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	Photo by the Embassy of the United States in the Philippines, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Img_3009_5895102655_o.jpg This image is a work of a United States Department of State employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain per 17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105 and the Department Copyright Information.	Emilio Yap MP (1925 - 2014) Emilio Yap was a Chinese-Filipino business tycoon and philanthropist. He was the chairman of the board of the Manila Bulletin. Wikipedia View Emilio Yap's genealogy profile	Added On: 10/2/2018	4/23/2024	Follow
Photo by the Embassy of the United States in the Philippines, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Img_3009_5895102655_o.jpg This image is a work of a United States Department of State employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain per 17 U.S.C. § 101 and § 105 and the Department Copyright Information. Added On: 10/2/2018 Emilio Yap MP (1925 - 2014) Emilio Yap was a Chinese-Filipino business tycoon and philanthropist. He was the chairman of the board of the Manila Bulletin. Wikipedia View Emilio Yap's genealogy profile 4/23/2024 Follow
	Lou Gopal; "Mr. Albert Awad"; Manila Nostalgia; 28 January 2016; http://www.lougopal.com/manila/?p=3699	Henry Brimo MP (1913 - c.2009) He was one of the leading figures in Philippine mining. He co-founded Philex Mining Corporation in 1955. In the 1950s to 1960s, he was president of the Philippine Gold Producers Association. In 1978, h... View Henry Brimo's genealogy profile	Added On: 4/16/2024	4/18/2024	Follow
Lou Gopal; "Mr. Albert Awad"; Manila Nostalgia; 28 January 2016; http://www.lougopal.com/manila/?p=3699 Added On: 4/16/2024 Henry Brimo MP (1913 - c.2009) He was one of the leading figures in Philippine mining. He co-founded Philex Mining Corporation in 1955. In the 1950s to 1960s, he was president of the Philippine Gold Producers Association. In 1978, h... View Henry Brimo's genealogy profile 4/18/2024 Follow
	Photo from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=890262399122996&set=pb.100044177316571.-2207520000&type=3	Basel Manadil MP "The Hungry Syrian Wanderer" Basel Manadil, also known as The Hungry Syrian Wanderer, is a Syrian-born Filipino vlogger and content creator, noted for his positive views on the Philippines and work to provide aid to victims of nat... View Basel Manadil's genealogy profile	Added On: 3/25/2024	3/26/2024	Follow
Photo from https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=890262399122996&set=pb.100044177316571.-2207520000&type=3 Added On: 3/25/2024 Basel Manadil MP "The Hungry Syrian Wanderer" Basel Manadil, also known as The Hungry Syrian Wanderer, is a Syrian-born Filipino vlogger and content creator, noted for his positive views on the Philippines and work to provide aid to victims of nat... View Basel Manadil's genealogy profile 3/26/2024 Follow
	Photo from El Renacimiento (5 September 1903, p. 1): https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/renc19030905-01.1.1 Original file: https://ibb.co/XVhTCdS or https://imgbox.com/vzewDwQi or https://pixhost.to/show/253/452000493_jose-eduardo-alemany-y-gruet.jpg Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Alemany_y_Gruet.jpg This work was first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria: It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Philippine origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) if the work was under copyright in its country of origin on the date that the URAA took effect in that country. (For the Philippines, the URAA took effect on January 1, 1996.) This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.	José E. Alemany MP (1867 - aft.1938) José E. Alemany was a Spanish-born Filipino physician. Philippine Biographical Directory (1908, p. 8) Birth Marriage information G.R. No. L-1403 (October 27, 1905) View José E. Alemany's genealogy profile	Added On: 3/7/2024	3/8/2024	Follow
