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.

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 and United States Secretary of Labor
• Alda Ribiero Acosta (contemporary), American terrorist in Uruguay
• Allan Acosta, American engineer
• 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
• Ed Acosta (born 1944), Panamanian Major League Baseball pitcher
• 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
• Luciano Acosta (born 1994), Argentine footballer
• 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

See also

• Acosta (crater), lunar crater named after Cristóbal Acosta
• Acosta Bridge, bridge in Jacksonville, Florida named after St. Elmo W. Acosta
• Acosta (canton)
• Acosta Inc., Sales & Marketing company in Jacksonville, Florida
• Acosta (manufacturer), German catering equipment and coffee machine factory