Lacson
Lacson is a surname originating from Molo, Iloilo, Philippines. They are a prominent Filipino family involved in business, politics, real estate, and agriculture. The surname "Lacson" is a transliterated Chinese-Filipino surname with historical variations influenced by Spanish orthography. It is derived from the Hokkien "la̍k-sun", and has also been spelled as Laxon and Laczon by the Spaniards.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Alex Lacson (born 1965), Filipino author, reform advocate, lawyer, and Senatorial candidate
- Aniceto Lacson (1857–1931), sugar farmer, revolutionary general and businessman in the Philippines
- Arsenio Lacson (1911–1962), Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila from 1952 to 1962
- Eugenio Jose Lacson (born 1959), Filipino politician and current governor of Negros Occidental
- Isaac Lacson (1889–1964), son of General Aniceto Lacson, governor of Negros Occidental during the American Occupation
- John B. Lacson (1898–1992), Filipino sea captain who founded the John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University
- Panfilo Lacson (born 1948), Filipino Senator and former Director-General of the Philippine National Police
See also
- Lacson Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines, named after Arsenio Lacson
- Lacson National Highway, main highway of Bacolod City, named after Gen. Aniceto Lacson
- Lacson Ruins, Negros Occidental, Philippines, ancestral home of the heirs of Mariano Lacson
- Cesar Lacson Locsin Ancestral House, Silay, Negros Occidental, Philippines; home of El Ideal Bakery
- Lacson–Yusay Ancestral Mansion, Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines; known otherwise as the Molo Mansion
- John B. Lacson Foundation Maritime University, Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines; first maritime school in the Visayas and Mindanao with DNV-accredited private maritime institution in the Philippines.
- John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation-Bacolod, Inc., private maritime college in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
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