Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Letonia

Balys Dvarionas, 19 de junio de 1904 en Liepāja — 23 de agosto de 1974 en Vilnius) fue un compositor, pianista, director y pedagogo lituano, que se hizo popular tras la II Guerra Mundial. Sus obras están influenciadas por el estilo romántico, con raíces en las canciones populares lituanas.

Andrzej Łapicki was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 50 films between 1947 and 1999. He was married twice. His first marriage to Zofia Chrząszczewska lasted from 1947 to her death in 2005. He then married Kamila Mścichowska in 2009 and remained with her until his death.

Andris Šķēle is a former Latvian politician and business oligarch. He served two terms as Prime Minister of Latvia from 21 December 1995 to 7 August 1997, and from 16 July 1999 to 5 May 2000.

Carl Wilhelm Wolfgang Ostwald fue un químico y biólogo alemán que investigó sobre coloides.

Morris Halle fue un lingüista letón-estadounidense y judío que se desempeñó como profesor de lingüística en el Instituto de Tecnología de Massachusetts (MIT). Considerado "el padre de la fonología moderna" por Noam Chomsky, es especialmente conocido por su trabajo pionero en fonología generativa, habiendo escrito "On acccent and juncture in English" (1956) con Chomsky y Fred Lukoff y The sound pattern of English (1968) con Chomsky. Adicionalmente, desarrolló con Samuel Jay Keyser la teoría más temprana de la métrica generativa.

Igors Vihrovs es un gimnasta artístico letón, especialista en la prueba de suelo, con la que ha llegado a ser campeón olímpico en 2000.

Indulis Emsis es un biólogo y político letón. Fue Primer Ministro de Letonia entre el 9 de marzo y el 2 de diciembre de 2004.

Valdis Birkavs is a Latvian politician. He was born in Riga. Birkavs attended the University of Latvia, where he studied philosophy, sociology, law, psychology and mathematical logic. He was first elected to the Latvian parliament in 1990 and helped to found the Latvian Way party. After Latvian Way won the 1993 parliamentary election, Birkavs became the prime minister, leading a coalition government of Latvian Way and the Latvian Farmers' Union. He resigned after the Farmer's Union left the government in the summer of 1994. He then became the deputy prime minister and foreign minister in the next government. He remained the foreign minister for five years under four different prime ministers, eventually resigning in 1999. In the presidential elections of 1999, he was nominated as a candidate and received second place. He was then appointed as minister of justice, and served in that position until 2000.