Roque Ruaño

Roque Ruaño Garrido, O.P. was a Spanish priest and civil engineer. He was known after he drew up plans for University of Santo Tomas (UST) Main Building, the first earthquake-shock resistant building in Asia, which was constructed at the Sulucan property of the Dominican order in city of Manila. ^{Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (d. 1935)}

16 August 1877

Born on the same birth day (16 August): Andy Milder • Bob Hardy (bassist) • Caeleb Dressel • Charles Bukowski • Earl Blumenauer • Flor Silvestre • Godfrey Oboabona • Ismaïl Aissati • Jeff Perry (American actor) • John Jones Ross • Mike Jorgensen • Orlando Cole • Pierre Méchain • Timothy Hutton

Born in the same month (August 1877): Ernst Wetter • Ralph McKittrick • Ravishankar Shukla • Tachiyama Mineemon • Wallace H. White