List_of_eponymous_streets_in_Metro_Manila
The following is a list of eponymous streets and squares in Metro Manila — that is, streets or roads and plazas named after people — with notes on the link between the road/plaza and the person.
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| Street | Location | Named after | Notes |
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| A. Mendoza Street
(Calle Andalucía) |
Sampaloc, Manila | Alfonso Mendoza | Former assemblyman of Manila. Street formerly known as Andalucia Street. |
| Avenida de Andrés Soriano | Intramuros and Port Area, Manila | Don Andrés Soriano (1898–1964) | Spanish-Filipino businessman, former San Miguel Corporation head and founder of Philippine Airlines. The street was formerly known as Aduana Street. |
| A. Soriano Street | Ermitaño, San Juan | Andres Soriano | Sanggunian (local leader) of the Katipunan chapter in San Juan and first municipal president of San Juan. Not to be mistaken for Spanish-Filipino businessman Andrés Soriano.[1] |
| Adriatico Street (Calle Dakota) | Malate, Manila | Macario Gonzales Adriatico (1869–1919)[2] | Filipino writer, patriot and Philippine Assembly delegate. The street was previously named Dakota Street, after The Dakotas or collectively the U.S. states of North and South Dakota. |
| Alix Street (Calle Alix) | Sampaloc, Manila | José Maria Alix | Real Audiencia of Manila magistrate in the 1860s. The street was renamed to Legarda Street, after Benito Legarda (1853–1915), landowner and Malolos Congress vice president (1898–99). |
| Amorsolo Street | Makati | Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (1892–1972) | Filipino painter. |
| Arlegui Street (Calle Arlegui) | San Miguel, Manila | Cristóbal Arlegui | Spanish landowner whose brother Joaquin was treasurer of the Manila Cathedral. |
| Avenida de Antonio Arnáiz | Pasay and Makati | Antonio Arnáiz y Somoza (1912–1979)[3] | Filipino aviation pioneer.[4] The street was previously called Libertad Street and Pasay Road. |
| Aurora Boulevard | Quezon City | Aurora Quezon (1888–1949) | Filipino first-lady (1935–44). |
| Calle conde de Avilés | San Miguel, Manila | Jose Vicente Menéndez de Avilés, 1st count of Avilés | El Conde de Aviles (Count of Aviles) and landowner. The street was later renamed to Jose Laurel Street after Filipino president José P. Laurel (1891–1959). |
| Avenida Ayala | Makati | Zobel de Ayala family | Owners of the land on which the avenue was built. The avenue was originally the primary runway of Nielson Field. |
| Paseo de Azcárraga | Binondo, Santa Cruz and Quiapo, Manila | Marcelo de Azcárraga Palmero (1832–1915) | 13th prime minister of Spain (1897–1900) and the only Spanish prime minister of Filipino descent. The street was later renamed to Recto Avenue in 1961, after Filipino senator and nationalist Claro Mayo Recto (1890–1960).[5] |
| Paseo de Benavides | Binondo and Tondo, Manila | Miguel de Benavides (c. 1552–1605) | Archbishop of Manila (1602–05). |
| Calzada de Blumentritt | Santa Cruz and Sampaloc, Manila | Ferdinand Blumentritt (1853–1913) | Bohemian professor and author. |
| Boni Avenue | Mandaluyong | Bonifacio I. Javier (1912–1979) | Filipino World War II guerilla leader and mayor of Mandaluyong (1946–55; 1960–62).[6] |
| Bonny Serrano Avenue | Quezon City | Boni Serrano | Filipino Korean War colonel and hero.[7] |
| Avenida de Nicolás Buendía | Makati | Nicolas Buendia (1879–1949) | Filipino senator (1945–46).[8] The street was renamed to Gil Puyat (1907–1981) Avenue after another senator and businessman. |
| Calle Burke | Binondo, Manila | William J. Burke (1862–1925) | English-born American politician and businessman.[9] |
