Known as the First President of the Philippine Republic, is one of the famous prominent people in Cavite. He was born on March 22/23, 1869 and died on February 6, 1964 at the age of 95. In 1878 prior to his father's passing, Aguinaldo's father served as mayor of Kawit (formerly known as Cavite viejo), a position he would occupy until 1895.  In Binakayan, a progressive neighborhood in Cavite el Viejo, Emilio Aguinaldo was chosen as cabeza de barangay at the age of 28. Rather than gobernadorcillo, he used capitan municipal. In 1895, Aguinaldo was appointed as the first capitan municipal from Cavite del Viejo. Aguinaldo joined Andrés Bonifacio and founded Katipunan, a revolutionary nationalist organization, in the same year. Aguinaldo achieved significant wins in the province of Cavite after the Philippines rose in rebellion against the Spaniards in 1896. Aguinaldo was elected president of the Philippine Republic on January 1, 1899, following the sessions of a constitutional convention. Aguinaldo's declaration of war against the American forces stationed in the islands on February 4, 1899, was understandable given that the United States refused to acknowledge his authority. Aguinaldo consented to swear allegiance to the United States upon his capture on March 23, 1901, and then retired from public life. On July 4, 1946, his wish for the independence of the Philippines came fulfilled. 

We also couldn’t forget about Julián Reyes Felipe, the Filipino composer of the music of the Philippine national anthem. He was born in Cavite City, Cavite, on January 28, 1861, and passed away in Sampaloc, Manila, on October 2, 1944. He and his tutor Leandro Cosca started their musical careers when he was ten years old. They learned how to play the piano from the priest Pedro Catalan. As his career progressed, he also began to teach, and it was around this period that he wrote some of his best-known songs. As a revolutionary, he joined the Patriots in 1896 and helped his fellow Cavitenos rebel against the Spaniards. He was ultimately immediately captured and held captive in Fort Santiago, although he was later cleared and let free. After that, he went back and enlisted in General Emilio Aguinaldo's army. There, he was given the assignment to compose a nationalistic song that would symbolize their rebellion against the colonizers and inspire the Katipunan to fight for and defend their independence. When he was done, the songs were given the name "Marcha Nacional Filipinas" and were first played in San Francisco de Malabon on June 12, 1898, as the Philippine Flag was raised. When poet Jose Palma's poem "Filipina," which became the words of the Philippine National Anthem, was chosen and translated, Jose Palma, regarded as the Filipino composer of te Philippine National Anthem's music, was a young man.