Photo from El Renacimiento (5 September 1903, p. 1): https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/sea/newspapers/renc19030905-01.1.1 Original file: https://ibb.co/XVhTCdS or https://imgbox.com/vzewDwQi or https://pixhost.to/show/253/452000493_jose-eduardo-alemany-y-gruet.jpg Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jos%C3%A9_Eduardo_Alemany_y_Gruet.jpg This work was first published in the Philippines and is now in the public domain because its copyright protection has expired by virtue of the Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines. The work meets one of the following criteria: It is an anonymous or pseudonymous work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is an audiovisual or photographic work and 50 years have passed since the year of its publication It is a work of applied art and 25 years have passed since the year of its publication It is another kind of work, and 50 years have passed since the year of death of the author (or last-surviving author) Important note: Works of foreign (non-U.S.) origin must be out of copyright or freely licensed in both their home country and the United States in order to be accepted on Commons. Works of Philippine origin that have entered the public domain in the U.S. due to certain circumstances (such as publication in noncompliance with U.S. copyright formalities) may have had their U.S. copyright restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) if the work was under copyright in its country of origin on the date that the URAA took effect in that country. (For the Philippines, the URAA took effect on January 1, 1996.) This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. Added On: 3/7/2024 José E. Alemany MP (1867 - aft.1938) José E. Alemany was a Spanish-born Filipino physician. Philippine Biographical Directory (1908, p. 8) Birth Marriage information G.R. No. L-1403 (October 27, 1905) View José E. Alemany's genealogy profile 3/8/2024 Follow
		Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (1896 - 1965) "Mike" Joaquín Miguel Elizalde y Díaz was a Filipino diplomat and businessman. Sources: accessed on 8/15/2019 View Joaquín Miguel Elizalde's genealogy profile	Added On: 5/4/2012	2/12/2024	Follow
Added On: 5/4/2012 Joaquín Miguel Elizalde (1896 - 1965) "Mike" Joaquín Miguel Elizalde y Díaz was a Filipino diplomat and businessman. Sources: accessed on 8/15/2019 View Joaquín Miguel Elizalde's genealogy profile 2/12/2024 Follow
	Death certificate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRJK-NCPZ This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws.	Amadeo Matute MP (c.1883 - 1955) Amadeo Matute became a naturalized Filipino citizen in 1921 . Death certificates: Local National View Amadeo Matute's genealogy profile	Added On: 2/25/2013	2/7/2024	Follow
Death certificate: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HRJK-NCPZ This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws. Added On: 2/25/2013 Amadeo Matute MP (c.1883 - 1955) Amadeo Matute became a naturalized Filipino citizen in 1921 . Death certificates: Local National View Amadeo Matute's genealogy profile 2/7/2024 Follow
	Photo by Avito Dalan of the Philippine News Agency, from https://www.pna.gov.ph/photos/37001 This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws.	Bruce McTavish MP Bruce McTavish is a New Zealand-born Filipino boxing referee and philanthropist residing in the Philippines. He has been named World Boxing Council Referee of the Year in 2013, 2015, and 2017. A long ... View Bruce McTavish's genealogy profile	Added On: 2/6/2007	11/23/2023	Follow
Photo by Avito Dalan of the Philippine News Agency, from https://www.pna.gov.ph/photos/37001 This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws. Added On: 2/6/2007 Bruce McTavish MP Bruce McTavish is a New Zealand-born Filipino boxing referee and philanthropist residing in the Philippines. He has been named World Boxing Council Referee of the Year in 2013, 2015, and 2017. A long ... View Bruce McTavish's genealogy profile 11/23/2023 Follow
	Photo by The Chronicle, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chip_Engelland,_Duke_Chronicle_1983-02-18.jpg This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice, and its copyright was not subsequently registered with the U.S. Copyright Office within 5 years. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macau), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation.	Chip Engelland MP "Chip" Chip Engelland is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). View Chip Engelland's genealogy profile	Added On: 7/19/2007	11/6/2023	Follow
