Costa Rica
People of this nationality
Maria Stern
poker player
Juan Manuel Villasuso
economist
María Barrantes
b. 1989
association football player
Álvaro Solano
b. 1961
association football player
Óscar Ramírez
b. 1964
association football player
Jeannette Benavides
b. 1952
chemist
Eduardo Trejos Lalli
b. 1972
diplomat
Luis Liberman
b. 1946
politician
Erick Scott
b. 1981
association football player
Tomás Povedano
1847 – 1943
painter
Orlando Sinclair
b. 1998
association football player
José Miguel Corrales Bolaños
b. 1938
politician
Miguel Davis
b. 1966
association football player
Juan Galindo
1802 – 1839
explorer
Ryan Bolaños
b. 1998
association football player
Manuel José Carazo Bonilla
1808 – 1877
politician
Carlos Aguilar Piedra
1917 – 2008
archaeologist
Felipe Francisco Molina y Bedoya
politician
José Antonio Pinto Castro
1817 – 1887
politician
Juan José Wedel
1944 – 2013
archer
Eduardo Cruickshank
1958 – 2025
civil servant
Jorge Luis Villanueva Badilla
1928 – 2018
politician
Yael López
b. 1998
association football player
Raúl Blanco Cervantes
1903 – 1979
civil servant
Maureen Stewart
1965 – 1994
athletics competitor
Luis Gagne
b. 1997
golfer
Federico Miranda
b. 1976
guitarist
Eduardo Li
b. 1958
businessperson
Vanessa González
b. 1983
singer-songwriter
Marco Madrigal
b. 1985
association football player
Patricia Obregón
1952 – 2020
archer
Andy Furtado
b. 1980
association football player
Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Rosales
1799 – 1865
politician
Mauricio Wright
b. 1970
association football player
Kendall Waston
b. 1988
association football player
Sergio Duran Vega
b. 1993
chess player
Ulises Segura
b. 1993
association football player
Ricardo
b. 1986
association football referee
José María Agüero
1947 – 2023
association football player
Saudy Rosales
b. 1985
association football player
Antonio Troyo Calderón
1923 – 2015
theologian
Marian Le Cappellain
1851 – 1923
academic
Ignacio Alfaro
b. 2000
association football player
Ana María Porras
b. 1991
hurdler
Freddy Álvarez
b. 1995
association football player
Guillermo Guardia
b. 1960
association football player
Víctor Cañas
b. 1947
diplomat
Ariel Francisco Rodríguez
b. 1989
association football player
Max Jiménez
1900 – 1947
writer
Ascensión Esquivel Ibarra
1844 – 1923
politician
Virginia Pérez-Ratton
1950 – 2010
curator
Pablo Herrera Barrantes
b. 1987
association football player
Laura Alfaro Maykall
b. 1972
politician
Bruno Stagno Ugarte
b. 1970
politician
Carolina Hidalgo Herrera
b. 1982
politician
Emilia Castro de Barish
1916 – 2014
diplomat
Cristian Badilla
b. 1978
association football player
Génesis Pérez
b. 2005
association football player
Narciso Esquivel y Salazar
1791 – 1876
politician
Manuel de Jesús Jiménez Oreamuno
1854 – 1916
politician
César Valverde Vega
1928 – 1998
painter
Amalia Chaverri Fonseca
b. 1941
philologist
Keylor Navas
b. 1986
association football player
Rodrigo Oreamuno Blanco
b. 1939
lawyer
Juan Rafael Mata Lafuente
1821 – 1885
politician
Patrick Pemberton
b. 1982
association football player
Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez
b. 1974
sculptor
Juan Leon Jimenez Molina
b. 1953
chess player
José Luis López Ramírez
b. 1981
association football player
Gerónima Montealegre
1823 – 1892
First Lady
Franklin Corella Vargas
b. 1979
educator
Alda Facio
b. 1948
lawyer
César Hines
b. 1958
association football player
Alejandra Mora Mora
b. 1970
jurist
Gabriela Traña
b. 1980
marathon runner
Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno
1859 – 1945
politician
Álvaro Saborío
b. 1982
association football player
Wilfrido Blanco
politician
Mario Echandi Jiménez
1915 – 2011
politician
Mynor Escoe
b. 1991
association football player
Luis Diego Sáenz Carazo
1836 – 1895
politician
Enar Bolaños
b. 1983
association football player
Federico Ramírez Méndez
b. 1975
sport cyclist
Laura María Garro Sánchez
politician
Jorge André
1919 – 1994
athlete
Estela Quesada
1924 – 2011
lawyer
Francisco María Iglesias Llorente
1825 – 1903
politician
Carolina Sanchez
b. 1971
journalist
Sofía Matilde Joy Redman
1823 – 1908
Patricia Chaves
diplomat
José María Soto Alfaro
1860 – 1930
physician
Carlos Pacheco
1925 – 2000
athlete
Juan Ulloa
1935 – 2017
association football player
Ramón Rodríguez Soto
1928 – 2006
association football player
Hernán Jiménez
b. 1980
film actor
Arnoldo Segura Ferreto
1910 – 1996
politician
Federico Alberto Tinoco Granados
1868 – 1931
politician
Alberto Echandi Montero
1870 – 1944
politician
Juan José Ulloa Solares
1827 – 1888
politician
Yecsy Jarquín Ramos
b. 2000
association football player