Juan dela Cruz

[1] He is usually depicted wearing the native salakot hat, barong tagalog, long pants, and tsinelas (local term for the popular flip-flops).

Juan dela Cruz was invented by Robert McCulloch-Dick, the editor and publisher of Philippines Free Press, founded in 1908.

He was also notified that the Philippine Catholic Church baptized a large number of children, giving them names of popular saints.

He often wrote small verses about Juan dela Cruz in Free Press, and narrations of the petty crimes committed by them.

Juan dela Cruz is associated with the image of a naïve-looking man wearing a salakot, camisa de chino, native trousers, and slippers.

United States Information Service poster distributed in Asia depicting Juan dela Cruz ready to defend the Philippines from the threat of communism .
An official sample of a Philippine passport with "Maria dela Cruz" as the fictitious placeholder owner of the document.