9.9325° N, 84.0801° W
SAN JOSE
Most Famous People Born in San Jose, Costa Rica
- Notable people
- 553
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- Median birth year
- 1958
- Most distinctive
- Model 8.4×
One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in San Jose during each.
Notable Births by Decade
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What San Jose Is Known For
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Football is San Jose's biggest profession — 25% of all notables (137).
San Jose over-indexes on model — 8.4× the global rate.
San Jose under-produces actor — only 0.6× the global rate.
Profession Mix Over Time
Each band shows a profession family's share of San Jose's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.
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Bryan Ruiz
Born 1985
Joel Campbell
Born 1992
Celso Borges
Born 1988
Franklin Chang Díaz
Born 1950
Luis Guillermo Solís
Born 1958
Bryan Oviedo
Born 1990
Juan Rafael Mora Porras
1814 - 1860
Andrey Amador
Born 1986
Francisco Calvo
Born 1992
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
1900 - 1970
Laura Chinchilla
Born 1959
Marco Ureña
Born 1990
Rodney Wallace (footballer)
Born 1988
Debi Nova
Born 1980
Daniel Zovatto
Born 1991
Rolando Fonseca
Born 1974
David Guzmán
Born 1990
Giannina Facio
Born 1955
Daniel Oduber Quirós
1921 - 1991
Michael Barrantes
Born 1983
Francisco Zúñiga
1912 - 1998
Abel Pacheco
Born 1933
Carmen Lyra
1887 - 1949
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Born 1940
Federico Tinoco Granados
1868 - 1931
Teodoro Picado Michalski
1900 - 1960
Christiana Figueres
Born 1956
Randall Brenes
Born 1983
Ariel Francisco Rodríguez
Born 1989
José Joaquín Trejos Fernández
1916 - 2010
Felicia Montealegre
1922 - 1978
Jonathan McDonald
Born 1987
Carlos Hernández (footballer)
Born 1982
José María Figueres
Born 1954
Jonathan Moya
Born 1992
Alejandro Ramírez (chess player)
Born 1988
John Nelson (conductor)
Born 1941
Luis Marín
Born 1974
Keven Alemán
Born 1994
Juan Mora Fernández
1784 - 1854
Ruby O. Fee
Born 1996
Mauricio Wright
Born 1970
Douglas Sequeira
Born 1977
David Ramírez (footballer, born 1993)
Born 1993
Diego Madrigal
Born 1989
Leonardo González
Born 1980
Pablo Salazar
Born 1982
Javier Tebas
Born 1962
Mario Echandi Jiménez
1915 - 2011
Christopher Meneses
Born 1990
Steven Bryce
Born 1977
Max Jiménez
1900 - 1947
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Born 1980
Francisco Amighetti
1907 - 1998
Josué Martínez
Born 1990
Yolanda Oreamuno
1916 - 1956
Rónald González Brenes
Born 1970
José María Zeledón Brenes
1877 - 1949
Jorge Castro (footballer)
Born 1990
Mauricio Castillo
Born 1987
Alonso Solís
Born 1978
Froylán Ledezma
Born 1978
Rafael Yglesias Castro
1861 - 1924
Gonzalo Segares
Born 1982
Whayne Wilson
1975 - 2005
Daniel Cambronero
Born 1986
Ana Istarú
Born 1960
José María Castro Madriz
1818 - 1892
Yendrick Ruiz
Born 1987
Alberto Cañas Escalante
1920 - 2014
Keyner Brown
Born 1991
Juan Antonio Marín
Born 1975
Jafet Soto
Born 1976
Rafael Rojas
Born 1961
Manuel González Zeledón
1864 - 1936
Anacristina Rossi
Born 1952
Gonzalo Facio Segreda
1918 - 2018
Armando Alonso
Born 1984
Aquileo J. Echeverría
1866 - 1909
David Ramírez
Born 1981
Vladimir Quesada
Born 1966
José Luis López Ramírez
Born 1981
Pablo Chinchilla
Born 1978
Róger Flores
Born 1959
Óscar Emilio Rojas
