Ivan von Nolken (1868-1948) – official, lawyer, military, representative of the famous Baltic-German nobility, Russian writer of German origin. >>

Vladimir Novikov (1947) – a poet, artist, famous children writer. >>

Irina Odoyevtseva (1895-1990) – a poet and author of memoirs. Born in Riga into the family of lawyer Gustav Heinike. >>

Alexander Olbik (1939-2018) – a journalist and writer. >>

Eugenia Oshurkova (1951) – a bard and journalist. >>

Marianna Ozolinya (1939) – from 1973 to 2013 Curator of the Museum of St Peter's Church in Riga, poet. >>

Vera Panchenko (1934) – a poet and translator. >>

Sergey Pichugin (1957) – a poet. >>

Valentin Pikul (1928-1990) – an author of numerous historical novels. >>

Pyotr Pilsky (1879-1941) – literary critic and publicist. Head of the department of culture in the newspaper «Segodnya». >>