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The Padilla family is a Filipino family of entertainers, politicians and athletes. List of members. José Padilla Sr. ∞ married María Clara Ruiz; they had four children José Padilla Jr. ∞ married Arsenia Francisco, they had six children; Carlos Padilla Sr. ∞ married Melania Dolorico. Carlos Padilla Jr. ∞ married Esperanza Perez. Zsa ...
Dec 13, 2015 · Queenie is an actress and talent under ABS-CBN. Fifteen-year-old Ali played bit parts in his father's telenovela in 2010. Pilar of the first-gen Padilla artists was the wife of actor, director, and screenwriter Gregorio Fernandez. Their son Rudy (1952-2008) took on the family's lineage in the entertainment industry.
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- Aboitiz
- Laurel
- Zobel de Ayala
- Lopez
- Cojuangco
- Araneta
- Padilla
- Elizalde
- Ongpin
According to family lore, the first Montinola to reach Philippine shores was Juan Montinola, who arrived in 1781 from Malaga, Spain. By the mid-1800s, the family had already risen to prominence in Iloilo. Ruperto Montinola, the great-grandfather of former Bank of the Philippine Islands president Aurelio “Gigi” Montinola III, was even elected the pr...
The family currently engaged in banking, power, and real estate among many other ventures traces its history in the Philippines to a Spaniard of Basque origin, Paulino Aboitiz, who arrived in the 1870s. He married the daughter of a well-to-do merchant a few years later, and started the rise of the Aboitiz clan in the southern Philippines, first in ...
The family used to be a fixture in politics, but as the clan expanded, so has its realm of influence in society. Today’s generation of prominent Laurels are descendants of the nine children of José P. Laurel (1891-1959), the third President of the Philippines. Among the notables in the brood were former Vice President Salvador “Doy” Laurel, former ...
The family behind the Ayala Group of Companies (Ayala Land, BPI, Globe Telecom, Manila Water) traces its roots in the Philippines to Antonio de Ayala, who arrived in the early 1800s. The Zobel part of the name comes courtesy of Jacobo Zobel, who married Trinidad, Antonio’s daughter. The current patriarch, Jaime Zobel de Ayala, is happily retired, s...
Few families have gone through the ebbs and flows of fortune like the Lopezes of Iloilo. Guiding the family through its most difficult times was Don Eugenio Lopez (1901-1975), who resurrected the family fortunes (drawn mostly from sugar) after World War II, only to lose almost everything in the dark days of martial law. Though he didn’t live to see...
No list about Philippine families is complete without mentioning the Cojuangcos. The descendants of a Chinese immigrant, Co Yu Hwan, members of this extended family have become influential in business, politics, and society, settling first in Bulacan and then Tarlac. From the second generation, Melecio Cojuangco’s children were Jose Cojuangco Sr. (...
In 1975, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier’s “Thrilla in Manila” put the country on the world’s sporting map. One of the stars of the show is still in place today, the majestic Araneta Coliseum, the crown jewel in industrialist J. Amado Araneta’s self-named Araneta Center in Cubao. This branch of Aranetas owes the start of its fortune to Juan Araneta, w...
Nicanor Escobar Padilla (1851-1936) from Pangasinan started a clan noted for producing prominent doctors, lawyers, and legislators. His brood of 11 (nine from his second wife, Ysabel Bibby) included Justice Sabino Padilla, Senator Ambrosio Padilla, Congressman Benedicto Padilla, Dr. Nicanor Padilla, and Dr. Florencia P. Dualan. From the succeeding ...
Another family with Basque origins, the Elizalde name has been prominent for more than 150 years, first gaining notice through Don Joaquin Elizalde, a sugar baron in Panay and Negros, whose descendants would acquire Tanduay Rhum from the Ynchausti family in the 1920s. Though the Elizalde clan sold the liquor company to Lucio Tan in the 1980s, it st...
The family name is virtually synonymous with Binondo, Manila’s Chinatown. On its most important avenue stands a statue of the clan’s founding patriarch, Don Roman Ongpin. A dealer in art supplies, his store El 82 was patronized by the likes of Juan Luna and Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo—but his most important contribution to society was being a support...
Today, the family name Padilla are found all over the world due to migration. This surname was included in the alphabetical catalog accompanying the Claveria Decree of 1849, requiring Filipinos to "select" new last names. The Padilla Family of Rizal was included in "The Manila 60", as published in the 1950s by society writer Torrosa Subido.
Jan 17, 2024 · The Padilla family poses for a picture in front of the Urdaneta Philippines Temple, which will be dedicated on April 28, 2024. From left: Crisanta, Czerinah Ellah, Amulek Nephi, Ammon Jarom, Cerah Hennah, and Anatolin Padilla. Padilla family. By Sydney Walker. Just a few kilometers from the Padilla family’s home, the Urdaneta Philippines ...
Philippine Army. Years of service. 2020–present. Rank. Captain. Robinhood Ferdinand Cariño Padilla ( Tagalog pronunciation: [kaˈɾiɲo paˈdiʎa]; born November 23, 1969), [2] known professionally as Robin Padilla, is a Filipino actor, film director and politician. He is known as the "Bad Boy" of Philippine cinema for portraying anti-hero ...
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Daniel Padilla and family on Magandang Buhay in 2016. Daniel John Elago Ford was born on April 26, 1995, in Manila, Philippines. He is the son of actors Rommel Padilla and Carla Ford (screen name: Karla Estrada); he is of quarter White American descent from his mother's side. His mother raised Padilla as a single parent.
