List of Famous people born in Latvia

Juris Silovs is a Latvian former professional racing cyclist. He ended his professional career on 30 June 2001. He competed in the road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and finished in 31st place.

Guntis Valneris is a Latvian draughts player. He was the1994 World champion in international draughts, a two-time European champion, two-time World champion in fast draughts, three-time Junior World champion (1984–1986), and multiple-time Latvian national champion.

Gatis Smukulis is a Latvian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for the Ag2r–La Mondiale, HTC–Highroad, Team Katusha, Astana and Delko–Marseille Provence KTM teams. Smukulis won the Latvian National Road Race Championships in 2016, and won six consecutive Latvian National Time Trial Championships between 2011 and 2016.

Kaspars Gorkšs is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Gorkšs was also the captain of the Latvian national team. From 2018 to 2019 Gorkšs served as president of the Latvian Football Federation.

Ainars Bagatskis is a Latvian former professional basketball player and coach, who currently works as the head coach of Kyiv-Basket. He also was a head coach of the senior Latvian national basketball team.

Toms Skujiņš is a Latvian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.

Viesturs Lukševics is a Latvian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Amore & Vita.