List of Lithuanians
Encyclopedia
This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian
descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania
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In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania
and not in the territory of modern Lithuania
, only persons, who named themselves Lithuanians or were strictly connected to Lithuania in other way, are included.
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Lithuanians
Lithuanians are the Baltic ethnic group native to Lithuania, where they number around 2,765,600 people. Another million or more make up the Lithuanian diaspora, largely found in countries such as the United States, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Russia, United Kingdom and Ireland. Their native language...
descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
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In a case when a person was born in the territory of former Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
and not in the territory of modern Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
, only persons, who named themselves Lithuanians or were strictly connected to Lithuania in other way, are included.
Architecture and sculpture
- Robertas AntinisRobertas AntinisRobertas Antinis is a Lithuanian painter, and sculptor.He is a winner of the National Culture and Art Prize.-Life:He graduated from the Applied Arts School in Riga in 1965, and the Latvian State Art Academy in 1970....
Jr. (1946–), sculptor and artist
- Gediminas BaravykasGediminas BaravykasGediminas Baravykas was a Lithuanian architect and painter.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia....
(1940–1995), one of the best-known Soviet architects - Vytautas Brėdikis (1930–) (:lt:Vytautas Brėdikis), planner of AntakalnisAntakalnisAntakalnis is an eldership in the Vilnius city municipality, Lithuania. Antakalnis is one of the oldest historical suburbs of Vilnius City. It is located in the eastern section of Vilnius, along the right bank of the Neris River...
and LazdynaiLazdynaiLazdynai is an eldershio in Vilnius, Lithuania, situated on the right bank of the Neris River. It covers area of and has population of approximately 32,000 .-History:...
microdistricts in Vilnius - Vincas GrybasVincas GrybasVincas Grybas was a Lithuanian sculptor. Vincas Grybas was born in Lukiškės village where he also finished elementary school. Later he continued his studies at Warsaw art school. After World War I Grybas extended his studies in Kaunas and Paris...
(1890–1940), one of the influential early monumental sculptors - Laurynas GucevičiusLaurynas GuceviciusLaurynas Gucevičius was an 18th century architect born in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and most of his designs were built there....
(1753–1798), architect of Vilnius CathedralVilnius CathedralThe Cathedral of Vilnius is the main Roman Catholic Cathedral of Lithuania.It is situated in Vilnius Old Town, just off of Cathedral Square. It is the heart of Lithuania's Catholic spiritual life.... - Juozas KalinauskasJuozas KalinauskasJuozas Kalinauskas is a Lithuanian sculptor and medalist.-Biography:* 1950 Graduated Vistycio middle school.* 1950-1955 Studied in Stepas Zukas art school in Kaunas....
professional sculptor and medallist - Gintaras KarosasGintaras KarosasGintaras Karosas is an artist who founded Europos Parkas and designed its landscape.Karosas organized several exhibitions of his graphic works as a secondary school student...
(1968–), sculptor, founder of Europos ParkasEuropos ParkasEuropos Parkas is a 50-hectare open-air museum located 17 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. The museum gives an artistic significance to the geographic centre of the European continent and presents Lithuanian and international modern art.-Collection:The museum exhibits more than 90 works from 27... - Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis (1893–1993) (:lt:Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis), one of the famous architects in the interwar Lithuania
- Juozas Mikėnas (1901–1964) (:lt:Juozas Mikėnas), sculptor
- Algimantas NasvytisAlgimantas NasvytisAlgimantas Nasvytis is a Lithuanian architect. He was active in the pro-independence Sąjūdis movement and served as Minister of Construction and Urban Development in the first four Cabinets of Lithuania after Lithuania declared independence from the Soviet Union.In 1946 Nasvytis enrolled into the...
(1928–), architect, Minister of Construction and Urbanistics (1990) - Kęstutis Pempė (1949–) (:lt:Kęstutis Pempė), architect, chairman of the Architects Association of Lithuania
- Bronius Pundzius (1907–1959) (:lt:Bronius Pundzius), sculptor
- Petras RimšaPetras RimšaPetras Rimša was one of the first professional Lithuanian sculptors and medalists.-Biography:...
(1881–1961) (:lt:Petras Rimša), one of the first professional sculptors in Lithuania - Juozas ZikarasJuozas ZikarasJuozas Zikaras was a Lithuanian sculptor and artist, who created the design for pre-war Lithuanian litas coins. He is considered to be one of the first professional Lithuanian sculptors.-Biography:...
(1881–1944), sculptor and designer the interwar years' Lithuanian litasLithuanian litasThe Lithuanian litas is the currency of Lithuania. It is divided into 100 centų...
Literature
- Jurgis BaltrušaitisJurgis BaltrušaitisJurgis Baltrušaitis was a Lithuanian Symbolist poet and translator, who wrote his works in Lithuanian and Russian. In addition to his important contributions to Lithuanian literature, he was noted as a political activist and diplomat...
(1873–1944), poet and diplomat, the first SymbolistSymbolism (arts)Symbolism was a late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin in poetry and other arts. In literature, the style had its beginnings with the publication Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire...
poet - Antanas BaranauskasAntanas BaranauskasAntanas Baranauskas was a Lithuanian poet, mathematician and a catholic bishop of Polish town Sejny. Baranauskas is best known as the author of the Lithuanian language poem Anykščių šilelis. He used various pseudonyms, including A.B., Bangputys, Jurksztas Smalaūsis, Jurkštas Smalaūsis, and Baronas...
(1835–1902), priest and poet, author of The Pine Groove of Anykščiai (Lithuanian: Anykščių šilelis) - Kazys BinkisKazys BinkisKazys Binkis was a Lithuanian poet, journalist, and playwright. He used the pseudonyms K.Alijošius, K. Papilietis, Kazys, Kazys Roviejietis, Nedarbininkas, Neklaipėdietis, Nelatvis, Nepartyvis, Ras Desta, Riza Chanas and others.-Biography:...
(1893–1942), poet and playwright, leader of Lithuanian Futurism movement - Bernardas BrazdžionisBernardas BrazdžionisBernardas Brazdžionis was a Lithuanian poet. Bernardas Brazdžionis also used various pen names, such as Vytė Nemunėlis, Jaunasis Vaidevutis.-Biography:...
(1907–2002), an influential romantic poet - Petras Cvirka (1909–1947), short story writer and active supporter of communism
- Kristijonas DonelaitisKristijonas DonelaitisKristijonas Donelaitis was a Prussian Lithuanian Lutheran pastor and poet. He lived and worked in Lithuania Minor, a territory in the Kingdom of Prussia, that had a sizable minority of ethnic Lithuanians...
(1714–1780), Lithuanian Lutheran pastor and poet, author of The SeasonsThe Seasons (poem)The Seasons ' is the first Lithuanian poem written by Kristijonas Donelaitis around 1765–1775. It was published as "Das Jahr" in Königsberg, 1818 by Ludwig Rhesa, who also entitled the poem and selected the arrangement of the parts. The German translation was included in the first edition of the...
(Lithuanian: Metai) - Juozas GlinskisJuozas GlinskisJuozas Glinskis is a Lithuanian playwright.- Works :Juozas Glinskis marked a new stage in the development of Lithuanian theatre in the second half of the 20th century...
(1933–), writer, playwright, pioneer of Lithuanian "theatre of cruelty" - Leah GoldbergLeah GoldbergLeah Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher. Her writings are considered classics of Israeli literature and remain very popular among Hebrew speaking Israelis.-Biography:...
(1911–70), Israeli poet - Romualdas GranauskasRomualdas GranauskasRomualdas Granauskas – proseist, dramaturge.After finishing Seda youth labour school, he worked as newspaper's "Mūsų žodis" and magazine's "Nemunas" established in Skuodas editor, construction worker, metalworker, radio reporter, lectured in Mosėdis.He started publishing his stories in 1954 in his...
(1939–), writer about the identity crisis during the Soviet times - Juozas GrušasJuozas GrušasJuozas Grušas was a Lithuanian writer, editor, dramatist and playwright.-Biography:...
(1901–1986), one of the most productive writers and playwrights under the Soviet rule - Jurga IvanauskaitėJurga IvanauskaiteJurga Ivanauskaitė was a Lithuanian writer.She was born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union. Studying at the Vilnius Art Academy, her first book was The Year of the Lilies of the Valley, published in 1985. She subsequently published six novels, a children's book and a book of essays...
(1961–2007), the best known modern female writer - Vincas KudirkaVincas KudirkaVincas Kudirka was a Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem, Tautiška giesmė. He is regarded in Lithuania as a National Hero. Kudirka used pen names - V...
(1858–1899), writer and poet, author of the national anthem of LithuaniaTautiška giesmeTautiška giesmė is the national anthem of Lithuania, also known by its opening words "Lietuva, Tėvyne mūsų" and as "Lietuvos himnas"... - Vytautas V. Landsbergis (1962–) (:lt:Vytautas V. Landsbergis), writer, published many children's books
- MaironisMaironisMaironis is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of studies at the university, he...
(real name Jonas Mačiulis, 1862–1932), priest and poet, best known patriotic poet - Justinas MarcinkevičiusJustinas MarcinkeviciusJustinas Marcinkevičius was a prominent Lithuanian poet and playwright.-Life and career:Marcinkevičius was born in 1930 in Važatkiemis, Prienai district. In 1954 he graduated from Vilnius University History and Philology faculty with a degree in Lithuanian language and Literature. He joined the...
(1930–2011), one of the most prominent poets during the Soviet rule - Marcelijus Martinaitis (1936–), :lt:Marcelijus Martinaitis writer famous for The Ballads of Kukutis, a mock-epic
- Martynas MažvydasMartynas MažvydasMartynas Mažvydas Martynas Mažvydas Martynas Mažvydas (1510 near Žemaičių Naumiestis (now in Šilutė district municipality) - May 21, 1563 in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad) was the author and the editor of the first printed book in the Lithuanian language....
(1510–1563), author of the first book in Lithuanian language - Icchokas MerasIcchokas Meras-Biography:Meras was born in 1934 in Kelmė, a town in northwestern Lithuania, which contained one of the country's oldest Jewish communities. His family perished during the fateful and tragic summer of 1941 when the Nazis undertook the liquidation of Lithuania's Jews, but young Icchokas escaped the...
(1934–), Lithuanian-Jewish writer about the Holocaust - Vincas Krėvė-MickevičiusVincas Kreve-MickeviciusVincas Mickevičius , better known by his pen name Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius, was a Lithuanian writer, poet, novelist, playwright and philologist...
(1882–1954), writer and playwright, author of major interwar plays - Oskaras Milašius (1877–1939), French-Lithuanian writer and diplomat
- Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), recipient of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature, was born in ŠeteniaiŠeteniaiŠeteniai is a village in Kėdainiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is situated 13 km north of Kėdainiai, on the left bank of the Nevėžis River....
, Imperial Russia (now Lithuania) - Vincas Mykolaitis-PutinasVincas Mykolaitis-PutinasVincas Mykolaitis known by his pen name Putinas was Lithuanian poet and writer. He was also a priest, but renounced his priesthood in 1935.-Biography:...
(1893–1967), writer and poet, one of the best known Symbolist poets, author of the novel In the Shadows of the Altars (Lithuanian: Altorių šešėly) - Salomėja NėrisSalomeja NerisSalomėja Nėris - Lithuanian poetess.- Biography :Nėris was born in Kiršai, in the current district of Vilkaviškis. She graduated from the University of Lithuania where she studied Lithuanian and German language and literature.After that she was a teacher in Lazdijai, Kaunas, and Panevėžys...
(real name Salomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė, 1904–1945), the best known female poet during the interwar period - Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas (1919–) (:lt:Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas), poet, living in the United States
- Henrikas RadauskasHenrikas RadauskasHenrikas Radauskas was a Lithuanian poet and writer.After Lithuania reestablished its independence following the First World War, his family returned to Lithuania. There he studied Lithuanian, German and Russian literatures at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas...
(1910–1970), poet, one of the major figures of Lithuanian literature in exile - Šatrijos RaganaŠatrijos RaganaŠatrijos Ragana was a pen name of Marija Pečkauskaitė , a Lithuanian humanist and romantic writer and educator...
(real name Marija Pečkauskaitė, 1877–1930), female writer - Balys SruogaBalys SruogaBalys Sruoga was a Lithuanian poet, playwright, critic, and literary theorist.He contributed to cultural journals from his early youth...
(1896–1947), writer, poet, playwright, author of the novel The Forest of Gods (Lithuanian: Dievų miškas) about his experience in the Stutthof concentration campStutthof concentration campStutthof was the first Nazi concentration camp built outside of 1937 German borders.Completed on September 2, 1939, it was located in a secluded, wet, and wooded area west of the small town of Sztutowo . The town is located in the former territory of the Free City of Danzig, 34 km east of... - Antanas StrazdasAntanas StrazdasAntanas Strazdas was a Lithuanian priest and poet...
