Famous People with Name Karlis

Karlis Ulmanis            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Karlis Ulmanis: was a prominent Latvian politician in pre-World War II Latvia during the Latvian period of independence from 1918 to 1940. Ulmanis studied agriculture at the ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and at Leipzig University, Germany, and then worked in Latvia as a write

Karlis Zale            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Karlis Zale: was a Latvian sculptor. After training in Russia and Germany he returned to Riga, where he both worked in sculpture and taught it. He is best known for his monumental sculptures, including the Brothers' Cemetery and the Freedom Monument in Riga.

Karlis Betinš            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Karlis Betinš: was a Latvian chess master and composer of studies.He tied for 3rd-5th at Riga 1899 (Baltic Congress); won at Riga 1900; shared 1st at Dorpat (Tartu) 1901, and tied for 3rd-4th at Reval (Tallin) 1904.

Karlis Ozols            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Karlis Ozols: was a Latvian-Australian chess player.Ozols represented Latvia at eighth board (+7 -1 =7) in unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 where he won individual bronze medal. He also played at fourth board (+2 -5 =3) in the 7th Olympiad at Stockholm 1937.

Karlis Smilga            Origin/Culture/Country: Russian

Karlis Smilga: a Latvian curler from Jelgava. He was a skip of the Latvian men's team at the 2004 and 2006 European Curling Championships where Latvia finished 19th and 17th, respectively. The 2005 he skipped a mixed curling team to that year's European Mixed Championsh