List of the Famous Filipino Writers and their Pen Names or Pseudonyms
● Jose dela Cruz - Huseng Sisiw
● Marcelo H. Del Pilar - Plaridel, Dolores Manapat, Piping Dilat, Siling Labuyo,
Kupang, Haitalaga, Patos, Carmelo, D.A. Murgas, L.O. Crame D.M. Calero,
Hilario, and M. Dati.
● Severino de las Alas - Di-kilala
● Epifanio delos Santos - G. Solon
● Valeriano Hernandez Peña - Ahas na Tulog, Anong, Damulag, Dating Alba,
Isang Dukha, Kalampag and Kintin Kulirat
● Severino Reyes - Lola Basyang
● Pedro de Govantes de Azcarraga - Conde de Albay
● Francisco dela Cruz Balagtas - Francisco Baltazar
● Asuncion Lopez Bantug (Rizal’s grand niece) - Apo ni Dimas
● Jose Ma. Basa
● Dr. José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda - José Rizal, Dimas-alang
(Tagalog for Touch me not), Laong-Laan (which means Ever-prepared),
Agnoand Calambeño
● Hugo Salazar - Ambut
● Moises Salvador - Araw
● Jose Turiano Santiago - Tiktik
● Lope K. Santos - Anak-Bayan and Doctor Lukas
● Juan Crisostomo Soto - Crissot
● Luis Taruc - Alipato (which means spark that spreads a fire and one of Rizal’s pet
dogs)
● Jose Ma. Sison - Amado Guerrero
● Dr. Pio Valenzuela - Madlang-Away
● Clemente Jose Zulueta - M. Kaun
● J. Zulueta - Juan Totoó
● Isaac Fernando delos Rios
● Bautista - Ba Basiong
● Gen. Vito Belarmino - Blind Veteran
● Andres Bonifacio - Agapito Bagumbayan, while his inspiring Katipunan name
was Maypagasa
● Felipe Calderon - Simoun and Elias (names from Rizal’s novels)
● José Corazón de Jesús - Huseng Batute
● Mariano del Rosario - Tito-Tato
● Antonio K. Abad - Akasia
● Jose Abreu - Kaibigan
● Macario Adriatico - Amaori, C. Amabri and Felipe Malayo
● Faustino Aguilar - Sinag-Ina
● Emilio Aguinaldo - Magdalo
● Virgilio Almario - Rio Alma
● Pascual Alvarez - Bagongbuhay
● Aurelio Alvero - Magtanggul Asa
● Cecilio Apostol - Catulo, Calipso and Calypso
● Francisco Arcellana - Franz Arcellana
● Salvador Vivencio del Rosario - X and Juan Tagalo
● Domingo Gomez - Romero Franco
● Nestor Vicente Madali Gonzalez - N.V.M. Gonzalez
● Fernando Ma. Guerrero - Fluvio Gil
● Amado Hernandez - Amante Ernani, Herininia de la Riva and Julio Abril
● Emilio Jacinto - Dimas-ilaw and his Katipunan name was Pingkian
● Nick Joaquin - Quijano de Manila
● Jesus Lava - B. Ambrosio Rianzares
● Sixto Lopez - Batulaw
● Gen. Antonio Luna - Taga-Ilog
● Juan Luna - J.B. and Buan (a translation of his surname Luna which means
moon)
● Apolinario Mabini - Bini and Paralitico
● Jose Palma - Ana-haw, Esteban Estebanes and Gan Hantik
● Rafael Palma - Hapon and Dapit-Hapon
● Jose Maria Panganiban - Jomapa and J.M.P.
● Pascual H. Poblete - Anak-Bayan
● Mariano Ponce - Naning, Tikbalang, and Kalipulako