List of Famous people born in Costa Rica

Ruby O. Fee, is a German actress.

Danny Gabriel Carvajal Rodríguez is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for Japanese club FC Ryukyu as a goalkeeper. He was a Costa Rica national player for many championships.

Diego Alonso Estrada Valverde is a Costa Rican footballer who plays for C.S. Cartaginés.

Dylan Armando Flores Knowles is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Politehnica Iași and the Costa Rica national team.

Alfredo González Flores served as President of Costa Rica from 1914 to 1917. He was unable to complete his presidential mandate following a coup d'état on 27 January 1917, led by Federico Tinoco, his secretary for War and the Navy.

Karen Christiana Figueres Olsen is a Costa Rican diplomat with experience in high level national and international policy and multilateral negotiations. She was appointed Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in July 2010, six months after the failed COP15 in Copenhagen. During the next six years she worked to rebuild the global climate change negotiating process, leading to the 2015 Paris Agreement, widely recognized as a historical achievement.

Joaquín Eufrasio Guzmán was a politician and briefly acting President of El Salvador on three occasions: from 25 October 1844 to 16 February 1845, from 25 April 1845 to 1 February 1846, and from 19 January 1859 to 15 February 1859, after conducting a coup against General Malespin during the war with Guatemala.

Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia was a Costa Rican doctor and politician, who served as President from 1940 to 1944.

José Joaquín Antonio Trejos Fernández was 35th President of Costa Rica from 1966 to 1970. His parents were Juan Trejos Quirós and Emilia Fernández Aguilar. As a student he obtained degrees in mathematics and economics from the University of Costa Rica. During Mario Echandi's administration he was part of Costa Rica's delegation in the United Nations. Trejos defeated Daniel Oduber in the election that secured him the presidency. Trejos died on 10 February 2010.