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This is a list of Lithuanians , both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of
Lithuania .
Notable Lithuanians (from top, left to right): Lithuanian king
Mindaugas ; Grand Dukes -
Gediminas ;
Kęstutis ;
Vytautas ;
Jogaila ; Grand Duchess
Barbora Radvilaitė ; Grand Hetman of Lithuania
Mikolaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł ; architect
Laurynas Gucevičius ; historian
Simonas Daukantas ; bishop
Motiejus Valančius ; compositor
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis ; poet and bishop
Antanas Baranauskas ; philosopher
Vydūnas ; signatory of Lithuanian's independence reestablishment act
Jonas Basanavičius .
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.
Arts
Architecture and sculpture
Literature
First Lithuanian book,
The Simple Words of Catechism , published in 1547 by
Martynas Mažvydas
Portrait of
Salomėja Nėris , one of the best known Lithuanian female writers
Venceslaus Agrippa Lituanus (c. 1525–c.1597) – writer and diplomat, one of the
Great Scribes of Lithuania
Jurgis Baltrušaitis (1873–1944) – poet and diplomat, the first
Symbolist poet
Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902) – priest and poet, author of The Pine Groove of Anykščiai (Lithuanian: Anykščių šilelis )
Kazys Binkis (1893–1942) – poet and playwright, leader of Lithuanian Futurism movement
Bernardas Brazdžionis (1907–2002) – influential romantic poet
Petras Cvirka (1909–1947) – short story writer and pro-Communist activist
Kristijonas Donelaitis (1714–1780) – Lithuanian Lutheran pastor and poet, author of
The Seasons (Lithuanian: Metai )
Juozas Glinskis (1933–) – writer, playwright, pioneer of Lithuanian "theatre of cruelty"
Leah Goldberg (1911–1970) – Israeli poet
Romualdas Granauskas (1939–2014) – writer about the identity crisis during the Soviet times
Juozas Grušas (1901–1986) – one of the most productive writers and playwrights under the Soviet rule
Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007) – the best known modern female writer
Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius (1882–1954) – writer and playwright, author of major interwar plays
Vincas Kudirka (1858–1899) – writer and poet, author of the
national anthem of Lithuania
Vytautas V. Landsbergis (1962–) (
lt:Vytautas V. Landsbergis ) – writer, published many children's books
Maironis (real name Jonas Mačiulis, 1862–1932) – priest and poet, best known patriotic poet
Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930–2011) – one of the most prominent poets during the Soviet rule
Marcelijus Martinaitis (1936–2013) (
lt:Marcelijus Martinaitis ) – writer famous for The Ballads of Kukutis , a mock-epic
Martynas Mažvydas (1510–1563) – author of the first book in Lithuanian language
Icchokas Meras (1934–2014) – Lithuanian-Jewish writer about the
Holocaust
Oskaras Milašius (1877–1939) – French-Lithuanian writer and diplomat
Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas (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 Nėris (real name Salomėja Bačinskaitė-Bučienė, 1904–1945) – the best known female poet during the interwar period
Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas (1919–2015) (
lt:Alfonsas Nyka-Niliūnas ) – poet, living in the United States
Henrikas Radauskas (1910–1970) – poet, one of the major figures of Lithuanian literature in exile
Šatrijos Ragana (real name Marija Pečkauskaitė, 1877–1930) – female writer
