Yuri Yurovsky (real name – Georgy Sarukhanov; 1894–1959) – a leading actor of the Riga Russian Drama Theatre from 1924. >>

Vladimir Yurzinov (1940)  – a famous Russian hockey player and coach, from 1980 to 1089 was chief coach of Riga «Dinamo». >>

Nikolay Zablotsky (1863–1944) – a teacher in inter-war period of Latvia. >>

Andrey Zadonsky (1893-1941) – writer, belle-letters writer, lyric. >>

Mikhail Zadornov (1948–2017) – a satirist, journalist, TV presenter. >>

Nikolay Zadornov (1909-1992) – author of popular historical novels, devoted mainly to the Russian Far East. From 1946 lived and worked in Riga. >>

Kseniya Zagorovskaya (1957) – assistant chairperson of Latvian Journalist Union. >>

Alexander Zagorovsky (1956) – specialist in real estate, laureate of the competition on the memory of I. Zavoloko, organized by Riga Grebenshchikov Old believer's community. >>

Kirill Zaits (1869–1948) – a protopresbyter, the chief of Pskov Orthodox Mission. >>

Valentina Zakharova (1922-2014) – chartered lawyer. >>