FAMOUS NATIVES

People listed are almost always native to the country. We do (on occasion) include those that have either lived within the country for most of their adult life, or have made a significant contribution to the country in their personal endeavors.

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A - B

• Valerian Abakovskis inventor
• Augusts Vilis Abakuks emigre activist
• Rutanya Alda actress
• Viktors Alksnis Soviet military officer, Russian communist politician
• Iveta Apkalna organist
• Vija Artmane actress
• Gunars Astra dissident, human rights activist
• Helmuts Balderis hockey player
• Janis Balodis army officer, politician
• Janis Balodis military leader, politician
• Mikhail Baryshnikov ballet dancer, choreographer
• Krisjanis Barons “the father of Latvian folk songs”
• Karlis Baumanis author of the national anthem of the Republic of Latvia
• Vizma Belsevica author
• Krisjanis Berkis army officer
• Eduards Berklavs politician
• Isaiah Berlin philosopher
• Eduard Berzin red army soldier
• Andris Biedrins basketball player
• Ernests Blanks publicist
• Rudolfs Blaumanis author, journalist, playwright
• Baiba Broka actress
• Inguna Butane fashion model

C - F

• Janis Cakste first Latvian president
• Valters Caps inventor, created subminiature camera
• Janis Dalins athlete, race walker
• Roberts Dambitis military leader, politician
• Emils Darzins composer
• Jacob Davis tailor, inventor, created denim jeans
• Eliass Eliezers Desslers rabbi, scholar, philosopher
• Leor Dimant turntabilist, music producer
• Anatols Dinbergs diplomat
• Aleksis Dreimanis geologist
• Inga Drozdova model, actress
• Sergejs Eizensteins film director
• Modris Eksteins historian, author
• Andrievs Ezergailis historian of the Holocaust
• Gregors Fitelbergs conductor, composer, violinist
• Vesels fon Freitags-Loringhofens colonel, member of the resistance against Adolf Hitler
• Laila Freivalds Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs

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