Born in Riga
Riga
Capital and largest city of Latvia
Riga as a birthplace has produced a number of famous personalities of various fields (e.g. Baltic-german-american archaeologist, German historian, German actor, singer and voice actor): Peter von Blanckenhagen, Walter von Boetticher, Jessy Rameik and some more.
Celebrities from RigaCelebrities from Riga
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Peter von Blanckenhagen
Baltic-german-american archaeologist
*March 21st, 1909 †March 6th, 1990, New York City
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Meinhard von Gerkan
German architect (1935–2022)
*January 3rd, 1935 †November 30th, 2022, Hamburg
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Isaiah Berlin
Russo-British Jewish social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas (1909-1997)
*June 6th, 1909 †November 5th, 1997, Oxford.jpg "Aleksejs Saramotins")
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70 Heinz Erhardt
German comedian and entertainer (1909-1979)
*February 20th, 1909 †June 5th, 1979, Hamburg
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69 Ludwig Deubner
German historian and classical philologist
*February 3rd, 1877 †March 25th, 1946, Berlin
37 Hermanis Matisons
Latvian chess player (1894-1932)
*December 28th, 1894 †November 16th, 1932, Riga
69 Otto Hermann von Vietinghoff
German geheimrat and writer (1722-1792)
*December 3rd, 1722 †June 24th, 1792, Saint Petersburg
71 Dorothea Lieven
Influential figure in 19th-century European diplomatic, political and social circles (1785-1857)
*December 17th, 1785 †January 27th, 1857, Paris
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Birthdays of famous people
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