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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Alberto Marten
1909 - 2009
Carlos Echandi
1899 - 1938
Gerónima Montealegre
1823 - 1892
Sussy Vargas Alvarado
Born 1967
Bernardo de la Guardia
1900 - 1970
Vicky Ramos
Born 1960
Francisco Calderón Guardia
1906 - 1977
Ana Griselda Hine
Born 1949
Adriana Durán
Born 1970
Ana Rosa Chacón
1889 - 1985
María Teresa Rodríguez (modelo)
Born 1986
Bernal Flores
Born 1937
Oscar Scaglietti
1906 - 1993
Fernando Centeno Güell
1907 - 1993
Miguel Ángel Sánchez (cyclist)
Born 1943
Luis Antonio Sobrado González
Born 1962
Juan Trejos Quirós
1884 - 1970
Fernando Lara Bustamante
1911 - 1984
María Fernández de Tinoco
1877 - 1961
Miguel Carranza Fernández
1780 - 1841
Ernesto Núñez
Born 1976
Alejandro Alvarado Quirós
1876 - 1945
Álvaro Grant McDonald
Born 1939
José Antonio Pinto Castro
1817 - 1887
Roberto Tovar Faja
Born 1944
Atahualpa González
Born 1978
Ezequiel Jiménez Rojas
1869 - 1957
Alfredo Piedra Mora
1915 - 2003
Jody Stewart
Born 1986
Ricky Garbanzo
Born 1992
Saúl Weisleder Weisleder
Born 1950
Osman Murillo Segura
Born 1985
Christal Clashing
Born 1989
Ofelia Taitelbaum Yoselewich
Born 1949
José Joaquín Chaverri Sievert
Born 1949
Manuel González Sanz
Born 1968
Jacques Sagot
Born 1962
Jenaro Cardona
1863 - 1930
Elena Correa Usuga
Born 1990
José María Crespo Rodríguez
1940 - 1996
Olga Marta Sánchez Oviedo
-
Carlos Manuel Castillo Morales
1928 - 1999
María Bonilla Picado
Born 1954
Víctor Guardia Quirós
1873 - 1959
Cristian Badilla
Born 1978
Joshua Díaz
Born 1991
Orlando Sinclair
Born 1998
Gerardo Guzmán Quirós
1874 - 1959
José Andrés Coronado Alvarado
1895 - 1975
Rafael Ángel Fernández Piedra
1935 - 2018
Manuel Alvarado e Hidalgo
1784 - 1836
Manuel Ventura Robles
Born 1948
Alfredo Trejos
Born 1977
Berny Ulloa Morera
Born 1950
Leslie Calvo
-
David Cruz
Born 1982
Benito Serrano Jiménez
1850 - 1945
Alex Brenes
Born 1964
Victoria Guardia Alvarado
Born 1939
Hernán Carazo
-
Alexis Gamboa
Born 1999
Hernán González Gutiérrez
1918 - 1987
Alejandra Castro
Born 1974
Enrique Villalobos Quirós
Born 1947
Erick Marín Calderón
Born 1982
Tobías Zúñiga Castro
1854 - 1918
Antonio Mora (sport shooter)
1919 - 1992
Nancy Dobles
Born 1977
Julian Feoli-Gudino
Born 1987
Hugo Chamberlain
Born 1934
Rodrigo Xavier Carreras Jiménez
Born 1947
Narciso Esquivel y Salazar
Died 1876
Mariano Montealegre Fernández
1816 - 1900
Natalia Díaz Quintana
Born 1984
Claudio Urrutia
1857 - 1934
José Luis Paniagua
1960 - 2013
Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora
1868 - 1937
Carlos Silva Loaiza
1919 - 2009
Lenin Arroyo
Born 1979
Sasha Campbell
Born 1977
Alfredo Chinchilla
