Antonina Zavarina (1928–2015)– an ethnographer, Doctor of History, the author of the manuscript «The Russian population of eastern Latvia in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries». >>

Ivan Zavoloko (1897–1984) – an old believer’s public leader,  spiritual mentor, researcher of antiquity, ethnographer and catechist in pre-war Latvia. In 1940 was arrested by NKVD and served 17 years in camps  and exile. >>

Sofia Zayeva (1895–1971) – a microbiologist, doctor of medicine, one of the creators of medical remedy «Furatsillin». >>

Vsevolod Zelyony (1973) – bronze prize winner of the Olympic games in Sydney (2000) in dzudo. >>

Mikhail Zemlinsky (1969) – famous Latvian football player, was a member of Latvian National  team at the end of the 1990-s and at the beginning of the 2000-s years. >>

Kallistrat Zhakov (1866–1926) – a philosopher, poet, writer. >>

Tatyana Zhdanok (1950) – is a Latvian politician and the a Member of the European Parliament (2004–2024). Co-chairperson of the Board of the political party «Latvian Russian Union» from 2014 to 2024. >>

Lidia Zhdanova  (1938–1995) – a poet, prose writer, translator, author of several books for children. >>

Galina Zhdanova (1937) – a ballerina, soloist of the Latvian Ballet from 1956 to 1976. >>

German Zhegalov (1884–1955) – an archpriest. >>