Summary of Who made Dr Jose P Rizal your foremost national hero and why?

No single person or groups of persons were responsible for making the greatest Malayan the Number One Hero of his people. Rizal himself, his own people, and foreigners all together contributed to make him the greatest hero and martyr of his people. No amount of adulation canonization by both Filipinos and foreigners could convert Rizal into a great hero if he did not possess in himself.
this answer is wrong William Taft and other Americans made Dr. Jose Rizal our National hero.