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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×
Through the Decades

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.

  1. Football137
  2. Politician85
  3. Writer54
  4. Lawyer36
  5. Sport23
  6. Actor17
  7. Painter16
  8. Diplomat12
  1. Model128.4×
  2. Lawyer363.8×
  3. Diplomat123.7×
  4. Writer543.0×
  5. Sport232.5×
  6. Football1372.3×
  7. Swimmer62.2×
  1. Actor170.6×

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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0024 ECONOMIST

Miguel Ángel Rodríguez

Born 1940

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0037 CONDUCTOR

John Nelson (conductor)

Born 1941

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0100 PLAYER

Nicholas Kalogeropoulos

Born 1945

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0109 WRITER

Quince Duncan

Born 1940

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0133 PRIEST

Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría

Born 1942

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0140 BOTANIST

Luis Diego Gómez

1944 - 2009

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0149 PRELATE

Alexander Salazar

Born 1949

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0150 DIPLOMAT

Bernd H. Niehaus Quesada

Born 1941

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0174 POLITICIAN

Fermán Cienfuegos

Born 1947

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0188 POLITICIAN

Luis Liberman

Born 1946

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0191 LINGUIST

Adolfo Constenla Umaña

1948 - 2013

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0192 FOOTBALL

Luis Paulino Siles

Born 1941

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0196 POLITICIAN

Margarita Penón

Born 1948

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0222 NOVELIST

Roxana Pinto

Born 1943

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0231 PAINTER

Gonzalo Morales Sáurez

1945 - 2017

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0237 POLITICIAN

Luis Fishman Zonzinski

Born 1947

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0244 SPORT

José Manuel Soto

Born 1946

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0256 SCULPTOR

Leila Rodríguez Stahl

Born 1942

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0261 FILM

Guita Schyfter

Born 1947

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0269 DIPLOMAT

Isabel Montero de la Cámara

Born 1942

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0272 POLITICIAN

Marco Vargas Diaz

Born 1948

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0274 LAWYER

Germán Serrano Pinto

1940 - 2016

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0278 SPORT

Humberto Solano

1944 - 2010

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0281 DIPLOMAT

Rodrigo Alberto Carazo Zeledón

Born 1948

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0284 RUNNER

Rafael Pérez (athlete)

Born 1946

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0287 POLITICIAN

Lorena Clare Facio

Born 1943

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0292 JUDGE

Luis Paulino Mora Mora

1944 - 2013

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0293 SPORT

José Sánchez (cyclist)

Born 1941

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0296 ARCHITECT

Víctor Cañas

Born 1947

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0308 PAINTER

Ana Griselda Hine

Born 1949

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0315 SPORT

Miguel Ángel Sánchez (cyclist)

Born 1943

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0325 POLITICIAN

Roberto Tovar Faja

Born 1944

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0334 POLITICIAN

Ofelia Taitelbaum Yoselewich

Born 1949

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0335 DIPLOMAT

José Joaquín Chaverri Sievert

Born 1949

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0340 WRITER

José María Crespo Rodríguez

1940 - 1996

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0352 LAWYER

Manuel Ventura Robles

Born 1948

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0364 LAWYER

Enrique Villalobos Quirós

Born 1947

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0371 POLITICIAN

Rodrigo Xavier Carreras Jiménez

Born 1947

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0459 WRITER

Mirta González Suárez

Born 1948

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0462 LAWYER

José María Tijerino Pacheco

Born 1947

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0505 ARCHER

Juan Wedel

1944 - 2013

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0508 SPORT

Luis González (Bogenschütze)

Born 1945

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0512 WRITER

Paulino González Villalobos

1944 - 1988

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0531 DIPLOMÁTIC

Manuel Antonio Hernández Gutiérrez

Born 1941

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0537 EDUCADO

Jesús Manuel Fernández Morales

Born 1941

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0543 TEACHER

Amalia Chaverri Fonseca

Born 1941

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0546 DIPLOMAT

José de Jesús Conejo Amador

1943 - 2010

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