Born 1962
Dionisio Cabal
Born 1954
Arnoldo Castillo Villalobos
-
Mauricio Hoffmann
Born 1983
Luis Pacheco Bertora
1832 - 1897
Alejandro Jenkins
Born 1979
Tranquilino de Bonilla y Herdocia
1797 - 1864
Gerardo Solano
1954 - 2000
Italo Marenco
Born 1983
Enrique Ramírez Briancesco
1962 - 2001
Carlos Hernández Espinoza
Born 1989
Jessica Umaña
Born 1988
Esteban Calderón
Born 1987
Atim Roper Davis
Born 1978
Miguel Yamuni Tabush
Born 1920
Diego Campos (Costa Rican footballer)
Born 1995
Alfonso Ulloa Zamora
1914 - 2000
Juan Carlos Rojas (empresario)
Born 1972
Eugenia Fuscaldo
Born 1953
Miguel Rojas Jiménez
Born 1952
María del Milagro París
Born 1961
Tatiana Trejos Rodríguez
Born 1974
José Manuel Quirós y Blanco
1810 - 1856
Mariano Figueres Olsen
Died 2019
Manuel María Zúñiga
1890 - 1979
Rodolfo Méndez Mata
-
Ernesto Martín Carranza
1879 - 1950
Carlos Fonseca Suárez
Born 1987
Emilia Navas Aparicio
Born 1964
José Miguel Rojas
Born 1959
José Manuel Echandi Meza
Born 1964
Cristian Carrillo
Born 1980
Marian Esquivel McKeown
1936 - 2000
Virginia Betancourt Valverde
Born 1935
Humberto Vargas Carbonell
Born 1933
Vladimir de la Cruz de Lemos
-
Guillermo León
1920 - 2010
Stephen Basso
Born 1987
Andrés Montalbán
Born 1992
Dinorah Bolandi
1923 - 2004
Orlando Mora
Born 1960
Máximo Blanco
1824 - 1886
Estebán Blanco
Born 1981
Marcia Saborío
Born 1963
Alonso Fernández Alvarez
Born 1982
Ricardo Fernández Peralta
1897 - 1978
Izmael Pacheco
Born 1989
José Ricardo Chaves
Born 1958
Wendy Cruz
Born 1979
Enar Bolaños
Born 1983
Judas Tadeo Corrales Saénz
1784 - 1873
José Joaquín Tinoco Granados
1880 - 1919
Guillermo Carvajal Alvarado
Born 1953
José Gabriel Vargas
Born 1989
José Manuel Rojas (footballer, born 1952)
Born 1952
Marta Iris Muñoz
Born 1956
Gilda Montenegro
Born 1967
Manuel Aguilar Bonilla
1920 - 2011
Melvin Jiménez Marín
Born 1956
Marco Aurelio Odio
1962 - 2008
Paul Chaplet
Born 1999
Laura Fuentes Belgrave
Born 1978
Francisco Calvo
1820 - 1890
Fernando José Trejos Escalante
1922 - 2003
James Faerron
-
José Luis Molina Quesada
Born 1926
Reinaldo Brenes
Born 1991
Alberto Echandi Montero
1870 - 1944
Ana María Botey Sobrado
Born 1953
Marianela Quesada
Born 1988
André Conte
Born 1997
Mayra González León
Born 1953
Rafa Ugarte
Born 1968
Ignacio Solís
Born 1991
Esteban Arias Arauz
Born 1994
José Luis Mora
Born 1992
Mario Alberto Chacón Jiménez
Born 1975
Fernando Herrero Acosta
Born 1952
Mirta González Suárez
Born 1948
Adonay Alfaro Murcia
-
Marva Wright
Born 1985
José María Tijerino Pacheco
Born 1947
José Manuel Rojas Ramírez
Born 1952
Daniel Garro Sánchez
Born 1983
Adela de las Mercedes Salazar Guardia
1869 - 1907
Federico Miranda
Born 1976
