Memorials in Riga
Riga: 18 memorial pages
of people who were born or died here, or were laid to rest here
Memorial
Uļjana Semjonova
03/09/1952 – 01/08/2026
73 years
Latvian basketball player
Memorial
Nora Ikstena
10/15/1969 – 01/04/2026
56 years
Latvian writer
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Rosa von Praunheim
née Holger Radtke
11/25/1942 – 12/17/2025
83 years
German film director
Memorial
Andrejs Rubins
11/26/1978 – 08/01/2022
43 years
Latvian association football player
Memorial
Juris Hartmanis
07/05/1928 – 07/29/2022
94 years
Latvian computer scientist
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John Konrads
05/21/1942 – 04/25/2021
78 years
Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, former world record-holder
Memorial
Kim Ki-duk
12/20/1960 – 12/11/2020
59 years
South Korean film director
Memorial
Jānis Lūsis
05/19/1939 – 04/29/2020
80 years
Latvian javelin thrower
Memorial
Mariss Jansons
01/14/1943 – 12/01/2019
76 years
Latvian conductor
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Gunnar Birkerts
01/17/1925 – 08/15/2017
92 years
Latvian-American architect
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Astrīde Ivaska
08/07/1926 – 03/24/2015
88 years
Latvian poet
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Imants Ziedonis
05/03/1933 – 02/27/2013
79 years
Latvian poet
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Kārlis Skrastiņš
07/09/1974 – 09/07/2011
37 years
Latvian hockey player
Memorial
Inese Jaunzeme
05/21/1932 – 02/13/2011
78 years
Latvian javelin thrower
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Vija Artmane
08/21/1929 – 10/11/2008
79 years
Latvian actress
Memorial
Vizma Belševica
05/30/1931 – 08/06/2005
74 years
Latvian writer
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Walter Zapp
08/22/1905 – 07/17/2003
97 years
Estonian inventor of Baltic German origin
Memorial
Regīna Ezera
12/20/1930 – 06/11/2002
71 years
Latvian writer