Costa (, ,, sometimes Costas, da Costa, Da Costa, or Dalla Costa, is an

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, and Portuguese, mostly toponymic surname. The surname spread throughout the world through colonization. It was also a surname chosen by former

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due to

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and other

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(often forced) conversions. In Italy, Portugal, Galicia and Catalonia it is derived from the Latin word ''costa'', "rib", which has come to mean ''slope, coast'' (close to the sea, or coastline locations) in

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. In Spain, it originates from Catalonia or Galicia, with the Spanish (Castilian) equivalent being ''Cuesta''. Texto - Noia - Galiza

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 71.0% of all known bearers of the surname ''Costa'' were residents of

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

(frequency 1:141), 7.6% of

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

(1:67), 5.2% of

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

(1:255), 3.7% of

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

(1:801), 2.4% of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

(1:7,460), 1.9% of

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

(1:44), 1.5% of

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

(1:1,531), 1.2% of

East Timor Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and ...

(1:49) and 1.2% of

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

(1:1,809). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:141) in the following states: #

Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 municipalities. Clockwise from north, it ...

(1:46) #

Amapá Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...

(1:60) #

Pará Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...

(1:74) #

Roraima Roraima ( ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Located in the country's North Region, it is the northernmost and most geographically and logistically isolated state in Brazil. It is bordered by the state of Pará to the southeast, Amazonas t ...

(1:77) #

Acre The acre ( ) is a Unit of measurement, unit of land area used in the Imperial units, British imperial and the United States customary units#Area, United States customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one Chain (unit), ch ...

(1:93) #

Rio Grande do Norte Rio Grande do Norte (, , ) is one of the states of Brazil. It is located in the northeastern region of the country, forming the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. The name literally translates as "Great Northern River", refe ...

(1:97) # Amazonas (1:98) #

Ceará Ceará (, ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It is the List of Brazilian states by population, eighth-largest Brazilian State by ...

(1:112) #

Bahia Bahia () is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mina ...

(1:112) #

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...

(1:113) #

Sergipe Sergipe (), officially State of Sergipe, is a States of Brazil, state of Brazil. Located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region along the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of the country, Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil by geogra ...

(1:117) #

Piauí Piauí ( ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP. Piauí has the shortest coastline of any coas ...

(1:119) #

Paraíba Paraíba ( , ; ) is a states of Brazil, state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba i ...

(1:120) #

Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is ...

(1:131) #

Federal District A federal district is a specific administrative division in one of various federations. These districts may be under the direct jurisdiction of a federation's national government, as in the case of federal territory (e.g., India, Malaysia), or the ...

(1:131) #

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

(1:140) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:801) in the following regions: #

Liguria Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...

(1:214) #

Sicily Sicily (Italian language, Italian and ), officially the Sicilian Region (), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy, regions of Italy. With 4. ...

(1:374) #

Piedmont Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...

(1:458) #

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

(1:489) #

Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna (, , both , ; or ; ) is an Regions of Italy, administrative region of northern Italy, comprising the historical regions of Emilia (region), Emilia and Romagna. Its capital is Bologna. It has an area of , and a population of 4.4 m ...

(1:676) #

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...

(1:763) #

Lombardy The Lombardy Region (; ) is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population. Lombardy is ...

(1:784) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:1,531) in the following autonomous communities:Costa surname distribution
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Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago forms a Provinces of Spain, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain, ...

(1:399) #

Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...

(1:667) # Galicia (1:672) #

Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia (, ; ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain located in the southeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast. The region is in area and had a popul ...

(1:845) #

Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...

(1:1,001)

People

Angola

* Desidério Costa (born 1934), politician * Hélder Costa (born 1994), footballer

Australia

* Frank Costa (1938–2021), businessman * Joseph Costa (born 1992), footballer * Marcello Costa (1940–2024), Italian-born medical researcher and public health advocate * Michael Costa (born 1956), politician * Phil Costa (born 1949), politician

Brazil

* Antônio da Costa Santos (1952–2001), architect and politician *

Carlos Duarte Costa Carlos Duarte Costa (July 21, 1888 – March 26, 1961) was a Brazilian bishop who became the founder of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church, an Independent Catholic church, and its international communion, which long after his death bec ...

(1888–1961), religious figure * Celso Costa (born 1949), mathematician * Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (1868–1920), president of Brazil from 1918 to 1919 * Douglas Costa (born 1990), footballer *

Fábio Costa Fabio Costa (born 27 November 1977 in Camaçari, Bahia) is a former Brazilian goalkeeper. Career Costa played for Brazil under-23 and won the 1996 Toulon Tournament and the 2000 South American Pre-Olympic Tournament. He was part of the Brazil ...

