Jānis Čakste

male, deceased (1927)
Jānis Čakste was a Latvian politician and the first president of Latvia. He studied law in Moscow University, graduating in 1886 and became a la...
Youri Messen-Jaschin

Youri Messen-Jaschin

male, 68 years old
Youri Messen-Jaschin is an artist of Latvian origin, born in Arosa, Switzerland, in 1941.

Uldis Bērziņš

male, 65 years old
Uldis Bērziņš, Reykjavik University (Icelandic), as well as in Czechoslovakia, Sweden and other countries. Bērziņš has taken part in the intern...
Juris Podnieks

Juris Podnieks

male, deceased (1992)
Juris Podnieks (December 5, 1950 - June 23, 1992) was a Latvian film director and producer. He graduated a Soviet film school in 1975, after which...
Anna Brigadere

Anna Brigadere

female, deceased (1933)
Anna Brigadere was a writer from Latvia. She wrote comedy and drama, among which "The Tale of Sprīdītis", a young boy from a Latvian peasant fa...

Vizma Belševica

female, deceased (2005)
Vizma Belševica was a Latvian poetess, writer and translator. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Sandis Prusis

Sandis Prusis

male, 44 years old
Sandis Prūsis is a Latvian bobsleigh pilot, who competed at the senior level from 1983 to 2003. He won the Latvian championship eight times, the f...
Arnis Balcus

Arnis Balcus

male, 31 years old
Arnis Balcus (born 1978) is a photography and video artist. Born in Riga, Latvia, Balcus lived and worked in his home town before moving to London,...

Jānis Bērziņš

male, deceased (1938)
Jānis Bērziņš, Latvian and Soviet communist politician. His real name was Kyuzis Peteris. During World War I, he lived in Sweden under the pseu...
Sven Birkerts

Sven Birkerts

male, 58 years old
Sven Birkerts (b. September 21, 1951, Pontiac, Michigan) is an American essayist and literary critic of Latvian ancestry. He is best known for his...