Manuel Paner (born May 17, 1949), better known as Manny Paner, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Paner was born in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. He played for San Miguel in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and also in the Philippine Basketball Association for Royal/San Miguel, Great Taste, and CDCP. Paner also appeared at the Olympic Games as a member of the country's national basketball team. During his prime, he was known for his strong rebounding, defense and deadly hook shot. At a mere 6'2", he would play center and sometimes defend the opposing team's American imports. In 2000, Paner was named a member of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players.

His daughter Danita is an actress.

Paner (पनेर) is a village in Ajmer district in Rajasthan. This village is associated with the folk-deity Tejaji, as it was his sasural. Tejaji was married to Pemal, daughter of Raimal of Jhanjhar (झांझर) gotra. Raimal was the chieftain of this village and popularly known as Mehta or Mutha. The historical Paner village is now abandoned and the present Paner village is situated 1 km south of it.

There is a temple of Tejaji at Paner in which three statues are placed. People believe that a statue of Tejaji came out from the ground on its own at site of Raimal's house. The magical powers of Tejaji had spread all around. Maharaja Abhay Singh of Jodhpur wanted to shift this statue to his state Jodhpur. He got it dug out the statue for many days but could not take out this. It is believed that Maharaja Jodhpur at last saw Tejaji in dream who guided him that statue can not be taken out from here but it can be installed at boarder of Nagaur district. Later Jodhpur Maharaja got constructed a temple of Tejaji at Parbatsar and installed a statue of Tejaji here. The temple of Paner bears inscription of samvat 1885 and name of Pithaji. The pooja of this temple is done by a Kumhar/Prajapati and not by brahman.^{[citation needed]} This temple is situated near famous Sambhar lake. There is a big pond here built by Jhanjhar gotra Jaats known as Jinjardab or Jhanjhardab.

Kristina Paner (born August 1, 1971 in Manila, Philippines) is a Filipina actress and singer. She is also an adoptive sister of Danita Paner, who is also a singer. At a very young age, her parents noticed her interest in music. Her adoptive parents were prominent celebrities as well. Her father Manny Paner was a well known basketball player while her mother Daisy Romualdez was an actress way back in the 1960s. It was her parents who convinced her to try singing at the age of 9 and the song "Sana" was popularized by her. She tried acting too at age of 10 when she starred in the movie "Sinasamba Kita" as the young Lorna Tolentino whom she played the character role of Nora.

By that time her mother, having seen her acting potential, presented Kristina, then only 12, to Regal Films owner and producer Mother Lily. She was soon offered a contract. She became a regular in television shows like "Musmos Pa Si Boss", "Ora Engkantada", and "Wanbol High". She also became a cast of the very popular youth-oriented variety show That's Entertainment.

Danita Paner (born 2 April 1989) is a Filipino pop-rock singer and actress. She is the daughter of former basketball player Manny Paner and actress Daisy Romualdez, and sister of Kristina Paner. She has an album produced by Viva Records named Promotor containing 10 tracks which includes the songs "Lunod" "Kung Wala Na Nga" and a cover of Prettier Than Pink’s song "Cool Ka Lang". Paner made her debut teleserye via TV5's My Driver Sweet Lover opposite JC de Vera.

Samuel Lloyd "Sam" Lacia Milby (born May 23, 1984), is a Filipino American who joined Pinoy Big Brother as a housemate. He later turned actor, commercial model, and recording artist, and continues to work for ABS-CBN.

Milby was born in Troy, Ohio in the United States to an American father and a Filipina mother, Milby moved to the Philippines in 2005, and worked in commercials before joining Pinoy Big Brother.

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