Born 1979
Alejandro Alpízar
Born 1979
Ricardo González (footballer)
Born 1974
Mauro Fernández Acuña
1843 - 1905
Cristián Samper
Born 1965
Raquel Rodríguez
Born 1993
Porfirio López
Born 1985
Crox Alvarado
1910 - 1984
Germán Chavarría
Born 1958
Sean Mannion (American football)
Born 1992
Dylan Flores
Born 1993
Carlos Gagini
1865 - 1925
Olman Vargas
Born 1985
Antonio Álvarez Desanti
Born 1958
Manuel Mora
1909 - 1994
Nicholas Kalogeropoulos
Born 1945
Arturo Kinch
Born 1956
Allan Alemán
Born 1983
Try Bennett
Born 1975
Roberto Brenes Mesén
1874 - 1947
Carlos Salazar Herrera
1906 - 1980
Josette Altmann Borbón
Born 1958
César Elizondo
Born 1988
Sonia Picado Sotela
Born 1936
Quince Duncan
Born 1940
Darío Delgado (footballer, born 1985)
Born 1985
Víctor Cordero
Born 1973
Juan Diego Madrigal
Born 1987
Bryan Vázquez
Born 1987
Rodrigo Facio
1917 - 1961
Otto Guevara
Born 1960
José Sánchez (footballer, born 1987)
Born 1987
Danilo Montero
Born 1962
Martín Valverde
Born 1963
José Villalobos
Born 1981
Luis Chaves
Born 1969
Eunice Odio
1919 - 1974
Jorge Gallardo
1924 - 2002
Ricardo Moreno Cañas
1890 - 1938
Samuel Rovinski
1931 - 2013
Manfred Russell
Born 1988
Adrián De Lemos
Born 1982
Gregorio José Ramírez y Castro
1796 - 1823
Marvin Rodríguez
1934 - 2017
Óscar López (politician)
Born 1970
Astrid Fischel Volio
Born 1954
Aaron Williams (American football)
Born 1990
Andrés Núñez
Born 1976
Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría
Born 1942
Julio Fonseca
1885 - 1950
Julieta Pinto
Born 1922
Margarita Bertheau
1913 - 1975
Anastasia Acosta
Born 1975
Priscilla Monge
Born 1968
Victoria Garrón de Doryan
1920 - 2005
Luis Diego Gómez
1944 - 2009
Mariluz Bermúdez
Born 1986
José Marín Cañas
1904 - 1980
Neighel Drummond
Born 1982
Guillermo Vargas
Born 1975
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno
1834 - 1885
Julian Monge Najera
Born 1960
Jens Hoffmann
Born 1974
Karen Cope
Born 1985
Alexander Salazar
Born 1949
Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada
Born 1941
Julián Marchena
1897 - 1985
José Capmany
1961 - 2001
Javier Wanchope
Born 1968
Hugo Díaz
1930 - 2001
José María Montealegre
1815 - 1887
Roberto Sawyers
Born 1986
Manuel Argüello Mora
1834 - 1902
David Diach
Born 1974
Benjamín Gutiérrez
Born 1937
Jorge Arroyo
Born 1959
José Joaquín Rodríguez Zeledón
1837 - 1917
Rafael Sáenz Rodríguez
Born 1977
Liliana de Vries
Born 1988
Virginia Pérez-Ratton
1950 - 2010
Juan Carlos Arguedas
Born 1970
Carlos Durán Cartín
1852 - 1924
Bruno Carranza
1822 - 1891
Rodrigo Madrigal Nieto
1924 - 2006
César Valverde Vega
1928 - 1998
Vicente Herrera Zeledón
1821 - 1888
Manuel Aguilar Chacón
1797 - 1846
Mario Cordero
1930 - 2002
Marco Antonio Rojas
Born 1952
Fermán Cienfuegos
Born 1947
Carlos Cortés
Born 1962
Laura Alfaro
Born 1972
Ricardo Castro Beeche
1894 - 1967
Longino Soto Pacheco
1923 - 2010
Lola Castegnaro
1900 - 1979
Miguel Mora Porras
1816 - 1887
Jake Beckford
Born 1994
Hernán Jiménez
Born 1980
Vicente Sáenz
1896 - 1963
José María Villalta Florez-Estrada
Born 1977
Santos León Herrera
1874 - 1950
Guillermo Guardia
Born 1960
Esteban Ramírez
Born 1973
Luis Liberman
Born 1946
Rodrigo Badilla
Born 1957
Omar Dengo
1888 - 1928
Adolfo Constenla Umaña
1948 - 2013
Luis Paulino Siles
Born 1941
César Lizano
Born 1982
Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez
Born 1974
Paolo Montoya
Born 1985
