, 2nd district, Oriental Mindoro
• Jose "Joboy" Aquino II (GS, HS) - Representative, 1st district, Agusan Del Norte

Judiciary and legal services

• Roberto R. Concepcion, Sr. (GS, HS, AA) - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (1966–1973); Commissioner, 1986 Philippine Constitutional Commission
• Mariano C. del Castillo (AB) - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Antonio M. Martinez (Ll.B) - former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Jose Catral Mendoza (Ll.B), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura (Ll.B) - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; former solicitor-general; former member of the House of Representatives; former faculty, San Beda College of Law; former dean, Arellano Law School
• Florenz D. Regalado (Ll.B) - retired Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court; holder of the highest bar exam rating for a bar examinee
• Bienvenido L. Reyes (Ll.B), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Justo P. Torres, Jr. (Ll.B) - retired Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court

Local and provincial officials

• Roderick Alcala (CAS 92) - Mayor of Lucena City, Quezon
• Robert Lyndon Barbers (HS) - Governor, Surigao Del Norte; former Surigao representative
• Herbert Constantine M. Bautista (GS, HS, AB) - Mayor, Quezon City; former TV and movie actor
• Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (GS, HS) - Speaker of the House of Representatives and ex-mayor of Quezon City
• Alfonso S. Casurra (AB, Ll.B) - Mayor, Surigao City
• Calixto R. Catáquiz (HS, BS) - Mayor, San Pedro, Laguna; former General Manager of Laguna Lake Development Authority
• Raphael M. Colet - former Governor of Pangasinan
• Enrico "Recom" Echiverri (AB) - former representative and Former mayor of Caloocan
• George A. Elias (GS, HS) - Vice Mayor, Taguig
• Gerald Esplana (GS, HS) - Councilor, Valenzuela City
• Tomás Eduardo Joson III (GS, HS) - former governor of Nueva Ecija
• Danilo B. Lacuna (GS, HS) - former vice-mayor, City of Manila
• Salvador Leachon (AB, Ll.B) - former Mayor of Calapan, Oriental Mindoro; incumbent 1st district representative and senior deputy speaker
• Ferdinand Maliwanag (AB, Ll.B) - Mayor of Candelaria, Quezon
• Ishmael Mathay (HS, Ll. B) - Vice-Governor of Metro Manila; former Mayor of Quezon City
• Abraham Kahlil Mitra (BS Management, 91) - former Provincial Governor of Palawan
• Oscar S. Moreno (AB, Ll. B) - Governor, Misamis Oriental, Congressman and former prosecutor in the impeachment trial of former President Joseph Estrada
• Victor Ortega (HS) - Governor, La Union Province
• Mike Rama (Ll.B) - Mayor of Cebu City
• Gerardo Roxas (CAS, 83) - former Provincial Board Member of Bataan; former Mayor of Limay, Bataan
• Dino Claudio M. Sanchez (CAS) - former Vice Mayor, Butuan City
• Ruben Sayo (CAS, 83) - former Mayor of Aritao Town, Nueva Viscaya
• Benjie Serrano (HS, 92) - Mayor Orani, Bataan
• Ruben M. Umali - former Mayor, Lipa City, Batangas
• Vicente Valera (CAS) - Governor, Abra
• Tobit Cruz (CAS) - Councilor, Taytay, Rizal

Appointed government officials

• Ricardo Abcede (Ll.B) - Commissioner, Presidential Commission on Good Government
• Sanchez A. Ali (CAS) - former Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Sultanate of Oman
• Jose E.B. Antonio - businessman and real estate pioneer; chair of the Century Properties Group, and President Gloria Macapagal - Arroyo's Special Envoy to the People's Republic of China
• Zabedin M. Azis (Ll.B.) - Undersecretary, Department of Justice
• Dr. Teodoro Herbosa (GS, HS) - Executive Vice President, University of the Philippines, Consultant NTF IATF COVID-19, former Undersecretary, Department of Health, former consultant Indonesia Health Ministry
• Francisco Baraan III - former senior Board Member of Pangasinan; former Justice Undersecretary
• Robert Dean Barbers (HS, BSC) - General Manager, Philippine Tourism Authority
• Nicasio A. Conti (AB, Ll.B) - Commissioner, Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG); faculty, San Beda Economics department
• Raoul Creencia (Ll.b) - government corporate counsel
• Antonio C. Delgado - former Philippine Ambassador to the Vatican; Delivery Services and Hotel Pioneer
• Gerry Espina (GS, HS) - board member, Philippine Racing Commission; former Biliran representative; Biliran Governor
• Peter B. Favila (GS, HS) - Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry, businessman
• Don M. Ferry (HS) - former Vice Chairman, Development Bank of the Philippines; former chairman, Board of Transportation
• Dennis Funa (HS, LLB) - Chairman, Insurance Commission
• Winston F. Garcia (Ll.B) - President and General-Manager, Government Service and Insurance System (GSIS)
• Lilian Hefti (Ll.B) - Commissioner and head of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
• Jose Carlitos Z. Licas (AB, Ll.B) - former OIC Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Immigration (BI)
• Jose D. Lina, Jr. (GS, HS) - former Philippine Senator, former Secretary of Interior and Local Government, former governor of Laguna
• Jose Ong (AB) - former Commissioner, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
• Vicente Pelagio Angala (HS) - Chief Operating Officer, Duty Free Philippines
• Ricardo T. Saludo (GS, HS) - Cabinet Secretary, journalist, writer
• Rene Sarmiento (AB) - Commissioner, Commission on Elections (COMELEC)
• Emilio Aquino (Ll.B) - Chairperson, Securities and Exchange Commission (Philippines)
• Voltaire "Bong" Magpayo (HS, CAS) - Board Member, Small Business Corp. (DTI Financing arm)
• Billy Racho (CAS) - Assistant Secretary, DILG

