Costa (surname)

Internationally, it is a name associated with a great number of different people:

• António Costa , Portuguese politician
• Antonio da Costa Santos, Brazilian architect and politician
• Carlos Duarte Costa, Brazilian religious figure
• Celso Costa, Brazilian mathematician, discovered Costa's minimal surface, an embedded minimal surface in 1982
• Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro, Brazilian politician
• Don Costa, American pop music arranger and record producer
• Gal Costa, Brazilian singer
• Isaac da Costa, Dutch Jewish writer
• Jason Costa, mixed martial artist from mississauga ontario
• Jim Costa, Portuguese-American politician
• João da Costa, Portuguese Jesuit
• Johnny Costa, American jazz pianist
• Jorge Costa, Portuguese football player
• Lúcio Costa, Brazilian architect and urban planner
• Ligia Maura Costa, Brazilian professor
• Oscar da Costa, Spitting Image caricaturist
• Manuel Pinto da Costa, former president of São Tomé and Príncipe
• Marcos Costa, Brazilian boxer
• Mario Costa, a Maltese diplomat and ambassador to Russia
• Martinho da Costa Lopes, East Timorese religious and political leader
• Matt Costa, American folk singer and songwriter
• Michael Costa, Australian politician
• Renata Aparecida da Costa, aka Renata Costa, Brazilian footballer
• Ricardo Costa, Portuguese filmmaker
• Robert Costa, American policitian
• Ronaldo da Costa, Brazilian runner
• Rui Costa, Portuguese football player
• Uriel da Costa, Portuguese Jewish writer
• Viviane Costa, Brazilian water polo player

Costa is also a surname in Italy:

• Achille Costa, Italian entomologist
• Andrea Costa, Italian socialist activist
• Giovanni Costa, Italian painter
• Lorenzo Costa, Italian painter
• Sir Michael Costa, Italian-born English composer and conductor
• Oronzio Gabriele Costa, Italian zoologist
• Paolo Costa, Italian Member of the European Parliament

in Greece

• Antony Costa, British singer

See also

• Da Costa
• Costa (disambiguation)