Jānis Buivids (Janis Buivydas[1]) (8 September 1864 – 2 April 1937) was a general in the Latvian Army.

[2] Buivids was born in Alkiškiai, in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania).

[4] For merit on the battlefield, he received the Cross of St. George (IV class) and Sword of St.

In 1917, he was promoted to the rank of general; later that year, he was appointed to the post of commander of the 15th Riflemen Division.

On 29 February 1924, Buivids was promoted to Chief of staff of the Latvian Army by Minister of War Fricis Birkenšteins, a promotion that was confirmed 26 March 1924 by Latvian President Jānis Čakste.