1936 – 1992
Soviet-Latvian chess grandmaster who served as the eighth World Chess Champion from 1960 to 1961, renowned for his aggressive tactical style earning him the nickname 'The Magician from Riga'.
1948 – Present
Latvian-American ballet dancer and choreographer who defected from the Soviet Union in 1974 and became one of the world's most celebrated performers with the American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet.
1928 – 2022
Latvian-American computer scientist who co-founded computational complexity theory and won the Turing Award in 1993.
1988 – Present
Latvian professional tennis player who reached a career-high ATP ranking of No. 10 in 2014 and has won six ATP Tour singles titles.
1995 – Present
Latvian NBA basketball player who plays as a power forward/center and was drafted 4th overall by the New York Knicks in 2015.
1997 – Present
Latvian professional tennis player who won the 2017 French Open singles title at age 20, becoming the first unseeded player to win the tournament since 1933.
1993 – Present
Latvian singer-songwriter who represented Latvia at Eurovision 2015 with "Love Injected" and has released multiple albums.
1877 – 1942
Latvian politician and agronomist who served multiple terms as Prime Minister and later as authoritarian leader from 1934 until the Soviet occupation in 1940.
1865 – 1929
Latvia's national poet and playwright who wrote the epic drama 'Fire and Night' and played a crucial role in developing Latvian literary language during the national awakening period.
1971 – Present
Latvian economist and politician who served as Prime Minister of Latvia from 2009 to 2014 and later became Executive Vice-President of the European Commission.
1943 – 2019
Internationally acclaimed Latvian conductor who led major orchestras including the Oslo Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra for over four decades.
1865 – 1943
Latvian poet, playwright, and feminist activist who was a leading figure in the Latvian national awakening movement.
1966 – Present
Latvian biologist and politician who served as the ninth President of Latvia from 2015 to 2019, previously holding the position of Minister of Environmental Protection and Regional Development.
1937 – Present
Latvian-Canadian psychologist and politician who served as the sixth President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007, becoming the first woman to hold the presidency.
1979 – Present
Latvian footballer who became the country's leading goalscorer and represented Latvia in major international tournaments, notably scoring at UEFA Euro 2004.
1973 – Present
Latvian diplomat and politician who has served as President of Latvia since 2023, previously serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs for over a decade.
1847 – 1912
Latvian politician (1847–1912)
1890 – 1929
Latvian artist (1890-1929)
1871 – 1953
Latvian general and topographer (1871-1953)
1872 – 1963
Latvian politician, prime minister of Latvia (1872-1963)
1955 – Present
Latvian jurist and politician who served as the tenth President of Latvia from 2019 to 2023, previously working as a judge at the European Court of Justice.
1951 – Present
Latvian economist and politician who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Latvia from 2014 to 2016, with a background in banking and mathematical economics.
1951 – Present
Latvian physicist who became the country's first Prime Minister after independence in 1990 and served again from 2007-2009.
1835 – 1923
Latvian writer and folklorist (1835–1923)
1849 – 1919
Baltic German art historian, architect and university teacher (1849-1919)
