Emma Gamboa Alvarado

Emma Gamboa Alvarado, was a Costa Rican educator, recognized for her contributions to pedagogy and teaching. She was declared Benemérita de la Patria by the Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica in 1980. She was depicted on the ten thousand colones bill of 1998.

17 October 1901

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Adolphe-Félix Cals • Anton Geiser • Domenico Zipoli • Fran Cosmo • Ha-seong Kim • Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba • Priscilla Buckley • Simon Vestdijk • Sophie Luck

Born in the same month (October 1901): Alberto Giacometti • Alice Lee Jemison • Arleigh Burke • Eileen Shanahan • Eivind Groven • Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus • Frank Boucher • Frank Churchill • Gilda Gray • John Alton • Masanobu Tsuji