Margarita Penón
Born 1948
Jonathan Bolaños
Born 1978
Epsy Campbell Barr
Born 1963
Benjamín Núñez Vargas
1915 - 1994
Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós
1910 - 1986
Manuel de la Cruz González
1909 - 1986
Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz
Born 1974
Johanna Solano
Born 1990
Samuel I. Stupp
Born 1939
José Macotelo
Born 1985
Teodorico Quirós Alvarado
1897 - 1977
Luis Ruiz (Costa Rican footballer)
Born 1983
Rima de Vallbona
Born 1931
Rebeca Grynspan
Born 1955
Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría
Born 1958
Daniel Gallegos
1930 - 2018
Heiner Oviedo
Born 1988
Manuel José Fernández Chacón
1786 - 1841
Enrique Echandi
1866 - 1959
Natalia Carvajal
Born 1990
Gherland McDonald
Born 1986
Sandra Cauffman
Born 1962
Alejandro Cardona
Born 1959
Adrián Solano
Born 1951
Carlos Arredondo
Born 1960
Álvaro Grant MacDonald
Born 1938
Roxana Pinto
Born 1943
José Pablo Quirós Quirós
1905 - 1988
Ingrid Morales
Born 1975
Esteban Ramírez Segnini
Born 1987
Kevin Casas Zamora
Born 1968
Rodolfo Piza Escalante
1930 - 2002
Willy Eras
Born 1980
Doris Yankelewitz Berger
1934 - 2016
Juan Carlos Mendoza García
Born 1975
Gonzalo Morales Sáurez
1945 - 2017
Floribeth Mora Diaz
Born 1963
Rafael Obregón Loría
1911 - 2000
Tomás Soley Güell
1875 - 1943
Rodolfo Piza Rocafort
Born 1958
Pedro Pérez Zeledón
1854 - 1930
Luis Fishman Zonzinski
Born 1947
Pacífica Fernández
1828 - 1885
Kristopher Moitland
Born 1983
Bartosz Brenes
Born 1989
Grettel Barboza
Born 1956
Michael Calderón
Born 1988
Rogelio Sotela
1894 - 1943
José Manuel Soto
Born 1946
Irving Calderón
Born 1994
Miguel Alejandro Gómez
Born 1982
Bali Rodríguez
Born 1984
Rogelio Fernández Güell
1883 - 1918
Luis Corrales
Born 1983
José Joaquín Mora Porras
1818 - 1860
Daniel González Chaves
Born 1982
Rolando Villalobos
Born 1953
Joaquín Mora Fernández
1786 - 1862
Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez
1877 - 1939
Rafael Calderón Muñoz
1869 - 1943
Leila Rodríguez Stahl
Born 1942
Justo Orozco
Born 1950
Alberto Salom Echeverría
Born 1952
Alexánder Obando
Born 1958
Leonardo Ly Rojas
Born 1985
Guita Schyfter
Born 1947
David Fernández (judoka)
Born 1973
María Luisa Ávila Agüero
Born 1961
Gerardo Cruz
1992 - 2015
Víctor Hugo Morales Zapata
Born 1958
Johan Condega
Born 1984
Gerardo Ureña
Born 1955
Fernando Sánchez Campos
Born 1974
Isabel Montero de la Cámara
Born 1942
Rubén Odio Herrera
1901 - 1959
Víctor Morales Mora
Born 1958
Marco Vargas Diaz
Born 1948
Marcela Guerrero Campos
Born 1970
Germán Serrano Pinto
1940 - 2016
Mario Montoya (swimmer)
Born 1989
Glenda Umaña
Born 1961
Karla Solano
Born 1971
Humberto Solano
1944 - 2010
Guido Miranda
Born 1925
René Picado Michalski
1905 - 1956
Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledón
Born 1948
Carlos Abaunza
Born 1986
Juan Francisco Morales Quirós
Born 1970
Rafael Pérez (athlete)
Born 1946
Lara Ríos
Born 1934
Consuelo Reyes-Calderon
1904 - 1986
Lorena Clare Facio
Born 1943
Eduardo Doryan
Born 1951
Adolfo Herrera García
1914 - 1975
Lilly de Jongh Osborne
1883 - 1975
Miguel Murillo (judoka)
Born 1993
Luis Paulino Mora Mora
1944 - 2013
José Sánchez (cyclist)
Born 1941
José Basileo Acuña Zeledón
1897 - 1992
Jorge André
Born 1919
Víctor Cañas
Born 1947
María Pretiz
Born 1964
Carlos Luis Collado Martínez
1919 - 1944
Estrella Zeledón Lizano
1929 - 2019
Carolina Rodríguez Durán
Born 1989