Ignas Sarkauskas (1992–) – patriotic poet, famous for "Matrica"
Balys Sruoga (1896–1947) – writer, poet, playwright, author of the novel
Forest of the Gods (Lithuanian: Dievų miškas ) about his experience in the
Stutthof concentration camp
Antanas Strazdas (1760–1833) – priest and poet, signed in
Polish as Antoni Drozdowski ; best known work was Pulkim ant Keliu (Let Us Fall on Our Knees) and the poem The
Thrush
Antanas Škėma (1911–1961) – writer in exile, author of
surrealistic novel The White Cloth (Lithuanian: Balta drobulė )
Yemima Tchernovitz-Avidar (1909–1998) – Israeli author
Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas (real name Juozas Tumas, 1869–1933) – priest and writer
Judita Vaičiūnaitė (1937–2001) (
lt:Judita Vaičiūnaitė ) – modern female poet exploring urban settings
Indrė Valantinaitė (1984–) – poet
Tomas Venclova (1937–) – poet, political activist
Antanas Vienuolis (real name Žukauskas 1882–1957) – writer, major figure in Lithuanian prose
Vydūnas (real name Vilius Storostas, 1868–1953) – Lithuanian writer and philosopher, leader of Lithuanian cultural movement in the
Lithuania Minor at the beginning of the 20th century
Jonas Zdanys (1950–) – poet and translator
Žemaitė (real name Julija Beniuševičiūtė-Žymantienė, 1845–1921) – one of the best known female writers
Theater and cinema
Regimantas Adomaitis (1937–2022) – theatre and film actor, successful both in Lithuania and Russia
Donatas Banionis (1924–2014) – actor, star of
Tarkovsky 's
Solaris
Šarūnas Bartas (1964–) – modern film director
Artūras Barysas (1954–2005) – "counter-culture" actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker, known as the father of modern Lithuanian
avant-garde
Charles Bronson (1921–2003) – well-known actor
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963–) – internationally successful actress
Gediminas Girdvainis (1944–2020) (
lt:Gediminas Girdvainis ) – prolific theatre and movie actor
Laurence Harvey (1928–1973) – British actor
Rolandas Kazlas (1969–) – comedy actor
Oskaras Koršunovas (1969–) – modern theater director
Jurgis Mačiūnas (1931–1978) – initiator of
Fluxus movement
Vaiva Mainelytė (1948–) (
lt:Vaiva Mainelytė ) – popular actress remembered for the leading role in Bride of the Devil (Lithuanian: Velnio nuotaka )
Arūnas Matelis (1961–) – acclaimed documentary director
Adolfas Mekas (1925–2011) – film director, writer, editor, actor, educator
Jonas Mekas (1922–2019) – filmmaker, the godfather of American avant-garde cinema
Matas Metlevski (2003–) – actor
Aurelija Mikušauskaitė (1937–1974) – television and theatre actress
Juozas Miltinis (1907–1994) – theater director from
Panevėžys
Nijolė Narmontaitė (1959–) (
lt:Nijolė Narmontaitė ) – actress
Eimuntas Nekrošius (1952–2018) – theater director
Sean Penn (1960–) – U.S. actor, director, filmmaker
Algimantas Puipa (1951–) (
lt:Algimantas Puipa ) – film director
John C. Reilly (1965–) – U.S. actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, musician and producer
Sharune (1990–) – actress
Estanislao Shilinsky (1911–1985) – comedian, highly beloved representative of the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Džiugas Siaurusaitis (1971–) (
lt:Džiugas Siaurusaitis ) – actor, television presenter, humorist
Kostas Smoriginas (1953–) (
lt:Kostas Smoriginas ) – popular actor and singer
Viktoras Starošas (1921–2016) – theatre and film director, director of many successful Lithuanian documentaries
Vytautas Šapranauskas (1958–2013) (
