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Născuți aici 5.062
Yuriy Yakovlev (1930 – 2002), Maria Fjodorovna Zibold (1849 – 1939), Philipp Schweinfurth (1887 – 1954), Kurt Alexander Bertels (1877 – 1910), Serghei Eisenstein (1898 – 1948), Wilhelm Ostwald (1853 – 1932), Mihail Tal (1936 – 1992), Evika Siliņa (1975), Isaiah Berlin (1909 – 1997), Mihail Barîșnikov (1948), Valdis Zatlers (1955), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937)
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Valdis Dombrovskis (1971), Vera Muhina (1889 – 1953), Egils Levits (1955), Aron Nimzowitsch (1886 – 1935), Jeļena Ostapenko (1997), Marija Naumova (1973), Guntis Ulmanis (1939), Mariss Jansons (1943 – 2019), Aigars Kalvītis (1966), Ernests Gulbis (1988), Aminata (1993), Alexei Shirov (1972), Juris Hartmanis (1928 – 2022), Friedrich Zander (1887 – 1933), Ivars Godmanis (1951), Elīna Garanča (1976), Mstislav Keldysh (1911 – 1978), Andris Nelsons (1978), Daina Taimiņa (1954), Nicolai Hartmann (1882 – 1950), Gidon Kremer (1947), Vitālijs Astafjevs (1971), Andris Kulbergs (1979), Vizma Belševica (1931 – 2005), Philippe Halsman (1906 – 1979), Andris Biedriņš (1986), Lūcija Garūta (1902 – 1977), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Andris Bērziņš (1951), Pauline de Württemberg (1800 – 1873), Andrejs Rubins (1978 – 2022), Kaspars Gorkšs (1981), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801 – 1822), Martins Dukurs (1984), Annie Londonderry (1870 – 1947), Arkady Raikin (1911 – 1987), Rosa von Praunheim (1942 – 2025), Vilis Lācis (1904 – 1966), Vitālijs Maksimenko (1990), Anatoly Solovyev (1948), Ksenia Solo (1987), Mischa Maisky (1948), Arkadij Naiditsch (1985), Elya Baskin (1950), Jeļena Prokopčuka (1976), Regīna Ezera (1930 – 2002), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901 – 1950), Werner Bergengruen (1892 – 1964), Marats Kasems (1990), Oleg Artemyev (1970), Alexandru de Württemberg (1804 – 1881), Aleksandrs Koliņko (1975), Ināra Mūrniece (1970), Mārtiņš Rubenis (1978), Juris Laizāns (1979), Agnis Čavars (1986), DJ Lethal (1972), Helmuts Balderis (1952), Kārlis Skrastiņš (1974 – 2011), Rutanya Alda (1942), Wolfgang Lüth (1913 – 1945), Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter (1884 – 1923), Alexander Petersson (1980), Alvis Hermanis (1965), Barbara von Krüdener (1764 – 1824), Jacob W. Davis (1831 – 1908), Laila Freivalds (1942), Maria Skobtsova (1891 – 1945), Vija Celmins (1938), Astrid Ivask (1926 – 2015), Georg August Schweinfurth (1836 – 1925), Johann Anton Güldenstädt (1745 – 1781), Ainārs Kovals (1981), Gunnar Birkerts (1925 – 2017), Igors Vihrovs (1978), John Konrads (1942 – 2021), Nauris Miezis (1991), Nora Ikstena (1969 – 2026), Piotr Ugrumov (1961), Tatjana Ždanoka (1950), Vadim Demidov (1986), Vadims Vasiļevskis (1982), Vasiliy Ulrikh (1889 – 1951), Viktor Tikhonov (1988), Walter Zapp (1905 – 2003), Yeshayahu Leibowitz (1903 – 1994), Agata Muceniece (1989), Anšlavs Eglītis (1906 – 1993), Artūrs Irbe (1967), Daniel Fridman (1976), Elvis Merzļikins (1994), Guntars Krasts (1957), Heinz Erhardt (1909 – 1979), Igors Miglinieks (1964), Imants Bleidelis (1975), Kaspars Kambala (1978), Maigonis Valdmanis (1933 – 1999), Māris Gailis (1951), Leonid Ostrovski (1936 – 2001), Eliyahu Rips (1948 – 2024), Ernst von Bergmann (1836 – 1907), Gints Zilbalodis (1994), Ilmārs Bricis (1970), Līga Dekmeijere (1983), Lya Mara (1893 – 1969), Nils Ušakovs (1976), Roberts Zīle (1958), Valdis Muižnieks (1935 – 2013), Aleksejs Saramotins (1982), Alexander Shabalov (1967), Andrejs Štolcers (1974), Anžejs Pasečņiks (1995), Bruno Habārovs (1939 – 1994), Cēzars Ozers (1937 – 2023), Džemma Skulme (1925 – 2019), George Gulack (1905 – 1987), Indra Devi (1899 – 2002), Jevgēņijs Saproņenko (1978), Kaspars Daugaviņš (1988), Kaspars Dubra (1990), Mairis Briedis (1985), Mārtiņš Pļaviņš (1985), Mihails Zemļinskis (1969), Raivis Belohvoščiks (1976), Valdis Birkavs (1942), Zemgus Girgensons (1994), Matvei Gedenshtrom (1780 – 1845), Aleksejs Višņakovs (1984), Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (1983), Christian Heinrich Pander (1794 – 1865), Dace Melbārde (1971), Diāna Marcinkēviča (1992), Dzintars Zirnis (1977), Erik Hornung (1933 – 2022), Herberts Vasiļjevs (1976), Hermanis Matisons (1894 – 1932), Ivars Kalniņš (1948), Jānis Sprukts (1982) …
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Gisella Grosz (1875 – 1942), Kim Ki-duk (1960 – 2020), Vsevolod Pudovkin (1893 – 1953), Jānis Čakste (1859 – 1927), Uljana Semjonova (1952 – 2026), Andrei Mironov (1941 – 1987), Eugen d'Albert (1864 – 1932), Inese Jaunzeme (1932 – 2011), Aspazija (1865 – 1943), Boris Barnet (1902 – 1965), Jānis Lūsis (1939 – 2020), Gustavs Zemgals (1871 – 1939)
încă 2.415
Vizma Belševica (1931 – 2005), Alberts Kviesis (1881 – 1944), Lūcija Garūta (1902 – 1977), Albert of Riga (1165 – 1229), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895 – 1946), Kristjan Jaak Peterson (1801 – 1822), Jānis Krūmiņš (1930 – 1994), Vilis Lācis (1904 – 1966), Conradin Kreutzer (1780 – 1849), Aleksandrs Čaks (1901 – 1950), Imants Ziedonis (1933 – 2013), Krišjānis Barons (1835 – 1923), Mirdza Ķempe (1907 – 1974), Peter Lacy (1678 – 1751), Aleksandra Beļcova (1892 – 1981), Astrid Ivask (1926 – 2015), Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin (1734 – 1801), Andrejs Pumpurs (1841 – 1902), Garlieb Merkel (1769 – 1850), Simon Dubnow (1860 – 1941), Ian Frenkel (1924 – 1989), Aigars Fadejevs (1975 – 2024), Aleksandr Alov (1923 – 1983), Andrejs Upīts (1877 – 1970), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879 – 1951), George Browne (1698 – 1792), Ivande Kaija (1876 – 1942), Jānis Akuraters (1876 – 1937), Leonid Sobinov (1872 – 1934), Andrejs Prohorenkovs (1977 – 2025), Ángel Ganivet (1865 – 1898), Augusts Kirhenšteins (1872 – 1963), Bruno Habārovs (1939 – 1994), Džemma Skulme (1925 – 2019), Jānis Ivanovs (1906 – 1983), Julijans Vaivods (1895 – 1990), Herman Wrangel (1587 – 1643), Dzidra Ritenberga (1928 – 2003), Emīls Dārziņš (1875 – 1910), Hermanis Matisons (1894 – 1932), Juris Kalniņš (1938 – 2010), Marina Solodkin (1952 – 2013), Wilhelm von Brandenburg (1498 – 1563), Aleksei Polivanov (1855 – 1920), Andrejs Jurjāns (1856 – 1922), Elza Radziņa (1917 – 2005), Emil Benecke (1898 – 1945), Jānis Klovāns (1935 – 2010), Mārtiņš Freimanis (1977 – 2011), Uldis Bērziņš (1944 – 2021), Valentin Pikul (1928 – 1990), Jēkabs Kazaks (1895 – 1920), Andrievs Niedra (1871 – 1942), Anikita Repnin (1668 – 1726), Rihards Zariņš (1869 – 1939), Asja Lācis (1891 – 1979), Embrik Strand (1876 – 1947), Friedrich Alexander Buhse (1821 – 1898), Georg Michael Telemann (1748 – 1831), Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (1834 – 1891), Jānis Lipke (1900 – 1987), Ojārs Vācietis (1933 – 1983), Oļegs Antropovs (1947 – 2023), Pauls Stradiņš (1896 – 1958), Rolands Kalniņš (1922 – 2022), Uldis Pūcītis (1937 – 2000), Vasilijs Stepanovs (1927 – 2011), Ādolfs Skulte (1909 – 2000), Alberts Bels (1938 – 2024), Amanda Aizpuriete (1956 – 2023), Anna Sakse (1905 – 1981), Arnis Līcītis (1946 – 2022), Arturs Alberings (1877 – 1934), Dietrich Heinrich von Bülow (1757 – 1807), Emīlija Gudriniece (1920 – 2004), Eriks Ādamsons (1907 – 1946), Georgs Andrejevs (1932 – 2022), Gunārs Cilinskis (1931 – 1992), Jānis Sudrabkalns (1894 – 1975), Johann Valentin Meder (1649 – 1719), Sergei Vinogradov (1869 – 1938), Christoph Haberland (1750 – 1803), Dzintars Lācis (1940 – 1992), Eduards Smiļģis (1886 – 1966), Friedrich Amelung (1842 – 1909), Jānis Kalnbērziņš (1893 – 1986), Johann Christoph Brotze (1742 – 1823), Kaspars Astašenko (1975 – 2012), Māris Čaklais (1940 – 2003), Paul Laux (1887 – 1944), Paul Schiemann (1876 – 1944), Piers Bohl (1865 – 1921), Roberts Ķīlis (1968 – 2022), Wenno von Rohrbach (1200 – 1209), Aivars Endziņš (1940 – 2023), Aleksandrs Leimanis (1913 – 1990), Alfons Bērziņš (1916 – 1987), Claire Beck Loos (1904 – 1942), Eduards Andersons (1914 – 1985), Edvarts Virza (1883 – 1940), Ernests Štālbergs (1883 – 1958), Gunārs Priede (1928 – 2000), Hilda Vīka (1897 – 1963), Ingrīda Andriņa (1944 – 2015), Jānis Tilbergs (1880 – 1972), Jānis Vagris (1930 – 2023), Johann Gottfried Müthel (1728 – 1788), Juzefs Petkēvičs (1940 – 2024), Kārlis Balodis (1864 – 1931), Kārlis Šteins (1911 – 1983), Lilli Henoch (1899 – 1942), Margarita Stāraste-Bordevīka (1914 – 2014), Mārtiņš Grundmanis (1913 – 1945), Velta Līne (1923 – 2012), Voldemārs Veiss (1899 – 1944), Wilhelm Neumann (1849 – 1919), Ādams Alksnis (1864 – 1897), Alberts Rumba (1892 – 1962), Albert Suerbeer (1200 – 1273), Andrejs Žagars (1958 – 2019), Andrey Gromov (1887 – 1922), Antonino Zecchini (1864 – 1935), Ausma Kantāne-Ziedone (1941 – 2022), Carl Friedrich Glasenapp (1847 – 1915), Edgars Vinters (1919 – 2014), Ernests Birznieks-Upītis (1871 – 1960), Heinrich Scheel (1829 – 1909), Imants Kokars (1921 – 2011), Ingrīda Ūdre (1958 – 2024), Jānis Cakuls (1926 – 2022), Jānis Reinis (1960 – 2016), Jāzeps Mediņš (1877 – 1947), Jūlijs Vanags (1903 – 1986), Karl Eduard von Napiersky (1793 – 1864), Kārlis Ašmanis (1898 – 1962), Kārlis Goppers (1876 – 1941), Lidija Liepiņa (1891 – 1985), Marģeris Zariņš (1910 – 1993) …