Private Law Practice

• Avelino Cruz (LLB) - Founding Partner, Angara, Abello, Concepcion, Regala and Cruz (ACCRA)
• Tranquil Salvador III (HS) - Partner and Co-Head, Litigation and Arbitration Department, Romulo, Mabanta, Buenaventura, Sayoc, and de los Angeles (ROMULO)

Business and economics

• Manuel V. Pangilinan (GS, HS, Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa) - chairman, Philippine Long Distance Company; chief executive officer of Metro Pacific Corporation; chairman of the Board of Trustees of San Beda College-Mendiola, Manila
• Vicente Cuna Jr. (GS, HS) - former President PS Bank; Board of Directors - Metrobank

Media and entertainment

• Harlon Agsaoay - founding member and lead vocals of Tanya Markova, singer and composer
• Hajji Alejandro (GS, HS) - original member of The Circus Band in the early 70s, multi-awarded singer
• Jimmy Antiporda (GS, HS) - composer, music arranger and record producer
• Herbert Bautista - Quezon City Mayor, actor
• Dingdong Dantes (AB) - actor and director
• Rachelle Ann Go - singer
• Eddie Gutierrez (GS, HS) - Filipino movie actor
• Danny Javier (GS, HS) - member of popular and multi-awarded APO Hiking Society, singer, composer, actor and TV host
• Jade Lopez - actress
• Francis Magalona - rapper, actor, and businessman
• Kristofer Martin-actor, singer
• Derrick Monasterio (CAS) - actor^[1]
• Aga Muhlach (BSC) - actor
• Niño Muhlach (BSC) - actor
• Jett Pangan (GS, HS) - lead singer and founding member of The Dawn
• Fernando Poe, Jr. (GS) - Filipino actor, "Da King" of Philippine movies, national artist and former 2004 Philippine presidential candidate
• Jolo Revilla - actor

Medicine and health sciences

• Dr. Ramon Arcadio (GS, HS, Doctor of Humanities, honoris cauca) - Chancellor, University of the Philippines-Manila^{[citation needed]}
• Dr. Teodoro Herbosa (GS, HS) - Executive Vice President, University of the Philippines, Consultant NTF IATF COVID-19, UP-PGH Head Emergency Medicine

Sports

• Mike Advani - former PBA player; 2006-2007 Red Lions asst. coach
• Edmundo "Ato" Badolato - Red Cubs legend coach; former commissioner of UAAP
• Rencie Bajar (HS) - PBA player
• Enrico "Koy" Banal - former head coach of the 2006 San Beda Red Lions champion team
• Rafael S. Baretto - (1956 Olympian)
• Charles Borck - former Philippine Olympic basketball player (1936 Olympian)
• Loreto Carbonell - 1952 Olympian
• Jose Ariston Caslib - head coach, Philippines men's national football team
• Tom Concon - former Junior Golf World Champion, 13–14 years old division
• Roland Dantes - champion bodybuilder, martial artist and actor
• Mat Ranillo III - former college basketball player of NCAA, and actor
• Macky DeJoya - former PBA player, HS '83
• Antonio Genato - 1952 Olympian)
• Eduardo Lim - 1952, 1956 Olympian
• Frankie Lim - former PBA player, former Red Lions Head Coach
• Carlos Loyzaga - former Philippine Olympian known as the "Big Difference" to the Philippine sports press (1952, 1956 Olympian)
• Joaquin "Chito" Loyzaga - Philippine basketball player and son of Carlos Loyzaga
• Arturo Macapagal - former member of Philippine Olympic target shooting team
• Ronald Magsanoc - Philippine basketball player
• Sonny Manucat - former PBL player
• Jesus Marzan - 1936 Olympian
• Ato Morano - Philippine basketball player
• Venancio "Benjie" Paras - Philippine basketball player; actor, HS '86
• Ramon L. Pineda - member 1967-68 NCAA Junior Champions, competed 1974 Cesta-Punta Mundial, Montevideo, Uruguay; professional jai-alai player, 1975–1983
• Alberto 'Big Boy' Reynoso - 1960 Olympian, basketball
• Ren-Ren Ritualo - Philippine basketball player
• Ponciano B. Saldaña - 1952 Olympian)
• Melito Santos - 1952 Olympian)
• LA Tenorio - Philippine basketball player
• Emmanuel Boybits Victoria - former PBA player
• Jose "JB" Yango - Philippine basketball player, provincial board member
• Jeric Raval - former high school basketball player of NCAA, and actor
• Ferdinand "Dindo" Pumaren - former PBA player, former Red Cubs