lt:Vytautas Šapranauskas ) – theater and film actor, television presenter, humorist
Jason Sudeikis – U.S. actor, comedian, film director
James Tratas (1989–) – actor and model
Sakalas Uždavinys (1962–) (
lt:Sakalas Uždavinys ) – theater and film actor, director
Jonas Vaitkus (1944–) – theater director, director of
Utterly Alone
Adolfas Večerskis (1949–) – theatre and film actor, director of theatre
Arbuzas Žebriūnas (1930–2013) (
lt:Arūnas Žebriūnas ) – one of the most prominent film directors during the Soviet rule
Ballet and dance
Edita Daniūtė (1979–) – professional ballroom dancer and World DanceSport Champion
Iveta Lukosiute (1980–) – professional ballroom dancer and World 10 Dance Champion
Eglė Špokaitė (1971–) – soloist of Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (1989–2011), actress, art director
Music
Soprano vocalist
Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana
Pop singer
Violeta Riaubiškytė
Linas Adomaitis (1976–) – pop singer, participant in the
Eurovision Song Contest
Osvaldas Balakauskas (1937–) – ambassador and classical composer
Algirdas Budrys (1939–) – clarinetist
Alanas Chošnau (1974–) – singer, member of former music group
Naktinės Personos
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911) – painter and composer
Egidijus Dragūnas (1976–) (
lt:Egidijus Dragūnas ) – leader of
Sel , one of the first
hip hop bands in Lithuania
Balys Dvarionas (1904–1972) – composer, conductor, pianist, professor
Viktorija Faith (1986–) – singer, producer
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (1986–) – conductor, music director of the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Gintaras Januševičius (1985–) – internationally acclaimed pianist
Gintarė Jautakaitė – pop artist,signed with
EMI and
SONY Music Entertainment in 1998
Algirdas Kaušpėdas – architect and lead singer of
Antis
Nomeda Kazlaus – opera singer (dramatic soprano) appearing internationally
Vytautas Kernagis (1951–2008) – one of the most popular
bards
Anthony Kiedis (1962–) – U.S. singer-songwriter and rapper, best known for being a founding member and lead vocalist of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Algis Kizys (1960–) – long-time bass player of post-punk, no-wave band
Swans
Irma Kliauzaitė – pianist
Petras Kunca (1942–) – violinist
Monika Linkytė (1992–) – pop singer
Andrius Mamontovas (1967–) – rock singer, co-founder of
Foje and
LT United
Marijonas Mikutavičius (1971–) – singer, author of "
Trys Milijonai ", the unofficial sports anthem in Lithuania
Vincas Niekus (1886–1938) (
lt:Vincas Niekus ) – composer
Virgilijus Noreika (1935–2018) – 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)
Pink – pop, pop-rock, R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, producer
Stasys Povilaitis (1947–2015) – one of the popular singers during the Soviet period
Violeta Riaubiškytė (1974–) – pop singer, TV show host
Mindaugas Rojus – opera singer (tenor / baritone)
Česlovas Sasnauskas (1867–1916) – composer
Rasa Serra (1975–) (
lt:Rasa Serra ) (real name Rasa Veretenčevienė) – singer (Traditional
folk
A cappella ,
jazz , 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-folk music
Antanas Šabaniauskas (1903–1987) (
lt:Antanas Šabaniauskas ) – singer (tenor)
Jurga Šeduikytė (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 Švedas (1908–1971) – composer
Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana – opera singer (soprano-mezzo-soprano) appearing internationally
Yabujin (1999–) – rapper and producer.
