Arvīds Jansons ( 10 October 1914, Liepāja – 21 November 1984, Manchester) was a Latvian conductor and father of conductor Mariss Jansons.
As a result, Kettler established one of the largest merchant fleets in Europe, with its main harbours in Windau (today Ventspils), and Libau (today Liepāja).
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Mykolas Arlauskas (born 1930, near Liepāja, Latvia), a Latvia-born Lithuanian agronomist, professor of biomedicine
Cimdenieki is a small suburban settlement in Grobiņa parish near Liepāja, Latvia.
David Pablo Boder (9 November 1886 Liepāja, Latvia – 18 December 1961), was a professor of psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology when, in 1946, he traveled to Europe to record the experiences of Holocaust survivors.
Pantserzhanskiy was born in Liepāja, Latvia the son of a Polish nobleman and studied at the Riga Technical University.
Jan Rotwill Heidatel (1801 – 21 March 1871, Kraków) was a famous Russian engineer, general-mayor, Candidate of Philosophy, head of Liepāja port.
In 1994 the Naval Forces were composed of the Southern Region (in Liepāja), the Central Region (in Riga), the Coastal Defense Battalion (in Ventspils) and the Training Center (in Liepāja).
The killings were committed by the Einsatzgruppe A, the Wehrmacht and Marines (in Liepāja), as well as by Latvian collaborators, including the 500-1,500 members of the infamous Arajs Commando (which alone killed around 26,000 Jews) and the 2,000 or more Latvian members of the SD.
A. Rogovin (1838- February 27, 1923) was a Russian civil engineer responsible for construction of many fortresses in Russia: Libau, Brest Fortress, Kovno among others.
Māris Verpakovskis (born 15 October 1979 in Liepāja), is former Latvian football forward, last playing for the Super League Greece club Ergotelis in Crete, Greece and Latvia national football team.
Miķelis Valters (formerly, and as an author in German, Walters) (May 7, 1874 in Liepāja - – March 27, 1968 in Nice) was a prominent Latvian politician, diplomat, writer, and editor.
The Brigade was immediately sent into action, launching a counterattack towards Libau in Latvia and was involved in some heavy fighting with a Red Army Cavalry Corps and the attempt to recapture Tukums failed.
After attacks by the pro-Soviet OMON on Riga in early January, the government called on people to build barricades for protection of possible targets (mainly in the capital city of Riga and nearby Ulbroka, as well as Kuldīga and Liepāja).