•
Rosa Sevilla, 1948 •
Aurora Quezon, 1949
(posthumous) •
Carlos P. Romulo, 1949 •
Carmen de Luna, 1949, for her contributions to youth and education •
Jorge Bocobo, 1949 •
Francisca Tirona-Benitez, 1949 •
María Orosa, 1949
(posthumous) •
Jaime De Veyra, 1950 •
Rebecca Parrish, 1950 •
Sergio Osmeña, 1950 •
Elpidio Quirino, 1955 •
Emilio Aguinaldo, 1955 •
Juan Nakpil, 1955 •
Engracia Cruz-Reyes, 1955 •
Trinidad Fernandez-Legarda, 1966 • Josefa Edralin-Marcos, 1966 •
Gilopez Kabayao, 1969 • Amado T. Del Rosario, 1970 •
Guillermo Tolentino, 1970 •
Vicente Madrigal, 1970 • Scout
Oscar M. Alcaraz, 1970
(posthumous) •
International Rice Research Institute, 1972 •
Manuel Elizalde, 1972 •
Kenneth Lee Pike, 1974 •
Leonides Sarao Virata, 1976
(posthumous) •
Romulo Espaldon, 1981 •
Herbert W. Armstrong, 1983 • Cecilio T. Arillo, 1983 •
Gabriel Elorde, 1984 •
Paeng Nepomuceno, 1984 • Ossie Mills, 1987 •
Lea Salonga, 1990 •
Cecile Licad, 1991 •
Maniya Barredo, 1994 •
Haydee Yorac, 1997 •
Teresita de Castro, 1998 •
Armand Fabella, 1998 •
Hermogenes Esperon, 1998 •
Edelmiro Amante, 1998 •
Emilio Osmeña, 1998 •
Epimaco Velasco, 1998 •
Franklin Drilon, 1998 •
Leonardo Quisumbing, 1998 •
Victor Sumulong, 1998 •
Ramon Montaño, 1998 •
Jang Young-sik, 1998 •
Jesus Dureza, 1998 •
Philip Watts, 2001 •
Robert A. Underwood, 2002 •
Manny Pacquiao, 2003 • Dr.
Josette Biyo, 2003 •
René van der Linden, 2005 •
Abdulmari Imao, 2005 •
Alexander Magno, 2005 •
Alfonso Yuchengco, 2005 •
Andres Bautista, 2005 •
Carmen Pedrosa, 2005 •
Efraim Tendero, 2005 •
Gilberto Duavit Sr., 2005 •
Mel Senen Sarmiento, 2005 •
Oscar Rodriguez, 2005 •
Pablo Garcia, 2005 •
Pedro Romualdo, 2005 •
Raul Lambino, 2005 •
René Azurin, 2005 •
Sergio Apostol, 2005 •
Vicente Paterno, 2005 •
Anita Magsaysay-Ho, 2006 •
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala y Montojo, 2006
(posthumous) •
will.i.am, 2006 •
Federico Alcuaz, 2006 •
Manuel Conde, 2006
(posthumous) •
Malang, 2006 •
Alfonso Cusi, 2007 •
Antonio Cuenco, 2007 •
Nerissa Soon-Ruiz, 2007 •
Raul del Mar, 2007 •
Thadeo Ouano, 2007 •
Tomas Osmeña, 2007 • Juan Ignacio Pérez Iglesias, 2007 •
Reverend Fr.
Eduardo Hontiveros,
SJ, 2008
(posthumous) • Araceli Estrada Villanueva, 2009 •
Francis Magalona, 2009
(posthumous) •
Jaime Augusto Zóbel de Ayala II, 2009 •
Leland Yee, 2010 •
Lilia de Lima, 2010 •
Ambeth Ocampo, 2013 • Peter Irving Corvera, 2016 • Arnel Paciano D. Casanova, 2016 •
Araceli Limcaco-Dans, 2018 •
Hidilyn Diaz, 2021 •
Rolando Joselito Bautista, 2022 •
Carmencita Padilla, 2023 •
Whang-od, 2024 •
Carlos Yulo, 2024 •
Nora Aunor, 2025
(posthumous) == References ==