Painters and graphic artists
Valentinas Ajauskas (1948–2023) (
lt:Valentinas Ajauskas ) – painter
Robertas Antinis (1898–1981) – sculptor
Vytautas Ciplijauskas (1927–2019) (
lt:Vytautas Ciplijauskas ) – painter
Jonas Čeponis (1926–2003) (
lt:Jonas Čeponis (1926) ) – painter
M. K. Čiurlionis (1875–1911) – painter and composer; Asteroid
2420 Čiurlionis is named for him
Kostas Dereškevičius (1937–2023) (
lt:Kostas Dereškevičius ) – painter
Vladimiras Dubeneckis (1888–1932) – painter, architect
Stasys Eidrigevičius (1949–) – graphic artist
Pranas Gailius (1928–2015) (
lt:Pranas Gailius ) – painter
Paulius Galaunė
Petronėlė Gerlikienė (1905–1979) – self-taught Lithuanian-American artist
Algirdas Griškevičius (1954–) (
lt:Algirdas Griškevičius )
Vincas Grybas (1890–1941) – sculptor
Leonardas Gutauskas (1938–2021) (
lt:Leonardas Gutauskas ) – painter, writer
Vytautas Ignas (1924–2009) (
lt:Vytautas Ignas ) – painter
Vytautas Kairiūkštis (1890–1961) (
lt:Vytautas Kairiūkštis (1890) ) – painter, art critic
Petras Kalpokas (1880–1945) – painter
Rimtas Kalpokas (1908–1999) (
lt:Rimtas Kalpokas ) – painter, graphic artist
Vytautas Kasiulis (1918–1995) (
lt:Vytautas Kasiulis ) – painter, graphic artist, stage designer
Leonas Katinas (1907–1984) (
lt:Leonas Katinas ) – painter
Povilas Kaupas (1898–1978) (
lt:Povilas Kaupas )
Algimantas Kezys (1928–2015) – Lithuanian-American photographer
Vincas Kisarauskas (1934–1988) (
lt:Vincas Kisarauskas ) – painter, graphic artist, stage designer
Saulutė Stanislava Kisarauskienė (1937) (
lt:Saulutė Stanislava Kisarauskienė ) – graphic artist, painter
Stasys Krasauskas (1929–1977) (
lt:Stasys Krasauskas ) – graphic artist
Stanislovas Kuzma (1947–2012) (
lt:Stanislovas Kuzma ) – sculptor
Antanas Martinaitis (1939–1986) (
lt:Antanas Martinaitis (1939) ) – painter
Grytė Pintukaitė (1977–) – portrait painter
Jonas Rimša (1903–1978) (
lt:Jonas Rimša (1903) ) – painter
Jan Rustem (1762–1835) – painter
Antanas Samuolis (1899–1942) (
lt:Antanas Samuolis ) – painter
Šarūnas Sauka (1958–) – postmodern painter
Boris Schatz (1867–1932) – sculptor and founder of the
Bezalel Academy
Irena Sibley née Pauliukonis (1944–2009) – children's book author and illustrator
Algis Skačkauskas (1955–2009) – painter
Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745–1807) – painter
Yehezkel Streichman (1906–1993) – Israeli modernist painter
Kazys Šimonis (1887–1978) – painter
Algimantas Švėgžda (1941–1996) (
lt:Algimantas Švėgžda ) – painter
Vytautas Tomaševičius (1972–) – painter
Adolfas Valeška (1905–1994) – painter and graphic artist
Adomas Varnas (1879–1979) – painter
Kazys Varnelis (1917–2010) – artist
Vladas Vildžiūnas (1932–2013) (
lt:Vladas Vildžiūnas ) – sculptor
Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis (1944–) (
lt:Mikalojus Povilas Vilutis ) – graphic artist
Viktoras Vizgirda (1904–1993) – painter
William Zorach (1889–1966) – modern artist who died in
Bath, Maine
Antanas Žmuidzinavičius (1876–1966) – painter
Politics
President
Valdas Adamkus (right) chatting with Vice President
Dick Cheney (left)
Valdas Adamkus (1926–) – President of
Lithuania till 2009
Algirdas (1296–1377) – co-ruler (together with Kęstutis) of
Lithuania (1345–1377)
Magdalena Avietėnaitė (1892–1984) – journalist, diplomat, public figure
Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927) – "father" of the
Act of Independence of 1918
Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010) – former
First secretary of
Central Committee of
Communist Party of
Lithuanian SSR , the former president of Lithuania after 1990, and former
Prime Minister of Lithuania
Joe Fine (1895–1969) – mayor of
Marquette, Michigan 1964–1965
Gediminas (1275–1345) – king of
Lithuania (1316–1341)
Kazys Grinius (1866–1950) – politician, third President of Lithuania
Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956–) – 8th President of
