Costa (surname)

Costa is an original location-based Italian, Portuguese and Spanish surname, who described a living on a coast or a river bank person (derived from ital. / Span. Costa = coast).

Bearers of the name

A

Achille Costa (1823-1898), Italian entomologist
Adam Lopez Costa (born 1972 ), Australian pop musician and opera singer
Adelino Amaro da Costa (1943-1980), Portuguese politician
Aderito Hugo da Costa ( born 1968 ), East Timorese politicians
Afonso Costa (1871-1937), Portuguese politician
Albert Costa (tennis player) ( born 1975 ), Spanish tennis player
Albert Costa ( racing driver ) (* 1990), Spanish racing driver
Alberto Costa ( politician), East Timorese politicians
Alberto Bernardes Costa ( born 1947 ), Portuguese lawyer and politician (PS )
Aldo Costa ( born 1961 ), Italian engineer
Alexandre Martins Costa ( born 1979 ), Portuguese footballer
Alexandrina Maria da Costa (1904-1955), Portuguese mystic
Alfredo Costa Gutiérrez, Uruguayan politician
Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923-1996), Portuguese politician
Anastacia da Costa (born 1976 ), East Timorese politician
Anderson Costa ( born 1984 ), Brazilian footballer
Andrea Costa (1851-1910), Italian politician and journalist
Angelica da Costa (born 1967 ), East Timorese politician
Da Costa Angula (* 1987), Namibian football player
Antonino Domingo Costa, Uruguayan politician
António Costa ( born 1961 ), Portuguese politician
António Augusto da Costa Mota (1862-1930), Portuguese sculptor
Antonio Cipriano Costa (1817-1886), Catalan botanist
António Félix da Costa ( * 1991), Portuguese racing driver
António Francisco da Costa ( † 1924), the Portuguese governor of Portuguese Timor
Antônio Francisco da Costa ( politician), Brazilian politicians
Antônio Francisco da Costa ( footballer ) ( 1911 -? ), Brazilian footballer
Antony Costa ( born 1981 ), British singer
Arão Noé de Jesus da Costa Amaral ( b. 1955 ), East Timorese politicians
Artur da Costa e Silva (1902-1969), Brazilian politician, president from 1967 to 1969
Augusto da Costa (1920-2004), Brazilian footballer

B

Beatriz Costa (1907-1996), the Portuguese actress

C

Calisto da Costa ( born 1979 ), East Timor marathon runner
Cândido Costa ( born 1981 ), Portuguese footballer
Carlos Costa ( Bank Manager) ( b. 1949 ), Portuguese economist and bank managers
Carlos Costa (tennis player) ( born 1968 ), Spanish tennis player
Carlos Duarte Costa (1888-1967), Bishop of Botucato and founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church of Brazil
Carlos Eduardo Sette Câmara da Fonseca Costa ( born 1949 ), Brazilian diplomat
Carole da Silva Costa ( * 1991), Portuguese football player
Caroline Costa ( * 1996), French singer and TV presenter
Celestino Rocha da Costa ( born 1938 ), São toméischer politicians
Claus Costa ( born 1984 ), German football player
Constantin Costa -Gavras ( born 1933), Greek- French film director
Cristina D' Ancona Costa ( born 1956 ), Italian historian philosophy

D

Daniel Costa ( born 1957 ), Uruguayan politician and businessman
Danny da Costa ( * 1993), German football player
David Da Costa ( born 1986 ), Swiss football player
Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (1868-1920), Brazilian politicians
Desidério Costa ( born 1934 ), Angolan politician
Diego Costa Silva ( born 1979 ), Brazilian football goalkeeper
Diego da Silva Costa ( * 1988), Spanish footballer
Dino da Costa ( born 1931 ), Brazilian- Italian footballer
Domingos da Costa († 1722), Topasse leader and manager of Portuguese Timor and Solor
Domingos da Costa ( politician) (born 1962 ), East Timorese politicians
Domingos da Costa Oliveira (1873-1957), Portuguese general and politician
Domingos Alexandre Martins da Costa ( born 1979 ), Portuguese footballer, see Alexandre Martins Costa
Domingos Alexandre Rodrigo Dias da Costa ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
Don Costa (1925-1983), American musician
Dolores Gonçalves Costa (1907-2008), Brazilian actress and comedienne
Domingo Leon Costa, Uruguayan politician
Domingos Alexandre Rodrigo Dias da Costa ( b. 1982 ), Brazilian footballer
Douglas Costa de Souza ( known as Douglas Costa, * 1990), Brazilian footballer