(1760–1833), priest and poet, signed in PolishPolish languagePolish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
as Antoni Drozdowski, the best known work was Pulkim ant Keliu (Let Us Fall On Our Knees) and the poem The ThrushThrush (bird)The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and... - Antanas ŠkėmaAntanas ŠkemaAntanas Škėma was a Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director. His best known work is the novel The White Shroud .-Early life and career:...
(1911–1961), writer in exile, author of surrealisticSurrealismSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
novel The White Cloth (Lithuanian: Balta drobulė) - Yemima Tchernovitz-Avidar (1909-98), Israeli author
- Judita Vaičiūnaitė (1937–2001) (:lt:Judita Vaičiūnaitė), modern female poet exploring urban settings
- Juozas Tumas-VaižgantasJuozas Tumas-VaižgantasJuozas Tumas, also known by the pen name Vaižgantas , was a prominent Lithuanian writer, Roman Catholic priest, social activist, literary historian, and one of the founders of the Party of National Progress. He wrote novels, short fictional pieces, and non-fiction...
(real name Juozas Tumas, 1869–1933), writer - Indrė ValantinaitėIndrė ValantinaitėIndrė Valantinaitė is a Lithuanian poet.After graduating from a Jesuit gymnasium, she studied arts management at Vilnius University and at the Vilnius Academy of Arts....
(b. 1984), poetess - Tomas VenclovaTomas VenclovaTomas Venclova is a Lithuanian scholar, poet, author and translator of literature.Tomas Venclova is son of poet and Soviet politician Antanas Venclova. He was educated at Vilnius University. As an active participant in the dissident movement he was deprived of Soviet citizenship in 1977 and had...
(1937–), poet, political activist - Antanas VienuolisAntanas VienuolisAntanas Vienuolis was a Lithuanian writer, dramatist and one of the most famous realistic prosaists.- Biography :...
(real name Žukauskas 1882–1957), writer, a major figure in Lithuanian prose - VydūnasVydunasWilhelm Storost, artistic name Vilius Storostas-Vydūnas , mostly known as Vydūnas, was a Prussian-Lithuania teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher and Lithuanian...
(real name Vilius Storostas, 1868–1953), Lithuanian writer and philosopher, leader of Lithuanian cultural movement in the Lithuania MinorLithuania MinorLithuania Minor or Prussian Lithuania is a historical ethnographic region of Prussia, later East Prussia in Germany, where Prussian Lithuanians or Lietuvininkai lived. Lithuania Minor enclosed the northern part of this province and got its name due to the territory's substantial...
at the beginning of the 20th century - ŽemaitėŽemaiteŽemaitė - a pen name of Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė; in Bukantė near Plungė — 7 December 1921 in Marijampolė) was a Lithuanian writer. Born to impoverished gentry, she became one of the major participants in the Lithuanian National Revival...
(real name Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė, 1845–1921), one of the best known female writers
Theater and cinema
- Regimantas Adomaitis (1937–), theatre and film actor, successful both in Lithuania and Russia
- Donatas BanionisDonatas BanionisDonatas Banionis is a Lithuanian and Soviet actor. He is best known in the West for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin....
(1924–), actor, and star of TarkovskyAndrei TarkovskyAndrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky was a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, writer, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director, widely regarded as one of the finest filmmakers of the 20th century....
's SolarisSolaris (1972 film)Solaris is a 1972 film adaptation of the novel Solaris , directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. The film is a meditative psychological drama occurring mostly aboard a space station orbiting the fictional planet Solaris. The scientific mission has stalled, because the scientist crew have fallen to... - Artūras BarysasArturas BarysasArtūras Barysas "Baras" was a Lithuanian "counter-culture" actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker, known as the father of modern Lithuanian avant-garde....
(1954–2005), "counter-culture" actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker, known as the father of modern Lithuanian avant-gardeAvant-gardeAvant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.... - Šarūnas BartasŠarunas BartasŠarūnas Bartas is a Lithuanian film director. One of the most prominent Lithuanian film directors internationally from the late 20th century...
(1964–), modern film director - Ingeborga DapkūnaitėIngeborga DapkunaiteIngeborga Dapkūnaitė is a Lithuanian actress, who stars mostly in Russian movies.-Youth:Ingeborga Dapkunaite was born in Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR. Her father was a diplomat and her mother a meteorologist. For many years her parents worked in Moscow, and she only saw them on holidays...
(1963–), internationally successful actress - Gediminas Girdvainis (1944–), (:lt:Gediminas Girdvainis) prolific theatre and movie actor
- Rolandas KazlasRolandas KazlasRolandas Kazlas is a Lithuanian actor and theater director. In 1991, Kazlas graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with a degree in acting. He became a Valstybinio Jaunimo Teatro actor in 1993.- Theatre :...
(1969–), well-known comedy actor - Oskaras KoršunovasOskaras KoršunovasOskaras Koršunovas is a Lithuanian theatre director.Between 1988 and 1994 Oskaras Koršunovas studied at the Music Academy of Lithuania and received Bachelors and Masters degrees in theatre directing...
(1969–), best known modern theater director - Jurgis Mačiūnas (1931–1978), initiator of FluxusFluxusFluxus—a name taken from a Latin word meaning "to flow"—is an international network of artists, composers and designers noted for blending different artistic media and disciplines in the 1960s. They have been active in Neo-Dada noise music and visual art as well as literature, urban planning,...
movement - Vaiva Mainelytė (1948–) (:lt:Vaiva Mainelytė), popular actress remembered for the leading role in Bride of the Devil (Lithuanian: Velnio nuotaka)
- Arūnas MatelisArunas MatelisArūnas Matelis is an acclaimed Lithuanian documentary film director. From 1979 till 1983 Arūnas Matelis studied Mathematics at Vilnius University and later in 1989 graduated from the Lithuanian Music Academy. In 1992, he established one of the first independent film production companies in...
(1961–), acclaimed documentary director - Jonas MekasJonas MekasJonas Mekas is a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, and curator who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema." His work has been exhibited in museums and festivals across Europe and America.-Biography:...
(1922–), filmmaker, the godfather of American avant-garde cinema - Aurelija MikušauskaitėAurelija MikušauskaitėAurelija Mikušauskaitė was a Lithuanian film, television and theatre actress.- Biography :...
(1937–1974) television and theatre actress - Juozas MiltinisJuozas MiltinisJuozas Miltinis was a Lithuanian theatre director and founder of the Panevėžys Drama Theatre. Miltinis has brought up a number of actors.-Biography:...
(1907–1994), theater director from PanevėžysPanevežysPanevėžys see also other names, is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2008, it occupied 50 square kilometers with 113,653 inhabitants. The largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys is the Cido Arena... - Nijolė Narmontaitė (1959–) (:lt:Nijolė Narmontaitė), actress
- Eimuntas NekrošiusEimuntas NekrošiusEimuntas Nekrošius is one of the most renowned theatre directors in Lithuania.- Career :...
(1952–), theater director - Algimantas Puipa (1951–) (:lt:Algimantas Puipa), film director
- Kostas Smoriginas (1953–) (:lt:Kostas Smoriginas), popular actor and singer
- Jonas VaitkusJonas VaitkusJonas Vaitkus is a lecturer, theatre and film director well known in Lithuania and throughout Europe. From 1969 to 1974 Jonas Vaitkus studied at the State Theatre, Music and Cinematography Institute of Leningrad...
(1944–), theater director, director of Utterly AloneUtterly AloneUtterly Alone is a 2003 film directed by Jonas Vaitkus, based on real events, about Juozas Lukša , a Lithuanian partisan who fought against the Soviet occupation of Lithuania in the years immediately following World War II... - Adolfas VečerskisAdolfas VecerskisAdolfas Večerskis , is a Lithuanian movie and stage actor, director and translator. He began his career in films, but later chose to play mainly on the stage. Večerskis, his wife Viola, and their younger daughter Juta live in Vilnius, where he is the General Director of the Lithuanian National...
(1949–), theatre and film actor, director of theatre - Arūnas Žebriūnas (1930–) (:lt:Arūnas Žebriūnas), one of the most prominent film directors during the Soviet rule
Music
- Linas Adomaitis (1976–), pop singer, participant in the Eurovision Song ContestEurovision Song ContestThe Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...
- Ilja Aksionovas (1996) (:lt:Ilja Aksionovas), pop and opera singer (boy soprano)
- Osvaldas BalakauskasOsvaldas BalakauskasOsvaldas Balakauskas is a Lithuanian composer of classical music.- Career :Balakauskas graduated from Vilnius Pedagogical University in 1961. After his mandatory service in the Soviet Army between 1961 and 1964, he studied composition with Boris Lyatoshinsky and M. M. Skorik at Kiev Conservatory...
(1937–), ambassador and classical composer - Alanas ChošnauAlanas ChošnauAlanas Ibrahimas Chošnau is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter of Kurdish origin. He was a member of the former music group Naktinės personos. In 2003 and 2005 he won the Radiocentras Award as Male Performer of the Year...
(1974–), singer, member of former music group Naktinės Personos - Egidijus Dragūnas (1976–) (:lt:Egidijus Dragūnas), leader of Sel, one of the first hip hopHip hop musicHip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
bands in Lithuania - Justas Dvarionas (1967–) (:lt:Justas Dvarionas), pianist, educator
- Mikalojus Konstantinas ČiurlionisMikalojus Konstantinas CiurlionisMikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis , also known as M. K. Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian painter and composer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. During his short life he composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings...
(1875–1911), painter and composer - Balys DvarionasBalys DvarionasBalys Dvarionas, in Liepāja — 23 August 1972 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian and Soviet composer, pianist, conductor and educationalist. Dvarionas displayed himself as a composer after World War II. His works are abundant with romanticism, and the pieces are based on folk songs.-...
(1904–1972), composer, conductor, pianist, professor - Gintarė, pop artist, signed with SONY EMI in 1998
- Algirdas KaušpėdasAlgirdas KaušpedasAlgirdas Kaušpėdas , is Lithuanian rock musician, the leader of Lithuanian rock group Antis, architect and one of the Sąjūdis iniciators.-Biography:...
, architect and lead singer of AntisAntisAntis is a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band. The name is the Lithuanian word for "duck" and is also slang for a false mass media sensation.-Establishment:In 1986 in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternative music explosion in Lithuania... - Nomeda Kazlauskaitė-KazlausNomeda KazlausNomeda Kazlaus is a Lithuanian operatic soprano who has appeared in leading roles in many European opera houses including the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Teatro Malibran in Venice.- Biography :Kazlaus studied...
, opera singer (dramatic soprano) appearing internationally - Vytautas KernagisVytautas KernagisVytautas Kernagis was a Lithuanian singer-songwriter, bard, actor, director, and television announcer. He is considered a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry.- Career :...
(1951–2008), one of the most popular bardsBard (Soviet Union)The term bard came to be used in the Soviet Union in the early 1960s, and continues to be used in Russia today, to refer to singer-songwriters who wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment, similarly to beatnik folk singers of the United States... - Algis KizysAlgis KizysAlgis Kizys is a New York City bass guitarist most well-known for his long-time membership in No Wave indie band Swans. First joining Swans on 1986s Greed LP, he stayed with the group through The Great Annihilator...
(1960–), long time bass player of post-punk, no-wave band SwansSwans (band)Swans are an influential American post-punk band initially active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. The band was one of the few groups to emerge from the early 1980s New York No Wave scene and stay intact into the next decade. Formed by Gira in... - Anthony KiedisAnthony KiedisAnthony Kiedis is an American vocalist/lyricist, and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his mother before moving, shortly before his 12th birthday, to Hollywood,...
(1962-), vocalist and member of Red Hot Chili Peppers group ; - Andrius MamontovasAndrius MamontovasAndrius Mamontovas is a Lithuanian rock musician, songwriter, actor, performer and record producer. He was one of the co-founders of the Lithuanian rock band Foje . He is also one of the masterminds of the LT United project.-Personal life:His father was Russian and mother Lithuanian...
(1967–), rock singer, co-founder of FojeFojeFOJE was one of the most successful and best known Lithuanian rock bands. It was formed in the present-day Antakalnis Secondary School in Vilnius by Andrius Mamontovas, Arnoldas Lukošius and Darius Tarasevičius in 1983 under the name of "Sunki Muzika", few months later Algis Kriščiūnas joined the...
and LT UnitedLT UnitedLT United is a six-piece alternative-pop musical group created in 2006 for the sole purpose of representing Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006... - Marijonas MikutavičiusMarijonas MikutaviciusMarijonas Mikutavičius is a popular Lithuanian singer, musician and songwriter, a television journalist, a comedian and a talk show host from Vilnius...
(1971–), singer, author of Trys MilijonaiTrys MilijonaiTrys Milijonai is a Lithuanian song by a journalist, TV talk show host and singer Marijonas Mikutavičius , popularly regarded in Lithuania as the sports' anthem and the unofficial Lithuanian Olympic team anthem....
, the unofficial sports anthem in Lithuania - Minedas - (1987-) (real name Mindaugas Jonušas :lt:Minedas), pop music singer.
