1957 in the Philippines

Incumbents

• President: Ramon Magsaysay , Carlos P. Garcia
• Vice President: Carlos P. Garcia , Diosdado Macapagal
• Chief Justice: Ricardo Paras
• Congress: 3rd

  Events

• March 17 – President Magsaysay dies in a plane crash; Vice-President Carlos P. Garcia assumes the presidency.
• June 20 - The Anti-Subversion Act was signed into law outlawing the Communist Party of the Philippines, its military arm commonly known as the Hukbalahap, as well as potential succeeding organizations.
• November 14 – Carlos P. Garcia elected President of the Republic of the Philippines.

  Births

• January 4 - Rafael Nantes, governor of the Province of Quezon, Philippines from 2007 to 2010.
• January 20 - Jessie Dellosa, Chief of staff of the Philippine Armed Forces
• January 22 - Rene Requiestas, Filipino actor and comedian.
• January 30 - Paeng Nepomuceno, six-time World Bowling Champion Filipino bowler
• February 13 - Francisco Duque, present Chairman of the Philippine Civil Service Commission and former Philippine Secretary of Health
• February 14 - Rolando Navarrete, Filipino ex-boxer
• February 23 - Mel Sta. Maria, Filipino lawyer, broadcaster, professor in Ateneo Law School and dean of Far Eastern University Institute of Law since November 2013
• March 23 - Victoria Sy-Alvarado, Filipino politician.
• April 22 - Jaime Aristotle Alip, Filipino entrepreneur, politician and the Founder and Managing Director of the CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions
• May 6 - Benedicto Ducat, Filipino impressionist painter
• May 13 - Mar Roxas, former Senator of the Philippines
• June 21 - Luis Antonio Tagle, Roman Catholic Filipino Cardinal
• July 20 - Judith Cajes, Filipino politician
• September 7 -
• *Richie D'Horsie, actor and comedian
• *Weng Weng, Filipino actor and martial artist
• September 8 - Liza Maza, member of the Philippine House of Representatives
• September 13 - Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., Filipino politician and senator in the 16th Congress.
• September 23 - Bernardo Piñol, Jr., Filipino politician and journalist.
• December 8 - Rodolfo Luat, Filipino professional pool player
• December 26 - Rey Fortaleza, Olympic boxer

  Births Unknowned

• Julie Ann Fortich, Filipino actress
• Prisco Nilo, Filipino meteorologist.

  Death

• March 17 – Ramon Magsaysay, President of the Philippines
• June 14 - Maria Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo, Filipino nun and the founder of the Dominican Sisters of the Most Holy Rosary of the Philippines.
• August 4 - Eugenio Pérez, Filipino politician