E

Eddie Costa (1930-1962), American jazz pianist and vibraphonist
Elia Dalla Costa (1872-1961), Italian priest, Archbishop of Florence
Elton da Costa ( born 1979 ), Brazilian footballer
Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791), British zoologist
Emerson Moisés Costa (born 1972 ), Brazilian footballer
Enrico Costa ( born 1944 ), Italian astronomer
Ercília Costa (1902-1985), Portuguese singer of Fado

F

Fabrizio Costa (born 1954 ), Italian director
Fernando Lúcio da Costa (born 1978 ), Brazilian footballer
Filipe Gui Paradela Maciel da Costa ( born 1984 ), Portuguese footballer
Flávio Costa (1906-1999), Brazilian footballer and coach
Francisco Costa ( fashion designer ) ( b. 1961 ), Brazilian fashion designer
Francisco Costa (tennis player) (born 1973 ), Brazilian tennis player
Francisco José Fernandes Costa (1857/1867-1925), Portuguese politician

Francisco da Costa (Governor ), Portuguese governor in Macau 1691-1693
Francisco da Costa ( MP ), East Timorese deputy in the National Parliament since 2012
Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914-2001), Portuguese marshal and politician, President 1974-1976
Francisco da Costa Guterres, East Timor Secretary of State for Security since 2007
Francisco da Costa Soares, East Timorese Secretary of State for Institutional Development since 2012
Francisco Borja da Costa (1946-1975), East Timorese freedom fighter and poet

Franco Costa ( born 1934 ), Italian painter

G

Gabriel Costa ( footballer ), Uruguayan football player
Gabriel Da Costa ( born 1984 ), Franco- Polish ice hockey player
Gabriel Arcanjo da Costa (born 1954 ), politician of São Tomé and Príncipe
Gal Costa ( born 1945 ), Brazilian singer
Gaspar da Costa († 1749/1751 ), leader of the Topasse in West Timor
Gil da Costa Alves (born 1958 ), East Timorese politicians
Giovanni Costa ( painter) ( 1826-1903 ), Italian painter
Giovanni Costa ( footballer 1901) ( 1901-1968 ), Italian footballer
Giovanni Costa ( footballer, 1917 ) (* 1917), Italian footballer
Gomes da Costa (1863-1929), Portuguese politician
Guilherme Posser da Costa ( born 1953 ), São toméischer politicians
Guy Costa (born 1964 ), cyclist from Trinidad and Tobago

B

Heitor da Silva Costa (1873-1947), Brazilian Civil
Henrique da Costa Mecking ( born 1952 ), Brazilian chess player and clergyman
Henrique Soares da Costa ( born 1963 ), Brazilian priest, auxiliary bishop in Aracaju
Hildebrando Mendes Costa ( born 1926 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Estancia

I

Indio da Costa (born 1970 ), Brazilian lawyer and politician ( Democratas )
Isaäc da Costa (1798-1860), Dutch poet and writer