- Vincas Niekus (1886–1938) (:lt:Vincas Niekus), composer
- Virgilijus NoreikaVirgilijus NoreikaVirgilijus Kęstutis Noreika is a Lithuanian tenor.-Career:Noreika graduated with honors from the Lithuanian State Conservatory in 1958. A year earlier, while still a student, he was engaged as a performer at the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Lithuania...
(1935–), one of the most successful opera singers (tenor) - Mykolas Kleopas Oginskis (1765–1833), one of the best composer of the late 18th century
- Kipras Petrauskas (1885–1968) (:lt:Kipras Petrauskas), popular early opera singer (tenor)
- Stasys PovilaitisStasys PovilaitisStasys Povilaitis is a Lithuanian singer.-References:*This article was initially translated from the Lithuanian Wikipedia.....
(1947–), one of the popular singers during the Soviet period - Violeta RiaubiškytėVioleta RiaubiškyteVioleta Riaubiškytė-Tarasovienė is a famous Lithuanian singer and show host. She used to be the co-host of a Lithuanian music show "Penktadienio muzikos šou" alongside Edmundas Kučinskas and also, and the co-host of a music show "Padainuokim!" alongside her husband Vilius Tarasovas.She was...
(1974–), pop singer, TV show host - Mindaugas RojusMindaugas RojusMindaugas Rojus is a Lithuanian opera singer , a soloist of Klaipėda State Music Theatre, a member of a stage duo Žemaitijos perlai .- Biography :...
, opera singer (tenor / baritone) - Česlovas SasnauskasCeslovas SasnauskasČeslovas Sasnauskas was a Lithuanian composer.Sasnauskas worked as an organist in Vilkaviškis and also played in Saint Petersburg upon relocating there in 1891....
(1867–1916), composer - Michael Tchaban(1953) pop singer and composer/ songwriter
- Rasa Serra (1975–) (:lt:Rasa Serra) (real name Rasa Veretenčevienė), singer (Traditional folkFolkThe English word Folk is derived from a Germanic noun, *fulka meaning "people" or "army"...
A cappellaA cappellaA cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
, jazzJazzJazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
, POPPop musicPop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
). - Audronė Simonaitytė-Gaižiūnienė (1944–) (:lt:Audronė Gaižiūnienė-Simonaitytė), one of the more popular female opera singers (soprano)
- Virgis Stakėnas (1953–) (:lt:Virgis Stakėnas), singer of country-folkCountry musicCountry music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
music - Antanas Šabaniauskas (1903–1987) (:lt:Antanas Šabaniauskas), singer (tenor)
- Jurga ŠeduikytėJurga ŠeduikyteJurga Šeduikytė , known by her stage name Jurga, is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter.-Biography:Jurga was born into a family of musicians in Telšiai, Lithuania), where she spent her first childhood years. In her second school year she moved to Palanga, where she took piano lessons at the local...
(1980–), art rock musician, won the Best Female Act and the Best Album of 2005 in the Lithuanian Bravo Awards and the Best Baltic Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 - Jonas ŠvedasJonas ŠvedasJonas Švedas was a Lithuanian and Soviet composer. He was the People's Artist of the USSR in 1954.-References:...
(1908–1971), composer - Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana, opera singer (soprano-mezzosoprano) appearing internationally
Painters and graphic artists
- Mikalojus Konstantinas ČiurlionisMikalojus Konstantinas CiurlionisMikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis , also known as M. K. Čiurlionis was a Lithuanian painter and composer. Čiurlionis contributed to symbolism and art nouveau and was representative of the fin de siècle epoch. During his short life he composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings...
(1875–1911), painter and composer. Asteroid 2420 Čiurlionis2420 Ciurlionis2420 Čiurlionis is a main belt asteroid with an orbital period of 1496.2748368 days .The asteroid was discovered on October 3, 1975 at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory and was named after Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis....
is named for him - Vladimiras DubeneckisVladimiras DubeneckisVladimiras Dubeneckis was a Lithuanian architect and painter.-References:*Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia...
- Stasys EidrigevičiusStasys EidrigeviciusStasys Eidrigevičius is a graphic artist.-Biography:Eidrigevičius graduated from the College of Fine Arts and Crafts in Kaunas in 1968. In 1973, he obtained a diploma from Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1980 he has lived in Poland...
(1949– ) graphic artist - Paulius GalaunėPaulius GalaunėPaulius Galaunė was a Lithuanian art historian, museum curator, and graphic artist. He was one of the first professional museum curators in Lithuania and was well-published on topics of Lithuanian folk art...
- Petronele GerlikienePetronele GerlikienePetronėlė Gerlikienė was a Lithuanian folk artist. She lived and worked in a farm in Samogitia; after retirement she moved to Vilnius to live with her son's family. Gerlikienė began creating large scale tapestries in 1972, paintings in 1976 and began participating in exhibitions in 1974...
(1905–1979), self-taught Lithuanian-American artist - Algirdas Griškevičius (1954-) (:lt:Algirdas Griškevičius)
- Petras KalpokasPetras KalpokasPetras Kalpokas was a well known Lithuanian painter and professor.- Biography :Kalpokas was born on 31 March 1880 in the village of Miškinė, near Kvetkai, in the Kovno Governorate of the Russian Empire .From 1890 to 1895 he attended the Gymnasium of Jelgava, Latvia...
- Povilas Kaupas (1898–1978) (:lt:Povilas Kaupas)
- Algimantas KezysAlgimantas KezysAlgimantas Kezys is a photographer born in Lithuania who has lived in the United States since 1950.Kezys was ordained as a Jesuit priest in the 1950s; he received a master's degree in philosophy from Loyola University in 1956...
Lithuanian-American photographer - Stasys Krasauskas (1929–1977), (:lt:Stasys Krasauskas) graphic artist
- Antanas Samuolis (1899–1942), (:lt:Antanas Samuolis) painter
- Šarūnas SaukaŠarunas SaukaŠarūnas Sauka is a Lithuanian postmodern painter. His father is an eminent Lithuanian philologist Donatas Sauka. In 1989 he was awarded Lithuanian National Prize....
(1958–), painter - Boris SchatzBoris SchatzBoris Schatz was a Lithuanian Jewish artist and sculptor who founded the Bezalel School in Jerusalem.-Biography:Boris Schatz was born in Varniai, Kaunas district, Lithuania, under the rule of the Russian Empire in 1867. His father, a teacher in a cheder , sent him to study in a yeshiva in...
(1867–1932) sculptor and founder of the Bezalel Academy - Irena SibleyIrena SibleyIrena Sibley , born Irena Justina Pauliukonis, was an Australian artist, writer, illustrator of children's books, and art teacher.-Personal life:...
née Pauliukonis (1944–2009) Children's book author and illustrator - Yehezkel StreichmanYehezkel StreichmanYehezkel Streichman was an Israeli painter. He is considered a pioneer of Israeli modernist painting. Among the awards that he won were the Dizengoff Prize and the Israel Prize.-Early life:Streichman was born in Kovno, Lithuania...
, Israeli painter - Adolfas ValeškaAdolfas ValeškaAdolfas Valeška was a Lithuanian stained glass artist, painter, stage designer, and museum director who worked in Lithuania and in Chicago, Illinois....
(1905–1994) Painter and graphic artist - Kazys Varnelis Artist
- William ZorachWilliam ZorachWilliam Zorach was a Lithuanian-born American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. He won the Logan Medal of the arts.-Life and career:...
(1889–1966) Modern artist who died in Bath, MaineBath, MaineBath is a city in Sagadahoc County, Maine, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,266. It is the county seat of Sagadahoc County. Located on the Kennebec River, Bath is a port of entry with a good harbor. The city is popular with tourists, many drawn by its... - Antanas ŽmuidzinavičiusAntanas ŽmuidzinaviciusAntanas Žmuidzinavičius was a Lithuanian painter and art collector. Sometimes he used Antanas Žemaitis as his pen name....
– 1876–1966 painter
Politics
- MindaugasMindaugasMindaugas was the first known Grand Duke of Lithuania and the only King of Lithuania. Little is known of his origins, early life, or rise to power; he is mentioned in a 1219 treaty as an elder duke, and in 1236 as the leader of all the Lithuanians...
(1200–1263), the first and only King of LithuaniaGrand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
(1236–1263) - Gediminas (1275–1345), the ruler of LithuaniaGrand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
(1316–1341) - AlgirdasAlgirdasAlgirdas was a monarch of medieval Lithuania. Algirdas ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377, which chiefly meant monarch of Lithuanians and Ruthenians...
(1296–1377), the ruler(together with Kęstutis) of LithuaniaGrand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
(1345–1377) - KęstutisKestutisKęstutis was monarch of medieval Lithuania. He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1342–82, together with his brother Algirdas , and with his nephew Jogaila...
(1297–1382), the ruler(together with Algirdas) of LithuaniaGrand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
(1342–1382) - Vytautas (1350–1430), the ruler of LithuaniaGrand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
(1392–1430 together with Jogaila) - JogailaJogailaJogaila, later 'He is known under a number of names: ; ; . See also: Jogaila : names and titles. was Grand Duke of Lithuania , king consort of Kingdom of Poland , and sole King of Poland . He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle Kęstutis...
(1362–1434), the ruler of LithuaniaGrand Duchy of LithuaniaThe Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state from the 12th /13th century until 1569 and then as a constituent part of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until 1791 when Constitution of May 3, 1791 abolished it in favor of unitary state. It was founded by the Lithuanians, one of the polytheistic...
(1377–1434, from 1392–1430 together with Vytautas), the king of Poland(1386–1434) - Jonušas Radvila (1612–1655), the field hetman of Grand Duchy of Lithuania(1654–1655)
- Dalia GrybauskaitėDalia GrybauskaitėDalia Grybauskaitė is the current President of Lithuania, inaugurated on 12 July 2009. She had previously been Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finance Minister, and European Commissioner for Financial Programming and the Budget...
(1956–), current President of LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
(since 2009) - Valdas AdamkusValdas AdamkusValdas Adamkus was President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.In Lithuania, the President's tenure lasts for five years; Adamkus' first term in office began on February 26, 1998 and ended on February 28, 2003, following his defeat by Rolandas Paksas in the next...
(1926–), President of LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
till 2009 - Jonas BasanavičiusJonas BasanaviciusJonas Basanavičius was an activist and proponent of Lithuania's National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius...
(1851–1927), "father" of the Act of Independence of 1918Council of LithuaniaThe Council of Lithuania , after July 11, 1918 The State Council of Lithuania , was convened at the Vilnius Conference that took place between September 18 and 23, 1917. The council was granted the executive authority of the Lithuanian people and was entrusted to establish an independent... - Algirdas BrazauskasAlgirdas BrazauskasAlgirdas Mykolas Brazauskas was the first President of a newly independent post-Soviet Union Lithuania from 1993 to 1998 and Prime Minister from 2001 to 2006....
(1932–2010), the former First secretaryGeneral SecretaryThe office of general secretary is staffed by the chief officer of:*The General Secretariat for Macedonia and Thrace, a government agency for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace...
of Central CommitteeCentral CommitteeCentral Committee was the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, whether ruling or non-ruling in the twentieth century and of the surviving, mostly Trotskyist, states in the early twenty first. In such party organizations the...
of Communist PartyCommunist partyA political party described as a Communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of communism through a communist form of government...
of Lithuanian SSRLithuanian SSRThe Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Lithuanian SSR, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union...
, the former president of Lithuania after 1990, and former Prime Minister of LithuaniaPrime Minister of LithuaniaThe Prime Minister of Lithuania is the head of the executive arm of Lithuania's government, and is chosen by the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. The modern office of Prime Minister was established in 1990, although the official title was "Chairperson of the Council of Ministers" until 25... - Joe FineJoe FineJoseph "Joe" Fine was a well known businessman and politician in Marquette, Michigan. Born in Lithuania, Fine became a citizen of the United States and lived most of his life in Marquette. In the 1960s he was active in city politics. Offices he held included mayor, city commissioner, and member of...
(1895–1969), mayor of Marquette, MichiganMarquette, MichiganMarquette is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Marquette County. The population was 21,355 at the 2010 census, making it the most populated city of the Upper Peninsula. Marquette is a major port on Lake Superior, primarily for shipping iron ore and is the home of Northern...
1964–1965 - Kazys GriniusKazys GriniusKazys Grinius was the third President of Lithuania, and held that office from 7 June 1926 to 17 December 1926.When Grinius was born in Selema, near Marijampolė, Lithuania was part of the Russian empire. He studied medicine at the University of Moscow and became a physician...
(1866–1950), politician, third President of Lithuania - Mykolas KrupavičiusMykolas KrupavičiusMykolas Krupavičius was a Lithuanian priest and politician. He is best remembered for his involvement with the land reform in the interwar Lithuania....
(1885–1970), priest behind the land reform in interwar Lithuania - Vytautas LandsbergisVytautas LandsbergisProfessor Vytautas Landsbergis is a Lithuanian conservative politician and Member of the European Parliament. He was the first head of state of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas...
