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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.
Classification: People: By nationality: Costa Rican also: Countries: Costa Rica: ... People from Costa Rica by province (8 C) Costa Rican prisoners and detainees ...
This is a list of notable Hispanic and Latino Americans: citizens or residents of the United States with origins in Latin America or Spain. [1] The following groups are officially designated as "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino": [2] Mexican American, (Stateside) Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, Costa Rican American, Guatemalan American, Honduran American, Nicaraguan American ...
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.
Newton da Costa (1929–2024), mathematician, logician, and philosopher, recognised for his works in paraconsistent logic; Luís Cruls(1848–1908), astronomer and geodesist, co-discoverer of the Great Comet of 1882; Oswaldo Cruz (1872–1917), physician, bacteriologist, epidemiologist; Johanna Döbereiner (born 1924), agronomist, pioneer in ...
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]
Óscar Arias Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈoskaɾ ˈaɾjas]; born 13 September 1940 in Heredia, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He was President of Costa Rica from 1986 to 1990 and from 2006 to 2010.
Claudia María Poll Ahrens (born 21 December 1972) is a Costa Rican-Nicaraguan former swimmer who competed in the 200 m to 800 m freestyle events. She is Costa Rica's only Olympic gold-medalist, having won the country's first Olympic gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle. [1]