National Artists

Amado V. Hernandez - 1973 (manunulat ng manggagawa)

Jose Garcia-Villa - 1973 (known as comma poet, dovegalion)

Nick Joaquin - 1976

Carlos P. Romula - 1982

Farcisco Arcellana - 1990

N.V.M. FGonzales - 1997 (novelist) (of the Filipino life and of the Filipino in the world)

Levi Celerio - 1997 (composer) WORKS: O Maliwanag na Buwan, Ako ay may Singsing

Edith L. Tiempo - 1999 (Mother of Philippine Literature)

F. Sionil Jose - 2001 (Rosales Saga)

Virgilio Almario - 2003 (founded LIRA and GAT)

Alejandro R. Roces - 2003 (Best Writer of Comic Short Stories)

Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera - 2006

Lazaro Francisco - 2009

Cirilo F. Bautista - 2015