List of Latvians - A

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• Augusts Vilis Abakuks (1914–1994) – a leader of the British Latvian community in exile
• Valerians Abakovskis (1895–1921) – inventor of a propeller-powered railcar, the aerowagon.
• Rutanya Alda(1942) – actress (Mommy Dearest, Deer Hunter)
• Viktors Alksnis (1950) – Soviet military officer and Russian communist politician known as "the Black Colonel"
• Iveta Apkalna (1976) – organist
• Fricis Apšenieks (1894–1941) – chess player
• Vija Artmane (1929–2008) – actress
• Gunārs Astra (1931–1988) – dissident, fighter for human rights
• Auseklis see Miķelis Krogzems