List of Famous people born in Latvia

Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff

First Name Otto

Last Name Vietinghoff

Born on December 3, 1722

Died on June 24, 1792 (aged 69)

Born in Latvia

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Reinis Krauklis

First Name Reinis

Born on September 4, 1995 (age 31)

Born in Latvia

Badmintoner

Sportsperson

Reinis Krauklis is a Latvian male badminton player. In 2015, he won the Latvian National Badminton Championships in mixed doubles event with his partner Kristīne Šefere. In 2019, he repeated this achievement with another partner, Diāna Stognija.

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Antons Justs

First Name Antons

Born on November 22, 1931

Died on February 17, 2019 (aged 87)

Born in Latvia, Varakļāni Municipality

Antons Justs was a Latvian Roman Catholic bishop.

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Andrei Budberg

First Name Andrei

Last Name Budberg

Born on August 10, 1750

Died on August 20, 1812 (aged 62)

Born in Latvia

Andreas Eberhard Freiherr von Budberg-Bönninghausen was a Baltic German diplomat who served as Foreign Minister in 1806–07.

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Jeļena Rubļevska

First Name Jeļena

Born on March 23, 1976 (age 50)

Born in Latvia

Height 173 cm | 5'8

Jeļena Rubļevska is a Latvian modern pentathlete. She won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, becoming the first woman representing Latvia to win an Olympic medal.

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Vilhelms Purvītis

Vilhelms Kārlis Purvītis

First Name Vilhelms

Died on January 14, 1945

Vilhelms Purvītis was a landscape painter and educator who founded the Latvian Academy of Art and was its rector from 1919 to 1934.

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Viktors Bertholds

First Name Viktors

Born on January 16, 1921

Died on February 28, 2009 (aged 88)

Born in Latvia, Dundaga Municipality

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Gundega Grīnuma

First Name Gundega

Born on November 27, 1948 (age 77)

Born in Latvia, Talsi Municipality

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Rudolf Abel

First Name Rudolf

Last Name Abel

Born on September 23, 1900

Died on December 17, 1955 (aged 55)

Born in Latvia

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Igor Korotchenko

First Name Igor

Born on February 15, 1960 (age 66)

Born in Latvia

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