The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Latvia
This page contains a list of the greatest Latvian Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 2,238 Religious Figures, 3 of which were born in Latvia. This makes Latvia the birth place of the 78th most number of Religious Figures behind Angola and Nicaragua.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Latvian Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Latvian Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Jānis Pujats (1930 - )
With an HPI of 54.17, Jānis Pujats is the most famous Latvian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 26 different languages on wikipedia.
Jānis Pujats (born 14 November 1930) is a Latvian cardinal and the archbishop emeritus of Riga.
2. Jānis Endzelīns (1873 - 1961)
With an HPI of 46.08, Jānis Endzelīns is the 2nd most famous Latvian Religious Figure. Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Jānis Endzelīns (22 February 1873 – 1 July 1961) was a Latvian linguist. He graduated from the University of Tartu. In 1908, he and Kārlis Mīlenbahs developed the modern Latvian alphabet, which slowly replaced the old orthography used before. He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1936. His son was chess master Lūcijs Endzelīns.
3. Artūrs Irbe (1967 - )
With an HPI of 39.17, Artūrs Irbe is the 3rd most famous Latvian Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Artūrs Irbe (born 2 February 1967) is a Latvian professional ice hockey coach and former goaltender. Born during the Soviet era, Irbe played for various Soviet league teams and the Soviet Union national team before moving to North America in 1991. Irbe played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, and Carolina Hurricanes. In 2004 Irbe returned to Europe to play until he retired in 2007. He has served as a goaltending coach with Dinamo Riga, the Washington Capitals and the Buffalo Sabres, as well as internationally with the Latvia men's national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2010. Irbe was rated number 93 on The Hockey News list of The Top 100 Goalies of All-Time in 2018.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as religious figures born between 1873 and 1967. Of these 3, 2 (66.67%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living religious figures include Jānis Pujats and Artūrs Irbe. The most famous deceased religious figures include Jānis Endzelīns.
