List of naturalized Filipino citizens

The following is a list of notable Filipinos who have acquired Philippine citizenship through naturalization. In contrast, natural-born Filipinos, are individuals who have one or both parents who were Philippine citizens at the time of the birth of that individual.[1][2]

List

The following is a list of people who acquired Filipino citizenship through naturalization.

Name Born Origin nation Naturalized Notes
Andray Blatche1986 United States2014
(Republic Act No. 10636)		American-born player who played for the Philippines men's national basketball team.
Chip Engelland1961 United States–American-born coach
Francis Burton Harrison1873 United States1936
(Commonwealth Act No. 79)		Former Governor-General of the Philippines and U.S. House of Representatives member.
Jessie Lichauco1912 Cuba
 United States		2013
(Republic Act No. 10356)		Cuban-born American philanthropist.
Marcus Douthit1980 United States2011
(Republic Act No. 10148)		American-born player who played for the Philippines men's national basketball team.[3]
Hans Smit1958 Indonesia2016
(Republic Act No. 10914)		Football coach who was born in Indonesia but grew up in the Philippines.[4]
Bruce McTavish1939/1940 New Zealand2018
(Republic Act No. 11161)		New Zealand-born boxing referee.
Ronnie Nathanielsz1935 Sri Lanka1973
(Presidential Decree No. 192)		Sri Lankan-born sports journalist, commentator and analyst[5]
George J. Willmann1897 United States1975
(Presidential Decree No. 740)		American Jesuit priest who had resided in the Philippines since 1936.[6]
Basel Manadil1993 Syria2019Syrian vlogger who runs the YouTube channel The Hungry Syrian Wanderer which documents his experiences in the Philippines.[7]
Angelo Kouame1997 Senegal2021
(Republic Act No. 11543)		Senegal-born player who played for the Ateneo Blue Eagles basketball team and plays for the Philippines men's national basketball team.[8][9]
Akiko Thomson1985 United States1985
(Presidential Decree No. 1983)		American-born swimmer who grew up in the Philippines and took part in the Summer Olympics.[10]
Bienvenido Marañón1986 Spain2021
(Republic Act No. 11570)		Spanish-born footballer.[11][12]
Peter Leslie Wallace1939 Australia2015
(Republic Act No. 10685)		Australian born Businessman.[13][14]
Justin Brownlee 1988  United States 2023
(Republic Act No. 11937)		 American-born player who played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association.
Kyle Jennermann (Kulas) —  Canada 2023
(Republic Act No. 11955)		 Canadian-born vlogger who often covers Filipino travel and culture content.

See also

References
  1. "Who are natural-born Filipinos?". Embassy of the Philippines in Norway. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. "The Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines". 1987. Article IV, Section 1 – via Official Gazette of the Philippine Government.
  3. "Douthit now a naturalized Filipino". ABS-CBNNews.com. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  4. "Indon football coach gets Filipino citizenship". Manila Bulletin. July 31, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016.
  5. "Presidential Decree No. 192 : Granting Philippine Citizenship to Ronald Fredrick William Nathanielsz". The LawPhil Project. Arellano Law Foundation. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
  6. Ocampo, Yen (July 31, 2014). "Cause for naturalized Filipino priest ongoing". CBCP News. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. Severo, Jan Milo (June 17, 2021). "Vlogger 'The Hungry Syrian Wanderer' is now a proud Filipino citizen". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  8. "Ange Kouame's naturalization now official". ABS-CBN News. May 18, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  9. "AN ACT GRANTING PHILIPPINE CITIZENSHIP TO KAKOU ANGE FRANCK WILLIAMS KOUAME". act No. RA-11543 of May 18, 2021 (PDF). Republic of the Philippines, Congress of the Philippines, Metro Manila, Eighteenth Congress, Second Regular Session.
  10. Carandang, Justin Kenneth (June 7, 2023). "Why Akiko Thomson chose to compete for the Philippines". GMA News. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  11. Lopez, Virgil (July 7, 2021). "Duterte signs law granting Filipino citizenship to football player Bienvenido Marañon". GMA News. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  12. del Carmen, Lorenzo (July 7, 2021). "Bienvenido Maranon becomes a Filipino citizen". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
  13. "Peter Wallace now a full-fledged Filipino". Philippine Daily Inquirer. October 4, 2015.
  14. "Republic Act No. 10685". officialgazette.gov.ph. September 28, 2015.
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