1. Andrey Amador (1986)

Road Bicycle Racer

Professional cyclist known for being a member of the Spanish cycling team Movistar.

2. Christiana Figueres (1956)

Costa Rican Politician

Diplomat who has gained worldwide renown for her career negotiating historical policy, including as a point woman for the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. She was named the UN Framework Convention...

3. Lenin Arroyo (1979)

American Boxer

World Boxing Council Latino Light Welterweight Champion who was nicknamed Volcano. After his first 25 fights, he held a record of 18-6-1.

4. Rolando Fonseca (1974)

Costa Rican Footballer

Rolando Fonseca Jiménez is a retired Costa Rican footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed El Principito and El Rolo Fonseca usually plays just off the main striker and is...

5. Ingrid Morales (1975)

Costa Rican Beach Volleyball Pla

Ingrid Patricia Morales Muñoz is a female beach volleyball player from Costa Rica who played in the Swatch FIVB World Tour 2005 at the Acapulco step playing with Nathalia Alfaro....

6. José María Villalta Florez-Estrada (1977)

Costa Rican Politician

José María Villalta Florez-Estrada is a Costa Rican attorney environmentalist and politician. He is the only representative in the Costa Rican Parliament of the leftist party Frente Amplio for 2010-2014....

7. Abel Pacheco (1933)

Costa Rican Physician And Politi

Abel Pacheco de la Espriella was president of Costa Rica between 2002 and 2006 representing the Social Christian Unity Party.

8. Alberto Cañas Escalante (1920)

Costa Rican Politician And Playw

Alberto Cañas Escalante is a politician writer intellectual public servant and journalist from Costa Rica. He is known as one of the most important figures in the cultural political and...

9. Marianela Quesada (1988)

Olympic Swimmer

Marianela Quesada is a Costa Rican swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Quesada competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing where she swam in the women's 50 m...

10. Próspero Fernández Oreamuno (1834)

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Juan Primitivo Próspero Fernández Oreamuno was President of Costa Rica from 1882 to 1885. Fernández studied philosophy at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala before embarking on a military...

11. Carlos Echandi (1899)

Costa Rican Politician

Carlos Manuel Echandi Lahmann was a Costa Rican surgeon murdered by Beltrán Cortés. Prior to killing Echandi Cortés also killed his boss Ricardo Moreno Cañas and would go on to...

12. Federico Tinoco Granados (1868)

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General José Federico Alberto de Jesús Tinoco Granados was a President of Costa Rica. After a career in the army he was appointed Minister of War in the cabinet of...

13. José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón (1837)

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José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón was President of Costa Rica from 1890 to 1894. Rodríguez was born on 6 January 1837. He studied law at the University of San Carlos of...

14. José Joaquín Trejos Fernández (1916)

Costa Rican President

José Joaquín Antonio Trejos Fernández was President of Costa Rica from 1966 to 1970. His parents were Juan Trejos Quirós and Emilia Fernández Aguilar. As a student he obtained degrees...

15. José María Castro Madriz (1818)

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José María Castro Madriz was a Costa Rican lawyer academic diplomat and politician. He served twice as President of Costa Rica from 1847 to 1849 and from 1866 to 1868....

16. Carmen Lyra (1887)

Costa Rican Politician And Write

Carmen Lyra was the pseudonym of the first prominent female Costa Rican writer born Maria Isabel Carvajal.

17. Lorena Clare Facio (1943)

Costa Rican Athlete And Former F

Lorena Clare Facio is the former First Lady of Costa Rica and wife of former President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría. She was born in San José Costa Rica on June...

18. Bruno Carranza (1822)

Head Of State

José Bruno Carranza Ramírez was briefly President of Costa Rica in 1870. Bruno Carranza came to power in the coup d'état of 27 April 1870 that deposed President Jesús Jiménez....

19. José María Montealegre (1815)

President Of Costa Rica

José María Montealegre Fernández was President of Costa Rica from 1859 to 1863. Born into a wealthy family of coffee plantation owners he was sent to study medicine in Aberdeen...

20. Eduardo Doryan (1951)

Costa Rican Politician

Eduardo Augusto Doryan Garrón was Executive President of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute for the period 2010-2011. Until April 2010 he was the Executive Presidente of the Caja Costarricense de...

21. Epsy Campbell Barr (1963)

Costa Rican Politician

Epsy Campbell Barr is a Costa Rican politician and economist. One of the Founders of the Citizens' Action Party she ran for president in 2010 and 2014. She is currently...

22. Marco Vargas Diaz (1948)

Minister Of The Presidency

Marco Antonio Vargas Diaz is a Costa Rican economist and politician affiliated with the National Liberation Party who has served as minister on three separate occasions. He is the son...

23. Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (1900)

President Of Costa Rica

Rafael Ángel del Socorro Calderón Guardia was the president of Costa Rica from 1940 to 1944.

24. Mario Echandi Jiménez (1915)

President Of Costa Rica

Mario José Echandi Jiménez was President of Costa Rica from 1958 to 1962.

25. Rafael Yglesias Castro (1861)

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Rafael Anselmo José Yglesias Castro served as President of Costa Rica for two consecutive periods from 1894 to 1902.

26. Pacífica Fernández (1828)

War Nurse And Heroine

Pacífica Fernández Oreamuno was First Lady of Costa Rica and wife of President José María Castro Madriz.

27. Franklin Chang Díaz (1950)

American Astronaut

Ramón Chang Díaz Ph. D. is a Costa Rican-American mechanical engineer physicist and former NASA astronaut. Dr. Chang Díaz became an American citizen in 1977. He is of Chinese...

28. Mario Montoya (swimmer) (1989)

Swimmer

Mario Montoya is an Olympic and National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. He represented native country at the:2008 Olympics2007 Pan American Games2007 World Championships and2006 Central American and Caribbean...

29. Bartosz Brenes (1989)

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Bartosz Brenes is a chart-topping House DJ producer remixer and record label owner. He began his career as a DJ at the age of 16 in Belgium and quickly started...

30. Abel Guier (1972)

Costa Rican Musician

Abel Guier is the bass guitarist for the Costa Rican music group Gandhi. He also plays with Parque en el Espacio and Villegas both very well known bands as well....

31. Fernando Sánchez Campos (1974)

Costa Rican Politician

Sánchez Campos is a Costa Rican politician.

32. Alejandro Jenkins (1979)

American Scientist

Alejandro Jenkins is a post-doctorate researcher of high energy physics at Florida State University. Dr. Jenkins is a native of Costa Rica. He received degrees from Harvard University and the...