(born 1977), footballer *

Gal Costa Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos (born Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos; 26 September 1945 – 9 November 2022), known professionally as Gal Costa (), was a Brazilian singer of Música popular brasileira, popular music. Twelve-times Bra ...

(1945–2022), singer * Jair da Costa (1940–2025), footballer * Larissa Costa (born 1984), model * Ligia Maura Costa, professor *

Lúcio Costa Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa (27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. Early life Costa was born in Toulon, France, the son of Brazilian parents. His ...

(1902–1998), architect and urban planner * Marcos Costa (born 1979), boxer * Mariana Bridi da Costa (1988–2009), also known as Mari, model *

Newton da Costa Newton Carneiro Affonso da Costa (16 September 1929 – 16 April 2024) was a Brazilian mathematician, logician, and philosopher. Born in Curitiba, he studied engineering and mathematics at the Federal University of Paraná in Curitiba and t ...

(1929–2024), mathematician * Renata Costa (born 1986), footballer *

Paulo Costa Paulo Henrique Costa (born 21 April 1991) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of June 10, 2025, he is #13 in the UFC middleweight ...

(born 1991), mixed martial artist *

Petra Costa Petra Costa (born 8 July 1984) is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress. In 2020, her documentary film ''The Edge of Democracy'' was nominated for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature at the 92nd Academy Awards ...

(born 1984), actress and filmmaker *

Rebecca da Costa Rebecca da Costa (born May 9, 1984) is a Brazilian actress and model. Early life and modelling career Da Costa was born in Recife, capital of Pernambuco. She was educated at the Colégio Rui Barbosa, where she directed, wrote and starred in ama ...

(born 1984), actress and model *

Ronaldo da Costa Ronaldo da Costa (born 7 June 1970) is a Brazilian former long-distance runner and former world-record holder for the marathon distance. Career Da Costa broke the ten-year-old marathon world record in 1998 in Berlin, having been fifth-placed in ...

(born 1970), long-distance runner * Viviane Costa (born 1980), water polo player *

Yamandu Costa Yamandu Costa (born January 24, 1980, in Passo Fundo), sometimes spelled ''Yamandú'', is a Brazilian guitarist and composer. His main instrument is the '' violão de sete cordas'', the Brazilian seven-string classical guitar. Costa began to ...

(born 1980), guitarist and composer

East Timor

Maria do Céu Sarmento Pina da Costa Maria may refer to: People * Mary, mother of Jesus * Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages Place names Extraterrestrial * 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877 *Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, d ...

(born 1968), politician *

Martinho da Costa Lopes Martinho da Costa Lopes (11 November 1918 – 27 February 1991) was an East Timorese religious and political leader. He was a priest of the Catholic Church, the highest-ranking official of the Church in East Timor from 1977 to 1983, and a member ...

(1918–1991), religious and political leader

France

Jean-Paul Costa Jean-Paul Costa (3 November 1941 – 27 April 2023) was a French jurist and was the President of the European Court of Human Rights from 19 January 2007 until his term at the Court ended on 3 November 2011. He was first appointed a judge of the ...

(1941–2023), jurist * Mélissa Da Costa (born 1990), French novelist * Philippe Da Costa (born 1962), executive * Stéphane Da Costa (born 1989), ice hockey player

Italy

Aldo Costa Aldo Costa (born 5 June 1961) is an Italian engineer and the Chief Technical Officer at Dallara. With 14 constructors' championships and 12 drivers' titles working for Ferrari and Mercedes, Costa is one of the most successful engineers and desig ...

(born 1961), Formula One engineer * Alfredo Costa (1874–1913), opera singer *

Andrea Costa Andrea Costa (29 November 1851 – 19 January 1910) was an Italian socialist politician. Among the founders of the Italian socialist movement, he was the first socialist deputy in Italian history. Biography Andrea Costa was born on 29 November ...

(1851–1910), politician * Andrea Dalla Costa (born 1974), visual artist and filmmaker *

Elia Dalla Costa Elia Dalla Costa (14 May 1872 – 22 December 1961) was an Italian people, Italian Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic prelate and Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal who served as the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, Archbishop of ...

(1872–1961), cardinal *

Erminio Costa Erminio "Mimo" Costa (March 9, 1924 – November 28, 2009) was an Italian-American neuroscientist. His research interests covered brain serotonergic activity in health and disease, benzodiazepine-GABA interactions, benzodiazepine action at GABAA re ...

