# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/isabelo-de-los-reyes
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:34:54.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/isabelo-de-los-reyes"
name: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
slug: "isabelo-de-los-reyes"
description: "Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino, also known as Don Belong, was a prominent Filipino patriot, politician, writer, journalist, and labor activist in the 19th and 20th centuries. He was the original founder and proclaimer of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, the first-ever Filipino independent Christian Church in history in the form of a nationalist church, which was proclaimed in 1902. He was also the founder and first president of the first-ever labor union federation in the Philippines, the Unión Obrera Democrática. He is popularly known today as the \"Father of Philippine Folklore\", the \"Father of the Philippine Labor Movement\", and the \"Father of Filipino Socialism\"."
tagline: "Filipino politician and Founder of the Philippine Independent Church (1864–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes%2C_Sr..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1864-07-07"
deathDate: "1938-10-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.62
  momentum:             1.967213114754098
  historical:           8.172645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ايسابيلو د لوس ريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes_sr."
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelo_de_los_Reyes"
    title: "Isabelo de los Reyes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3550199"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump