Latvian Ancestry

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Latvian Ancestry

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Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Lipman Bers Mathematician 22-May-1914 29-Oct-1993 Riemann surfaces

Sydney Brenner Scientist 13-Jan-1927 Genetic regulation of organ development

Frances Conroy Actor 13-Nov-1953 Ruth Fisher on Six Feet Under

Larry Gelbart Film/TV Producer 25-Feb-1928 11-Sep-2009 M*A*S*H

Vitaly L. Ginzburg Physicist 4-Oct-1916 8-Nov-2009 Type-II superconductors

Louis Kahn Architect 20-Feb-1901 17-Mar-1974 Prominent architect

Debi Mazar Actor 15-Aug-1964 Meet Wally Sparks

Olly Murs Singer/Songwriter 28-May-1984 Please Don't Let Me Go

Wilhelm Ostwald Chemist 2-Sep-1853 4-Apr-1932 Ostwald's Law of Dilution and Conductivity

Olof Palme Head of State 30-Jan-1927 28-Feb-1986 Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated

Gregory Pincus Scientist 9-Apr-1903 22-Aug-1967 Inventor of oral contraceptives

David Rakoff Author 27-Nov-1964 9-Aug-2012 Don't Get Too Comfortable

Arthur L. Schawlow Physicist 5-May-1921 28-Apr-1999 Laser spectroscopy

Richard Slifka Business c. 1940 Vice Chairman of Global Partners

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