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Franklin Ramon Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950, San José, Costa Rica) [1] is an American mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company [2] as well as a member of the Cummins' board of directors. [3] He became an American citizen in 1977. [4]
Pages in category "Lists of Costa Rican people" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... List of presidents of the Supreme Court of Costa Rica; S.
Costa Ricans (Spanish: Costarricenses, colloquially known as Ticos) are the citizens of Costa Rica, a multiethnic, [3] Spanish-speaking nation in Central America. Costa Ricans are predominantly Mestizos, other ethnic groups people of Indigenous, European, African, and Asian (predominantly Chinese) descent.
First female president of Costa Rica. [2] 47: Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera (born 1958) 8 May 2014 8 May 2018 Citizens' Action: 2014: 48: Carlos Alvarado Quesada (born 1980) 8 May 2018 8 May 2022 Citizens' Action: 2018: Youngest president since Alfredo González Flores (1914). First president to be called by Congress for hearing. 49: Rodrigo ...
Luciana Alvarado Reid (born 16 September 2002) is a Costa Rican artistic gymnast who represented her country at the 2019 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] She took the silver medal in the all-around at the 2021 Pan American Championships , earning a continental berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics , and also ...
People from Costa Rica by province (8 C) Costa Rican prisoners and detainees (2 C, 3 P) S. Costa Rican people stubs (2 C, 86 P) T. Costa Rican twins (3 P)
Later in Hollywood, he gained fame as a playboy, often invited to join the most famous people of the era like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, and Sammy Davis Jr. [citation needed] In 1969, at the age of 41, after having passed on the music and culture of Costa Rica throughout the world, Ray returned to Costa Rica to stay. He spent the next 38 ...
José María Figueres is the son of José Figueres Ferrer (known as Don Pepe), who was a three-time President of Costa Rica. His mother, Karen Olsen Beck, an American social worker born to Danish immigrant parents, later adopted Costa Rican nationality. [3] After serving as First Lady, she was appointed Ambassador to Israel in 1982.