List of Latvians

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This is a list of prominent Latvians. It includes:

  • persons who were born in the historical territory of what is now Latvia, regardless of ethnicity, citizenship, or time period; and
  • persons of Latvian descent regardless of their place of birth or citizenship.
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[edit] A

  • Dace Akmentiņa (1858-1936) - actress
  • Jānis Akurāters (1876-1937) - writer
  • Ieva Akurātere (1951) - singer/songwriter
  • Rutanya Alda, born Rutanya Skrastiņa (1942) - actress (Mommy Dearest, Deer Hunter)
  • Viktors Alksnis (1950) - Soviet military officer and Russian communist politician known as "the Black Colonel"
  • Ādolfs Alunāns (1848-1912) - actor, playwright
  • Edgars Andersons (Edgar Anderson, 1920-1989) - historian
  • Jānis Anmanis (1943) - painter
  • Augusts Annus (1893-1984) - painter
  • Jānis Annus - painter
  • Anna Annus-Hāgena - artist, educator, curator
  • Iveta Apkalna (1976) - organist
  • Fricis Apšenieks (1894-1941) - chess player
  • Vija Artmane (1929) - actress
  • Aspazija see Elza Rozenberga
  • Gunārs Astra (1931-1988) - dissident, fighter for human rights
  • Auseklis see Miķelis Krogzems

[edit] B

  • Helmuts Balderis (1952) - ice hockey player, forward
  • Jānis Balodis (1881-1965) - army officer and politician
  • Jānis Balodis (1950) - Australian playwright
  • Krišjānis Barons (1835-1923) - “the father of Latvian folk songs”, who compiled and edited the first publication of Latvian folk-song texts “Latvju Dainas” (1894-1915)
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948) - ballet-dancer
  • Jānis Fridrihs Baumanis (1834-1891) - architect
  • Kārlis Baumanis (1835-1905) - composer, author of the national anthem of the Republic of Latvia "Dievs, svētī Latviju!" (God bless Latvia!)
  • Oskars Aleksandrs Bārs (1848-1914) - architect
  • Vizma Belševica (1931-2005) - author, candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature
  • Eduards Berklavs (1914-2004) - politician, leader of Latvian national-communists
  • Krišjānis Berķis (1884-1942) - general
  • Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) - philosopher
  • Eduard Berzin (1894-1938) - soldier in the Red Army, later Head of Dalstroy, the Kolyma forced-labour camps in North-Eastern Siberia
  • Lilita Bērziņa (1903-1983) - actress
  • Kaspars Bērziņš - basketball player
  • Karlis Betinš (1867-1943) - chess player
  • Andris Biedriņš (1986) - basketball player, Golden State Warriors
  • Gunnar Birkerts (1925) - architect
  • Bernhards Bīlensteins (1877-1959) - architect
  • Alfreds Bīlmanis (1887-1948) - politician, diplomat, historian
  • Vilhelms Bokslafs (1858-1945) - architect
  • Ernests Blanks (1894–1972) - Latvian publicist, writer, historian, the first to publicly advocate for Latvia's independence
  • Rūdolfs Blaumanis (1863-1908) - writer and playwright
  • Himans Blūms (1913) - painter
  • Jānis Blūms - basketball player
  • Mikelis Bukšs - Latgalian ethnographer and linguist
  • Arvīds Blūmentals - "Crocodile Harry", a man living in a cave
  • Calia Brencsons-Van Dyk (1966) - actress, producer, playwright
  • Fridrihs Briedis (1885-1918) - colonel in first world war
  • Mikhail Aleksandrovitch (1914-2002) - singer and cantor

[edit] C

  • Valters Caps (1905-2003) - designed first Minox 8 x 11 photocameras
  • Gustavs Celmiņš (1899–1968) – fascist politician, leader of Pērkonkrusts movement
  • Vija Celmins (1938) - American painter born in Latvia
  • Jānis Ciaguns (1951) - downhill skier
  • Jānis Cimze (1814-1881) - composer, pedagogue

[edit] Č

  • Aleksandrs Čaks (1901-1950) - poet
  • Jānis Čakste (1859-1927) - first Latvian president
  • Konstantīns Čakste (1901-1945) - lawyer and politician
  • Mintauts Čakste - jurist, author, served in Supreme Court Senate of the Republic of Latvia

[edit] D

[edit] E

  • Andrejs Eglītis (1912-2006) - famous Latvian poet and patriot
  • Kārlis Eihenbaums (1961) - diplomat
  • Mihails Eizenšteins (1867-1921) - architect
  • Sergejs Eizenšteins (1898–1948) - film director
  • Modris Eksteins (1943) - Canadian historian and world-famous writer
  • Peteris Elferts (1961) - parliamentary secretary, diplomat
  • Indulis Emsis (1952) - politician
  • Andrievs (Andrew) Ezergailis (1930) - historian of the Holocaust

[edit] F

  • Movsas Feigins (1908-1950) - chess player
  • Julijs Feldmans (1889-1953) - diplomat
  • Johans Daniels Felsko (1813-1902) - architect
  • Kārlis Felsko (1844-1918) - architect
  • Gregors Fitelbergs (1879-1953) - conductor, composer and violinist
  • Edmunds Fon Trompovsky (1851-1919) - architect
  • Sandra Freiberga (1961) - journalist and TV personality
  • Laila Freivalds (1942) - Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Edgars Voldemārs Frīzendorfs (1881-1945) - architect
  • Eižens Finks (1886-1958) - oracle
  • Olga Frolova _ (1975-----) _ idealist and subverter