(1924–2009), neuroscientist * Francesco Costa (1672–1740), painter * Giovanni Costa (1826–1903), painter * Lamberto Dalla Costa (1920–1982), bobsledder *

Lorenzo Costa Lorenzo Costa (1460 – 5 March 1535) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born at Ferrara, but moved to Bologna by his early twenties, and was probably influenced by the Bolognese school, Bolognese School. However, many artists worked in ...

(1460–1535), painter * Marco Dalla Costa (born 1988), footballer *

Mariarosa Dalla Costa Mariarosa Dalla Costa (born 1943) is an Italian autonomist feminist and co-author of the classic ''The Power of Women and the Subversion of the Community'', with Selma James. This text launched the "domestic labour debate" by re-defining housewor ...

(born 1943), writer * Nuccio Costa (1925–1991), television presenter *

Orazio Costa Orazio Costa (6 August 1911 – 14 November 1999) was an Italian theatre pedagogist and director. Born Orazio Costa Giovangigli in Rome, Costa graduated at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in 1937, and after being assistant director ...

(1911–1999), theatre pedagogist and director *

Oronzio Gabriele Costa Oronzo Gabriele Costa (26 August 1787, Alessano – 7 November 1867 Naples) was an Italian zoologist. At first a physician, he taught zoology at the University of Naples. He wrote 126 papers on various subjects, principally entomology, and in 18 ...

(1787–1867), zoologist * Paolo Costa (born 1943), politician * Silvia Costa (born 1949), politician

Portugal

Adelino Amaro da Costa Adelino Manuel Lopes Amaro da Costa, GCIH (18 April 1943 – 4 December 1980) was a Portuguese politician. Background Costa was a son of Civil Engineer from the Instituto Superior Técnico of the Technical University of Lisbon (Universidad ...

(1943–1980), politician *

Afonso Costa Afonso Augusto da Costa, GCTE, GCL (; 6 March 1871 – 11 May 1937) was a Portuguese lawyer, professor and republican politician. Political career Costa was the leader of the Portuguese Republican Party and he was one of the major figures ...

(1871–1937), prime minister of Portugal between 1913 and 1917 * Alberto Costa (born 1947), politician * Alfredo Bruto da Costa, (1938–2016), politician *

Alfredo Luís da Costa Alfredo Luís da Costa (24 November 1883 – 1 February 1908) was a Portuguese publicist, editor, journalist, shop assistant and salesman who was part of the Portuguese Carbonária and a Mason, best remembered for being one of the two assassins ...

(1883–1908), one of perpetrators of the 1908 Lisbon Regicide *

Alfredo Nobre da Costa Alfredo Jorge Nobre da Costa (; 10 September 1923 – 1 April 1996) was a Portuguese engineer and politician who briefly served as prime minister of Portugal from August to November 1978. A moderate independent center-left politician, he was ...

, (1923–1996), prime minister of Portugal in 1978 *

António Costa António Luís Santos da Costa (; born 17 July 1961) is a Portuguese lawyer and politician who has served as President of the European Council since 2024. He previously served as the 118th prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024 and th ...

(born 1961), current President of the European Council, prime minister of Portugal from 2015 to 2024 *

António Costa Silva António José da Costa Silva (; born 23 November 1952) is a Portuguese professor, businessman and politician who served as Ministry of Economy (Portugal), Minister of the Economy and Ministry of the Sea (Portugal), Maritime Affairs in the XXI ...

(born 1952), economist *

António Félix da Costa António Maria de Mello Breyner Félix da Costa (born 31 August 1991) is a Portugal, Portuguese professional racing driver for the Porsche Formula E Team, TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team and the 2019–20 Formula E Championship, 2019–20 Formul ...

(born 1991), racing driver *

António Luís Costa António Luís Costa (born 1953) is a Portuguese retired GNR soldier and serial killer from Santa Comba Dão. He was convicted in 2007 for the murders of three young women between May 2005 and May 2006. He is currently held in the prison of � ...

(born 1953), serial killer * Beatriz Costa (1907–1996), actress * Cândido Costa (born 1981), footballer *

Carlos da Silva Costa Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhere ...

(born 1949), economist *

Carole Costa Carole da Silva Costa (born 3 May 1990) is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a centre-back for Benfica and the Portugal women's national football team. Born in northern Portugal, Carole Costa moved to Germany to play club football in Augus ...

(born 1990), footballer * Catarina Costa (born 1996), judoka *

Diogo Costa Diogo Meireles da Costa (; born 19 September 1999) is a Portugese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Primeira Liga club Porto, which he captains. Born in Switzerland, he plays for the Portugal national team. He is consider ...