| Paseo de Bustillo | Sampaloc, Manila | Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda | Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines (1717–19). The street has been renamed to Figueras Street after José Figueras, secretary of labor (1948–53). |
| Avenida de Pres. Carlos García | Quezon City | Filipino president (1957–61). | Street within University of the Philippines Diliman campus and is not to be confused with Circumferential Road 5. |
| Carlos P. Garcia Avenue | Quezon City, Taguig, Parañaque, Las Piñas | Filipino president (1957–61). | Alternative name to Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City. Known as Carlos P. Garcia Avenue Extension in Parañaque and Las Piñas. |
| Calle Carriedo | Santa Cruz, Manila | Francisco Carriedo y Pedero (1690–1743) | Spanish philanthropist and founder of Carriedo Waterworks (now Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System.)[10] |
| Chino Roces Avenue | Makati | Joaquin "Chino" Roces (1913–1988) | Filipino businessman and founder of the Manila Times and Associated Broadcasting Company. The street was previously named Pasong Tamo. |
| Craig Street | Sampaloc, Manila | Austin Craig | American historian who was one of the first biographers of the Philippine national hero, José Rizal. |
| D. Tuason Street | Quezon City | Don Demetrio Asuncion Tuason y Paz (1870-1927) | Filipino businessman who was the fifth son of hacienda owners Don Jose Severo Tuason y Patiño (1833-1874) and Doña Teresa de la Paz (1841-1890), whose combined estate consisted of the Hacienda de Mariquina and Hacienda de Santa Mesa.[11][12][13] |
| D. Santiago Road | Pedro Cruz, San Juan | Daniel Santiago | Mayor of San Juan from 1939 to 1942.[1] |
| De la Rosa Street | Makati | Fabián de la Rosa (1869–1937) | Filipino painter. |
| Calle José Felipe del Pan (formerly Calle Príncipe de Asturias) | San Nicolas, Manila | José Felipe del Pan (1821–1891) | Spanish author and editor of Diario de Manila. The street was formerly known as Principe Street after then Prince of Asturias, Alfonso XIII of Spain. |
| Avenida de Fray Diego Cera | Las Piñas | Padre Diego Cera de la Virgen del Carmen (1762-1834) | Spanish priest and Bamboo Organ builder. |
| Don Alejandro Roces Avenue (South Market Street) | Quezon City | Alejandro Roces. Sr. | Filipino educator. This was previously named South Market Street. |
| Escoda Street | Manila | Josefa Llanes Escoda | Filipina suffragist and founder of the Girl Scouts of the Philippines |
| Estrella Street | Makati | Maximo Estrella y Bondoc | 14th Mayor of Makati from 1956 to 1969.[14] |
| Eulogio Amang Rodriguez Avenue | Pasig | Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez | Former two-time Municipal President of Rizal province. Pasig was previously part of Rizal province until it was incorporated into Metro Manila. |
| Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue | Pasig and Quezon City | Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. | Son of Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez and former Representative and Municipal President of Rizal province. |
| Eulogio Rodriguez Sr. Avenue | Quezon City | Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez | Formerly known as Espana Boulevard Extension. |
| Eugenio Lopez Drive (South 1 Street) | Quezon City | Eugenio Lopez Jr. (1928–1999) | Filipino broadcast pioneer who helped to restore ABS-CBN in 1986 after the People Power Revolution. This portion of the street is alternatively named Scout Albano Street, named after Air Scout Observer Ramon Albano (1947–1963), who was one of the 24 delegates representing the Philippines in the 11th World Scout Jamboree, perished on its way to Greece. This street was previously named South 1 Street. |
