Latvia
Historical figures born in Latvia
1,957 notable historical figures were born in Latvia. These are the most notable:
Latvia ranks #56 of 197 countries by number of historical figures on Histiphy, just behind Slovenia, Uruguay and Azerbaijan.
By era
- Early Modern: 6
- Modern: 34
By occupation
- Politician: 18
- Writer/Author: 9
- Head of State/President: 5
- Inventor/Engineer: 4
- Philosopher: 4
- Physicist: 4
- Soldier/Officer: 4
- Composer: 4
- Catherine I (1684 to 1727, Politics)
- Sergei Eisenstein (1898 to 1948, Entertainment)
- Isaiah Berlin (1909 to 1997, Philosophy)
- Edgars Rinkēvičs (born 1973, Politics)
- Evika Siliņa (born 1975, Politics)
- Kārlis Ulmanis (1877 to 1942, Politics)
- Edward Leedskalnin (1887 to 1951, Architecture)
- Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903 to 1994, Philosophy)
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853 to 1932, Science)
- Jacob W. Davis (1831 to 1908, Science)
- Valdis Dombrovskis (born 1971, Politics)
- Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (born 1937, Politics)
- Egils Levits (born 1955, Politics)
- E. J. von Biron (1690 to 1772, Politics)
- Nora Ikstena (1969 to 2026, Literature)
- Jukums Vācietis (1873 to 1938, Military)
- Raimonds Pauls (born 1936, Arts & Music)
- Yevgeny Miller (1867 to 1939, Military)
- Nicolai Hartmann (1882 to 1950, Philosophy)
- Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717 to 1790, Military)
- Rainis (1865 to 1929, Literature)
- Pēteris Vasks (born 1946, Arts & Music)
- Duchess Pauline of Württemberg (1800 to 1873, Politics)
- Ferdynand Ossendowski (1878 to 1945, Exploration)
- Valdis Zatlers (born 1955, Politics)
- Guntis Ulmanis (born 1939, Politics)
- Jānis Čakste (1859 to 1927, Politics)
- Laimdota Straujuma (born 1951, Science)
- Eduard Totleben (1818 to 1884, Politics)
- Tatjana Ždanoka (born 1950, Politics)
- Ivars Godmanis (born 1951, Politics)
- Maria Amalia of Courland (1653 to 1711, Other)
- Gunnar Birkerts (1925 to 2017, Architecture)
- Ēriks Ešenvalds (born 1977, Arts & Music)
- Barbara von Krüdener (1764 to 1824, Religion)
- Heinz Erhardt (1909 to 1979, Entertainment)
- Juris Hartmanis (1928 to 2022, Science)
- Jeļena Ostapenko (born 1997, Sports)
- Daina Taimiņa (born 1954, Science)
- Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751 to 1792, Literature)
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