(born 1999), footballer *

Francisco da Costa Gomes Francisco da Costa Gomes, Order of the Tower and Sword, ComTE Order of Aviz, GOA (; 30 June 1914 – 31 July 2001) was a former Portuguese people, Portuguese military officer and politician who was the 15th President of Portugal from 1974 to 19 ...

(1914–2001), president of Portugal from 1974 to 1976 * Francisco Fernandes Costa (1867–1925), politician * Helena Costa (born 1978), football manager *

José Fonseca e Costa José Fonseca e Costa, GCIH (27 June 1933 – 1 November 2015) was a Portuguese film director. He was one of the founders of the Portuguese Cinema Novo. Born in Angola, Costa worked as an assistant to Michelangelo Antonioni before becoming one ...

(1933–2015), film director * Jorge Costa (born 1971), football player and manager * Jorge da Costa (1406–1508), cardinal *

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa Jorge Nuno de Lima Pinto da Costa (28 December 1937 – 15 February 2025) () was a Portuguese sports executive, who was president of Portuguese sports club FC Porto, Porto from 1982 until 2024. He was the president with most titles won (69) in t ...

(born 1937), businessman, president of FC Porto from 1982 to 2024 * José Costa (born 1953), football player and manager * Manuel da Costa (1541–1604), Jesuit missionary *

Manuel Gomes da Costa Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa , commonly known as Manuel Gomes da Costa () or just Gomes da Costa (14 January 1863 – 17 December 1929), was a Portuguese army officer and politician, the tenth president of Portugal and the second of ...

(1863–1929), president of Portugal in 1926 *

Pedro Costa Pedro Costa (born 30 December 1958) is a Portuguese film director. He is best known for his sequence of films set in Lisbon, which focuses on the lives of the impoverished residents of a slum in the Fontainhas neighbourhood. Biography After comp ...

(born 1958), film director * Ricardo Costa (born 1981), footballer *

Rui Costa Rui Manuel César Costa (; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors. ...

(born 1972), footballer and sports executive *

(born 1986), cyclist * Samú Costa (born 2000), footballer *

Susana Costa Susana Cristina Saíde da Costa (born 22 September 1984) is a Portuguese athlete specialising in the triple jump. She finished eighth at the 2014 European Athletics Championships, 2014 European Championships in Zürich. In addition, she won the go ...

(born 1984), triple jumper * Uriel da Costa (1585–1640), Sephardic Jew philosopher

Spain

Albert Costa Albert Costa Casals (; born 25 June 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the French Open in 2002. Tennis career Costa began playing tennis at the age of five. He ...

(born 1975), Catalan tennis player *

(born 1990), Catalan racing driver * Carlos Costa (born 1968), Catalan tennis player *

Diego Costa Diego da Silva Costa (, ; born 7 October 1988) is a professional Association football, footballer who most recently played as a Striker (association football), striker for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Grêmio FBPA, Grêmio. Costa be ...

(born 1988), Brazilian-born footballer *

Jaume Costa Jaume Vicent Costa Jordá (; born 18 March 1988) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a left-back. He spent most of his career at Villarreal, making 268 appearances, and also had two spells with Valencia. Club career Valencia Born ...

(born 1988), Valencian footballer * Quim Costa (born 1957), Catalan basketball player * Robert Costa (born 1994), Catalan footballer

Sri Lanka

* Asitha Costa (born 1970), cricketer * Rex De Costa (1920–1971), medical doctor and army officer *

Wimal Kumara de Costa Wimal Kumara de Costa (4 July 1948 – 20 November 2016 as විමල් කුමාර ද කොස්තා inhala was an actor in Sri Lankan cinema. He started his career in cinema with character acting in art films, later moving on ...

(1948–2016), actor

United States

* Dave Costa (1941–2013), American football player * Dave Costa (born 1978), American football player (offensive linesman) *

Dino Costa Dino Costa is a former American talk radio host, mostly recently with KFNS 590 "The Fan" in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the former host of The Dino Costa Show broadcast over Sirius XM Radio from 2009 to 2013. Career Costa entered the radio busine ...

, radio personality *

Don Costa Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including '' Sinatra and Strings'' and '' My Way'' ...

(1925–1983), pop music arranger and record producer * Jason Costa (born 1972), drummer * Jay Costa (born 1957), politician *

Jim Costa James Manuel Costa (born April 13, 1952) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2023. He previously represented the 20th congressional district from 2005 to 2013 and the 16th congressional district from 2013 ...

(born 1952), politician *

Johnny Costa Johnny Costa (born John Costanza; January 18, 1922 – October 11, 1996) was an American jazz pianist. Given the title "The White Art Tatum" by fellow jazz pianist Art Tatum, Costa is best known for his work as musical director of the children's ...