(1932–), politician, professor, leader of SąjūdisSajudisSąjūdis initially known as the Reform Movement of Lithuania, is the political organization which led the struggle for Lithuanian independence in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was established on June 3, 1988 and was led by Vytautas Landsbergis...
, the independence movement, former speaker of SeimasSeimasThe Seimas is the unicameral Lithuanian parliament. It has 141 members that are elected for a four-year term. About half of the members of this legislative body are elected in individual constituencies , and the other half are elected by nationwide vote according to proportional representation...
, member of European ParliamentEuropean ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world... - Stasys LozoraitisStasys LozoraitisStasys Lozoraitis was a prominent Lithuanian diplomat. He served as the Foreign Minister of Lithuania from 1934 until 1938. After Lithuania lost its independence, Lozoraitis headed the Lithuanian diplomatic service from 1940 to his death in 1983...
(1898–1983), diplomat and leader of Lithuanian government in exile (1940–1983) - Stasys Lozoraitis (junior)Stasys Lozoraitis (junior)Stasys Lozoraitis was a Lithuanian diplomat. He was a son of Stasys Lozoraitis and brother of Kazys Lozoraitis....
(1924–1994), politician, diplomat, succeeded his father as leader of Lithuanian government in exile (1987–1991) - Antanas MerkysAntanas MerkysAntanas Merkys |Bajorai]], near Skapiškis, Vilna Governorate of the Russian Empire; died on March 5, 1955 in Vladimir Oblast, Soviet Union) was the last Prime Minister of independent Lithuania, serving from November 1939 to June 1940. When Soviet Union presented an ultimatum to Lithuania, President...
(1888–1955), the last Prime Minister of interwar Lithuania - Rolandas PaksasRolandas PaksasRolandas Paksas is a Lithuanian politician who was President of Lithuania from 2003 to 2004. He was previously Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001, and he also served as Mayor of Vilnius from 1997 to 1999 and again from 2000 to 2001...
(1956–), former President, removed from the office after impeachment - Justas PaleckisJustas PaleckisJustas Paleckis was a Lithuanian journalist and politician. He was acting president of Lithuania after the Soviet invasion while Lithuania was still ostensibly independent, in office from June 17 – August 3, 1940....
(1899–1980), journalist and politician, puppet Prime Minister after Soviet occupation - Kazimiera Prunskienė (1943–), the first female Prime Minister
- Mykolas SleževičiusMykolas SleževiciusMykolas Sleževičius was a Lithuanian lawyer, political figure, and journalist, who served as Prime Minister of Lithuania on two occasions.- Early life :...
(1882–1939), three times Prime Minister, organized Lithuanian Armed Forces - Antanas SmetonaAntanas SmetonaAntanas Smetona was one of the most important Lithuanian political figures between World War I and World War II. He served as the first President of Lithuania from April 4, 1919 to June 19, 1920. He again served as the last President of the country from December 19, 1926 to June 15, 1940, before...
(1874–1944), the first President (1919) and authoritarian leader (1926–1941) - Antanas SniečkusAntanas SnieckusAntanas Sniečkus was First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party from August 1940 to January 22, 1974.- Biography :Antanas Sniečkus was born in 1903, in the village of Būbleliai, near Šakiai. During the First World War, his family fled to Russia where he observed the Russian revolution of 1917...
(1903–1974), First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party (1940–1974) - Aleksandras StulginskisAleksandras StulginskisAleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis Aleksandras Stulginskis (born (February 26, 1885 in Kutaliai, in Šilalė district municipality near Tauragė, Lithuania, Russian Empire; died September 22, 1969 in Kaunas) was the second President of Lithuania (1920–1926)...
(1885–1969), President of Lithuania in the interwar period - Antanas Terleckas (1928–) (:lt:Antanas Terleckas), political activist
- Juozas UrbšysJuozas UrbšysJuozas Urbšys was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator. He served in the military between 1916 and 1922, afterwards joining the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
(1896–1991), the last Foreign Minister of interwar Lithuania - Gediminas VagnoriusGediminas VagnoriusGediminas Vagnorius is a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He served as the Prime Minister of Lithuania between 1991 and 1992, and again from 1996 until 1999....
(1957–), the Prime Minister behind vagnorkėsLithuanian talonasThe talonas was a temporary currency issued in Lithuania between 1991 and 1993. It replaced the Soviet ruble at par and was replaced by the litas at a rate of 100 talonas = 1 litas...
, the temporary currency - Augustinas VoldemarasAugustinas VoldemarasAugustinas Voldemaras was a Lithuanian nationalist political figure. He served as the country's first Prime Minister in 1918, and again from 1926 to 1929.- Biography :...
(1883–1942), the Prime Minister to Antanas Smetona - Artūras ZuokasArturas ZuokasArtūras Zuokas is a Lithuanian politician. He is former leader of the Liberal and Centre Union political party and the Mayor of Vilnius city municipality from 2000-2007 and from April 2011 onward. He was a member of the Seimas .Zuokas graduated from the secondary school of Jonava...
(1968–), controversial mayor of Vilnius city municipality
Military
- Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius - Grand Hetman of Lithuania
- Antanas GustaitisAntanas GustaitisAntanas Gustaitis was an officer in the Lithuanian Armed Forces who modernized the Lithuanian Air Force, which at that time was part of the Lithuanian Army...
(1898–1941) – Lithuanian Air Force, commander-in-chief, general, engineer, military aircraft designer (ANBO series) - Romualdas MarcinkusRomualdas MarcinkusRomualdas Marcinkus was a Lithuanian pilot. Marcinkus participated in an early trans-European flight on 25 June 1934, and was the only Lithuanian pilot to serve in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War...
(1907–1944), the only Lithuanian pilot to serve in the Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
(RAF) during the Second World War - Rimantas StankevičiusRimantas StankevičiusRimantas Antanas Stankevičius was a Lithuanian cosmonaut who test flew Soviet space shuttle Buran and its test vehicles. He was killed in a crash of his Su-27 fighter plane during an airshow in Salgareda.- Biography :In 1966 he has graduated from Chernigov Higher Aviation School...
(1944–1990) – Lithuanian cosmonaut who test flew Soviet space shuttle Buran and its test vehicles - Jonas ŽemaitisJonas ŽemaitisJonas Žemaitis was one of the leaders of armed resistance against the Soviet occupation in Lithuania and acknowledged as the Head of State of contemporary occupied Lithuania.Žemaitis was born in Jonas Žemaitis and Petronėlė Daukšaitė's family...
– Lithuanian Partisan leader during second Soviet occupation, recognized as a fourth president of Lithuania
Science
- Kazys AlmenasKazys AlmenasKazys Almenas is a Lithuanian physicist, writer, essayist, and publisher.-Biography:...
– physicist, writer and essayist - Algirdas Avižienis – (1932 - ) (:lt:Algirdas Antanas Avižienis), extensive research in fault-tolerance
- Jurgis BaltrušaitisJurgis BaltrušaitisJurgis Baltrušaitis was a Lithuanian Symbolist poet and translator, who wrote his works in Lithuanian and Russian. In addition to his important contributions to Lithuanian literature, he was noted as a political activist and diplomat...
junior – art-historian, expert of medieval art - Povilas Brazdžiūnas – (1897–1986) (:lt:Povilas Brazdžiūnas) science of modern physicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
organisator in Lithuania - Kazimieras BūgaKazimieras BugaKazimieras Būga was a Lithuanian linguist and philologist. He was a professor of linguistics, who mainly worked on the Lithuanian language.He was born at Pažiegė, near Dusetos, then part of the Russian Empire...
renowned linguist - Ivan Chersky geographer and revolutionary
- Simonas DaukantasSimonas DaukantasSimonas Daukantas or Szymon Dowkont was a Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian national revival, he is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language...
– renowned Lithuanian historian, who wrote first book on history of Lithuania in Lithuanian languageLithuanian languageLithuanian is the official state language of Lithuania and is recognized as one of the official languages of the European Union. There are about 2.96 million native Lithuanian speakers in Lithuania and about 170,000 abroad. Lithuanian is a Baltic language, closely related to Latvian, although they... - Jurgis DobkevičiusJurgis DobkeviciusJurgis Dobkevičius was a Lithuanian aviator and aircraft designer-Military biography:...
– Aircraft designer - Birutė GaldikasBirute GaldikasBirutė Marija Filomena Galdikas, OC , is a primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and author of several books relating to the endangered orangutan, particularly the Bornean orangutan. Well known in the field of modern primatology, Galdikas is recognized as a leading authority on orangutans...
– anthropologist - Marija Gimbutienė – archeologist
- Vytautas Andrius GraičiūnasVytautas Andrius GraiciunasVytautas Andrius Graičiūnas was a Lithuanian management theorist, management consultant, and engineer. Born to Lithuanian immigrants, he studied at the University of Chicago. During the World War I served in France...
– management theorist - Algirdas Julius Greimas – linguist who contributed to the theory of semiotics, and also researched Lithuanian mythology
- Aleksandras Griškevičius – (1809–1863) (:lt:Aleksandras Griškevičius) pioneer of aviation in Lithuania
- Jonas JablonskisJonas JablonskisJonas Jablonskis was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language...
– Lithuanian practical linguist, founder of Standard Lithuanian - Adolfas JucysAdolfas JucysAdolfas Jucys was a Lithuanian theoretical physicist and mathematician, member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences in 1953. He graduated from Kaunas University in 1931 and later worked with both creators of the self-consistent field method – Douglas Hartree in Manchester and Vladimir Fock in...
– physicist, pioneer of theory of many-electronElectronThe electron is a subatomic particle with a negative elementary electric charge. It has no known components or substructure; in other words, it is generally thought to be an elementary particle. An electron has a mass that is approximately 1/1836 that of the proton...
atomAtomThe atom is a basic unit of matter that consists of a dense central nucleus surrounded by a cloud of negatively charged electrons. The atomic nucleus contains a mix of positively charged protons and electrically neutral neutrons...
s in Lithuania - Aaron KlugAaron KlugSir Aaron Klug, OM, PRS is a Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes.-Biography:Klug was...
– physicist and chemist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - Algis Petras Piskarskas – (1942 -) (:lt:Algis Petras Piskarskas) pioneer of laser physicsLaser PhysicsLaser Physics is an international scientific journal published by Nauka/Interperiodica. It is distributed through the Springer.-Topics covered:The journal specializes in laser physics, but also publishes papers about:...
and nonlinear opticsNonlinear opticsNonlinear optics is the branch of optics that describes the behavior of light in nonlinear media, that is, media in which the dielectric polarization P responds nonlinearly to the electric field E of the light...
in Lithuania - Juras Požela – (1935 -) (:lt:Juras Požela (1925)) pioneer of plasma physics and semiconductor physics schools in Lithuania
- Konstantinas SirvydasKonstantinas SirvydasKonstantinas Sirvydas died 1631) was a Lithuanian religious preacher, lexicographer and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literature from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the time a confederal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
– first Lithuanian lexicographer - Kazimieras Simonavičius – artillery and rocket scientist
- Vytautas StraižysVytautas StraižysVytautas Straižys is a Lithuanian astronomer. In 1963-1965 he and his collaborators created and developed the Vilnius photometric system - a seven color intermediate band system, optimized for photometric stellar classification. In 1996 he was elected a Corresponding Member of the Lithuanian...
– astronomer
Mathematics
- Aldona Aleškevičienė (Statulevičienė) – Probability theoryProbability theoryProbability theory is the branch of mathematics concerned with analysis of random phenomena. The central objects of probability theory are random variables, stochastic processes, and events: mathematical abstractions of non-deterministic events or measured quantities that may either be single...
and stochastic processes - Raimundas Bentkus – Probability theory and stochastic processes
- Vidmantas Bentkus – Probability theory, functional analysis, number theory
- Algimantas Jonas Bikelis – Probability theory and stochastic processes
- Vaclovas Bliznikas – Differential geometry
- Antanas Kestutis Bulota – Number theoryNumber theoryNumber theory is a branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers. Number theorists study prime numbers as well...
- Bronius Grigelionis – Probability theory and stochastic processes
- Kleopas Grincevicius – Differential geometry
- Feliksas Ivanauskas – Numerical analysisNumerical analysisNumerical analysis is the study of algorithms that use numerical approximation for the problems of mathematical analysis ....
- Jonas KubiliusJonas KubiliusJonas Kubilius was a Lithuanian mathematician who worked in probability theory and number theory. He was rector of Vilnius University for 32 years, and served one term in the Lithuanian parliament.-Life and education:...
– Number theory, recipient of Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke GediminasOrder of the Lithuanian Grand Duke GediminasThe Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas is the Lithuanian Presidential Award which was re-instituted to honour the citizens of Lithuania for outstanding performance in civil and public offices. Foreign nationals may also be awarded this Order. The Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke...
