Gunārs is a Latvian masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

. It is a cognate of the name

Gunnar Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

and may refer to: *

Gunārs Astra Gunārs Astra (22 October 1931 – 6 April 1988) was a Latvian human rights activist and anti-Soviet dissident arrested by the Soviet Union in 1961 and sentenced to prison for 15 years. He was released in 1976. In 1983, he was arrested again but ...

(1931–1988), Latvian human rights activist and anti-Soviet dissident * Gunārs Birkerts (1925–2017), Latvian-born American architect *

Gunārs Cilinskis Gunārs Cilinskis (23 May 1931, Riga — 25 July 1992, Riga District) was a Latvian theater and film actor, film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1979). Family * Wife — Velta Line (1923-2012), actress, ...

(1931–1992), Latvian actor, film director and screenwriter *

Gunārs Ķirsons Gunārs Ķirsons (born 17 May 1951, in Omsk) is a Latvian entrepreneur, businessman and founder of the Latvian chain of restaurants. He is also the president of the Latvian Judo Federation. References 1951 births Living people Peopl ...

(born 1951), Latvian entrepreneur and businessman *

Gunārs Lūsis Gunārs Lūsis (born 1950) is a Latvian artist and graphical designer. Lūsis is notable for creating the design for some of the modern Latvian coins with denominations in Latvian lats, and for authoring the logo for the Latvian presidency of th ...

(born 1950), Latvian artist and graphic designer *

Gunārs Piesis Gunārs Piesis (19 July 1931 – 9 February 1996) was a Latvian film director. 1931 births 1996 deaths Latvian film directors Soviet film directors Film people from Riga {{Latvia-film-director-stub ...

(1935–1996), Latvian film director *

Gunārs Priede Gunārs Priede (1928–2000) was a Latvian playwright, engineer and architect. He was originally a civil engineer for the Soviet government in Latvia who became the most important Latvian playwright of the Soviet era. He penned numerous dramas ...

(1928–2000), Latvian playwright, engineer and architect *

Gunārs Saliņš Gunars Saliņš (21 April 1924 – 29 June 2010) was a modernist poet within the Latvian lyric poetry tradition. He became a leading voice of the " Hell's Kitchen artists" (Elles ķēķis) - a Latvian emigre artist community in the U.S. which ...

(1924–2010), Latvian modernist poet *

Gunārs Skvorcovs Gunārs Skvorcovs (born 13 January 1990) is a Latvian ice hockey right winger, currently playing for Odense Bulldogs. Playing career Skvorcovs made his debut for Metalurgs already in 2004-05, when he was only fourteen years old and continued to ...

(born 1990), Latvian ice hockey right winger *

Gunārs Ulmanis Gunārs Ulmanis (1938 – 17 July 2010) was a Latvian football right wing midfielder, one of the most famous Latvian footballers of the 1960s. Biography While at school Ulmanis played both basketball and football but the famous Latvian footba ...

(1938–2010), Latvian football right wing midfielder

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