Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (died 1994)

Philip Villamin Vera Cruz was a Filipino American labor leader and farmworker. He helped found the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), which later merged with the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). As the union's long-time second vice president, he worked to improve the working conditions of migrant workers.

December 25 is the 359th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; six days remain until the end of the year.