Acosta

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Acosta is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Originally it was used to refer to a person who lived by the seashore or from the mountains (encostas). It comes from the Portuguese da Costa (cognate of English "coast"), which in Spanish became de Acosta.

People

Agustín Acosta, Cuban baseball player

Alberto Acosta (born 1966), Argentine footballer

Alberto Martín Acosta Martinez (born 1977), Uruguayan footballer

R. Alexander Acosta (born 1969), American attorney

Alda Ribiero Acosta (contemporary), American terrorist in Uruguay

Armando Acosta (contemporary), doom metal drummer, former member of the band Saint Vitus

Bertrand Blanchard Acosta (1895–1954), American aviator who flew in the Spanish Civil War

Carlos Acosta (contemporary), Cuban ballet dancer

Cecilio Acosta (1818-1881), Venezuelan writer

Corey Acosta (born 1991), American football placekicker

Cristóbal Acosta (1515–1580), Portuguese physician and natural historian

Eliades Acosta (born 1959), Cuban politician

Humberto Acosta-Rosario (1947–1968), Puerto Rican MIA in Vietnam

Jim Acosta (born 1971), CNN senior White House correspondent

Joaquín Acosta (flourished 1800s), Colombian explorer and author

Joe Acosta (born 1950), Puerto Rican salsa piano player

José de Acosta (1540–1600), Spanish Jesuit missionary and historian to Latin America

José Julián Acosta (1825–1891), Puerto Rican journalist and abolitionist

Josephine Acosta Pasricha (1945—), Filipino Indologist and translator

Juan F. Acosta (1890–1968), Puerto Rican composer and music teacher

Julio Acosta García (1872–1954), President of Costa Rica 1920–1924

Lautaro Acosta (born 1988), Argentine footballer

Leopoldo Acosta (born 1962), Ecuadorian track and field athlete

Manuel Gregorio Acosta (1921–1989), Mexican-American painter

Manuel da Costa (1541–1604), Portuguese Jesuit priest, teacher, and missionary

Manny Acosta (born 1981) Panamian baseball player

Marta Acosta, American fiction writer

Martha Acosta (contemporary), Peruvian politician and congresswoman

Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), Spanish-American poet, playwright, and designer

Nelson Acosta (1944—), Uruguayan football player and coach

Óscar Acosta (1933—), Honduran writer, critic, politician and diplomat

Oscar Zeta Acosta (1935–1974), American attorney, author, politician, and activist

Pablo Acosta Villarreal Mexican drug lord

Pedro Acosta (born 1959), Venezuelan football (soccer) defender

Raúl Acosta (born 1962), Colombian road cyclist

Rodolfo Acosta (1920–1974), Mexican character actor

Santiago Acosta (born 1979), Argentine flyweight boxer

Santos Acosta (1828–1901), President of Colombia 1876–1868

St. Elmo W. Acosta (flourished 1900s), American politician from Jacksonville, Florida

Teolindo Acosta (1937–2004), Venezuelan professional baseball player

Tomás Diez Acosta (born 1946), Cuban revolutionary, teacher, and author

Uriel da Costa (1585–1640), Portuguese philosopher and skeptic

References

Acosta Wikipedia

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