, University rector - Antanas Laurincikas – Number theory
- Eugenijus Manstavicius – Number theory
- Vygantas I. Paulauskas – Probability theory and stochastic processes
- Vytautas Statulevicius – Probability theory and stochastic processes
- Donatas Surgailis – Probability theory and stochastic processes
Economy
- Juozas KazickasJuozas KazickasJuozas Petras Kazickas or Joseph P. Kazickas is a Lithuanian-American businessman, self-made multi-millionaire and philanthropist...
- Nerijus NumavičiusNerijus NumavičiusNerijus Numavičius is a Lithuanian businessman, chairman and president of VP Group. In late 2010, he increased his ownership in VP Group from 36.9% up to 73%. Due to his ownership of VP Group, he is considered to be one of the wealthiest Lithuanians...
- Bronislovas LubysBronislovas LubysBronislovas Lubys was a Lithuanian entrepreneur, former Prime Minister of Lithuania, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and businessman....
- Darius MockusDarius MockusDarius Mockus is a Lithuanian entrepreneur and mass media owner .Darius Mockus is President of concern "MG Baltic" and General Director of holding "MG Baltic Trade"....
- Hubertas GrušnysHubertas GrušnysHubertas Grušnys was a Lithuanian businessman and media proprietor.Grušnys was born in Vilnius. From 1984, he studied at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University...
Sports
Basketball players
- Dainius AdomaitisDainius AdomaitisDainius Adomaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player.He started his career in Statyba Vilnius. Later he moved to Žalgiris Kaunas and became champion of the Euroleague. After the successful season in Žalgiris Kaunas he moved to Zucchetti Montecatini, but he did not fit there...
- Steponas BabrauskasSteponas BabrauskasSteponas Babrauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Lietuvos Rytas.His first achievement in basketball came at the 2003 FIBA U-19 World Championships in Greece, where Babrauskas and the Lithuanian U-19 National Basketball Team won silver medals...
- Ramūnas ButautasRamunas ButautasRamūnas Butautas is a Lithuanian basketball coach and head coach of VEF Rīga. He is a son of Stepas Butautas....
- Valdemaras ChomičiusValdemaras ChomiciusValdemaras Chomičius is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Soviet and Lithuanian national basketball team. Assistant coach on the Lithuanian national team...
- Gintaras EinikisGintaras EinikisGintaras Einikis is a retired controversial Lithuanian professional basketball player. He stands at 6 ft 10 in and is former Lithuanian basketball center for the Lithuanian national team...
- Vladas GarastasVladas GarastasVladas Garastas is probably the most famous former Lithuanian professional basketball coach. Currently he is the president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation.-Coaching career:...
- Žydrūnas IlgauskasŽydrunas IlgauskasŽydrūnas Ilgauskas , or "Big Z" , is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball center who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association...
– Current NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player with the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami... - Paulius JankūnasPaulius JankunasPaulius Jankūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague, the Lithuanian basketball league and VTB United League with Žalgiris Kaunas. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team...
- Šarūnas JasikevičiusŠarunas JasikeviciusŠarūnas Jasikevičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who plays for Panathinaikos BC. He is a member of the Lithuanian national team, and plays the point guard position.-Early years:...
– 3-time EuroleagueEuroleagueEuroleague Basketball, commonly known as the Euroleague, is the highest level tier and most important professional club basketball competition in Europe, with teams from up to 18 different countries, members of FIBA Europe. For sponsorship reasons, for five seasons starting with 2010–2011, it is...
champion, EuroBasket 2003Eurobasket 2003-5th to 8th place:-Awards:-All-Tournament Team : Tony Parker Šarūnas Jasikevičius Saulius Štombergas Andrei Kirilenko Pau Gasol-Top scorers :# Pau Gasol 25.8# Andrei Kirilenko 23.1# Dirk Nowitzki 22.5# Mehmet Okur 18.7...
champion - Robertas JavtokasRobertas JavtokasRobertas Javtokas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. Javtokas is 2.11 m in height and weighs 122 kg . He plays the center position. He has been a member of the Lithuanian national team since 2000...
- Andrius JurkūnasAndrius JurkūnasAndrius Jurkūnas is a Lithuanian basketball player.In 2000 Jurkūnas finished his studies at Clemson University, where he also played in the university basketball team, Clemson Tigers, NCAA. He then moved to Žalgiris Kaunas, where he played 1.5 seasons. In 2002, he moved to Polonia Warszawa...
- Artūras KarnišovasArturas KarnišovasArtūras Karnišovas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player....
- Rimantas KaukėnasRimantas KaukenasRimantas "Rimas" Kaukėnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...
- Jonas KazlauskasJonas KazlauskasJonas Kazlauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former Soviet professional basketball player. He is not to be confused with the late Lithuanian linguist, also named Jonas Kazlauskas...
– Lithuanian professional basketball coach and former professional basketball player - Kęstutis KemzūraKęstutis KemzūraKęstutis Kemzūra is a former Lithuanian basketball player and the current coach of Lithuania national basketball team.- Playing career :...
- Linas KleizaLinas KleizaLinas Kleiza is a Lithuanian professional basketball player with the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national team. He can play either forward position. Kleiza signed a four year, $18.8 million contract prior to the 2010–11 NBA...
– Current NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player with the Toronto RaptorsToronto RaptorsThe Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion... - Gintaras KrapikasGintaras KrapikasGintaras Krapikas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas. He was a member of the Lithuanian national team that won a bronze medal in Barcelona's 1992 Summer Olympics....
- Rimas KurtinaitisRimas KurtinaitisRimas Kurtinaitis is a basketball trainer, head coach of the VEF Riga, retired Soviet and Lithuanian basketball player who was a member of the USSR and Lithuanian national basketball teams. He played as a shooting guard and is the only non-NBA player to participate in the NBA All-Star Three Point...
- Darjuš LavrinovičDarjuš LavrinovicDarjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič Darjuš Lavrinovič (alternate spelling: Darius Lavrinovič; ; Russian Cyrillic: Дарюс Лавринович ; born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. His twin brother Kšyštof is also a professional basketball...
- Kšyštof LavrinovičKšyštof LavrinovicKšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič Kšyštof Lavrinovič (born November 1, 1979 in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a Polish-Lithuanian professional basketball player. He plays at the power forward and center positions. He is 2.10 m (6' 10¾") in height...
- Mindaugas LukauskisMindaugas LukauskisMindaugas Lukauskis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player.-Basketball career:Lukauskis began his basketball career in the Panevežys youth basketball clubs, being the leader there. He got attention from the LKL, and in 2001, he joined Sakalai...
- Darius LukminasDarius LukminasDarius Lukminas is a Lithuanian former basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team and Žalgiris Kaunas...
- Arvydas MacijauskasArvydas MacijauskasArvydas Macijauskas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He announced termination of his career after his last club, Olympiacos, released him following a prolonged judicial litigation.-Early years:...
- Jonas MačiulisJonas MaciulisJonas Mačiulis , nicknamed "the bull", is a Lithuanian professional basketball player in the Euroleague and the Italian League with the Armani Jeans Milano. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He plays the small forward position.-Early years:Mačiulis spent two years competing in the...
- Šarūnas MarčiulionisŠarunas MarciulionisRaimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the North American National Basketball Association...
– He was one of the first Europeans to play in NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada... - Tomas PačėsasTomas PačėsasTomas Pačėsas is a Lithuanian basketball player and coach.- Awards :* 1996 Olympic games basketball bronze medalist* 1998 LKL vicechampion* 2001 North European Basketball League champion...
- Modestas PaulauskasModestas PaulauskasModestas Paulauskas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player who won gold with the Soviet basketball team in the 1972 Olympic basketball tournament. He also won a bronze medal with the team at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Paulauskas trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas. He is known as one of the best...
- Marijonas PetravičiusMarijonas PetraviciusMarijonas Petravičius is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He currently a free agent. He is a member of the Lithuania national team...
- Virginijus PraškevičiusVirginijus PraškeviciusVirginijus Praškevičius is a Lithuanian basketball player. He played for the Lithuania national team and for Lithuania Under-22 national team, taking part in Eurobasket 1997, World Championship 1998, Eurobasket 1999, and 2003, where he took the Gold...
- Arvydas SabonisArvydas SabonisArvydas Romas Sabonis is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player and a businessman. He was an eight-time European Player of the Year, winning the Euroscar Award six times, and the Mr...
– Former NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player with Portland Trail BlazersPortland Trail BlazersThe Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
, used to play for the USSR. He is considered one of the best centers in the world - Antanas SireikaAntanas SireikaAntanas Sireika is a professional Lithuanian basketball coach.- Coaching career :Lithuanian national basketball team began a strange tradition, after head coach was leaving his post he gave his place to his assistant, this happened when Vladas Garastas was replaced by his assistant coach Jonas...
- Darius SongailaDarius SongailaDarius Songaila is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He can play power forward and center positions. He currently plays for Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey....
– Current NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player with the New Orleans Hornets - Ramūnas ŠiškauskasRamunas ŠiškauskasRamūnas Šiškauskas in height and he weighs 220 lbs. . He is currently with CSKA Moscow.-Player profile:Šiškauskas is a physical forward who can easily play, both on offense and defense, at the guard positions, on the wing, and also in the paint...
– EuroLeague star, nicknamed Lithuanian Scottie Pippen - Saulius ŠtombergasSaulius ŠtombergasSaulius Štombergas is a retired Lithuanian basketball player for the Lithuanian men's national basketball team....
- Mindaugas TiminskasMindaugas TiminskasMindaugas Timinskas is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Lithuanian national basketball team....
- Jonas ValančiūnasJonas ValančiūnasJonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietuvos Rytas. He is a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...
– Current NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player with the Toronto RaptorsToronto RaptorsThe Toronto Raptors are a professional basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1995, along with the Vancouver Grizzlies, as part of the NBA's re-expansion... - Rytis VaišvilaRytis VaišvilaRytis Vaišvila is a retired Lithuanian basketball player and coach.In July 2009 signed the contract with Qianjiang Tan Tan team , but was fired at the end of 2009...
- Eurelijus ŽukauskasEurelijus ŽukauskasEurelijus Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He played for the Lithuanian national basketball team from 1995 to 2004.In 1995 NBA Draft Žukauskas was drafted as a #54 by Seattle SuperSonics in the second round...
- Mindaugas ŽukauskasMindaugas ŽukauskasMindaugas Žukauskas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He was a captain of the Lithuanian national basketball team. In August 2006 Žukauskas transferred from Montepaschi to another Italian team Scavolini Pesaro...
Hockey Players
- Dainius ZubrusDainius ZubrusDainius Gintas Zubrus is a Lithuanian professional ice hockey right winger and center currently playing for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League...
– NHLNational Hockey LeagueThe National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
player with the New Jersey DevilsNew Jersey DevilsThe New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey, United States. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... - Darius KasparaitisDarius KasparaitisDarius Kasparaitis is a retired professional ice hockey defenseman. Known by the nickname Kaspar, he has dual citizenship in both the United States and Russia, and he has played for the Russian national ice hockey team.- Playing career :Kasparaitis left Lithuania for Russia at age 14 after...
– Former NHL player - Aleksey NikiforovAleksey NikiforovAleksey Nikiforov is a former professional hockey player for the Dynamo Riga team of the Russian Elite League. He is the father of New York Islanders prospect Vladimir Nikiforov...
– Professional coach and mentor - Pijus RulevičiusPijus RulevičiusPijus Rulevičius is a Lithuanian professional ice hockey right winger and center, currently playing for the Janesville Jets in the NAHL.-Career:...
– Current USHL player with Chicago SteelChicago SteelThe Chicago Steel is a Tier 1 junior ice hockey team formed in 2000. It plays all of its home games at the Edge Ice Arena, located in Bensenville, Illinois. The Steel play in the Eastern Division of the United States Hockey League. The current GM and Head Coach of the Steel is Scott McConnell...
Cycling
- Ignatas KonovalovasIgnatas KonovalovasIgnatas Konovalovas is an Lithuanian road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .Konovalovas finished third in European U19 Team Pursuit Championship in 2003, European U23 Team Pursuit Championship in...
- Jolanta PolikevičiūtėJolanta PolikevičiūtėJolanta Polikevičiūtė is a retired female road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who competed in three Summer Olympics for her native country: 1996, 2004 and 2008. She is the twin sister of Rasa Polikevičiūtė, who also had a professional career in women's cycling.-References:*...
- Rasa PolikevičiūtėRasa PolikeviciuteRasa Polikevičiūtė is a Lithuanian cycle racer. She was one of the first in a long line of Lithuanian cyclists who, together, established Lithuania as one of the powerhouses of women's cycle racing in the 1990s and beyond...
- Edita PučinskaitėEdita PucinskaiteEdita Pučinskaitė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist. For many years, she has been one of the top competitors in women's racing on the international level with a victory in the World Road Race Championships in 1999 and several very high finishes in major tours, World Championship competition and on...
- Raimondas RumšasRaimondas Rumšas-External links:...
