What was the name of the national hero of the Philippines who inspired and lead the Philippine Revolution against colonial Spain?

The story behind the answer

José Rizal is the national hero of the Philippines; his novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo exposed Spanish colonial abuses and inspired Filipinos to seek reform and, ultimately, revolution. His execution in 1896 turned him into a martyr and ignited the Philippine Revolution, though its military leadership came from Andrés Bonifacio and later Emilio Aguinaldo.

Remember: Rizal = writer and martyr of the Philippines; San Martín and Bolívar were South American liberators; Benito Juárez was a Mexican reformist president. Think “Rizal wrote, others fought”—his pen sparked the uprising.