List of Famous people born in Costa Rica

Harry Shum

First Name Harry
Last Name Shum
Born on April 28, 1982 (age 41)

Harry Shum Jr. is a Costa Rican-born American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. He is best known for his roles as Mike Chang on the Fox television series Glee (2009–2015) and as Magnus Bane on the Freeform television series Shadowhunters (2016–2019). He was nominated for four Screen Actors Guild Awards for his performance in Glee, winning once. He won the award for The Male TV Star of 2018 in the E! People's Choice Awards for Shadowhunters.

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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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Francisco Fonseca

First Name Francisco
Last Name Fonseca
Born on January 24, 1994 (age 30)

Francisco Hernan Fonseca Lira is a Nicaraguan professional boxer. He has challenged twice for the IBF super featherweight title in 2017 and 2018.

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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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Paulo Wanchope

First Name Paulo
Last Name Wanchope
Born on July 31, 1976 (age 47)
Height 191 cm | 6'3

Paulo César Wanchope Watson, more commonly known as Paulo Wanchope, is a Costa Rican former footballer and former Head Coach of the Costa Rica national football team.

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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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