
Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada is a Costa Rican politician, writer, journalist and political scientist, who is currently serving as the 48th President of Costa Rica. A member of the center-left Citizens' Action Party (PAC), Alvarado was previously Minister of Labor and Social Security during the Presidency of Luis Guillermo Solís.

Jorge Eduardo Arroyo-Pérez is a Costa Rican writer, playwright, opinion columnist, essayist, poet and theater director. He is currently Costa Rica's ambassador to UNESCO.

Carlos Luis Fallas Sibaja, also known as Calufa, was a Costa Rican author and communist political activist.

Carlos Gagini was a Costa Rican intellectual, philologist writer, esperantist and linguist.
Isaias Gamboa is an Afro-Costa Rican-American music producer, songwriter, musician, arranger, author and filmmaker. Born in San Jose, Costa Rica to parents of Spanish and Afro-Caribbean ancestry. His mother, Carmen Gamboa Beckles, was born in the coastal Costa Rican city of Puerto Limon and his father; Danilo Gamboa Mora, from the interior province of San Ramón, Costa Rica.

José León Sánchez Alvarado is a Costa Rican novelist best known for his works Isla de los hombres solos and Tenochtitlan. A movie adaptation of his novel, Isla de los hombres solos was made and released by a Mexican producer.

Eduardo Ulibarri Bilbao is an award-winning Costa Rican journalist.