Honorary alumni

• Mohammed Dzaiddin Abdullah (Doctor of Laws, honoris causa) - Malaysian Chief Justice; head, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Law Association
• Prof. Bienvenida Amarles-Ilago - chairperson, Social Sciences department; co-author of 1898-1992: The Philippine Presidency, with Alex Brillantes, Jr.
• Corazon C. Aquino (Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa) - wife of Bedan senator Benigno Aquino Jr. and former president of the Philippines
• Rev. Fr. Ranhilio C. Aquino (SJD, San Beda College, 2008, by assessment) - Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Cagayan State University; dean (on consultancy), Graduate School of Law, San Beda College; chair, Department of Jurisprudence and Legal Philosophy, Philippine Judicial Academy, Supreme Court of the Philippines; Fellow, Commonwealth Judicial Education Institution (Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia), Research Fellow, Superior Institute of Philosophy, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium)
• Isagani Cruz - former Supreme Court Justice; writer and columnist; professor, San Beda College of Law
• Dr. Leopoldo J. Dejillas - social economist, author and writer; former head of the San Beda Research Development program; former faculty member of the Economics Department of the college and Arts and Sciences of San Beda College
• Estelita P. Juco (Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa) - journalist and Congresswoman
• Diosdado P. Macapagal - former president of the Philippines (1961–1965); lecturer and professor, San Beda College of Law
• Dr. Ramon Benedicto N. Marcelino - former economic adviser to the late 2004 presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr.; chairperson of the Department of Economics of San Beda College
• Hon. Ambeth R. Ocampo - chairman, National Historical Institute; chairman, National Commission for Culture and the Arts; former Benedictine monk and history professor at San Beda
• Robert de Ocampo (Doctor of Humanities, honoris causa) - former secretary, Department of Finance; president, Asian Institute of Management
• Artemio Panganiban - 21st Supreme Court Chief Justice of the Philippines; honorary alumnus, San Beda College of Law
• Dr. Teresita P. Pedrajas - chairperson, World Council for Curriculum and Instruction (WCCI-UNESCO); awardee, 1999 Metrobak Most Outstanding Teacher of the Philippines
• Fidel V. Ramos - former president of the Philippines; Honorary Alumnus, San Beda College of Law
• Arturo Tolentino - former Philippine senator; professor, San Beda College of Law
• Dr. Felina Young - first female and lay vice-president of San Beda College (2004–2007); author, writer and business expert

San Beda College Alabang

• Ryan Agoncillo (GS, HS) - TV celebrity, host and actor
• Augusto Cesare Amado Syjuco a.k.a. A.G. Syjuco (CAS) - principal music composer, producer, guitarist, bassist and synth programmer of the first nominee and winner from the Philippines in the international Independent Music Awards; internationally released and acclaimed art band Jack of None^{[2][3][4][5][6]}
• Rico Blanco (GS, HS) - former vocalist of Rivermaya
• Bernard Cardona - actor and host
• Lino Cayetano (GS, HS) - Former Taguig City Mayor, television director and brother of Senator Pia S. Cayetano
• Enrique Gil (CAS) - actor, dancer, matinee idol, host
• Marlo Mortel (CAS) - model, singer, and actor
• Redmond F. Domingo aka Cogie Domingo - actor, model, endorser

References

1. "Work is good, but school is just as important for these young stars". 22 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
2. "Who's Listening to van Gogh's Ear". Amazon.
3. "Jack of None – Who's Listening to van Gogh's Ear | Sleeping Bag Studios". 26 May 2016.
4. "Philippines experimental rock band JACK OF NONE release debut album". 2016-05-10.
5. "The 15th Independent Music Awards Nominees".
6. "Jack of None - Who's Listening to van Gogh's Ear? - Album Review". 2016-05-25.