List of Famous people born in Valka Municipality, Latvia

Kazimierz Świątek

First Name Kazimierz

Born on October 21, 1914

Died on July 21, 2011 (aged 96)

Born in Soviet Union, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

Kazimierz Cardinal Świątek was a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who was most known for his resistance to Cold War-era Soviet Communism and for his service in Minsk, Belarus. Cardinal Swiatek was the former Metropolitan Archbishop of Minsk-Mohilev, and Apostolic Administrator of Pinsk.

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August Matthias Hagen

First Name August

Last Name Hagen

Died on December 2, 1878

Born in Latvia, Valka Municipality

August Matthias Hagen was a Baltic German painter and graphic artist. He specialized in landscapes and cityscapes with figures.

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Gatis Smukulis

First Name Gatis

Born on April 15, 1987 (age 37)

Born in Latvia, Valka Municipality

Height 185 cm | 6'1

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.

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