List of Famous people born in Latvia

Oļegs Maļuhins

First Name Oļegs

Born on May 6, 1969 (age 57)

Born in Latvia

Height 183 cm | 6'0

Oļegs Maļuhins is a former Latvian biathlete.

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Gunther Witte

First Name Gunther

Last Name Witte

Born on September 26, 1935

Died on August 16, 2018 (aged 82)

Born in Latvia

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Arvis Piziks

First Name Arvis

Born on September 12, 1969 (age 56)

Born in Latvia, Gulbene Municipality

Arvis Piziks is a Latvian former professional road bicycle racer. He won the National Road Race Championships in 2000. He rode at three Olympic Games.

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Guntis Lavrinovičs

First Name Guntis

Born on May 14, 1985 (age 40)

Born in Latvia, Sigulda Municipality

Badmintoner

Sportsperson

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Jan Purwiński

First Name Jan

Last Name Purwiński

Born on November 19, 1934

Died on April 6, 2021 (aged 86)

Born in Latvia, Ilūkste Municipality

Bishop Jan Purwinski or Yan Purvinskyi was a Latvian-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Kyiv–Zhytomyr since 16 January 1991 until 15 June 2011.

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Mārtiņš Ķibilds

First Name Mārtiņš

Last Name Ķibilds

Born on July 23, 1974

Died on October 26, 2019 (aged 45)

Born in Latvia, Saldus Municipality

Mārtiņš Ķibilds was a Latvian journalist.

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Horst Jonischkan

First Name Horst

Last Name Jonischkan

Born on May 19, 1938

Died on October 31, 1979 (aged 41)

Born in Latvia

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Arnis Mednis

First Name Arnis

Last Name Mednis

Born on October 18, 1961 (age 64)

Born in Latvia

Arnis Mednis is a Latvian singer. He represented Latvia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Denmark with the song, "Too Much", and finished in 18th place out of the 23 competing nations, with 16 points.

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Jānis Urbanovičs

First Name Jānis

Last Name Urbanovičs

Born on March 23, 1959 (age 67)

Born in Latvia

Jānis Urbanovičs is a Latvian politician and a member of the Saeima since 1994. He was the chairman of Harmony from 2010–2014. From 2005–2010 he was chairman of the National Harmony Party.

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Heinz Christian Pander

First Name Heinz

Last Name Pander

Born on July 12, 1794

Died on September 10, 1865 (aged 71)

Born in Latvia

Heinz Christian Pander, also Christian Heinrich Pander, was a Russian Empire ethnic Baltic German biologist and embryologist.

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