| Calle Echagüe | Quiapo | Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham | Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines (1862–65). The street was renamed to C. Palanca Street after Carlos Palanca Sr., the first Chinese consul to the Philippines (1899) whose birth name was Tan Quien-Sien. |
| Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) (Avenida Primo de Rivera) | Caloocan, Quezon City, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati and Pasay | Epifanio de los Santos (1871–1928) | Filipino historian and writer. |
| Einstein Street | Makati and Manila | Albert Einstein (1879–1955) | German-born theoretical physicist, developer of the general theory of relativity. |
| Calle de Félix Roxas | Caloocan and Manila | Félix Roxas y Arroyo (1820–1890) | Filipino architect, and a prominent member of the Roxas family who designed churches in Intramuros like San Ignacio and the original Sto. Domingo Church.[15] |
| Calle de Folgueras | San Nicolas, Manila | Mariano Fernández de Folgueras | Spanish governor-general of the Philippines (1806–10). Renamed Carmen Planas Street after the first woman councillor of Manila. |
| G. Masangkay Street | Binondo and Tondo, Manila | Brig. Gen. Guillermo Masangkay | Katipunan member of the Supreme Council (1894).[16] |
| Galileo Street | Makati | Galileo Galilei | Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher |
| Calle de Sánchez Gaztambide | Sampaloc, Manila | Joaquin Sánchez Gaztambide | Spanish zarzuela composer. |
| General Luis Street | Novaliches, Quezon City, Caloocan and Valenzuela | General Luis Malinis | Renamed after one of Andrés Bonifacio's most trusted revolutionaries, General Luis Malinis, who was killed during the Battle of Novaliches on November 1896 along this road. |
| General Kalentong Street (Calle Vicente Leyba) | Mandaluyong | Vicente Leyba (alias Kalentong) | Katipunan general who fought during the Philippine Revolution.[17] |
| Gilmore Avenue (Avenida Gilmore) | Mariana, Quezon City | Eugene Allen Gilmore | American governor-general of the Philippines (1927, 1929). |
| Gil Fernando Avenue | Marikina | Gil Estanislao Fernando | Mayor of Marikina (1947–1951; 1956–1959) |
| Gregorio Araneta Avenue | Quezon City and San Juan City | Gregorio Soriano Araneta | Filipino lawyer, businessman, nationalist and patriot, who served his country and people during the Spanish colonization and American occupation. |
| H.V. de la Costa Street | Makati | Horacio de la Costa | Filipino writer and historian. |
| Harrison Avenue (Avenida de Gob. F. B. Harrison) | Pasay | Francis Burton Harrison | American statesman and governor-general of the Philippines (1913–21). |
| Doña Hemady Avenue | Mariana, Quezon City | Doña Magdalena Hashim Ysmael de Hemady (born Wadi'ah Hashim) | Lebanese immigrant who established the New Manila subdivisions and became the first real-estate developer in the Philippines. |
| Calle Herrán | Ermita, Paco and Santa Ana, Manila | José de la Herrán | Spanish naval captain and merchant. The Ermita-Paco portion of the street has been renamed to Pedro Gil Street, after the Filipino legislator, Pedro Gil. |
| Hidalgo Street (Calle San Sebastián) | Quiapo | Félix Resurrección Hidalgo | Filipino painter who won the silver medal in the 1884 Madrid Exposition of Fine Arts along with Juan Luna. The street was previously called San Sebastian Street. |
| Calle Isaac Peral | Ermita and Paco | Isaac Peral | Spanish naval engineer. Renamed United Nations Avenue. |
| J. Nakpil Street (Calle Vermont) | Malate, Manila | Julio Nakpil | Filipino composer. The street was previously named Vermont Street after the U.S. state. |
| Jorge Bocobo Street (Calle Nebraska) | Ermita and Malate | Jorge Bocobo | Supreme Court associate justice (1942–44).[18] The street was previously called Nebraska Street after the U.S. state of Nebraska. |
| José W. Diokno Boulevard | Pasay | José Wright "Ka Pepe" Diokno (1922–1987) | Filipino senator and national hero. |
| Senator Jose O. Vera Street (Granada Street) | Quezon City | Jose O. Vera | Filipino senator and founder of Sampaguita Pictures. The street was formerly called Granada Street. |
| Juan Ruiz Street | San Juan | Juan Ruiz | Katipunan hero of the Battle of Pinaglabanan.[19] |
| Avenida de Julia Vargas | Mandaluyong and Pasig | Julia Vargas y Camus | Realtor and wife of Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership founder Francisco Ortigas y Barcinas. |
| Kalaw Avenue (Calle San Luís) | Ermita, Manila | Teodoro Kalaw | Historian and National Assembly legislator. The avenue was formerly called San Luis Street. |
| Katipunan Avenue | Quezon City | The Katipunan | Named after the Katipunan movement, whose members traversed the once-fortested area where the road now lies to travel to the areas of Banlat, Balintawak and Pugad Lawin. |
| Lacson Avenue (Gov. W. C. Forbes) | Sampaloc, Manila | Arsenio Lacson, William Cameron Forbes | Named after Manila mayor Arsenio Lacson (1952–1962). Formerly named after American governor-general of the Philippines (1908–1913). |
| Lawton Avenue (Avenida H. W. Lawton) | Taguig and Pasay | Henry Ware Lawton | U.S. Army general during the Philippine–American War. |
| Leon Guinto Street (Calle Pennsylvania) | Ermita and Malate, Manila | León G. Guinto, Sr. | Manila mayor (1942–45). The street was formerly known as Pennsylvania Street, after the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. |
| Lerma Street | Sampaloc, Manila | Juana Lerma | Landowner and grandmother of Benito Legarda. |
| Luna Mencias Street | Mandaluyong | Antonio Luna (1866–1899) and Bonifacio Mencias (1888–1944) | The entire street was originally named A. Luna Street after Philippine Revolutionary Army general Antonio Luna until the northern section was partially renamed after Dr. Bonifacio Mencias, a physician who sympathized with guerrilla fighters in World War II.[20] |
| Macapagal Boulevard | Pasay and Parañaque | Diosdado Macapagal | Filipino president (1961–65). |
| MacArthur Highway | Caloocan, Malabon and Valenzuela | Douglas MacArthur | U.S. Army general during World War II.[21] |
| Maria Orosa Avenue (Calle Flórida) | Ermita and Malate, Manila | Maria Orosa | Maria Orosa e Ylagan (1893–1945) was a Filipino food technologist, pharmaceutical chemist, humanitarian and war heroine. Formerly named after the U.S. state of Florida. |
| Mariano Marcos Street (Ortega Street) | Maytunas and Kabayanan, San Juan | Mariano Marcos[22] | Politician, father of Philippine president and dictator Ferdinand Marcos. |
| Marcos Highway (Marikina-Infanta Highway) | Marikina | Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. | Filipino president (1965–86). |
| Marcos Road | Port Area, Intramuros, San Nicolas, Tondo | Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. | Filipino president (1965–86). The road was renamed to Mel Lopez Boulevard, after former Manila Mayor Mel Lopez.[23] |
| M.A. Reyes Street | Little Baguio, San Juan | Maximo Reyes | Appointed municipal president of San Juan from 1933 to 1934.[1] |
| McKinley Road | Makati and Taguig | William McKinley | U.S. president (1897–1901). |
| Calle de Manuel Earnshaw | Sampaloc | Manuel Earnshaw | Resident Commissioner of the Philippines |
| Melba Street (Calle Melba) | Santa Cruz, Manila | Nellie Melba | Australian opera singer who visited Manila and performed at the Manila Grand Opera House located along the street. Renamed Doroteo Jose Street after a Filipino patriot. |
| Calle Mendiola | San Miguel, Manila | Enrique Mendiola | Educator and Spanish-language textbook author who became one of the first Filipinos appointed to the University of the Philippines Board of Regents. |
| Mother Ignacia Avenue | South Triangle and Paligsahan, Quezon City | Ignacia del Espíritu Santo | Catholic religious sister and founder of the Religious of the Virgin Mary. |
| Morales Street | Salapan, San Juan | Raymundo Morales | Grandfather of San Juan vice mayor Luis Artiaga.[24]: 12 Most of the street was absorbed into Aurora Boulevard. |
| Calle Morayta | Sampaloc, Manila | Miguel Morayta Sagrario | Spanish republican politician, founder of Grande Oriente Español, La solidaridad member and José Rizal's history professor at the Complutense University of Madrid. Later renamed Nicanor Reyes Street after the first president of Far Eastern University located along the street. |
| Calle de Morga | Tondo, Manila | Antonio de Morga | Spanish historian and publisher of Sucesos de las Indias Filipinas (1609). Later renamed to Tayuman Street. |
| Newton Street | Makati | Isaac Newton | English physicist, mathematician, alchemist, and philosopher (1642–1727). The streets in this area are named after famous scientists, including Galileo and Einstein. |
| Calle de Nicolás Domingo | San Juan and Quezon City | Nicolas Domingo | Relator (court reporter) of the Real Audiencia of Manila[24]: 12 in 1898.[25] |
| Norberto S. Amoranto Sr. Street (Calle Retiro) | Quezon City | Norberto S. Amoranto | The first elected and 5th Mayor of Quezon City (1954-1976).[26] |
| Calle marqués de Novaliches | San Miguel, Manila | Manuel Pavia y Lacy | Spanish Governor-General of the Philippines (1854) and first Marquis of Novaliches. Renamed Nicanor Padilla Street in 1950 after Filipino pioneer physician and patriot.[27] |
| Calle Nozaleda | Paco, Manila | Bernardino Nozaleda y Villa | Archbishop of Manila (1889–1902). Later renamed Gen. Luna Street after Filipino general Antonio Luna. |
| Ongpin Street (Calle Ongpin) | Binondo, Manila | Roman Ongpin | Filipino-Chinese businessman and philanthropist who aided Filipino revolutionaries against the Spanish and American colonial administration in the Philippine islands |
| Osmeña Highway | Manila and Makati[lower-alpha 1] | Sergio Osmeña | Filipino president (1944–46). |
| Avenida de Francisco Ortigas | San Juan, Mandaluyong and Pasig | Francisco Ortigas y Barcinas | Filipino lawyer and realtor; founder of Ortigas & Company Limited Partnership. |
| Calle de Gob. Otis | Paco, Manila | Elwell Stephen Otis | American military governor of the Philippines (1898–1900). Renamed Maria Paz Mendoza Guazon Street after a Filipino educator and civic leader. |
| P. Tuazon Boulevard | Quezon City | Pedro Tuazon | Supreme Court of the Philippines justice (1948–54). |
| Paz Mendoza Guazon Street | Paco, Manila | Paz Mendoza Guazon | Filipina physician |
| Padre Burgos Avenue (Calle Padre Burgos) | Ermita, Manila | José Burgos | Spanish-Filipino secular priest and martyr. |
| Padre Faura Street (Calle Observatorio) | Ermita, Manila | Federico Faura | Spanish scholastic of the Observatorio Meteorológico de Manila. Previously named Observatorio Street. |
| Paseo de Roxas | Makati | Domingo Roxas y Ureta | Filipino-Mexican businessman and founder of Ayala Corporation. This avenue was originally the secondary runway of Nielson Field. |
| Pedro Guevarra Street | San Juan | Pedro Guevara | Filipino legislator and resident commissioner to the U.S. (1923–37). |
| Pi y Margal Street (also spelled as Piy Margal Street) | Sampaloc, Manila | Francesc Pi i Margall (Francisco Pi y Margal) | 2nd President of the First Spanish Republic and of the Spanish Republic, and a known Catalan federalist politician. |
| Quezon Avenue (Avenida Quezón) | Quezon City | Manuel Luis Quezon | Filipino president (1935–44). |
| Quirino Highway | Quezon City, Caloocan, San Jose del Monte and Norzagaray in Bulacan | Elpidio Quirino | The sixth president of the Philippines (1948-53). He died at his retirement house in Novaliches along this road. |
