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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 *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 *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 *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 *Tomás Diez Acosta (born 1946), Cuban revolutionary, teacher, and author *Uriel da Costa (1585–1640), Portuguese philosopher and skeptic 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acosta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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