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Historical figures born in Latvia

1,957 notable historical figures were born in Latvia. These are the most notable:

• 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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