Pupils at the Viļani Russian Primary School
Oleg Antropov (1947-2023) – member of the USSR volleyball team and Olympic champion (1968, Mexico). >>
Alexander Belyavsky (1964) – famous Latvian hockey player and coach. >>
Leonid Beresnev (1958) – famous Latvian hockey player and coach. >>
Ivan Bugayenkov (1938) as a member of the all-Union volleyball team of the USSR became a double Olympic champion (1964, 1968). >>
Zoya Golubeva (1967) – the world champion in internatiomal draughts for 16 times. >>
Ludmila Kachkalda (1949-2010) – World Champion in rhythmic gymnastics (1967, 1973). >>
Fyodor Kanshevsky (1876-1936) – weightlifter, one of the founders and honorary chairman of the 1st Riga Athletic Club, as well as the honorary chairman of the Weightlifting Union of Latvia, customs officer. >>
Ivan Klementyev (1960) – Olympic Champion (1988) and multiple world champion in solo canoeing. Politician, member of the Saeima of Latvia since 2006 >>
Alexander Klinshov (1948-2019) – a hockey player, coach of the Latvian junior ice hockey team. >>
Galina Korchemnaya (1958) – World Champion of Acrobatics in 1977. >>