Oriental Mindoro Late Macario G. Adriatico - Liberator of Mindoro, first representative of Mindoro to the Philippine Assembly - Journalist, orator, writer and director of the National Museum and Library

Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro Late Actor Vic Vargas - A three-time Philippine national judo champion at the age of 17. - An Architecture graduate of University of Sto. Tomas. - Never wanted to be in the movies, but only accepted the dare made by a friend. - Personified the quintessential Filipino henpecked husband in several films. - A physical education teacher who specialized in martial arts at the University of the East before joining the movies.

- A Filipino basketball player and coach. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian (1952, 1956), as a member of the Philippines men's national basketball team.