Photo by The Chronicle, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chip_Engelland,_Duke_Chronicle_1983-02-18.jpg This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1978 and March 1, 1989 without a copyright notice, and its copyright was not subsequently registered with the U.S. Copyright Office within 5 years. Unless its author has been dead for several years, it is copyrighted in the countries or areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada (50 pma), Mainland China (50 pma, not Hong Kong or Macau), Germany (70 pma), Mexico (100 pma), Switzerland (70 pma), and other countries with individual treaties. See this page for further explanation. Added On: 7/19/2007 Chip Engelland MP "Chip" Chip Engelland is an American basketball coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). View Chip Engelland's genealogy profile 11/6/2023 Follow
	Photo from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Dennis_Anthony_Uy_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg	Dennis Anthony Uy MP Dennis Anthony H. Uy is a Filipino businessman who is known for being the founder of Converge ICT. Wikipedia View Dennis Anthony Uy's genealogy profile	Added On: 9/17/2023	9/17/2023	Follow
Photo from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Dennis_Anthony_Uy_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg Added On: 9/17/2023 Dennis Anthony Uy MP Dennis Anthony H. Uy is a Filipino businessman who is known for being the founder of Converge ICT. Wikipedia View Dennis Anthony Uy's genealogy profile 9/17/2023 Follow
		Naftali Plattring MP (1878 - 1942) Naftalin (Natalio) Plattring was born on 26 June 1878 in Tarnopol in eastern Galicia (now Ternopil, Ukraine) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Before the turn of the century, he and his wife Antonie, née... View Naftali Plattring's genealogy profile	Added On: 6/8/2019	7/31/2023	Follow
Added On: 6/8/2019 Naftali Plattring MP (1878 - 1942) Naftalin (Natalio) Plattring was born on 26 June 1878 in Tarnopol in eastern Galicia (now Ternopil, Ukraine) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Before the turn of the century, he and his wife Antonie, née... View Naftali Plattring's genealogy profile 7/31/2023 Follow
		Jessie Lichauco MP (1912 - 2021) "Jessie", "TJ" Jessie Lichauco was a Cuban-born Filipino philanthropist and charity worker who resided in the Philippines from the 1930s with her husband, lawyer and diplomat Marcial Lichauco. They turned their home ... View Jessie Lichauco's genealogy profile	Added On: 2/18/2007	7/13/2023	Follow
Added On: 2/18/2007 Jessie Lichauco MP (1912 - 2021) "Jessie", "TJ" Jessie Lichauco was a Cuban-born Filipino philanthropist and charity worker who resided in the Philippines from the 1930s with her husband, lawyer and diplomat Marcial Lichauco. They turned their home ... View Jessie Lichauco's genealogy profile 7/13/2023 Follow
	Photo from https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4267956336588653&set=a.123193361064992	Ange Kouame MP "Angelo" Kakou Ange Franck Williams "Angelo" Kouame is an Ivorian-Filipino basketball player. Kouame played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippine... View Ange Kouame's genealogy profile	Added On: 7/9/2023	7/9/2023	Follow
Photo from https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4267956336588653&set=a.123193361064992 Added On: 7/9/2023 Ange Kouame MP "Angelo" Kakou Ange Franck Williams "Angelo" Kouame is an Ivorian-Filipino basketball player. Kouame played college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles of the University Athletic Association of the Philippine... View Ange Kouame's genealogy profile 7/9/2023 Follow
		Justin Brownlee MP Justin Donta Brownlee is an American-born Filipino professional basketball player. Wikipedia View Justin Brownlee's genealogy profile	Added On: 3/29/2023	3/30/2023	Follow
Added On: 3/29/2023 Justin Brownlee MP Justin Donta Brownlee is an American-born Filipino professional basketball player. Wikipedia View Justin Brownlee's genealogy profile 3/30/2023 Follow
	Photo from https://philstarlife.com/living/272943-did-you-know-the-sm-logo-was-designed-by-the-founder-of-century-tuna	Ricardo Po Sr. MP (1932 - 2021) Ricardo Po Sr. was a Filipino-Chinese businessman. He founded Century Pacific, the Philippines leading exporter of private-label tuna products in 1978. View Ricardo Po Sr.'s genealogy profile	Added On: 3/16/2023	3/17/2023	Follow
Photo from https://philstarlife.com/living/272943-did-you-know-the-sm-logo-was-designed-by-the-founder-of-century-tuna Added On: 3/16/2023 Ricardo Po Sr. MP (1932 - 2021) Ricardo Po Sr. was a Filipino-Chinese businessman. He founded Century Pacific, the Philippines leading exporter of private-label tuna products in 1978. View Ricardo Po Sr.'s genealogy profile 3/17/2023 Follow
