Vija Vētra, Latvian dancer and choreographer, died on April 11, 2026, at the age of 103. She was a dance studio owner and tutor whose career spanned from the 1940s to 1990, and she was known as a leading classical… · India · 11 April 2026 · April 2026
Jānis Streičs, a Latvian film director and screenwriter, died on March 5, 2026, at the age of 89. Born in Preiļi, Latvia, he was also an artist. His 1991 comedy film The Child of Man was Latvia's submission for the… · 05 March 2026 · March 2026
Rainbow Brite, a Latvian-born American artist, died on March 2, 2026. Rainbow Brite was introduced by Hallmark Cards in 1984 as an American media franchise and became the subject of an animated television series that first aired the same year.… · 02 March 2026 · March 2026
Miervaldis Polis, a Latvian painter and performance artist, died on February 22, 2026. He was 77. In the early 1970s, he and Līga Purmale, his wife at the time, helped start a new trend of photorealism in Latvian painting. In… · 22 February 2026 · February 2026
Latvian actress (Trial on the Road) · 23 January 2026 · January 2026 · January 23
Latvian computer scientist · 31 December 2025 · December 2025 · December 31
Latvian architect · 15 August 2025 · August 2025 · August 15 · Other
Latvian-born American chemist · 13 June 2025 · June 2025 · June 13
Latvian footballer (Maccabi Tel Aviv · 01 May 2025 · May 2025 · May 1
Latvian athlete (1996 Summer Olympics · 16 December 2024 · December 2024 · December 16
Latvian actor (The Silence of Dr. Evans) · 29 November 2024 · November 2024 · November 29
Latvian chess grandmaster · 09 November 2024 · November 2024 · November 9 · Other
Latvian politician and doctor · 09 July 2024 · July 2024 · July 9
Latvian chess grandmaster · 01 May 2024 · May 2024 · May 1 · Other
Latvian chess master · 28 March 2024 · March 2024 · March 28 · Other
Latvian musician (Pērkons) · 11 February 2024 · February 2024 · February 11
Latvian basketball player (TTT Riga) · 19 January 2024 · January 2024 · January 19
Latvian publicist · 16 December 2023 · December 2023 · December 16 · Other
Latvian poet and translator · 22 October 2023 · October 2023 · October 22
Latvian cinematographer · 07 August 2023 · August 2023 · August 7 · Other
Latvian-American orthopedic surgeon · 05 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 5
Latvian politican · 01 July 2023 · July 2023 · July 1 · Other
Latvian actress (Oļegs un Aina · 04 June 2023 · June 2023 · June 4
Latvian-Russian actress (The Arrows of Robin Hood · 15 May 2023 · May 2023 · May 15 · Regina
Latvian ice-hockey player and coach · 29 April 2023 · April 2023 · April 29
Latvian accountant and politician · 07 January 2023 · January 2023 · January 7
Latvian stage actress · 07 September 2022 · September 2022 · September 7
Latvian police general and politician · 14 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 14
Latvian footballer (Skonto · 02 August 2022 · August 2022 · August 2
Latvian-American computer scientist · 31 July 2022 · July 2022 · July 31
Latvian writer and poet · 24 July 2022 · July 2022 · July 24
Latvian film director (I Remember Everything · 17 May 2022 · May 2022 · May 17 · Other
Latvian-born Australian Olympic basketball player (1956) · 23 April 2022 · April 2022 · April 23
Latvian politician and social anthropologist · 18 March 2022 · March 2022 · March 18
Latvian Roman Catholic prelate · 28 February 2022 · February 2022 · February 28 · Other
Latvian chef cooker · 10 February 2022 · February 2022 · February 10 · Martins · Other
Latvian actor (The Favorite · 21 January 2022 · January 2022 · January 21
Latvian physiologist and gastroenterologist · 17 December 2021 · December 2021 · December 17 · Other
Latvian composer (Saule · 23 November 2021 · November 2021 · November 23 · Martins
Latvian writer and screenwriter (Defenders of Riga) · 05 November 2021 · November 2021 · November 5
Latvian actor (Unfinished Supper) · 20 October 2021 · October 2021 · October 20
Latvian film director and producer (Fantadroms) · 30 September 2021 · September 2021 · September 30 · Other
Latvian chess player · 31 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 31
Latvian ice hockey goaltender (Columbus Blue Jackets · 04 July 2021 · July 2021 · July 4 · Other
Latvian-born Australian swimmer · 25 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 25
Latvian-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate · 05 April 2021 · April 2021 · April 5 · Other
Latvian poet and translator · 23 March 2021 · March 2021 · March 23
Soviet-Latvian cyclist · 01 December 2020 · December 2020 · December 1
Latvian actor (Unfinished Supper) · 06 November 2020 · November 2020 · November 6