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Eriks Ādamsons was a Latvian writer, poet and novelist.

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Jānis Akuraters was a Latvian poet, writer, playwright and politician. He founded the Latvian National Theatre in 1919 and was director of Radio of Riga between 1930 and 1934.

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Juris Alunāns was a Latvian writer and philologist in the Russian Empire. He was one of the first contributors of Latvian language. He was one of the members of the Young Latvia movement.

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Ingmāra Balode, is a Latvian poet and translator.

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Uldis Bērziņš is a Latvian poet and translator.

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Ernests Birznieks-Upītis was a Latvian writer, translator and librarian.

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Inga Gaile is a Latvian poet, novelist, and playwright.

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Johann Ernst Glück was a German translator and Lutheran theologian active in Livonia, which is now in Latvia.

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Nora Ikstena is a Latvian writer and cultural manager. She was born in Riga and studied philology and English language and literature at the University of Latvia. After a subsequent period of residence in New York City for further studies, she returned home and worked to establish the Latvian Literature Centre.

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Elfriede Jaksch (1842–1897) was a German language Latvian writer. She wrote a number of popular novels and novellas under the pen name Shack von Igar.

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Miķelis Krogzemis, better known under his pen name Auseklis was a Latvian poet and prominent member of the Young Latvians movement.

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Juris Kronbergs was a Latvian-Swedish poet and translator who lived in Stockholm.

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Atis Kronvalds or Kronvaldu Atis was a Latvian writer, linguist and pedagogue, as well as a prominent member of the Young Latvia movement.

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Juris Māters was a Latvian writer and journalist.

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Garlieb Helwig Merkel was a Baltic German writer and activist and an early Estophile and Lettophile.

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Andrievs Niedra was a Latvian writer, Lutheran pastor and the Prime Minister of the German puppet government in Latvia between April and June 1919, during the Latvian War of Independence.

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Jānis Poruks, was a Latvian poet and writer could be considered as a founder of the romantic branch of Latvian literature.

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Pauls Putniņš was a Latvian playwright, journalist and politician.

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Knuts Skujenieks is a Latvian poet, journalist, and translator from fifteen European languages.

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Lelde Stumbre is a Latvian dramatist and politician. Author of many plays, she also wrote the screenplay to Lai tev labi klājas!, a 1995 TV series. She was a candidate for the Latvian parliament in 2011, but finished as the first runner up for her party in the Riga voting region. In 2014 Stumbre briefly served in the Saeima from 30 January to 20 March as a substitute for Einārs Cilinskis.

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Ojārs Vācietis was a Latvian writer and poet. He is often considered one of the most famous and influential poets in the Latvian SSR.

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Elita Veidemane is a Latvian journalist, publicist and public worker. In 1980 she graduated from the Latvian State University Faculty of Philology, and from 1981 to 1988 worked for the newspaper Padomju Jaunatne. She worked as a Latvian language and literature teacher at a school in Jurmala in the 1980s. From 1988 until its closure in 1992 she was the chief editor of the Latvian Popular Front publication Atmoda (Revival).

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Eduards Veidenbaums was a Latvian poet and translator.