| Ramon Papa Street | Tondo, Manila | Ramon Papa | Manila City councilor (1912), Philippine Independence Mission delegate, doctor and soldier. |
| Raon Street (Calle Raón) | Quiapo, Manila | José Antonio Raón y Gutiérrez | Spanish governor-general of the Philippines (1765–70). The street was renamed in the late 19th century to Centeno Street, after Manila civil governor Jose Centeno. In the 1960s, it was again renamed to Gonzalo Puyat Street after the Filipino businessman and father of Senator Gil Puyat. |
| Reina Regente Street (Calle Reina Regente/Paseo de Maria Cristina) | Binondo, Manila | Maria Christina of Austria | Queen consort (1879–85) and queen regent (1885–1902) (Spanish: Reina regente) of Spain. |
| Rizal Avenue (Paseo de Salcedo) | Santa Cruz, Tondo and Caloocan | José Rizal | Filipino national hero. |
| F. Roman Street | Salapan and Balong-Bato, San Juan | Fr. Roman Perez, OFM | Spanish Franciscan cura párroco (parish priest) of San Juan Bautista Church (renamed Pinaglabanan Church).[1] |
| Roosevelt Avenue (Avenida Roosevelt, later renamed to Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue) | Quezon City | Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ronald Allan Kelley Poe | American President of the United States (1933–45) who approved the Tydings–McDuffie Act during his tenure. Later renamed to Fernando Poe Jr. Avenue after a famous actor, National Artist and one-time presidential candidate. |
| Roxas Boulevard (Malecón Almirante Dewey) | Ermita and Malate, Manila, | Manuel Roxas, George Dewey | Filipino president (1946–48). The road was originally known as Cavite Boulevard, named after the neighboring Cavite province. Later renamed to Dewey Boulevard during the American period after U.S. Navy admiral George Dewey. Also briefly known as Heiwa Boulevard during the Japanese occupation. |
| Sande Street (Paseo de Sande) | Tondo, Manila | Francisco de Sande | Spanish governor-general of the Philippines (1575–80). Later renamed N. Zamora Street after Nicolas Zamora, founder of Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas. |
| Shaw Boulevard | Mandaluyong and Pasig | William James Shaw | American founder of the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club located on the boulevard. Formerly named Jose Rizal Boulevard.[28] |
| Soler Street (Calle Soler) | Binondo, Manila | Sebastián Vidal y Soler | Spanish botanist and director of Jardin Botanico de Manila (now Mehan Garden) from 1878–89.[29] |
| Sumulong Highway | Marikina | Juan Sumulong | Filipino politician and president of Partido Democrata (1919–23). |
| Susano Road | Caloocan and Quezon City | Don Tomas Susano | 3rd Mayor of Caloocan (1906-08) |
| Tandang Sora Avenue | Quezon City | Melchora Aquino | Named after the Mother of Philippine Revolution. Aid and help Katipuneros during Spanish occupation of the Philippines. |
| Taft Avenue (Avenida Taft; Avenida Columbia) | Ermita,and Malate, Manila and Pasay | William Howard Taft | U.S. president and governor-general of the Philippines (1901–03). Previously called Columbia Avenue. |
| Tomas Claudio Boulevard | Pandacan, Manila | Tomas Mateo Claudio | Filipino World War I hero. |
| Tomas Morato Avenue (Avenida Tomás Morato) | Quezon City | Tomas Eduardo Morato y Bernabeu | Spanish-born mayor of Quezon City (1939–42). This was formerly called Sampaloc Avenue up until the 1960s. |
| Tomas Pinpin Street (Calle San Jacinto) | Binondo, Manila | Tomas Pinpin | Named after a Filipino writer and publisher. Formerly known as San Jacinto Street. |
| V. Cruz Street | Maytunas and Santa Lucia, San Juan | Venacio P. Cruz | Pangulo (president) of the Sangguniang Balangay of the Katipunan chapter in San Juan.[1] |
