page_title: Tukums
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Tukums / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Joe Magidsohn
context_page_description: Tukums is a town in Latvia. Three regions of Latvia meet in the vicinity of Tukums – Vidzeme, Zemgale and Courland.
context_section_description: Ronalds Arājs, Latvian athlete
  Kristaps Blanks, football striker, Skonto FC and Latvian national football team player
  Ādolfs Bļodnieks, Prime Minister of Latvia from 1933 – 1934
  Līga Kļaviņa, Latvian heptathlete
  Viktor Tsoi, Soviet Rock band Kino leader died near Tukums.
  Dainis Kūla, javelin thrower and 1980 Olympic champion
  Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs, FK Ventspils and Latvian national football team midfielder
  Joe Magidsohn, Latvian-born American football player
  Janis Roze, Latvian biologist and philosopher
  James Richman, Latvian-born investor and financier known for his investments in Facebook, Uber, and Tesla
  Samanta Tīna, Latvian singer of Russian descent
  Mārtiņš Staķis, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Defense
  Artis Kampars, Minister for Economics from March 2009 – October 2011
  Bertram Zarins, Latvian-born orthopedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University
caption: Joe Magidsohn
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