Order of National Artists

The Order of National Artists (Orden ng Pambansang Alagad ng Sining) is the highest national recognition
given to Filipino individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of Philippine arts;
namely, Music, Dance, Theater, Visual Arts, Literature, Film, Broadcast Arts, and Architecture and Allied
Arts. The order is jointly administered by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and
the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) and conferred by the President of the Philippines upon
recommendation by both institutions.

ARCHITECTURE

Pablo S. Antonio Leandro V. Locsin Juan F. Nakpil

Ildefonso P. Santos Jose Maria V. Zaragoza

CINEMA

Lamberto V. Avellana Lino Brocka Ishmael Bernal

Manuel Conde Gerardo de Leon Ronald Alan K. Poe

Eddie S. Romero
VISUAL ARTS

Fernando Amorsolo Hernando R. Ocampo Benedicto Cabrera

Carlos Botong Francisco Cesar Legaspi Abdulmari Asia Imao

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Guillermo E. Tolentino Arturo Luz Federico Aguilar Alcuaz

Napoleon V. Abueva J. Elizalde Navarro Francisco Coching

Victorio C. Edades Ang Kiukok Jose T. Joya

Vicente Manansala
LITERATURE

Francisco Arcellana Edith L. Tiempo Bienvenido Lumbera

N.V.M. Gonzalez Virgilio S. Almario Cirilo F. Bautista

Nick Joaquin Amado V. Hernandez Lazaro Francisco

F. Sionil Jose Carlos P. Romulo Jose Garcia Villa

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Alejandro Roces Rolando S. Tinio Levi Celerio
FASHION DESIGN

Ramon Valera
THEATER DESIGN

Salvador F. Bernal
DANCE

Francisca Reyes Aquino Ramon Obusan Alice Reyes

Leonor Orosa Goquingco Lucrecia Reyes-Urtula

HISTORICAL LITERATURE

Carlos Quirino
MUSIC

Antonino Buenaventura Jose Maceda Lucrecia R. Kasilag

Ernani J. Cuenco Lucio San Pedro Antonio J. Molina

Francisco Feliciano Levi Celerio Ramon P. Santos

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Jovita Fuentes Felipe Padilla de Leon Andrea Veneracion

Honorata Atang dela Rama

THEATER

Daisy Avellana Rolando S. Tinio Wilfrido Ma. Guerrero

Honorata Atang dela Rama Salvador F. Bernal Severino Montano

Lamberto V. Avellana