(1922–1996), jazz pianist * Joseph Costa (1909–1998), Portuguese-born aviatior *

Mary Costa Mary Costa (born April 5, 1930) is an American retired actress and singer. Her most notable film credit is providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film ''Sleeping Beauty''. She is the last surviving voice actress of the ...

(born 1930), actress and singer *

Matt Costa Matthew Albert Costa (born June 16, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter from Huntington Beach, California, United States. He has 13 independent releases: 7 self-recorded EPs, 6 complete LPs, 4 of which are released via Brushfire Records. H ...

(born 1982), singer-songwriter *

Nikka Costa Domenica "Nikka" Costa (born June 4, 1972) is an American singer whose music combines elements of pop, soul, and blues. She also had a career as a child singer starting in the early 1980s. She is the daughter of music producer Don Costa. Ear ...

(born 1972), singer * Robert Costa (born 1985), journalist *

Robert A. Costa Robert A. Costa (born October 9, 1958) is an American politician who was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and, until his retirement, represented District 33B, which is located in Anne Arundel County. He defeated Democrat Mike Shay i ...

(born 1958), politician *

Tony Costa Antone Charles "Tony" Costa (August 2, 1944 – May 12, 1974), sometimes referred to as the Cape Cod Vampire or the Cape Cod Cannibal was an American serial killers, American serial killer who was active in and around the town of Truro, Mas ...

(1944–1974), American serial killer

United Kingdom

* Alberto Costa (born 1971), English politician *

Antony Costa Antony Daniel Costa (born 23 June 1981) is an English singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the boy band Blue. Early life Costa was born in Edgware, North London, Costa attended Hendon School in nearby Barnet. He is half-Greek ...

(born 1981), English singer * Benjamin Mendes da Costa (1803–1968), English merchant and philanthropist * Catherine da Costa (1679–1756), English miniaturist *

Emanuel Mendes da Costa Emanuel Mendes da Costa (5 June 1717 – 31 May 1791) was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher, and collector of valuable notes and of manuscripts, and of anecdotes of the literati. Da Costa became infamous for embezzling funds while wo ...

(1717–1791), English botanist, naturalist and philosopher * Kitty da Costa (1710–1747), English Sephardic Jew * Margaret Costa (1917–1999), food writer * Michael Costa (1808–1884), Italian-born composer and conductor *

Sam Costa Samuel Gabriel Costa (17 June 1910 – 23 September 1981) was an English singer, entertainer and broadcaster. Initially a popular singer in the dance band era and a comic actor on the show ''Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh'', he was later a disc ...

(1910–1981), English singer and entertainer

Other countries

Alberto Zalamea Costa Alberto Zalamea Costa (24 August 1929 – 2 September 2011) was a Colombian journalist, politician, and diplomat. He served as the ambassador of Colombia to Côte d'Ivoire, Venezuela and Italy. Zalamea began his early career as a journalist. Hi ...

(1929–2011), Colombian journalist and diplomat * Alberto "Tino" Costa (born 1985), Argentinian footballer * Beatriz da Costa (1974–2012), German artist * George Da Costa (1853–1929), Nigerian photographer *

Isaac da Costa Isaäc da Costa (14 January 1798 – 28 April 1860) was a Jewish Dutch poet. Da Costa was born in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His father, an aristocratic Sephardic Portuguese Jew, Daniel da Costa, a relative of Uriel Acosta, was a promi ...

(1798–1860), Dutch Jewish writer * Jean-Luc Costa (born 1965), Swiss chess player * Leonardo Costa (born 2008), German chess player * Manuel da Costa (born 1984), French-born Moroccan footballer *

Manuel Pinto da Costa Manuel Pinto da Costa (born 5 August 1937) is a São Tomé and Príncipe, Santomean economist and politician who served as the first president of São Tomé and Príncipe from 1975 to 1991. He again served as president from 2011 to 2016. Life a ...

, president of

São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, is an island country in the Gulf of Guinea, off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa. It consists of two archipelagos around the two main isla ...

from 1975 to 1991 * Moses Costa (1950–2020), Bangladeshi Roman Catholic prelate * Silvia Costa (born 1964), Cuban high jumper * Troy Costa (born 1975), Indian fashion designer

Fictional characters

*Manassseh da Costa,

The King of Schnorrers ''The King of Schnorrers'' is Israel Zangwill's 1894 picaresque novel,Milton Hindus,The King of Schnorrers, by Israel Zangwill, ''Commentary (magazine), Commentary'', March 1954 a collection of amusing tragicomic episodes of ''schnorring'' by "Man ...

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