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Riga is the capital of Latvia and the largest city of the Baltics. Name these famous persons, which are born in the city of Riga.
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Russian-born American tailor and inventor of modern jeans
1834
Jacob W. Davis
Baltic German chemist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, one of the founders of the field of physical chemistry
1853
Wilhelm Ostwald
Soviet director, "October" "Battleship Potemkin"
1898
Sergei Eisenstein
Computer scientist, he received the Turing Award in 1993
1928
Juris Hartmanis
First female President of Latvia from 1999 to 2007
1937
Vaira Vike-Freiberga
President of Latvia from 1993 to 1999
1939
Guntis Ulmanis
Russian-American actor, known for playing Peter Parker's landlord in the "Spider-Man" films
1950
Elya Baskin
Prime Minister of Latvia from 1990 to 1993 and again from 2007 to 2009
1951
Ivars Godmanis
President of Latvia from 2019 to 2023 and former member of the European Court of Justice from 2004 to 2019
1955
Egils Levits
President of Latvia from 2007 to 2011
1955
Valdis Zatlers
Prime Minister of Latvia from 2004 to 2007 and current President of the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation
1966
Aigars Kalvitis
Former Ice Hockey player, he has played the most games and scored the most points in the history of the Latvian national team
1970
Leonids Tambijevs
Prime Minister of Latvia from 2009 to 2014
1971
Valdis Dombrovskis
Former Latvian International football player, he holds the record for the most games played for the Latvian national team
1971
Vitalijs Astafjevs
Former ice hockey player who played in the NHL for ten seasons and died aged 31 from heart failure during a game
1972
Sergei Zholtok
Former ice hockey player and all-time leader for goals and games played by a Latvian in the NHL
1972
Sandis Ozolins
Former ice hockey player who played in the NHL for twelve seasons and died aged 37 in the 2011 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash
1974
Karlis Skrastins
Prime minister of Latvia since 2023
1975
Evika Silina
Former basketball player (Golden State Warriors)
1986
Andris Biedrins
Director of "Flow" and one of the two first Latvians to win an Academy Award
1994
Gints Zilbalodis
Ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets
1994
Elvis Merzlikins
Ice hockey player who plays for the Vancoucer Canucks
1994
Teddy Blueger
Ice hockey player and highest-drafted Latvian in NHL history who plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning
1994
Zemgus Girgensons
Ice hockey player who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers
1996
Rodrigo Abols
Tennis player and French Open champion 2017
1997
Jelena Ostapenko
Ice hockey player who plays for the Florida Panthers
2004
Sandis Vilmanis
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