List of Famous people born in Latvia

Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis was a Latvian politician. He was one of the most prominent Latvian politicians of pre-World War II Latvia during the interwar period of independence from November 1918 to June 1940. He served four times as Prime Minister, the last time as the head of an authoritarian regime.

Aivars Lembergs is a Latvian politician and oligarch, who has been the mayor of Ventspils since 1988, a mandate from which he has been suspended since 2008. In February 2021 Lembergs was found guilty of charges relating to bribery and money-laundering. He received a sentence of five years in prison, confiscation of property, and received a fine of €20,000.

Aristid von Grosse was a German nuclear chemist. During his work with Otto Hahn, he got access to waste material from radium production, and with this starting material he was able in 1927 to isolate protactinium oxide and was later able to produce metallic protactinium by decomposition of protactinium iodide.

Oskars Melbārdis is Latvian bobsledder who has competed since 2006. He is the most successful bobsledder in the history of his country, who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. He also earned the first ever gold medal for Latvia at World Championships in Igls, preceded by one silver and two bronze medals in 2009-2015.

Jānis Bulis is a Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona in Latvia.

Arvīds Jansons was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.

Inese Vaidere is a Latvian politician who currently serves as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP).