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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Juan Rafael Mora Porras
1814 - 1860
Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia
1900 - 1970
Laura Chinchilla
Born 1959
Federico Tinoco Granados
1868 - 1931
José Joaquín Trejos Fernández
1916 - 2010
José María Figueres
Born 1954
Juan Mora Fernández
1784 - 1854
Mario Echandi Jiménez
1915 - 2011
Carlos Alvarado Quesada
Born 1980
Gonzalo Facio Segreda
1918 - 2018
Aquileo J. Echeverría
1866 - 1909
Antonio Álvarez Desanti
Born 1958
Manuel Mora
1909 - 1994
Sonia Picado Sotela
Born 1936
Otto Guevara
Born 1960
Ricardo Moreno Cañas
1890 - 1938
Gregorio José Ramírez y Castro
1796 - 1823
Óscar López (politician)
Born 1970
Astrid Fischel Volio
Born 1954
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno
1834 - 1885
José María Montealegre
1815 - 1887
Carlos Durán Cartín
1852 - 1924
Bruno Carranza
1822 - 1891
Manuel Aguilar Chacón
1797 - 1846
Fermán Cienfuegos
Born 1947
Longino Soto Pacheco
1923 - 2010
Miguel Mora Porras
1816 - 1887
José María Villalta Florez-Estrada
Born 1977
Santos León Herrera
1874 - 1950
Luis Liberman
Born 1946
Margarita Penón
Born 1948
Epsy Campbell Barr
Born 1963
Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz
Born 1974
Rebeca Grynspan
Born 1955
Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría
Born 1958
Manuel José Fernández Chacón
1786 - 1841
José Pablo Quirós Quirós
1905 - 1988
Kevin Casas Zamora
Born 1968
Doris Yankelewitz Berger
1934 - 2016
Juan Carlos Mendoza García
Born 1975
Luis Fishman Zonzinski
Born 1947
Pacífica Fernández
1828 - 1885
José Joaquín Mora Porras
1818 - 1860
Joaquín Mora Fernández
1786 - 1862
Rafael Calderón Muñoz
1869 - 1943
Alberto Salom Echeverría
Born 1952
María Luisa Ávila Agüero
Born 1961
Víctor Hugo Morales Zapata
Born 1958
Fernando Sánchez Campos
Born 1974
Marco Vargas Diaz
Born 1948
Marcela Guerrero Campos
Born 1970
René Picado Michalski
1905 - 1956
Lorena Clare Facio
Born 1943
Eduardo Doryan
Born 1951
Alberto Marten
1909 - 2009
Francisco Calderón Guardia
1906 - 1977
Ana Rosa Chacón
1889 - 1985
Miguel Carranza Fernández
1780 - 1841
Alejandro Alvarado Quirós
1876 - 1945
Roberto Tovar Faja
Born 1944
Ofelia Taitelbaum Yoselewich
Born 1949
Olga Marta Sánchez Oviedo
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Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales
1928 - 1999
Gerardo Guzmán Quirós
1874 - 1959
Benito Serrano Jiménez
1850 - 1945
Tobías Zúñiga Castro
1854 - 1918
Rodrigo Xavier Carreras Jiménez
Born 1947
Narciso Esquivel y Salazar
Died 1876
Natalia Díaz Quintana
Born 1984
Tranquilino de Bonilla y Herdocia
1797 - 1864
Mariano Figueres Olsen
Died 2019
Rodolfo Méndez Mata
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Vladimir de la Cruz de Lemos
-
José Joaquín Tinoco Granados
1880 - 1919
Fernando José Trejos Escalante
1922 - 2003
José Luis Molina Quesada
Born 1926
Jorge González Martén
1926 - 2018
Juan José Trejos Fonseca
-
Marcia González Aguiluz
Born 1969
Javier Flores Galarza
Born 1954
Sonia Marta Mora Escalante
Born 1953
Federico Carrillo Zürcher
Born 1964
Matilde Marín Chinchilla
1931 - 1986
Jorge Guardia Carazo
1881 - 1956
Manuel Alvarado y Barroeta
1820 - 1889