José Acosta may refer to:
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José Acosta (baseball)
José Acosta (March 4, 1891 – November 16, 1977) was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB), the Cuban League, the minor leagues, and the Negro leagues who played three seasons for the Chicago Whit ...
(1891–1977), Cuban baseball player
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José Acosta Cubero
José Acosta Cubero (born 24 May 1947 died 18 July 2025) was a Spanish Socialist politician who served in the Congress of Deputies
The Congress of Deputies () is the lower house of the , Spain's legislative branch, the upper house being the S ...
(born 1947), Spanish politician
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José de Acosta
José de Acosta, SJ (1539 or 1540 in Medina del Campo, Spain – February 15, 1600 in Salamanca, Spain) was a sixteenth-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and naturalist in Latin America. His deductions regarding the ill effects of crossing ove ...
(1540–1600), Jesuit naturalist and missionary in Latin America
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José Eugenio Acosta
José Eugenio Acosta (17 August 1942 – 31 July 2006) was an Argentine equestrian. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially brande ...
(1942–2006), Argentine equestrian
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José Julián Acosta
José Julián Acosta (February 16, 1825 – August 26, 1891), was a journalist and an advocate of the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico.
Early years
José Julián Acosta Calbo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Francisco de Acosta y Sandova ...
(1825–1891), journalist and advocate of the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico
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