List of Famous people born in Latvia

Linda Dinsberga, known by her stage name Anmary, is a Latvian singer of Russian origin who won the Latvian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Azerbaijan with the song "Beautiful Song".

Carl Ernst Heinrich Schmidt, also known in Russia as Karl Genrikhovich Schmidt was a Baltic German chemist from the Governorate of Livonia, a part of the Russian Empire. He determined the typical crystallization patterns of many important biochemicals such as uric acid, oxalic acid and its salts, lactic acid, cholesterin, stearin, etc.

Sergei Mikhailovich Tretyakov was a Soviet Russian constructivist writer, playwright, poet, and special correspondent for Pravda.

Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander, was a Baltic German pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. He designed the first liquid-fueled rocket to be launched in the Soviet Union, GIRD-X, and made many important theoretical contributions to the road to space.

Kaspars Kambala is a Latvian professional basketball player, currently for BK Jūrmala, and a former professional boxer. Standing at 2.06 m, he plays at the position of forward-center.

Lasma Liepa is a Latvian-born Turkish female sprint kayaker. She is a member of Antalya Gençlik Merkezi GSK in Antalya.