The Most Famous
PHYSICIANS from Philippines
This page contains a list of the greatest Filipino Physicians. The pantheon dataset contains 726 Physicians, 1 of which were born in Philippines. This makes Philippines the birth place of the 63rd most number of Physicians behind Ecuador, and Nigeria.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Filipino Physicians of all time. This list of famous Filipino Physicians is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Fe del Mundo (1911 - 2011)
With an HPI of 49.87, Fe del Mundo is the most famous Filipino Physician. Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.
Fe Villanueva del Mundo (born Fé Primitiva del Mundo y Villanueva; November 27, 1911 – August 6, 2011) was a Filipino pediatrician. She founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and helped shape the country's modern child healthcare system. Her pioneering work in pediatrics in the Philippines spanned eight decades. She gained international recognition, including the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in 1977. In 1980, she was conferred the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines, and in 2010, she received the Order of Lakandula. She was the first female president of the Philippine Pediatric Society and the first woman to be named National Scientist of the Philippines. She was also the first Asian to be elected president of the Philippine Medical Association in its 65-year history, and the first Asian to be voted president of the Medical Women's International Association.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Filipino physicians born between 1911 and 1911. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Filipino physicians include Fe del Mundo.