- Gintautas UmarasGintautas UmarasGintautas Umaras is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4 km individual pursuit and in the men's team pursuit, alongside Vyacheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Nelyubin...
- Zita UrbonaitėZita UrbonaitėZita Urbonaitė was a female road racing cyclist from Lithuania.-References:...
- Tomas VaitkusTomas VaitkusTomas Vaitkus is a Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Vaitkus, nicknamed Tomas the Tank Engine, made his Tour de France debut in the 2007 edition but had to abandon after a serious crash at the end of stage two. announced that he would be joining the team in 2010....
- Diana ŽiliūtėDiana ŽiliuteDiana Žiliūtė is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated the sport in the late 1990s, and continues to be a formidable force in road cycling to this day....
Football players
- Giedrius ArlauskisGiedrius ArlauskisGiedrius Arlauskis is a Lithuanian footballer. He is currently a goalkeeper for Rubin Kazan from Russia's Premier League....
- Virginijus BaltušnikasVirginijus BaltušnikasVirginijus Baltušnikas is a retired Lithuanian professional football player who played for FK Žalgiris Vilnius in the Soviet Top League and Lithuanian A Lyga as well as FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod the Russian Premier League.Baltušnikas made 42 appearances for the Lithuania national football...
- Deividas ČesnauskisDeividas CesnauskisDeividas Česnauskis is a Lithuanian footballer, who plays as a winger and currently plays for FK Baku. He most recently played for Greek Super League club Aris...
- Edgaras ČesnauskisEdgaras CesnauskisEdgaras Česnauskis is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays for FC Rostov. In March 2006 Česnauskis signed a three-year deal with Saturn Ramenskoe...
- Tomas DanilevičiusTomas DanileviciusTomas Danilevičius is a Lithuanian professional footballer currently playing for Juve Stabia. A striker, he stands 1.91m tall and weighs 82 kg.-Club career:...
- Ignas DeduraIgnas DeduraIgnas Dedura is a football player who plays for FK Ekranas in Lithuania.-Club career:Dedura began his career at FBK Kaunas in 1997, scoring 13 goals in 105 appearances, before moving to Russia in 2001 where he played for FC Torpedo-ZIL...
- Artūras FomenkaArtūras FomenkaArtūras Fomenka is a Lithuanian professional footballer. He played 2 games in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2000 for FC Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don.-Honours:* Lithuanian A Lyga champion: 1997, 1998.* Lithuanian A Lyga runner-up: 1999....
- Robertas FridrikasRobertas FridrikasRobertas Fridrikas is a retired Lithuanian football forward, who last played for WAF Procar in Austria during his professional career....
- Valdas IvanauskasValdas IvanauskasValdas Ivanauskas is a football coach and a former football striker from Lithuania.He is best known in Europe for his time at Hamburger SV as a player in 1993–97 and coaching at Hearts football club in 2005–07.- Career :...
- Edgaras JankauskasEdgaras JankauskasEdgaras Jankauskas is a retired Lithuanian footballer who works as a coach-interpreter for FC Lokomotiv Moscow.A tall, powerful striker who plays to the physical side of the game, he is also known for skill. Other than in his own, he played professionally in nine different countries, and...
- Mindaugas KalonasMindaugas KalonasMindaugas Kalonas is a Lithuanian football midfielder. His current club is FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.- Football career :...
- Žydrūnas KarčemarskasŽydrunas KarcemarskasŽydrūnas Karčemarskas is a Lithuanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gaziantepspor.He is the first-choice goalkeeper for Lithuania national football team since 2004, and has made 43 appearances for the side....
- Darius MaciulevičiusDarius MaciulevičiusDarius Maciulevičius is a former Lithuanian footballer, who last played for Atlantis FC in the Finnish second tier Ykkönen.- Career :He has also represented clubs such as Alania Vladikavkaz, Hakoah Ramat Gan and FK Sūduva Marijampolė....
- Egidijus MajusEgidijus MajusEgidijus Majus is a Lithuanian footballer currently playing for FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda. His former club was Steel Azin.He played 1 game for FC Zenit St. Petersburg main squad in the Russian Cup.-External links: *...
- Saulius MikoliūnasSaulius MikoliunasSaulius Mikoliūnas is a Lithuanian professional footballer playing for FC Arsenal Kyiv. He is a Lithuanian international and has played for Scottish Premier League club Hearts and FBK Kaunas...
- Igoris MorinasIgoris MorinasIgoris Morinas is a Lithuanian international footballer who plays as a striker, who is part of the FK Žalgiris Vilnius squad.- Career :...
- Arminas NarbekovasArminas NarbekovasArminas Andreyevich Narbekovas is a former Lithuanian football player, he is currently the Head Coach of Banga Gargždai.-Career:...
- Robertas PoškusRobertas PoškusRobertas Poškus is a Lithuanian professional footballer playing for FK Simurq Zaqatala. A hard-working striker, he stands 1.83 m tall and weighs 74 kg.-External links:***...
- Aidas PreikšaitisAidas PreikšaitisAidas Preikšaitis is a retired Lithuanian professional football midfielder who last played for Lithuanian top division A Lyga club FK Vėtra. He is 181 cm tall and weighs 77 kg....
- Tomas RažanauskasTomas RažanauskasTomas Ražanauskas is a Lithuanian professional footballer, who plays in A lyga, for Tauras Tauragė. He plays the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team....
- Aurelijus SkarbaliusAurelijus SkarbaliusAurelijus "Auri" Skarbalius is a head-coach and former Lithuanian professional footballer, who started his career as a winger, but played mostly as either left- or right-sided fullback...
- Andrius SkerlaAndrius SkerlaAndrius Skerla is a Lithuanian professional football defender playing for Polish Ekstraklasa club Jagiellonia Białystok.-Career:...
- Marius StankevičiusMarius StankeviciusMarius "StankyLeg" Stankevičius is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays for the Serie A club S.S. Lazio, as a defender . He was the Lithuanian player of the year in 2008 and 2009.-International career:...
- Gintaras StaučėGintaras StauceGintaras Mindaugovich Staučė is a former Lithuanian footballer who currently works as a FC Zhemchuzhina Sochi goalkeeping coach....
- Deividas ŠemberasDeividas ŠemberasDeividas Šemberas is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as centre back for Russian Premier League club PFC CSKA Moscow...
- Vaidotas ŠlekysVaidotas ŠlekysVaidotas Šlekys is a retired Lithuanian football forward, who last played for Ekranas Panevėžys. He obtained a total number of 32 caps for the Lithuania national football team, scoring three goals...
- Tomas TamošauskasTomas TamošauskasTomas Tamošauskas is a football midfielder from Lithuania. He currently plays for Liepājas Metalurgs in Latvia. Since summer 2009 he is captain of Liepājas Metalurgs.-Club career:...
- Andrėjus TereškinasAndrejus TereškinasAndrėjus Tereškinas is a former Lithuanian international footballer. He played as a central defender.He had a brief loan spell with Macclesfield Town F.C...
- Valdas TrakysValdas TrakysValdas Trakys is a Lithuanian footballer, who plays for Greek club Anagennisi Epanomi.-Playing career:Trakys started his professional career in 1995 with FK Panerys Vilnius in his native Lithuania. He played for FC Harelbeke and FBK Kaunas before moving to Russia to play for Torpedo Moscow...
- Andrius VeličkaAndrius VelickaAndrius Velička is a Lithuanian professional association footballer who plays for FK Ekranas. He also plays for the Lithuania national team.-FBK Kaunas:...
- Marius ŽaliūkasMarius ŽaliukasMarius Žaliūkas is a Lithuanian footballer who is the captain of Scottish Premier League club Hearts. He plays as either a centre back or a defensive midfielder.-Club career:...
- Tomas ŽvirgždauskasTomas ŽvirgždauskasTomas Žvirgždauskas is a football defender from Lithuania, who plays defender for Halmstads BK.- Career :His career started in Zalgiris Vilnius, where he won the Lithuanian league title twice. In 1995, he moved to Danish team, Naestved BK, but only played a few games before moving back to Zalgiris...
Various
- Virgilijus AleknaVirgilijus AleknaVirgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...
– 2-time Olympic, 2-time World and 1-time European champion in discus throwing - Margarita DrobiazkoMargarita DrobiazkoMargarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko is a Lithuanian ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas, whom she married in June 2000...
– Ice dancer bronze medal at the European Championships (2000, 2006) and at World Championships (2000) - Vitas GerulaitisVitas GerulaitisVytautas Kevin Gerulaitis was a Lithuanian–American professional tennis player. He is known for winning the men's singles title at one of the two Australian Open tournaments held in 1977. Gerulaitis won the tournament held in December, while Roscoe Tanner won the earlier January tournament...
– Tennis player (member of the Lithuanian diaspora in the United States) - Daina GudzinevičiūtėDaina GudzineviciuteDaina Gudzinevičiūtė is an Olympic shooting champion from Lithuania.Trap shooting for women was first introduced in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Gudzinevičiūtė scored 71 hits in the qualifying round and then hit 22 out of 25 targets in the final. It came out to be 1 more than Delphine...
– Olympic gold medalist in shooting - Markas LuckisMarkas LuckisMarkas Luckis was a Lithuanian–Argentine chess master.-Biography:Luckis was born in Lithuania. He twice won the Kaunas City Chess Championship in 1927 and 1928...
– Chess player - Vladas MikėnasVladas MikenasVladas Mikėnas was a Lithuanian International Master of chess, an Honorary Grandmaster, and a journalist.- Early life :Vladas Mikėnas played for Lithuania at first board in five official and one unofficial Chess Olympiads....
– Chess player - Remigijus MorkevičiusRemigijus MorkeviciusRemigijus Morkevičius is a Lithuanian mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has fought for the Lithuanian branch of RINGS, ZST, and K-1 World MAX.- Career and biography :...
– Muay ThaiMuay ThaiMuay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
Kickboxer and MMAMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter - Eugenijus RiabovasEugenijus RiabovasEugenijus Riabovas is a Lithuanian football manager.-Playing career:Prior to his coaching career, Riabovas played for Žalgiris Vilnius and 3 times was named as Best Footballer of Lithuania...
– Head coachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
of Hearts FC - Žydrūnas SavickasŽydrunas SavickasŽydrūnas Savickas is a professional strongman and is widely considered one of the all-time greatest athletes in the history of the sport...
– 5-time winner of the "Arnold‘s Strongest Man" 1st Place - Austra SkujytėAustra SkujyteAustra Skujytė is a Lithuanian athlete, competing in both the heptathlon and the decathlon. On 15 April 2005 in Columbia, Missouri, she broke the women's decathlon world record, with a score of 8366....
– Olympic medalist at women's heptathlon - Povilas VanagasPovilas VanagasPovilas Vanagas is a Lithuanian ice dancer. He competed with wife Margarita Drobiazko, whom he married in June 2000. They are the 2000 World bronze medalists, three-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalists, two-time European bronze medalists , 1999 Skate Canada champions and competed in five Winter...
– Figure skater & ice dancer – bronze medal at the European Championships (2000, 2006) and at World Championships (2000) - Kazimieras Vasiliauskas – first driver, competing at international open-wheel racing level
- Marius ŽaromskisMarius ŽaromskisMarius Žaromskis is a Lithuanian welterweight mixed martial artist. After fighting the majority of his career for British promotion Cage Rage, he signed with DREAM in 2009 and then, later that year, with Strikeforce. With DREAM, Žaromskis won their 2009 Welterweight Grand Prix and became their...
– MMA fighter and Dream tournament winner
Roman Catholicism
- Audrys Bačkis
- Šv. Kazimieras
- Archbishop Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius
- Archbishop Mečislovas Reinys
- Alfonsas Svarinskas (1925-) (:lt:Alfonsas Svarinskas)
- Motiejus ValančiusMotiejus ValanciusMotiejus Valančius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19th century.-Biography:...
– bishop of Samogitia, historian and writer - Kazimieras Vasiliauskas (1922–2001), (:lt:Kazimieras Vasiliauskas (1922)) priest
Judaism
- Vilna GaonVilna GaonElijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kramer, known as the Vilna Gaon or Elijah of Vilna and simply by his Hebrew acronym Gra or Elijah Ben Solomon, , was a Talmudist, halachist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic Jewry of the past few centuries...
- Chaim VolozhinChaim VolozhinChaim Volozhin was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and ethicist. Popularly known as "Reb Chaim Volozhiner" or simply as "Reb Chaim", he was born in Volozhin when it was a part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
- Eliyahu Eliezer DesslerEliyahu Eliezer DesslerEliyahu Eliezer Dessler was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and Jewish philosopher of the 20th century. He is known as mashgiach ruchani of the Ponevezh yeshiva in Israel and through collections of his writings published posthumously by his pupils.-Lithuania:Eliyahu Dessler Eliyahu Eliezer...