Virginia Sandoval de Fonseca
1921 - 2011
Hernando París Rodríguez
Born 1966
Jessica Clark Cohen
Born 1969
Abel Guier
Born 1972
Cristian Blanco
Born 1980
Mauricio Molina Delgado
Born 1967
Dan Jackson
Born 1993
Carlos Francisco Monge
Born 1951
Jorge González Martén
1926 - 2018
Álvaro Wille Trejos
1928 - 2006
Athim Rooper
Born 1978
Sara Schyfter
-
Jorge Poltronieri
Born 1985
Víctor Daniel Camacho Monge
Born 1939
Carlos Clark
Born 1978
Alfonso Chacón Rodríguez
Born 1967
José Luis Ortiz Araya
1930 - 2012
Freddy Serrano
Born 1977
Juan José Trejos Fonseca
-
María París
Born 1961
Carolina Coto Segnini
-
Marcia González Aguiluz
Born 1969
Manuel Ruiz (actor)
Born 1957
Víctor Emilio Granados Calvo
-
Javier Flores Galarza
Born 1954
María del Rocío Sáenz
Born 1958
Luis Aguilar (swimmer)
Born 1952
Diego Díaz Porras
Born 1988
Sonia Marta Mora Escalante
Born 1953
Edgar Cervantes Villalta
1931 - 2002
Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez
Born 1973
José María Alfaro Cooper
1861 - 1912
Federico Carrillo Zürcher
Born 1964
Mario Limantour
Born 1980
William Todd
Born 1961
Jorge Méndez Limbrick
Born 1954
Orlando Madrigal
1921 - 1991
Andrés Castro Piche
Born 1990
Juan Wedel
1944 - 2013
Lizette Brenes
Born 1965
Eduardo Oconitrillo García
Born 1934
Luis González (Bogenschütze)
Born 1945
Jacobo Montvelisky
Born 1988
Ana Poltronieri
1929 - 2015
Alejandro Preinfalk
Born 1970
Paulino González Villalobos
1944 - 1988
Flora Sobrado Rothe de Echandi
Born 1927
Matilde Marín Chinchilla
1931 - 1986
Eduardo Kopper
Born 1965
Joaquín Vargas Gené
1922 - 2006
Kevin Arrieta
Born 1991
Max Koberg Bolandi
1893 - 1971
Juan Portuguez Fucigna
1909 - 1999
Roberto Zeledón
Born 1977
Oscar Núñez Oliva
Born 1955
Rafael Barquero
Born 1934
Melvin Sáenz Biolley
Born 1953
Henry Núñez
Born 1969
Andrés Sancho
Born 1961
Ronny Sanabria
Born 1964
Alvaro Sanabria
Born 1963
Gregorio "Goyo" Morales
-
Ronny Gómez
Born 1966
Karina Regidor
Born 1993
Manuel Antonio Hernández Gutiérrez
Born 1941
Jorge Quesada
Born 1915
Ramón Carranza Ramírez
1819 - 1895
Carlos Orozco Castro
1887 - 1967
Hernán Cabalceta
Born 1921
Gertrud Peters Solórzano
Born 1954
Jesús Manuel Fernández Morales
Born 1941
Víctor Gutiérrez Marín
Born 1991
Jorge Guardia Carazo
1881 - 1956
Anthony Velásquez
Born 1990
Manuel Alvarado y Barroeta
1820 - 1889
Carlos María Ulloa
1833 - 1903
Amalia Chaverri Fonseca
Born 1941
Herbert Pérez Valverde
Born 1992
Juan José Carazo
1889 - 1979
José de Jesús Conejo Amador
1943 - 2010
Adrián Feruma
Born 1992
Katherine Alvarado Araya
Born 1988
Harry Ocampo
Born 1983
Dennis Marshall Herron
Born 1959
Javier Masís
Born 1953
Carlos Láscarez
1931 - 2014
Pedro Zeledón Mora
1802 - 1870