Celso Al. Carunungan is an award-winning Filipino writer, novelist, and scriptwriter in English and Filipino languages. In 1959, he won the Best Story prize from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) for writing the story and screenplay for the Tagalog-language film Biyaya ng Lupa ("Blessings of the Land") Among his works are Like a Big Brave Man, a novel published in New York in 1960 then in Manila in 1963; Return to Gomora and Other Stories (1963); Panorama of World Literature for Filipinos: Fourth Year (1966); Satanas sa Lupa (1971), a Tagalog novel; and To Die a Thousand Deaths: A Novel on the Life and Times of Lorenzo Ruiz. He was a production consultant for the 1982 American movie The Year of Living Dangerously.

Celso Dias dos Santos better known as Celso, (born February 28, 1956 in Santos (Sao Paulo)) is a former Brazilian footballer who played for FC Porto and was part of their European Cup victory in 1987.

Celso played as a central defender and joined Porto when moving to Europe from his hometown club of Santos Futebol Clube. In the 1986-7 season he scored 3 goals for Porto en route to their victory in the European Cup, despite playing as a defender. Celso was brought to Portugal in 1985 as a centre-forward and was a noted long-range free-kick expert before being converted to a defender for Porto.

In November 1987 Celso was named in the World Soccer World XI despite not having been capped at international level.

Saint Lorenzo Ruíz or Saint Lawrence Ruíz of Manila (ca. 1600 – 29 September 1637), also known as San Laurentius Ruíz de Manila or San Lorenzo Ruíz de Manila, is the first Filipino saint (protomartyr) venerated in the Roman Catholic Church. He was killed for refusing to leave Japan and renounce his Roman Catholic beliefs during the persecution of Japanese Christians under the Tokugawa Shogunate in the 17th century.

Lorenzo Ruíz was born in Binondo, Manila to a Chinese father and a Filipino mother who were both Catholic. His father taught him Chinese while his mother taught him Tagalog.

Ruíz served as an altar boy at the convent of Binondo church. After being educated by the Dominican friars for a few years, Ruíz earned the title of escribano (calligrapher) because of his skillful penmanship. He became a member of the Cofradia del Santissimo Rosario (Confraternity of the Most Holy Rosary). He married Rosario, a native, and they had two sons and a daughter. The Ruíz family lead a generally peaceful, religious and content life.