Also named in the list are the late president of the Republic of the Philippines Carlos P. Garcia who wrote Visayan poems, Palanca awardees Marjorie Evasco and Clovis Nazareno and the Boholano dean of journalism the late Zoilo Dejaresco.
Early residents of the barangay mostly believed that the name Bonawon came from the Visayan word 'Bugnawon' which means bugnaw nga panahon or cold yet comforting weather.
During his stay in the house, he composed (and performed) some songs that are in the Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition soundtrack: Budoy Ako, a Visayan adaptation of Pinoy Ako, and Maligo Na Jam, based on his "Maligo na" (Take a bath already) rap, together with fellow housemates Rico Robles and Roxanne Barcelo.
A school was opened which drew in the first trickle of Subanen, Cebuano, and Visayan settlers.
Villanueva served as the Visayan delegate to the Malolos Congress, where he conferred with Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo and Apolinario Mabini to assure that the Visayas would be included in nascent First Philippine Republic.
The barangay was named after the Gabi or Taro plant, Gabi, in Visayan vernacular, which are plenty throughout the barangay.
Later on, Lastimosa would play with another Visayan-based team, the Lhuillier Jewelers, where he teamed up with his good friend and national team hotshot Samboy Lim in winning a PABL title.
Kabang (Visayan for "Spotty") is a shepherd mix Aspin from Zamboanga City, Philippines, who became famous internationally and was described as a "hero dog" when she rescued two children from a potentially fatal motorcycle crash.
Fishermen are mostly Visayan speaking natives who were migrated during the 60s and 70s fishing race.
Like his fellow Visayan, the Bol-anon singer Yoyoy Villame, Max Surban has also become famous for his singing of so-called novelty songs which usually have humorous lyrics and may or may not be set to original music.
The Visayan Miniature Babbler is found on the islands of Samar, Leyte and Biliran in the central Philippines, whereas the Mindanao Miniature Babbler is restricted to Mindanao only.
The site is home to a wide range of flora and fauna of the Western Visayas, as the Visayan Leopard Cat, the Visayan warty pig, the Visayan spotted deer, the Negros Bleeding-heart dove, the Blue-naped Parrot, the Visayan Hornbill, Walden's Hornbill, and the Panay monitor.
His composition "Señor San Jose" is sung anywhere in the world where there are Visayan devotees of Saint Joseph.
The film is Cesar Montano's directorial debut with an almost entirely Visayan cast, and together with young film maker R.D. Alba, one of the movie's producers who studied film in Hollywood, they made perhaps the biggest film ever to be shot in its entirety in the Visayas.
Samar and Leyte, two civil provinces in the Visayan group of the Philippines, which include the islands of Balicuatro, Batac, Biliran, Capul, Daram, Homonhon, Leyte, Manicani, Panaon, Samar and several smaller islands, make up the diocese of Calbayog, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Manila.
The Visayan Hornbill (Penelopides panini) is a hornbill found in rainforests on the islands of Panay, Negros, Masbate, and Guimaras, and formerly Ticao, in the Philippines.