Kārlis Kaufmanis was a Latvian-American astronomer. He is noted for his theory, on which he delivered a public lecture more than a thousand times, that the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn that took place in 7 BC....

Jānis Kaufmanis is a Latvian professional basketball player, who is currently playing for Força Lleida in the LEB Oro league. Before playing in Spain, Kaufmanis previously played in Valmiera and VEF Rīga.