- Avraham Yeshayahu KarelitzAvraham Yeshayahu KarelitzAvrohom Yeshaya Karelitz, , popularly known by the name of his magnum opus Chazon Ish, was a Belarusian born Orthodox rabbi who became leader of Haredi Judaism in Israel, where his final 20 years, from 1933 to 1953, were spent.-Birth and Youth:Born in Kosava , Karelitz was sent as a youth to study...
- Nissim KarelitzNissim KarelitzRabbi Nissim Karelitz is the chairman of the beis din tzedek of Bnei Brak.He is one of the most highly respected Orthodox rabbis in the world and one of the most important leaders of the Lithuanian Haredi world, together with Rabbi Yosef Sholom Eliashiv and Rabbi Shmuel Halevi Wosner.His beis din ...
Eastern Orthodoxy
- Anthony, John, and EustathiosAnthony, John, and EustathiosAnthony, John, and Eustathius are saints and martyrs of the Russian Orthodox Church. Their feast day is celebrated on April 14 in the horologion....
(died in 1347), courtiers under AlgirdasAlgirdasAlgirdas was a monarch of medieval Lithuania. Algirdas ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1345 to 1377, which chiefly meant monarch of Lithuanians and Ruthenians...
, martyrs - Charitina of LithuaniaCharitina of LithuaniaCharitina of Lithuania is a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast is on October 5. Because her hagiography did not survive, very little is known about her life. Charitina was a noblewoman from the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania who became a nun in Novgorod. Possibly she was arranged to...
(died in 1281), noblewoman turned ascetic and abbess - Daumantas of PskovDaumantas of PskovDaumantas, later Dovmont , Christian name Timothy , ; c. 1240? – May 17, 1299), was a Lithuanian princeling best remembered as a military leader of the Pskov Republic between 1266 and 1299...
(died in 1299), Lithuanian noble, became prince of PskovPskovPskov is an ancient city and the administrative center of Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in the northwest of Russia about east from the Estonian border, on the Velikaya River. Population: -Early history:...
and defender against the Teutonic KnightsTeutonic KnightsThe Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem , commonly the Teutonic Order , is a German medieval military order, in modern times a purely religious Catholic order... - Athanasius of Brest-LitovskAthanasius of Brest-LitovskThe holy hieromartyr Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk is a saint and martyr of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was killed by Catholics for opposition to the Union of Brest...
(died in 1649), born into a Lithuanian noble family, became a monk and martyr
Other
- Tadas BlindaTadas BlindaTadas Blinda was a Lithuanian folk hero of the 19th century. He was a subject of several popular books, plays, and movies and is often compared to Robin Hood.-Biography:...
– Lithuanian Robin HoodRobin HoodRobin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes.... - Steponas DariusSteponas DariusSteponas Darius was a Lithuanian-American pilot....
- pilot - Ignotas Domeika – Chilean geologist, mineralogist and educator
- Stasys GirėnasStasys GirenasStasys Girėnas was a Lithuanian-American pilot....
– pilot - Josifas Grigulevičius, also known as Григулевич Иосиф Ромуальдович (1913–1988) – famous Soviet intelligence agent in West Europe and Latin America, later historian of Catholic Church and Latin America (corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of USSR)
- Jurgis KairysJurgis KairysJurgis Kairys is a Lithuanian aerobatic pilot and aeronautical engineer...
– aerobatic pilot, FAI World Grand Prix of Aviation FAIWGPA champion, famous of flight under 10 bridges in VilniusVilniusVilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
. He also flew inverted under a bridge in KaunasKaunasKaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... - Romas KalantaRomas KalantaRomas Kalanta was a Lithuanian high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania. Kalanta's death provoked the largest post-war riots in Lithuania and inspired similar self-immolations...
– a high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark... - Abba KovnerAbba KovnerAbba Kovner was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebrew poet, writer, and partisan leader. He became one of the great poets of modern Israel. He was a cousin of the Israeli Communist Party leader Meir Vilner.-Biography:...
(1918–1987) poet, writer, and partisan leader - Benediktas MikulisBenediktas MikulisBenediktas Mikulis was a Lithuanian partisan who lived in hiding for 27 years – first from the Nazis during World War II and later from the Soviets during the Cold War.The Mikulis family homestead is located in Prazariškės village in Žaislai elderate...
– Lithuanian freedom fighter - Vytautas Putna, also known as :ru:Путна, Витовт Казимирович (1893–1937) – comcorComcorComcor was a military rank in the Red Army until the end of the 1930s....
(general lieutenant) of Red ArmyRed ArmyThe Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
, Soviet military diplomat - Živilė RaudonienėZivile RaudonieneŽivilė Raudonienė is a Lithuanian fitness model, bodybuilder and professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE, performing on their SmackDown brand under the ring name Aksana, and is training in Florida Championship Wrestling , WWE's developmental territory...
- Professional wrestler signed to WWE that competes under the ring name Aksana - Jokūbas Smuškevičius, also known as Yakov Smushkevich, Смушкевич Яков Владимирович (1902–1941) – general lieutenant of Soviet Army, Commander-in Chief of Soviet Air ForceSoviet Air ForceThe Soviet Air Force, officially known in Russian as Военно-воздушные силы or Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily and often abbreviated VVS was the official designation of one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces...
, twice Hero of Soviet Union - Aleksandras ŠtromasAleksandras ŠtromasAleksandras Štromas was a prominent Lithuanian political scientist, dissident, professor.-Biography:...
(also referred as Alexander Shtromas) (1931–1999) – professor of Bradford University, dissident - Tony GTony GAntanas Guoga , more commonly known as Tony G, is a businessman and professional poker player. As a child, he was the Rubik's Cube champion of Lithuania before moving to Melbourne, Australia at the age of 11. He has played poker since the age of 18, and is known for his outlandish table talk and...
(real name Antanas Guoga), World poker star, born in Kaunas - Jeronimas Uborevičius. also known as :ru:Уборевич, Иероним Петрович or Ieronim UborevichIeronim UborevichIeronim Petrovich Uborevich was a Soviet military commander of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, and eventually attained the rank of Army Commander, 1st Rank, equivalent to General of the Army after old Imperial ranks were reintroduced in 1940....
(1896–1937) – comandarmComandarmComandarm was a military rank in the Red Army until the end of the 1930s....
1st rank (General of the Army) of the Red ArmyRed ArmyThe Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
, commander of Armament of Red Army, later commander of military district - Feliksas VaitkusFeliksas VaitkusFelix Waitkus was an American born Lithuanan pilot and the sixth pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic.- Biography:...
– Sixth pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic - Edita VilkevičiūtėEdita Vilkeviciute-Career:A Lithuanian model. After her discovery, she signed to Women Management in Milan, and later, VIVA in Paris in 2006. Her runway debut was at Just Cavalli for the spring/summer 2007 shows. She later walked for Paul Smith, Preen, and Marios Schwab in London...
– model
Fictional
- Hannibal LecterHannibal LecterHannibal Lecter M.D. is a fictional character in a series of horror novels by Thomas Harris and in the films adapted from them.Lecter was introduced in the 1981 thriller novel Red Dragon as a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer...
– fictional cannibalistic genius appearing in four novels by author Thomas HarrisThomas HarrisThomas Harris is an American author and screenwriter, best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter...
and their film adaptations - Marko Ramius (nicknamed the Vilnius Schoolmaster) – fictional captain of the submarine Red OctoberSoviet submarine Red OctoberRed October is a fictitious modified Typhoon class submarine in the Tom Clancy novel The Hunt for Red October and the film which followed. She was built with a revolutionary stealth propulsion system called a "caterpillar drive", which is described as a hydrojet system in the book...
in the novel The Hunt for Red OctoberThe Hunt for Red OctoberThe Hunt for Red October is a 1984 novel by Tom Clancy. The story follows the intertwined adventures of Soviet submarine captain Marko Aleksandrovich Ramius and CIA analyst Jack Ryan.The novel was originally published by the U.S...
by Tom ClancyTom ClancyThomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and...
. Portrayed by Sean ConnerySean ConnerySir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy...
in the 1990 film versionThe Hunt for Red October (film)The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy. It was directed by John McTiernan and stars Sean Connery as Captain Marko Ramius and Alec Baldwin as Jack Ryan... - Jurgis Rudkus – the protagonist of Upton SinclairUpton SinclairUpton Beall Sinclair Jr. , was an American author who wrote close to one hundred books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle . It exposed conditions in the U.S...
's novel The JungleThe JungleThe Jungle is a 1906 novel written by journalist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel with the intention of portraying the life of the immigrant in the United States, but readers were more concerned with the large portion of the book pertaining to the corruption of the American meatpacking...
Notable international people of Lithuanian descent
- Giorgio AmendolaGiorgio AmendolaGiorgio Amendola was an Italian writer and politician.Born in Rome in 1907, he was the son of Lithuanian intellectual Eva Kuhn and Giovanni Amendola, a liberal anti-fascist who died in 1926 in Cannes after having been attacked by killers hired by Benito Mussolini...
(1907–1980), ItalianItalian peopleThe Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
prominent politician. Mother was Lithuanian - Saul AnuzisSaul AnuzisSaulius "Saul" Anuzis is a Republican Party leader from the U.S. State of Michigan, he is currently serving as national chairman for the Save American Jobs Project on the American Solutions team...
(1959–), Chairman of the Michigan Republican State CommitteeMichigan Republican State CommitteeThe Michigan Republican State Committee is the state central committee of the Michigan Republican Party. It is composed of seven members from each of Michigan's fifteen Congressional district Republican committees, the Chairman, Co-Chairman, the various Vice Chairmen of the Party, and the...
(2005–present) - Aras BaskauskasAras BaskauskasAras Baskauskas is the winner of Survivor: Panama. He is of Lithuanian descent, holding Lithuanian and American citizenship....
– is the winner of Survivor: PanamaSurvivor: PanamaSurvivor: Panama — Exile Island, also known as Survivor: Exile Island and Survivor: Panama, is the twelfth season of the American CBS competitive reality television series Survivor. The season was filmed in the Pearl Islands, off the coast of Panama. This location was previously used for Survivor:...
. He is of Lithuanian descent, holding Lithuanian and American citizenship - Bernard BerensonBernard BerensonBernard Berenson was an American art historian specializing in the Renaissance. He was a major figure in pioneering art attribution and therefore establishing the market for paintings by the "Old Masters".-Personal life:...
- American art historian specializing in the RenaissanceRenaissanceThe Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...
, born in ButrimonysButrimonysButrimonys is a small town in Alytus County in southern Lithuania. As of 2001 it had a population of 1126. Its most famous son was Bernard Berenson, a famous and still influential American art historian.-Butrimonys massacre:...
(Alytus district, Lithuania) - Kevin BieksaKevin BieksaKevin Christopher Bieksa is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League , serving as an alternate captain for the Canucks during away games...
– Canadian hockey player - Sydney BrennerSydney BrennerSydney Brenner, CH FRS is a South African biologist and a 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate, shared with H...
– biologist, winner of 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology - Robert BriscoeRobert Briscoe (politician)Robert Briscoe , known as Bob Briscoe was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as a Teachta Dála in the Oireachtas from 1927 to 1965.- Family :...
– Lord Mayor of DublinLord Mayor of DublinThe Lord Mayor of Dublin is the honorific title of the Chairman of Dublin City Council which is the local government body for the city of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. The incumbent is Labour Party Councillor Andrew Montague. The office holder is elected annually by the members of the...
– The original family name in Lithuania is believed have been Cherrick - Charles BronsonCharles BronsonCharles Bronson , born Charles Dennis Buchinsky was an American actor, best-known for such films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Rider on the Rain, The Mechanic, and the popular Death Wish series...
, actor, born to Lithuanian emigrants - Matt BusbyMatt BusbySir Alexander Matthew "Matt" Busby, CBE, KCSG was a Scottish football player and manager, most noted for managing Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–1971 season...
, Scottish football manager - Dick ButkusDick ButkusRichard Marvin "Dick" Butkus is a former American football player for the Chicago Bears. He was drafted in 1965 and he is also widely regarded as one of the best and most durable linebackers of all time. Butkus starred as a football player for the University of Illinois and the Chicago Bears. He...
– NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
Hall of Fame linebacker - Abraham CahanAbraham CahanAbraham "Abe" Cahan was a Lithuanian-born American socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician.-Early years:...
(1860–1951), Lithuanian-born American socialist activist, editor and journalist of socialist and Jewish periodicals (including the Jewish Daily Forward), and author of a number of fiction pieces concerning Yiddish life in New York - Romain GaryRomain GaryRomain Gary was a French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice .- Early life :Gary was born in Vilnius under the name Roman Kacew...
(Roman Kacew)1914-1980 Lithuanian born naturalized French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice (under his own name and under a pseudonym) - Leonard CohenLeonard CohenLeonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
(1934–), singer-songwriter, poet, novelist, and Rock and Roll Hall of FameRock and Roll Hall of FameThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is dedicated to archiving the history of some of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers and others who have, in some major way,...
inductee - Dick Durbin – IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
senator, mother was Lithuanian - Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
– American folk/rock musician - Brian EpsteinBrian EpsteinBrian Samuel Epstein , was an English music entrepreneur, and is best known for being the manager of The Beatles up until his death. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four & The Cyrkle...