| V. Ibanez Street | Little Baguio, San Juan | Valentin Ibanez | Municipal president of San Juan from 1928 to 1931.[1] |
| Victorino Mapa Street | Santa Mesa, Manila | Victorino Mapa | Supreme Court of the Philippines Chief Justice (1920–21). |
| V.A. Rufino Street (Calle Herrera) | Makati | Vicente A. Rufino | Filipino businessman whose family owns Rufino Pacific Tower located along the street. It was previously called Herrera Street.[30] |
| Villalobos Street (Paseo de Villalobos) | Quiapo, Manila | Ruy López de Villalobos | 16th century Spanish navigator who named the islands after the Spanish king Philip II. |
| Vito Cruz Street (Calle Vito Cruz) | Malate and San Andres, Manila and Makati | Hermogenes Vito Cruz | Alcalde mayor of Pineda (now Pasay) from 1870–71. The street was renamed in 1989 to Pablo Ocampo Street, after Pablo de Leon Ocampo, Second Secretary of the Malolos Congress.[31] |
| Zobel Roxas Street (Calle Zóbel-Róxas) | Makati, Manila and Pasay | Jacobo Zobel y Roxas | Filipino businessman and member of the influential Zobel de Ayala family. |
| Zurbaran Street (Paseo de Zurbarán) | Santa Cruz, Manila | Francisco de Zurbarán | Spanish painter. The street was renamed Valeriano Fugoso Street after a Manila mayor. |
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| Square | Location | Named after | Notes |
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| Plaza Avanceña | Quiapo | Ramón Avanceña | Supreme Court of the Philippines chief justice (1925-1941). |
| Plaza Avelino | Sampaloc | Librada Avelino | Centro Escolar University founder. |
| Plaza Calderón de la Barca | Binondo | Pedro Calderón de la Barca | Spanish playwright. The plaza is now known as Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz after the first Filipino saint, Lorenzo Ruiz. |
| Plaza Cervantes | Binondo | Miguel de Cervantes | Spanish novelist and author of Don Quijote de la Mancha (1605). |
| Plaza del Conde | San Nicolas | Antonio Chacón y Conde | Spanish commander of the Veteran Battalion of the Philippines (1825) and author of the Great Days in the Philippines published in 1826.[32] |
| Plaza Felipe Calderón | Santa Ana | Felipe Calderón y Roca | Filipino lawyer and author of the Malolos Constitution (1899). |
| Plaza Ferguson | Ermita | Arthur M. Ferguson | U.S. Army lieutenant colonel during the Philippine–American War (1898-1902). The plaza is also known as Plaza Nuestra Señora de Guia. |
| Plaza Goiti | Santa Cruz | Martín de Goiti | Spanish conquistador of Manila. The plaza is now known as Plaza Lacson after Manila mayor Arsenio Lacson. |
| Plaza Lachambre | Binondo | José de Lachambre | Spanish interim governor-general of the Philippines (1897). |
| Plaza Miranda | Quiapo | José Sandino y Miranda | Spanish secretary of the Treasury of the Philippines (Spanish: Tesoro de Filipinas) (1853-1854). |
| Plaza Moraga | Binondo | Fernando de Moraga | The first parish priest of Santa Ana de Sapa (1605). |
| Plaza Moriones | Intramuros | Domingo Moriones y Muralla | Spanish governor-general of the Philippines (1877-1880). |
| Plaza Moriones | Tondo | Domingo Moriones y Muralla | Spanish governor-general of the Philippines (1877-1880). |
| Plaza Olivia Salamanca | Ermita | Olivia Salamanca | One of the first Filipino women doctors.[33] |
| Plaza Rajah Sulayman | Malate | Rajah Sulayman | Pre-Hispanic ruler of the Kingdom of Maynila (1571-1575). |
| Plaza Rueda | Ermita | Salvador Rueda y Santos | Spanish poet who visited Manila in 1915.[33] |
| Plaza Vicente del Fierro (Plaza Herández) | Tondo | Vicente del Fierro | Filipino writer and journalist. The plaza was formerly known as Plaza Hernandez after Filipino labor leader Amado Hernandez. |
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