Mikhail Tal
1936 – 1992
Soviet-Latvian chess player (1936-1992)
chess playerchess composerjournalistwriter
Born November 9Wikipedia →Famous People from Latvia
37 notable historical figures from Latvia, including leaders, artists, scientists, and other influential people.
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Evika Siliņa
1975 – Present
Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1975)
juristpolitician
Born August 3Wikipedia →Mikhail Baryshnikov
1948 – Present
Latvian-American dancer, choreographer and actor
film actortelevision actordancerchoreographerballet masterballet dancerperforming artistactor
Born January 27Wikipedia →Edgars Rinkēvičs
1973 – Present
President of Latvia since 2023 (born 1973)
diplomatpolitician
Born September 21Wikipedia →Valdis Zatlers
1955 – Present
President of Latvia
Chernobyl liquidatorsurgeonpoliticianphysician
Born March 22Wikipedia →Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
1937 – Present
6th President of Latvia
university teacherpsychologistpolitician
Born December 1Wikipedia →Egils Levits
1955 – Present
Latvian judge, jurist and politician (born 1955)
juristpoliticianlawyerjudge
Born June 30Wikipedia →Valdis Dombrovskis
1971 – Present
11th Prime Minister of Latvia
economistphysicistpolitician
Born August 5Wikipedia →Andris Bērziņš
1944 – Present
eighth president of Latvia (born 1944)
bankerpolitician
Born December 10Wikipedia →Kārlis Ulmanis
1877 – 1942
Prime Minister of Latvia and agronomist (1877-1942)
diplomatpolitician
Born September 4Wikipedia →Laimdota Straujuma
1951 – Present
12th Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1951)
economistmathematicianpolitician
Born February 24Wikipedia →Krišjānis Kariņš
1964 – Present
Latvian politician (born 1964)
politicianbusinessperson
Born December 13Wikipedia →Rainis
1865 – 1929
Latvian poet (1865–1929)
journalisttranslatorplaywrightpoliticianpoetwriter
Born September 11Wikipedia →Guntis Ulmanis
1939 – Present
Latvian politician (born 1939)
university teachereconomistpolitician
Born September 13Wikipedia →Marija Naumova
1973 – Present
Latvian singer and songwriter (born 1973)
singercomposer
Born June 23Wikipedia →Jānis Čakste
1859 – 1927
1st president of Latvia (1859-1927)
politicianlawyer
Born September 14Wikipedia →Mariss Jansons
1943 – 2019
Latvian conductor (1943–2019)
music educatorconductor
Born January 14Wikipedia →Māris Verpakovskis
1979 – Present
Latvian footballer (born 1979)
association football player
Born October 15Wikipedia →Aigars Kalvītis
1966 – Present
Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1966)
economistpoliticianbusinessperson
Born June 27Wikipedia →Elīna Garanča
1976 – Present
Latvian opera singer (born 1976)
opera singermusician
Born September 16Wikipedia →Juris Hartmanis
1928 – 2022
Latvian computer scientist (1928–2022)
university teachereditormathematiciancomputer scientist
Born July 5Wikipedia →Ivars Godmanis
1951 – Present
1st Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1951)
physicistpolitician
Born November 27Wikipedia →Aminata Savadogo
1993 – Present
Latvian singer-songwriter (born 1993)
modelsongwriterrecord producersinger
Born January 9Wikipedia →Sandra Kalniete
1952 – Present
Latvian politician (born 1952)
diplomatpolitician
Born December 22Wikipedia →Kristaps Porziņģis
1995 – Present
Latvian basketball player (born 1995)
basketball player
Born August 2Wikipedia →Artjoms Rudņevs
1988 – Present
Latvian association footballer (born 1988)
association football player
Born January 13Wikipedia →Aspazija
1865 – 1943
Latvian poet and playwright (1865–1943)
journalisttranslatorplaywrightpoliticianpoetwriter
Born March 16Wikipedia →Daina Taimiņa
1954 – Present
American mathematician of Latvian origin (born 1954)
topologistscience communicatorvisual artistuniversity teachermathematician
Born August 19Wikipedia →Gidon Kremer
1947 – Present
Latvian violinist and conductor (born 1947)
violinist
Born February 27Wikipedia →