– a former Beatles manager. Paternal grandparents are Lithuanian Jews - Brandon FlowersBrandon FlowersBrandon Richard Flowers is an American musician, best known as the frontman of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. He has also released a solo album titled Flamingo.-Early life:...
(1981–), vocalist, and keyboardist of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. Is under both Scottish and Lithuanian ancestry - Genie FrancisGenie FrancisEugenie "Genie" Francis Frakes is an American actress known for her portrayal of Laura Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. She is currently playing Genevieve Atkinson on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless...
– American actress. Mother is of Lithuanian descent - John GielgudJohn GielgudSir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor, director, and producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937...
– British actor - Philip GlassPhilip GlassPhilip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...
(b. 1937), composer (grandchild of Lithuanian Jewish migrants) - Emma GoldmanEmma GoldmanEmma Goldman was an anarchist known for her political activism, writing and speeches. She played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century....
– anarchist, feminist, activist aka 'Red Emma', Lithuania-born anarchistAnarchismAnarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
known for her writings and speeches - Nadine GordimerNadine GordimerNadine Gordimer is a South African writer and political activist. She was awarded the 1991 Nobel Prize in Literature when she was recognised as a woman "who through her magnificent epic writing has – in the words of Alfred Nobel – been of very great benefit to humanity".Her writing has long dealt...
– novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literatureNobel Prize in LiteratureSince 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
and 1974 Booker Prize - Albin GurklisAlbin GurklisAlbin J. Gurklis was a member of the Order of the Marians of the Immaculate Conception and a noted mathematics teacher at Marianapolis Preparatory School.-Early life:...
– Lithuanian-American priest, mathematician - Laurence HarveyLaurence HarveyLaurence Harvey was a Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films.- Early life :Harvey maintained throughout his life that his birth name was Laruschka Mischa Skikne. However, his legal name was Zvi Mosheh Skikne. He was the youngest of three boys born to Ber "Boris" and...
– Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films - Jascha HeifetzJascha HeifetzJascha Heifetz was a violinist, born in Vilnius, then Russian Empire, now Lithuania. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time.- Early life :...
(1901–1987) – Lithuanian-born famous violinist - Ann JillianAnn JillianAnn Jillian is an American actress, who started acting at age 10. Her career reached its zenith in the 1980s, with her best-known role being that of waitress Cassie Cranston on the sitcom It's a Living.-Early life and career:...
(1950–), American television actress and breast cancer activist, born to immigrant parents - Joe JureviciusJoe JureviciusJoseph Michael Jurevicius is a retired American football wide receiver. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the second round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He played college football at Penn State....
– American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
(NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
) wide receiverWide receiverA wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... - Natas KaupasNatas KaupasNatas Kaupas is a semi-retired American professional skateboarder. He grew up in South Santa Monica, California in the area known as Dogtown and is of Lithuanian descent. He attended Santa Monica High School. He is often referred to as one of the first true professional street skateboarders.Kaupas...
- professional Skateboarder - Anthony KiedisAnthony KiedisAnthony Kiedis is an American vocalist/lyricist, and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his mother before moving, shortly before his 12th birthday, to Hollywood,...
(1962–), frontman and vocalist of the Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock... - John Kiedis – also known as Spider or Blackie DammettBlackie DammettBlackie Dammett or "Spider" is an American actor and father of Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of Red Hot Chili Peppers.-Name:He legally changed his name to Blackie Dammett as a tribute to his favorite writer Dashiell Hammett...
, father of Anthony KiedisAnthony KiedisAnthony Kiedis is an American vocalist/lyricist, and occasional actor best known as the lead vocalist of the Grammy-winning American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan with his mother before moving, shortly before his 12th birthday, to Hollywood,... - Stanley KunitzStanley KunitzStanley Jasspon Kunitz was an American poet. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000.-Biography:...
– a noted American poet, mother was Lithuanian - James LaurinaitisJames Laurinaitis-St. Louis Rams:Laurinaitis was drafted in the 2nd round 35th overall by the St. Louis Rams. On July 29, 2009, he signed a four-year, $5.1 million contract. The deal contained $3.3 million guaranteed...
- NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
linebacker for the St. Louis RamsSt. Louis RamsThe St. Louis Rams are a professional American football team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are currently members of the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Rams have won three NFL Championships .The Rams began playing in 1936 in Cleveland,... - David LeeDavid Lee (physicist)David Morris Lee is an American physicist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3"-Personal life:...
– physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in 1996 for physics - Ruta LeeRuta LeeRuta Lee is a Canadian actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the film Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...
(1936-), born Ruta Kilmonis (Kilmonytė), Canadian and American cinema and television actress - Emmanuel LevinasEmmanuel LévinasEmmanuel Levinas was a Lithuanian-born French Jewish philosopher and Talmudic commentator.-Life:Emanuelis Levinas received a traditional Jewish education in Lithuania...
– Lithuanian-born French philosopher and Talmudic commentator - Jacques LipchitzJacques LipchitzJacques Lipchitz was a Cubist sculptor.Jacques Lipchitz was born Chaim Jacob Lipchitz, son of a building contractor in Druskininkai, Lithuania, then within the Russian Empire...
– Lithuanian-born cubist sculptor - Billy McNeillBilly McNeillWilliam "Billy" McNeill MBE is a former Scottish footballer and manager. He is best known for captaining Celtic to the European Cup triumph in 1967 and he later went on to manage the club. He is now the official Club Ambassador at Celtic....
– Scottish soccer legend, Lithuanian mother - Hermann MinkowskiHermann MinkowskiHermann Minkowski was a German mathematician of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, who created and developed the geometry of numbers and who used geometrical methods to solve difficult problems in number theory, mathematical physics, and the theory of relativity.- Life and work :Hermann Minkowski was born...
– Lithuanian-born German mathematician, one of EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
's teachers - Antanas MockusAntanas MockusAurelijus Rutenis Antanas Mockus Šivickas is a Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician.The son of Lithuanian immigrants, he left his post as the president of the National University of Colombia in Bogotá in 1993, and later that year ran a successful campaign for mayor...
– ColombiaColombiaColombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n mathematician, philosopher, and politician. Former mayor of BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district... - Simonas MorkūnasSimonas MorkunasMonsignor Simon Morkunas was a priest in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Valtūnai, Lithuania on February 16, 1902, received his education at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1933.Msgr...
(1902–1997) – priest, Lithuanian-American humanitarian - Sean PennSean PennSean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...
– American actor. Father was of mixed Russian and Lithuanian descent - Vlado PerlemuterVlado PerlemuterVlado Perlemuter was a Lithuanian-born French pianist.-Biography:Vlado Perlemuter was born to a Polish Jewish family, the third of four sons, in Kovno, Russia . At the age of three, he lost the use of his left eye in an accident.His family settled in France in 1907...
– French pianist, born in KaunasKaunasKaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania and has historically been a leading centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the biggest city and the center of a powiat in Trakai Voivodeship of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1413. During Russian Empire occupation... - Maury PovichMaury PovichMaurice Richard "Maury" Povich is an American TV talk show host who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury.-Personal background:...
– Paternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania - Johnny RamenskyJohnny RamenskyJohnny Ramensky, also known as John Ramsay, Gentleman Johnny, and Gentle Johnny was a Scottish career criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities as a commando during World War II...
, Legendary Scottish criminal and folk hero - Leo RautinsLeo RautinsLeo R. Rautins is a former professional basketball player, the former head coach of the Canadian national men's basketball team, and an NBA analyst for the Toronto Raptors.Rautins was a star in high school for St...
– Canadian basketball player, national team coach, broadcaster - John C. ReillyJohn C. ReillyJohn Christopher Reilly, Jr. is an American film and theater actor, singer, and comedian. Debuting in Casualties of War in 1989, he is one of several actors whose careers were launched by Brian De Palma. To date, he has appeared in more than fifty films, including three separate films in 2002...
– American actor. Mother is of Lithuanian descent - Phil RuddPhil RuddPhillip Hugh Norman Rudd is an Australian drummer. He is best known for his membership of rock band AC/DC from 1975 until 1983, and again from 1994 to present. After the 1977 departure of bass guitarist Mark Evans, he became the only Australian-born member of the band...
(real name Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis), drummer of band AC/DCAC/DCAC/DC are an Australian rock band, formed in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Commonly classified as hard rock, they are considered pioneers of heavy metal, though they themselves have always classified their music as simply "rock and roll"... - Joanna Shimkus – actress born in Canada to Lithuanian emigres
- John ShimkusJohn ShimkusJohn Mondy Shimkus is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party....
– IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
politician - Jerry SiegelJerry SiegelJerome "Jerry" Siegel , who also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter, Jerry Ess, and Herbert S...
(1914–1996) – co-creator of SupermanSupermanSuperman is a fictional comic book superhero appearing in publications by DC Comics, widely considered to be an American cultural icon. Created by American writer Jerry Siegel and Canadian-born American artist Joe Shuster in 1932 while both were living in Cleveland, Ohio, and sold to Detective...
. Son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants - Antanas SileikaAntanas SileikaAntanas Sileika is a Canadian novelist and critic.He was born in Weston, Ontario - the son of Lithuanian-born parents.After completing an English degree at the University of Toronto, he moved to Paris for two years and there married his wife, Snaige Sileika , an art student at the Ecole des...
– Canadian author - Elijah ben Solomon known as the Vilna Gaon – Lithuanian-born talmudist, halachist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic Jewry of the past few centuriesthe
- Annis StukusAnnis StukusAnnis Paul Stukus was a Canadian football player, coach and general manager, and ice hockey general manager....
– Canadian sports personality - Jason SudeikisJason SudeikisDaniel Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian currently starring as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life:Sudeikis was born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Virginia, the son of Kathryn , a travel agent who was president of the American Society of Travel Agents, and Dan...
– US actor and comedian, member of Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
cast - Olegas TruchanasOlegas TruchanasOlegas Truchanas was a Lithuanian-Australian conservationist and nature photographer.He was a key figure in the attempt to stop the damming of the ecologically sensitive Lake Pedder in South West Tasmania by the Hydro Electricity Commission...
(1923–1972) – Lithuanian-born Australian conservationist and nature photographer - Johnny UnitasJohnny UnitasJohn Constantine Unitas , known as Johnny Unitas or "Johnny U", and nicknamed "The Golden Arm", was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s, spending the majority of his career with the Baltimore Colts. He was a record-setting quarterback, and the National Football...
– Football player with the Baltimore ColtsHistory of the Indianapolis ColtsThe Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls....
, member of NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
Hall of Fame, parents were Lithuanian - Louis VezelisLouis VezelisBishop Louis Vezelis, OFM was born in 1930 to Lithuanian immigrants in Rochester, New York. Originally a Franciscan, Vezelis became a sedevacantist, believing that the mainstream Catholic Church was illegitimate due to the reforms of Vatican II, and that the papacy was therefore vacant...
- Lithuanian-American sedevacantist Franciscan bishop - Eddie WaitkusEddie WaitkusEdward Stephen Waitkus was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball who had an 11-year career . He played for the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies in the National League and for the Baltimore Orioles of the American League...
– Baseball player - Uriel WeinreichUriel WeinreichUriel Weinreich was a linguist at Columbia University. Born in Vilnius , he earned his Ph.D. from Columbia, and went on to teach there, specializing in Yiddish studies, sociolinguistics, and dialectology...
(1926–1967) - Lithuanian-born linguist at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the... - Mariel ZagunisMariel ZagunisMariel Leigh Zagunis is an American Olympic sabre fencer, of Lithuanian heritage. She won the gold medals in the individual sabre at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics. She is only the second American ever to have won a gold medal in Olympic fencing.-Biography:Zagunis is the...
– Olympic (USA) sabre fencingFencingFencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
champion, gold medals in 2004 and 2008 - Robert ZemeckisRobert ZemeckisRobert Lee Zemeckis is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit ,...
– American film director - Annette ZilinskasAnnette ZilinskasAnnette Zilinskas is an American musician and singer of Lithuanian ancestry who was the original bass guitarist for The Bangles then later lead vocalist with Blood on the Saddle. She was also a member of L.A...
, original bassistBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
with the early Bangles - William ZorachWilliam ZorachWilliam Zorach was a Lithuanian-born American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and writer. He won the Logan Medal of the arts.-Life and career:...
(1887–1966) - Lithuanian-born American sculptor, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, printmaker and writer - Robert Z'DarRobert Z'DarRobert J. Zdarsky , better known as Robert Z’Dar, is an American actor and film producer, perhaps best known for his role as Matt Cordell in the cult horror film Maniac Cop and its two sequels. Due to his unusual facial structure, he is often referred to as "The Chin".-Early life:Born in Chicago,...
– American actor
See also
- List of North European Jews
- List of Poles
- List of Belarusians
- List of people by nationality