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page 1People from Riga county
Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)
Wilhelm Ostwald
Baltic German chemist (1853–1932)
Isaiah Berlin
Russo-British-Latvian Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909–1997)
Vera Mukhina
Soviet sculptor (1889-1953)
Friedrich Zander
Russian and Soviet engineer, rocket designer (1887-1933)
Nicolai Hartmann
German philosopher (1882–1950)
Vilis Lācis
Latvian writer, politician (1904-1966)
Philippe Halsman
American photographer (1906-1979)
Arkady Raikin
Soviet actor (1911-1987)
Lūcija Garūta
Latvian composer (1902–1977)
Barbara von Krüdener
Baltic German religious mystic and author (1764-1824)
Werner Bergengruen
German writer (1892–1964)
Aleksandrs Čaks
Latvian writer (1901–1950)
Pēteris Stučka
Latvian-Soviet politician (1865-1932)
Yeshayahu Leibowitz
Israeli intellectual (1903-1994)
Garlieb Merkel
Baltic German writer and publicist (1769-1850)
Vilhelms Purvītis
Latvian artist (1872-1945)
Duke Alexander of Württemberg
Duke of Württemberg (1804-1881)
Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter
Nazi leader (1884-1923)
Wolfgang Lüth
German naval officer and U-boat commander during World War II (1913-1945)
Andrejs Pumpurs
Latvian poet (1841–1902)
Andrejs Upīts
Latvian poet and writer (1877-1970)
Heinz Erhardt
German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)
Vasiliy Ulrikh
Soviet jurist of Baltic German origin (1889–1951)
Anšlavs Eglītis
Latvian writer (1906–1993)
Walter Zapp
Estonian inventor of Baltic German origin (1905–2003)
Ernst von Bergmann
Baltic German surgeon (1836-1907)
Yan Karlovich Berzin
Russian politician and diplomat (1889-1938)
Lya Mara
star of the German silent cinema (1897-1960)
Dorothea Lieven
Influential figure in 19th-century European diplomatic, political and social circles (1785-1857)
Indra Devi
Latvian yoga teacher (1899–2002)
Christian Heinrich Pander
Baltic German zoologist and palaeontologist (1794-1865)
Ivande Kaija
Latvian author (1876-1942)
Ernst Jaakson
Estonian diplomat (1905-1998)
Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen
German world war II U-boat commander (1913-2000)
Hermanis Matisons
Latvian chess player (1894-1932)
Vladimirs Petrovs
Latvian chess player (1908-1943)
Jēkabs Kazaks
Latvian painter (1895–1920)
Jānis Mediņš
Latvian composer (1890-1966)
Nechama Leibowitz
Israeli biblical scholar (1905-1997)
Jānis Sudrabkalns
Latvian writer (1894–1975)
Carl Huns
Baltic German painter (1831-1877)
Marģers Skujenieks
Prime Minister of Latvia (1886–1941)
Vsevolod Rudnev
Russian admiral (1855–1913)
Valerian Abakovsky
Russian inventor (1895-1921)
Eriks Ādamsons
Latvian novelist (1907-1946)
Eduards Smiļģis
Latvian actor and theatre director (1886–1966)
Kārlis Balodis
Economist and Member of the Parliament of Latvia (1864-1931)
Frank Thiess
German writer (1890–1977)
Marija Leiko
Latvian actress (1887-1938)
Wolfgang Ostwald
German physical chemist and biologist (1883-1943)
Jānis Kalnbērziņš
Latvian Soviet politician (1893-1986)
Alfons Bērziņš
Latvian long track speed skater (1916–1987)
Jānis Tillbergs
Latvian artist (1880–1972)
Morris Hillquit
Riga-born American lawyer, politician and art collector (1869-1933)
Teodors Zaļkalns
Latvian sculptor (1876–1972)
Emīlija Benjamiņa
Latvian publisher (1881–1941)
Grigory Butakov
Admiral of the Russian Empire Navy (1820-1882)
Erhard Kroeger
SS leader (1905-1987)
Peter von Meyendorff
Baltic German diplomat (1796-1863)