	Photo by Bacolod City Public Information Office, from https://www.facebook.com/bacolodcitypio/photos/a.217022702127892/853135215183301/ This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws.	Andrew Tan MP Wikipedia View Andrew Tan's genealogy profile	Added On: 12/9/2022	12/9/2022	Follow
Photo by Bacolod City Public Information Office, from https://www.facebook.com/bacolodcitypio/photos/a.217022702127892/853135215183301/ This work is in the public domain in the Philippines and possibly other jurisdictions because it is a work created by an officer or employee of the Government of the Philippines or any of its subdivisions and instrumentalities, including government-owned and/or controlled corporations, as part of their regularly prescribed official duties; consequently, any work is ineligible for copyright under the terms of Part IV, Chapter I, Section 171.11 and Part IV, Chapter IV, Section 176 of Republic Act No. 8293 and Republic Act No. 10372, as amended, unless otherwise noted. However, in some instances, the use of this work in the Philippines or elsewhere may be regulated by this law or other laws. Added On: 12/9/2022 Andrew Tan MP Wikipedia View Andrew Tan's genealogy profile 12/9/2022 Follow
	Lim, Rodrigo, "Who's Who In The Philippines, Chinese Edition". Archive.org, 1930. Web: https://archive.org/details/WhosWhoInThePhilippinesChineseEdition/mode/2up. Accessed 20 July 2020.	Dee C. Chuan MP (1888 - 1940) "Lin Qinqian" Dee C. Chuan founded Fookien Times and Chinese Commercial News. He owned and ran Negros Philippines Lumber Company, Singbe Transportation Company, Dee C. Chuan and Sons, and Philippine Lumber Manufactu... View Dee C. Chuan's genealogy profile	Added On: 7/19/2020	11/11/2022	Follow
Lim, Rodrigo, "Who's Who In The Philippines, Chinese Edition". Archive.org, 1930. Web: https://archive.org/details/WhosWhoInThePhilippinesChineseEdition/mode/2up. Accessed 20 July 2020. Added On: 7/19/2020 Dee C. Chuan MP (1888 - 1940) "Lin Qinqian" Dee C. Chuan founded Fookien Times and Chinese Commercial News. He owned and ran Negros Philippines Lumber Company, Singbe Transportation Company, Dee C. Chuan and Sons, and Philippine Lumber Manufactu... View Dee C. Chuan's genealogy profile 11/11/2022 Follow
	Photo from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/ScottWiki.jpg	William Henry Scott MP (1921 - 1993) "William Henry Scott" William Henry Scott was a historian of the Gran Cordillera Central and Prehispanic Philippines. His family, of Dutch-Lutheran descent, soon returned to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Scott spent his bo... View William Henry Scott's genealogy profile	Added On: 10/25/2022	10/25/2022	Follow
Photo from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/ScottWiki.jpg Added On: 10/25/2022 William Henry Scott MP (1921 - 1993) "William Henry Scott" William Henry Scott was a historian of the Gran Cordillera Central and Prehispanic Philippines. His family, of Dutch-Lutheran descent, soon returned to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, where Scott spent his bo... View William Henry Scott's genealogy profile 10/25/2022 Follow
	Photo from https://2012.ateneo.edu/ls/soss/history/news/demise-fr-john-n-schumacher-sj-1927%E2%80%932014	John N. Schumacher MP (1927 - 2014) Created by: Jack Williams Added: 19 Oct 2014 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 137486368 Fr. John N. Schumacher SJ (1927-2014) was a professor emeritus of Church History at the Loyola School of Theology. .... View John N. Schumacher's genealogy profile	Added On: 10/25/2022	10/25/2022	Follow
Photo from https://2012.ateneo.edu/ls/soss/history/news/demise-fr-john-n-schumacher-sj-1927%E2%80%932014 Added On: 10/25/2022 John N. Schumacher MP (1927 - 2014) Created by: Jack Williams Added: 19 Oct 2014 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 137486368 Fr. John N. Schumacher SJ (1927-2014) was a professor emeritus of Church History at the Loyola School of Theology. .... View John N. Schumacher's genealogy profile 10/25/2022 Follow
	Photo from https://animomagazine.ph/the-legend-that-is-hans-peter-smit	Hans Smit MP Wikipedia View Hans Smit's genealogy profile	Added On: 9/5/2022	9/5/2022	Follow
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		Tan Yu MP (1927 - 2002) "Ty Chiu Bin", "Zheng Zhoumin" Tan Yu was a Chinese-Filipino philanthropist and businessman. Wikipedia Death announcement View Tan Yu's genealogy profile	Added On: 12/3/2018	7/22/2022	Follow
Added On: 12/3/2018 Tan Yu MP (1927 - 2002) "Ty Chiu Bin", "Zheng Zhoumin" Tan Yu was a Chinese-Filipino philanthropist and businessman. Wikipedia Death announcement View Tan Yu's genealogy profile 7/22/2022 Follow