List of Famous people born in Riga, Latvia

Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot. Solovyev was born on January 16, 1948, in Riga, Latvia. Solovyev holds the world record on the number of spacewalks performed (16), and accumulated time spent spacewalking.

Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman, , known in the English-speaking world as Natasha Shneider was a Latvian-American musician and actress. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the musical group Eleven, along with her partner, bandmate Alain Johannes. Shneider contributed to tracks for Chris Cornell and Queens of the Stone Age, and together with Johannes toured with Cornell on his Euphoria Morning tour in 1999 and with Queens in 2005 on their Lullabies to Paralyze tour. She died of cancer in 2008.

Yuri Georgiyevich Bogatyryov was a Soviet actor, best known for his roles in five films by Nikita Mikhalkov, including At Home Among Strangers (1974). Bogatyryov, one of the leading actors of Sovremennik (1971-1977) and then Moscow Art Theater (1977-1989), was designated People's Artist of Russia in 1988.

Ainārs Šlesers is a Latvian businessman and former politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia, as well as Deputy Mayor of Riga.

Leor Dimant better known as DJ Lethal, is a Latvian-American turntablist and producer and is best known as a member of the groups House of Pain and Limp Bizkit.

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.

Egils Levits is a Latvian politician, lawyer, political scientist and jurist who is the President of Latvia since 8 July 2019. He was a Member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019.

David Hieronymus Grindel (1776-1836) was a botanist (bryologist).

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.

Aleksandrs Samoilovs is a beach volleyball player from Latvia.