Acosta
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.
Persons
- Arthur T. Acosta (born 1985)U.S navy Sailor ,Regisered Nurse
- Alberto Acosta (born 1966), Argentine footballer
- Alberto Martín Acosta Martinez (born 1977), Uruguayan footballer
- 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
- Cristóbal Acosta (1515–1580), Portuguese physician and natural historian
- George Acosta, A Miami-based DJ and producer of trance music
- Humberto Acosta-Rosario (1947–1968), Puerto Rican MIA in Vietnam
- 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 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
- 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
- Tomás Diez Acosta (born 1946), Cuban revolutionary, teacher, and author
- Uriel da Costa (1585–1640), Portuguese philosopher and skeptic
- Yesenia Ortiz Acosta (1975–1999[?]), Puerto Rican woman who disappeared in 1999
- Jacqueline Alexandra Acosta (2011), Mexican-American Obesity Awareness Activist
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