List of Famous people born in San José Province, Costa Rica

Keylor Navas

Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa
First Name Keylor
Born on December 15, 1986 (age 37)
Height 185 cm | 6'1

Keilor Antonio Navas Gamboa, known as Keylor Navas, is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Costa Rica national team.

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Joel Campbell

Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels
First Name Joel
Last Name Campbell
Born on June 26, 1992 (age 31)
Height 178 cm | 5'10

Joel Nathaniel Campbell Samuels is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays as a forward and winger for Liga MX club León and the Costa Rica national team.

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Bryan Ruiz

First Name Bryan
Last Name Ruiz
Born on August 18, 1985 (age 38)
Height 188 cm | 6'2

Bryan Jafet Ruiz González is a Costa Rican professional footballer who plays for Alajuelense and the Costa Rica national team, whom he also captains. A left-footed attacking midfielder, he can also play as a second striker.

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Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz

Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz
First Name Franklin
Last Name Díaz
Born on April 5, 1950 (age 73)

Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz is a Costa Rican-born American mechanical engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins' board of directors. He became an American citizen in 1977.

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Gabriel Badilla

First Name Gabriel
Last Name Badilla
Born on June 30, 1984
Died on November 20, 2016 (aged 32)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Gabriel Badilla Segura was a Costa Rican footballer who played as a defender.

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Carlos Alvarado Quesada

First Name Carlos
Last Name Quesada
Born on January 14, 1980 (age 44)

Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist and political scientist, who is currently serving as the 48th President of Costa Rica. A member of the center-left Citizens' Action Party (PAC), Alvarado was previously Minister of Labor and Social Security during the Presidency of Luis Guillermo Solís.

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Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz

Gerardo Fabricio Alvarado Muñoz
First Name Fabricio
Born on May 30, 1974 (age 49)

Fabricio Gerardo Alvarado Muñoz is a Costa Rican politician, singer and undergraduate journalist. He was once a deputy in the Legislative Assembly, representing the San José Province. He is also a musician, having released a number of songs in the Christian genre. A member of the conservative National Restoration Party he was also the party's presidential nominee for the 2018 general election, ultimately losing to Carlos Alvarado Quesada. According to the BBC, his campaign gained in popularity because of his opposition to same-sex marriage. Alvarado Muñoz is a devout Evangelical Christian. On 23 October 2018 Alvarado announced his resignation to National Restoration Party and the start of a new party named New Republic. His campaign is under investigation by the Ministerio Público after the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones reported that it had found three providers of services on the elections that had been paid by cash, something that is illegal in Costa Rica.

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Giannina Facio

First Name Giannina
Born on September 10, 1955 (age 68)

Giannina Facio, Lady Scott, is a Costa Rican actress and producer who has appeared in a number of films, especially those of her husband, British film director and producer Sir Ridley Scott. She first worked with Scott on White Squall and has been his partner since Hannibal. Gladiator was the first of two films in which she plays the wife of Russell Crowe's character, the other being Body of Lies. Since White Squall, Facio has made appearances in all of Scott's films except for American Gangster, The Martian and Alien: Covenant.

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Rafael Rojas Morales

Rafael Humberto Rojas Morales
First Name Rafael
Last Name Morales
Born on April 16, 1961 (age 62)

Rafael Rojas is a former male fashion model and actor of telenovelas and the cinema of Mexico.

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Juan Mora Fernández

First Name Juan
Last Name Fernández
Born on June 12, 1784
Died on December 16, 1854 (aged 70)

Juan Mora Fernández was Costa Rica's first elected head of state. He was considered a liberal and decided to move the capital from Cartago to Puntarenas. Juan Mora was elected as the first head of state in 1825. He is remembered for instituting land reform, and he followed a progressive course. As a consequence of his land reform structure, he inadvertently created an elite class of powerful coffee barons. The barons eventually overthrew one of his later successors, José María Alfaro Zamora.

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