People from Ilūkste county

Jānis Pliekšāns (11 September 1865 – 11 September 1929), known by his pseudonym Rainis, was a Latvian poet, playwright, translator, and politician. Rainis' works include the classic plays Uguns un nakts (Fire and Night, 1905) and Indulis un Ārija (Indulis and Ārija, 1911), and a highly regarded translation of Goethe's Faust. His works had a profound influence on the literary Latvian language, and the ethnic symbolism he employed in his major works has been central to Latvian nationalism.

chief rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine (1865-1935)

French physicist (1914-2011)

Polish military commander (1908–1939)

Member of the German resistance (1899–1944)

Baltic German classical archaeologist (1885–1969)