J

Jacob Mendes Da Costa (1833-1900), American physician
Jaime Costa ( born 1942 ), Uruguayan film critic
Jair da Costa ( born 1940 ), Brazilian footballer
Jean Costa (1924-2013), French organist
Jean -Paul Costa ( born 1941 ), French jurist
Jerónimo Costa ( General ) ( 1808-1856 ), Argentine general
Jerónimo Costa ( painter) ( 1880-1967 ), Chilean painter
Jim Costa ( born 1952 ), American politician
João Costa ( fencer ) ( 1920-2010 ), Portuguese fencer
João Costa ( sport shooter ) (born 1964 ), Portuguese marksman
João Batista Costa (1902-1996), Brazilian religious priests, Bishop of Porto Velho
João José da Costa (born 1958 ), Brazilian clergyman, Bishop of Iguatu
João Resende Costa (1910-2007), Brazilian religious priests, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte
Joaquín Costa (1846-1911), Spanish politician, lawyer, economist and historian
Jorge Costa (born 1971 ), Portuguese footballer
Jorge Ferreira da Costa Ortigas ( b. 1944 ), Portuguese clergyman, Archbishop of Braga
Jorge Paixão da Costa (born 1954 ), Portuguese director
José Costa ( basketball player ) (born 1973 ), Portuguese basketball player
José da Costa Nunes (1880-1976), Portuguese Cardinal
José Alberto Costa ( born 1953 ), Portuguese football player and coach
José Carlos da Costa Araújo (known as Zé Carlos, 1962-2009 ), Brazilian football goalkeeper
Jose Alves da Costa (1939-2012), Brazilian religious cleric, Roman Catholic Bishop of Corumbá
José Fonseca e Costa ( born 1933), Portuguese film director
José Márcio da Costa ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian footballer
Josefina Costa (born 1966 ), Uruguayan singer (soprano )
Josep Costa Sobrepera ( born 1937 ), Catalan painter
Juan Carlos Costa, Uruguayan politician
Juan Francisco Costa ( born 1947 ), Uruguayan writer
Julia Costa (1926-2011), German actress and voice actress
Júlia da Costa (1844-1911), Brazilian poet

K

Charles Costa (1832-1907), Austrian writer and librettist
Keila Costa ( b. 1983 ), Brazilian athlete

L

Lamberto Dalla Costa (1920-1982), Italian bobsledder
Liza da Costa ( born 1968 ), Indian - Portuguese singer and composer
Lorenzo Costa the Elder (1460-1535), Italian painter
Lucas da Costa, East Timorese politicians
Lúcio Costa (1902-1998), Brazilian architect
Ludovico Costa (1699-1772), Italian general and politician
Luís Antônio Corrêa da Costa (born 1966 ), Brazilian footballer
Luísa Costa Dias (1956-2011), Portuguese photographer

M

Manuel Costa ( karateka ), Uruguayan Karateka
Manuel da Costa ( born 1986 ), Portuguese footballer
Manuel da Costa Guterres ( b. 1968 ), East Timorese politicians
Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa (1863-1929), Portuguese general and politician
Manuel Saturnino da Costa ( born 1942 ), Guinea-Bissau politician
Maia Maria dos Reis e Costa (born 1958 ), East Timorese politician
Maria da Paixão da Costa ( born 1960 ), East Timorese politician
Mario Costa (1910-1995), Italian film director
Mário Costa ( born 1985 ), Portuguese cyclist
Mário Corino da Costa Andrade (1906-2005), Portuguese neurologist, see Mário Corino de Andrade
Pasquale Mario Costa (1858-1933), Italian composer, pianist and tenor
Martin Costa (1895-1974), Austrian actor and SchrifBischotsteller
Martinho da Costa Lopes (1918-1991), East Timor and human rights minister, Bishop of Dili
Massimo Costa ( float ), Italian swimmer
Massimo Costa ( director) ( 1951-2004 ), Italian cultural producer and director
Mateus da Costa († 1673 ), Captain-General of Solor and Timor and Topasse rulers
Mateus da Costa ( Viqueque ), king of an empire in East Timor
Matt Costa ( b. 1982 ), American singer and songwriter
Mauro Sérgio da Fonseca Costa Couto (1934-1995), Brazilian diplomat
Melanie Costa ( * 1989), Spanish swimmer
Michele Costa (1808-1884), Italian - British composer and conductor
Milton da Costa ( born 1948 ), Portuguese microbiologist
Moses M. Costa ( born 1950 ), bangladeshischer clergyman, Bishop of Chittagong

N

Nelson Gonçalves da Costa ( b. 1982 ), German - Portuguese football player
Nikka Costa (born 1972 ), American singer
Noel DaCosta (1929-2002), American composer

