Klāvs Elsbergs (January 3, 1959 – February 5, 1987) was a Latvian poet and translator.

His parents were Latvian poet Vizma Belševica and translator Zigurds Elsbergs.

He was a major translator of French poetry including a collection of poems by Guillaume Apollinaire.

Also he was one of the founding editors of Avots, an influential intellectual monthly that introduced avant garde and politically charged subjects during the period of Glasnost.

Klāvs Elsbergs died on February 5, 1987, in an accident after falling from the ninth floor of the Soviet Writer's Union building in Dubulti.