Lista de Personas Famosas nacidas en Letonia
Elīna Garanča
Elīna Garanča es una mezzosoprano letona.
Mairis Briedis
Mairis Briedis es un boxeador letón. Fue campeón peso crucero del WBC.
Valdis Pelšs
Valdis Pelšs is a TEFI-awarded Soviet and Russian television presenter, television director, television producer and musician of Latvian descent and Zolotoi Grammofon-awarded musical artist. Valdis Pelšs currently works as a screen actor and manages child programs subdivision on Channel One. He hosted several popular game shows, such as Ugadai Melodiu, Russian Roulette and Rozygrysh. Pelšs is a former vocalist and percussion instrument player in Neschastny Sluchai band, which was founded by him and Alexei Kortnev in 1983.
Māris Liepa
Māris Rūdolfs Liepa was a Soviet Latvian ballet dancer. He graduated from Riga Choreography School where he was taught by Valentin Blinov. He performed in Moscow for the first time in 1950. At the height of career, Liepa was considered one of the finest male dancers in the world and one of the most versatile, at home in a wide range of roles.
Nicolai Hartmann
Nicolai Hartmann fue un filósofo alemán.
Georg von Tiesenhausen
Georg Heinrich Patrick Baron von Tiesenhausen was a United States-based German rocket scientist.
John Konrads
John Konrads, en letón: Jānis Konrad fue un nadador y medallista olímpico australiano de origen soviético que compitió en la categoría de estilo libre entre los años 1950 y 1960. Ganó los 1500 metros libres en los Juegos Olímpicos de Verano 1960 en Roma. En su carrera estableció 26 récords mundiales individuales, y una vez retirado fue el director de Australasia de L'Oréal, así como la campaña para la candidatura Juegos Olímpicos de Sídney. Junto con su hermana Ilsa Konrads, quien también estableció varios récords mundiales, eran conocidos como los Niños Konrad.
Alexei Trupp
Aloise (Alexei) Yegorovich Trupp, was the Head Footman in the household of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Trupp was born in Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire. He was killed with the Romanov family at Ekaterinburg following the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Wolfgang Lüth
Wolfgang Lüth was the second most successful German U-boat captain of World War II. His career record of 46 merchant ships plus the French submarine Doris sunk during 15 war patrols, with a total displacement of 225,204 gross register tons (GRT), was second only to that of Korvettenkapitän Otto Kretschmer, whose 47 sinkings totaled 273,043 GRT.
Kristīne Opolais
Kristīne Opolais is a Latvian operatic soprano.