Jānis Brikmanis (25 February 1940 – 18 April 2019) was a Latvian zoologist, environmental conservationist, radio and television presenter, and writer.
Jānis Brikmanis studied at the department of biology at the Latvian State University from 1960 to 1965.
After graduation he worked at the chemical plant in Olaine before he got a teaching position at the Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute in 1970.
From 1975, he worked for the Gauja National Park as an engineer zoologist and senior researcher.
[1] Over a period of 35 years, Brikmanis was a public figure in Latvia as the presenter of several radio and television programs about animal life, in particular about birds.