O

Olga Costa (born Olga Kostakowsky; 1913-1993 ), Mexican artist of Russian origin
Oronzio Gabriele Costa (1787-1867), Italian zoologist
Osorio Florindo da Conceição Costa (born 1966 ), East Timorese politicians

P

Pablo Costa ( born 1981 ), Honduran tennis players
Paolo Costa ( born 1943 ), Italian politician
Pau Costa (1672-1727), Catalan sculptor
Paulinho da Costa ( born 1948 ), Brazilian musician
Paulinus Costa ( b. 1936 ), bangladeshischer clergyman, Archbishop of Dhaka
Paulo César Costa ( born 1967), Brazilian minister, Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro
Pedro Costa ( director) (born 1958 ), Portuguese film director
Pedro Costa ( born 1977 ), Portuguese cyclist
Pedro dos Martires da Costa ( born 1957 ), East Timorese politicians
Pedro Marcos Ribeiro da Costa (1921-2010), Angolan clergyman, Bishop of Saurimo
Piero Costa (1913-1975), Italian director and screenwriter

R

Raffaele Costa ( b. 1936 ), Italian politician
Rebecca Da Costa, Brazilian actress
Reinaldo Elias da Costa ( born 1984 ), Brazilian footballer
Ricardo Costa ( born 1981 ), Portuguese footballer
Ricardo Martins da Costa ( born 1976 ), Portuguese handball player
Roberto Lopes da Costa (born 1966 ), Brazilian beach volleyball player
Rodrigo Barbosa Costa ( born 1975 ), Brazilian footballer
Romolo Costa (1897-1965), Italian actor
Ronaldo da Costa (born 1970 ), Brazilian marathon runner
Roque Costa Souza (born 1966 ), Brazilian minister, Auxiliary Bishop of Rio de Janeiro
Rui Costa ( footballer ) (born 1972 ), Portuguese footballer
Rui Costa ( cyclist ) ( born 1986 ), Portuguese cyclist

S

Sam Costa (1910-1981), British pianist, singer and radio presenter
Samuel Costa ( * 1992), Italian Nordic combined
Serban - Dan Costa ( born 1955 ), German gynecologist and obstetrician
Sérgio Gama Lobo da Costa (born 1958 ), East Timorese doctors and politicians
Silvia Costa ( born 1963 ), Cuban high jumper
Silvia Costa ( politician ) ( b. 1949 ), Italian politician
Stéphane Da Costa (* 1989), French - Polish ice hockey player

T

Teddy Da Costa ( born 1986 ), Franco- Polish ice hockey player
Tino Costa ( born 1985 ), Argentine footballer
Tito Cristovão da Costa ( born 1952 ), East Timorese resistance fighters and officers
Tomás Costa ( born 1985 ), Argentine footballer
Tulio Humberto Pereira da Costa (born 1969 ), Brazilian footballer

U

Uriel da Costa ( also Uriel Acosta, Gabriel da Costa; 1585-1640 ), Jewish philosopher and critic theology

V

Vagner Pereira Costa ( * 1987), Brazilian footballer
Vasco Vieira da Costa (1911-1982), Portuguese architect
Vicente Costa ( born 1947 ), Maltese priest, Bishop of Jundiaí
Vicente F. Costa, Uruguayan politician
Virgilio da Costa Hornai (* 1973), East Timorese politicians
Vítor da Costa ( born 1951 ), East Timorese politicians
Vittorio Amedeo Costa (1698-1777), Piedmontese General, Governor and Viceroy

Y

Yamandu Costa ( born 1980 ), Brazilian guitarist

Z

Zacarias da Costa (born 1964 ), East Timorese politicians

Family name Albert Costa (racing driver) Alberto Costa (politician) Domingos Alexandre Martins Costa Costa-Gavras Enrico Costa (physicist) Filipe da Costa Henrique Mecking Antônio Pedro de Siqueira Indio da Costa Jean-Paul Costa Manuel da Costa (footballer) Mario Costa (director) Ricardo Costa (Portuguese footballer) Rodrigo Barbosa Rodrigues Costa Rui Costa (cyclist)

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