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{{Main|List of University of the Philippines people}}The University of the Philippines has numerous notable [[alumni]] and [[Faculty (academic staff)|faculty]]. UP graduated many leading figures in the country.

In the country's political history, UP has produced [[President of the Philippines|former Philippine presidents]] such as [[José P. Laurel]]; former senators [[Lorenzo Tañada]], [[Jovito Salonga]], [[Ninoy Aquino]], [[Francis Pangilinan]], and [[Richard J. Gordon]]; the 14th Vice President [[Leni Robredo]]; statesmen [[Arturo Tolentino]], [[Gerardo Roxas]], and [[Doy Laurel]]; prominent jurists such as former [[Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines|chief justices]] [[Hilario Davide]] and [[Maria Lourdes Sereno]]; and incumbent Congressman [[Roman Romulo]].

In business, UP graduated billionaire and [[Araneta family|Araneta]] patriarch [[Jorge L. Araneta]].<ref>See ''[[List of University of the Philippines College of Law alumni]]''</ref> [[Antonio Quirino]], the founder of the first television station in the Philippines: Alto Broadcasting System (now known as [[ABS-CBN Corporation]]), is also a graduate, as is [[Marla Rausch]], the founder and CEO of Animation Vertigo, a [[motion-capture]] [[animation company]]. UP also produced the first Filipina [[Nobel Peace Prize]] laureate with [[Maria Ressa]] winning the award in 2021.