Lācis ( Old orthography: ''Lahz(i)(s)''; feminine: Lāce) is a Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "

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". Individuals with the surname include: *

Asja Lācis Anna "Asja" Lācis (née Liepiņa; russian: Анна 'Ася' Эрнестовна Лацис, ; german: Asja Lazis; October 19, 1891 – November 21, 1979) was a Latvian actress and theatre director. Biography A Bolshevik, in the twenties sh ...

(1891–1979), Latvian actress *

Dzintars Lācis Dzintars Lācis (18 May 1940 – 17 November 1992) was a Latvian cyclist. He had competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team pursuit and finished in fifth and fourth place, respectively. He had been part of the Soviet ...

(1940–1992), Latvian cyclist *

Kārlis Lācis Kārlis Lācis (born September 21, 1977) is a Latvian contemporary composer. Along with the scores for theatre productions, movies, and musical arrangements, a large part of his work is dedicated to vocal and choral music, symphonic, and instrume ...

(born 1977), Latvian composer *

Vilis Lācis Vilis Lācis (May 12, 1904 – February 6, 1966) was a Latvian writer and communist politician. Lācis was born Jānis Vilhelms Lāce into a working-class family in Vecmīlgrāvis (now part of Riga). During World War I, his family fled to the ...

(1904-1966), Latvian author and

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of Latvian SSR

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