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* Creator/KseniaSolo

!! Latvians in media

[[AC: Anime]]

* Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia has an anthropomorphication of Latvia named Raivis Galante, a TinySchoolboy CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass. He claims that he can drink up to 40 cups of alcohol with no issues.

[[AC: Audio Play]]
* Lavinia from AudioPlay/ThePrincessThieves

[[AC: Literature]]
* {{Literature/Holes}} is about a boy whose Latvian ancestors were cursed
* Officer Berg of ''Literature/WarAndPeace'', a Latvian officer who proposes to a beautiful countess.
* Pete of {{Literature/Bones}} is of Latvian descent. Following World War II and the subsequent Soviet occupation of the Baltics, Pete’s grandmother, her sons, and their wives decided it was best to seek greener pastures. According to family lore, the departure from Riga involved a dead-of-night dash and a harrowing voyage on a sketchy cargo ship.
* Jakob Gradus of ''Literature/PaleFire''. His father was a Minister from Riga.
* And by the same [[Creator/VladimirNabokov author]] of ''Literature/PaleFire'', we have Robert Karlovich Horn from {{Literature/Pnin}}.
* The Latvian Sea Pirate from ''Literature/TheTinDrum''
* Nathan and Larry of ''Literature/SophiesChoice'' are of Latvian Jewish descent.
* ''Literature/OneDayInTheLifeOfIvanDenisovich'' gives us Kildigs, the plump red faced Latvian.

[[AC: Films]]
* Film/ForeignCorrespondent has a FunnyForeigner Latvian delegate. He has a [[PerpetualSmiler goofy grin]] on his face most of the time.

[[AC: Series]]
* In Series/BrooklynNineNine, Charles adopts a Latvian boy named Nikolaj
* Aleks of ''Series/EastEnders''.
* Red Jackal from GI Joe Red Shadows is a Latvian defector who eventually joined the Z force
* Vlad, the Latvian exchange student from ''Series/ModernFamily''.

[[AC: Other]]
* A common misconception is that ComicBook/DoctorDoom is Latvian. He's actually ''[[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Latveria Latverian]]''. However the country's Ruritania nature and aesthetics could have been drawn from Latvia.
* {{Webcomic/Broodhollow}} gives us a Latvian logger named Maris Kruzevabole
* There's an entire [[https://medium.com/@latviansdotco site]] dedicated to fictional Latvians

* Nathan and Larry of ''Literature/SophiesChoice''

** --> ''Santa Claus was born in Latvia on May 8, 1831. As far as we can learn from history there was nothing particularly remarkable in the circumstances surrounding his birth. His parents were poor peasants, eking out a miserable existence by growing eggplants in the thin Latvian soil.''

* And by the same [[[Creator/VladimirNabokov author]] of ''Literature/PaleFire'', we have Robert Karlovich Horn from ''Literature/Pnin''.

* Santa Claus of ''Literature/TheManAndTheMyth''

* Pete of ''Literature/Bones'' is of Latvian descent. Following World War II and the subsequent Soviet occupation of the Baltics, Pete’s grandmother, her sons, and their wives decided it was best to seek greener pastures. According to family lore, the departure from Riga involved a dead-of-night dash and a harrowing voyage on a sketchy cargo ship.

* Lavinia from AudioPlay/ThePrincessThieves

* ''Webcomic/Broodhollow'' gives us a Latvian logger named Maris Kruzevabole

* [[Literature/Holes]] is about a boy whose Latvian ancestors were cursed
* In Series/BrooklynNineNine, Charles adopts a Latvian boy named Nikolaj

* Lavinia from AudioPlay/ThePrincessThieves
* A common misconception is that ComicBook/DoctorDoom is Latvian. He's actually ''[[https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Latveria Latverian]]''. However the country's Ruritania nature and aesthetics could have been drawn from Latvia.
* Film/ForeignCorrespondent has a FunnyForeigner Latvian delegate. He has a [[PerpetualSmiler goofy grin]] on his face most of the time.

* Red Jackal from GI Joe Red Shadows is a Latvian defector who eventually joined the Z force
* In ''The Case of the Famished Parson'' there is a Latvian refugee who cannot speak English
* Vlad, the Latvian exchange student from ''Series/ModernFamily''.

* Pete of ''Literature/Bones'' is of Latvian descent. Following World War II and the subsequent Soviet occupation of the Baltics, Pete’s grandmother, her sons, and their wives decided it was best to seek greener pastures. According to family lore, the departure from Riga involved a dead-of-night dash and a harrowing voyage on a sketchy cargo ship.

* Theodore Nemor of ''Literature/TheDisintegrationMachine''

* ''Literature/Holes'' is about a boy whose Latvian ancestors were cursed

** ---> ''Santa Claus was born in Latvia on May 8, 1831. As far as we can learn from history there was nothing particularly remarkable in the circumstances surrounding his birth. His parents were poor peasants, eking out a miserable existence by growing eggplants in the thin Latvian soil.''

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* ''Creator/RoseStiebra''

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