[edit] G

  • Inese Galante (1954) - opera singer (soprano)
  • Gints Gabrāns (1970) - artist
  • Elīna Garanča (1976) - opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
  • Jānis Garančs (1973) - multimedia artist, researcher
  • Lūcija Garūta (1902-1977) - composer
  • Kārlis Goppers (1876-1941) - general, founder of Latvian Boy Scouts
  • Raitis Grafs - basketball player
  • Andrejs Grants (1955) - Photographer
  • Austris Grasis (1942) - linguist, ethnographer
  • Aleksandrs Grīns (1895-1941) - writer
  • Ernests Gulbis (1988) - Latvian professional tennis player
  • Natalie Gulbis (1983) - Latvian-descent LPGA golfer

[edit] Ģ

  • Uldis Ģērmanis (1915-1997) - historian, under the alias of Dr. Ulafs Jāņsons a social commentator
  • Aivars Ģipslis (1937-2000) - chess player

[edit] H

[edit] I

[edit] J

  • Gatis Jahovičs - basketball player
  • Kristaps Janičenoks - basketball player
  • Mariss Jansons (1943) - conductor
  • Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš (1877-1962) - writer and painter
  • Inese Jaunzeme (1932) - athlete
  • Andryvs Jūrdžs (1845-1925) - pioneer of Latgalian literature

[edit] K

[edit] L

  • Aleksandrs Laime (1911-1994) - explorer
  • Eižens Laube (1880, Riga - 1967, Portland) - architect
  • Vilis Lācis (1904-1966) - author and politician
  • Ed Leedskalnin (1887-1951) - builder of Coral Castle in Florida, claimed to have discovered the ancient magnetic levitation secrets used to construct the Egyptian pyramids.
  • Jēkabs Mihaels Reinholds Lenc (1751-1792) - author
  • Marija Leiko (1887-1937) - actress
  • Eizens Leimanis (1905-1992) - mathematician
  • Ludolfs Liberts (1895-1959) - painter/production designer
  • Alexander Liepa (1919-2000) - inventor, artist
  • Inga Liepa (1978)- Secretary of State
  • Yolanda Liepa - Latvian/American pianist
  • Maris Liepa (1936-1989) - ballet-dancer
  • Lidija Liepiņa (1901, Riga -1992, Los Angeles) - actress
  • Edgars Liepiņš (1928-1995) - actor
  • Gvīdo Linga - rock musician
  • Nikolajs Loskijs (1870-1965) - philosopher
  • Pēteris Lūcis (1907-1991) - actor
  • Jānis Lūsis (1939) - athlete

[edit] Ļ

[edit] M

  • Maris Martinsons (1960) - professor of strategic management and organizational change
  • Hermanis Matisons (1894-1932) - chess player
  • Zenta Mauriņa (1897-1978) - writer, literary scholar, culture philosopher
  • Juris Māters (1845-1884) - author, lawyer and journalist, translated laws to Latvian and created the foundation for Latvian law
  • Jānis Mediņš (1890-1966) - composer, conductor
  • Haralds Mednis (1906-2000) - conductor
  • Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (1887-1925) - first Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Leo Mihelsons (1887-1978) - artist
  • Kārlis Miesnieks (1887-1977) - Latvian painter
  • Pīters Miglinīks (1852-1883) - Latgalian poet and fighter for social justice
  • Arnolds Mikelsons (1922-1984) - artist
  • Wilhelm Mikhailovsky (1942) - photographer
  • Evgenijs Millers (1867-1938) - czarist Russian general
  • Augusts Mitrēvics (1898, Latvia - 1964, Los Angeles) - actor
  • Kārlis Mīlenbahs (1853-1916) - linguist
  • Vilis Mikelsons ( 1918 ) - journalist
  • Edgars Mikelsons (1958 ) - artist

[edit] N

[edit] O

[edit] P

[edit] R

[edit] S

  • Sasha Siemel (Aleksandrs Ziemelis, 1890 Riga - 1970 Pennsylvania) - Tiger-man; considered by many to be the greatest hunter that ever lived.
  • Voldemārs Salnais (1886-1948) - diplomat, statistician
  • Augusts Saulietis (1869-1933) - poet, writer and teacher
  • Kārlis Sebris (1914) - actor
  • Uļjana Semjonova (1952) - tallest female basketball player in the Olympic history, 3-time World Champion
  • Egīls Siliņš - opera singer (basso)
  • Dāvids Sīmonsons (1882-1919) - general, first Commander-in-Chief of Latvian Army
  • Kārlis Skalbe (1879-1945) - poet
  • Baiba Skride (1981) - violinist
  • Lauma Skride (1982) - pianist
  • Linda Skride (1978) - viola player
  • Jurģis Skulme (1928) - artist
  • Vilis Skultāns (1914-1990) - journalist, historian
  • Eduards Smiļģis (1886-1966) - theatre director, actor
  • Konstantin Sokolsky (1904-1991) - romance and tango singer
  • Arnolds Spekke (1887-1972) - historian, diplomat
  • Raimonds Staprans (1926) - Latvian/American painter
  • Lina Stern (1878-1968) - biologist and social activist
  • Jānis Stībelis - singer
  • Henrijs Stolovs (1901-1971) - stamp dealer
  • Jānis Stradiņš - scientist
  • Pauls Stradiņš - physician
  • Jānis Streičs (1936) - film director, screenwriter, actor
  • Pēteris Stučka (1865-1932) - author, translator, editor, jurist and educator
  • Olafs Stumbrs (1931-1996) - poet, educator
  • Jānis Sudrabkalns (1894-1975) - poet
  • Evgeny Sveshnikov (1950) - prominent chess player
  • Stanislavs Svianievičs (1899-1997) - economist and historian

[edit] Š

[edit] T

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] Z

[edit] Ž

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