Gunārs is a
Latvian masculine
given name. 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'' "warrio ...
and may refer to:
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Gunārs Astra (1931–1988), Latvian human rights activist and anti-Soviet dissident
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Gunārs Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts ( lv, Gunārs Birkerts, January 17, 1925 – August 15, 2017) was a Latvian American architect who, for most of his career, was based in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan.
Some of his notable designs include the Cor ...
(1925–2017), Latvian-born American architect
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Gunārs Cilinskis (1931–1992), Latvian actor, film director and screenwriter
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Gunārs Ķirsons (born 1951), Latvian entrepreneur and businessman
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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 t ...
(born 1950), Latvian artist and graphic designer
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Gunārs Piesis
Gunārs Piesis (19 July 1931 – 9 February 1996) was a Latvian film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulf ...
(1935–1996), Latvian film director
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Gunārs Priede (1928–2000), Latvian playwright, engineer and architect
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Gunārs Saliņš (1924–2010), Latvian modernist poet
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Gunārs Skvorcovs (born 1990), Latvian ice hockey right winger
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Gunārs Ulmanis (1938–2010), Latvian football right wing midfielder
References
Latvian masculine given names
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