José Acosta may refer to: José Acosta (baseball) (1891–1977), Cuban baseball player José Acosta Cubero (born 1947), Spanish politician José de Acosta (1540–1600), Jesuit naturalist and missionary in Latin America José Eugenio Acosta (1942–2006), Argentine equestrian José Julián Acosta (1825–1891), journalist and advocate of the abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico