List of Latvians

This is a list of prominent Latvians with Wikipedia articles. It includes:

persons who were born in the historical territory of what is now Latvia, regardless of ethnicity, citizenship, or time period; and

persons of Latvian descent regardless of their place of birth or citizenship.

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Augusts Vilis Abakuks (1914–1994) – a leader of the British-Latvian community in exile

Valerians Abakovskis (1895–1921) – inventor of a propeller-powered railcar, the aerowagon

Rutanya Alda (Rutanya Alda Skrastiņa, born 1942) – actress (Mommy Dearest, The Deer Hunter)

Viktor Alksnis (born 1950) – Soviet military officer and Russian communist politician known as "the Black Colonel"

Juris Alunāns (1832–1864) - writer and philologist

Ingrīda Andriņa (1944–2015) – actress

Iveta Apkalna (born 1976) – organist

Fricis Apšenieks (1894–1941) – chess player

Vija Artmane (1929–2008) – actress

Aspazija, pen-name of Elza Pliekšāne (1865–1943) – poet and playwright

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