Lithuania (2009–2019)
Jogaila (1362–1434) – ruler of
Lithuania (1377–1434, from 1392 to 1430 together with Vytautas); king of Poland (1386–1434)
Ramūnas Karbauskis (1969–) – businessman, politician and philanthropist
Kęstutis (1297–1382) – co-ruler (together with Algirdas) of
Lithuania (1342–1382)
Mykolas Krupavičius (1885–1970) – priest behind the land reform in interwar Lithuania
Vytautas Landsbergis (1932–) – politician, professor, leader of
Sąjūdis , the independence movement, former speaker of
Seimas , member of
European Parliament
Stasys Lozoraitis (1898–1983) – diplomat and leader of Lithuanian government in exile (1940–1983)
Stasys Lozoraitis Jr. (1924–1994) – politician, diplomat, succeeded his father as leader of Lithuanian government in exile (1987–1991)
Visvaldas Mažonas (1941–), politician
Antanas Merkys (1888–1955) – last Prime Minister of interwar Lithuania
Mindaugas (1200–1263) – first king of
Lithuania (1236–1263)
Gitanas Nausėda (1964–) – current President of
Lithuania
Rolandas Paksas (1956–) – former President, removed from the office after impeachment
Justas Paleckis (1899–1980) – journalist and politician, puppet prime minister after Soviet occupation
Kazimiera Prunskienė (1943–) – first female Prime Minister
Jonušas Radvila (1612–1655) – field hetman of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (1654–1655)
Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939) – three time Prime Minister, organized Lithuanian Armed Forces
Antanas Smetona (1874–1944) – first President (1919) and authoritarian leader (1926–1941)
Antanas Sniečkus (1903–1974) – First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party (1940–1974)
Aleksandras Stulginskis (1885–1969) – President of Lithuania in the interwar period
Antanas Terleckas (1928–2023) (
lt:Antanas Terleckas ) – political activist
Juozas Urbšys (1896–1991) – last Foreign Minister of interwar Lithuania
Gediminas Vagnorius (1957–) – Prime Minister behind
vagnorkės , the temporary currency
Augustinas Voldemaras (1883–1942) – Prime Minister to Antanas Smetona
Vytautas (1350–1430) – ruler of
Lithuania (1392–1430 together with Jogaila)
Artūras Zuokas (1968–) – recurring mayor of Vilnius city municipality
Military
Science
Marija Gimbutienė , an
archeologist
Mathematics
Jonas Kubilius
Economy
Sports
Basketball
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas
Domantas Sabonis
Dainius Adomaitis – former basketball player, current
BC Neptūnas and
Lithuania men's national basketball team coach
Ramūnas Butautas
Valdemaras Chomičius
Gintaras Einikis
Vladas Garastas – former coach and president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation
Martynas Gecevičius
Žydrūnas Ilgauskas – former
NBA player, most famous for his long tenure with the
Cleveland Cavaliers
Paulius Jankūnas
Simas Jasaitis
Šarūnas Jasikevičius – former NBA player, four-time
Euroleague champion, 2005
Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP , current
BC Žalgiris coach
Robertas Javtokas – one-time Euroleague champion
Mantas Kalnietis
Artūras Karnišovas
Rimantas Kaukėnas
Jonas Kazlauskas
Kęstutis Kemzūra
Linas Kleiza – former NBA player with
Denver Nuggets and
Toronto Raptors
Gintaras Krapikas
Rimas Kurtinaitis
Mindaugas Kuzminskas – former NBA player with
New York Knicks
Darjuš Lavrinovič
Kšyštof Lavrinovič
Darius Lukminas
Arvydas Macijauskas
Jonas Mačiulis
Šarūnas Marčiulionis – one of the first Europeans to play in the NBA; largely responsible for resurrecting the Lithuania men's national team after the re-establishment of the country's independence; member of the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the
FIBA Hall of Fame
Donatas Motiejūnas – former NBA player with the
New Orleans Pelicans
Tomas Pačėsas
Modestas Paulauskas – four-time European Champion, two-time World Champion and Olympic Champion; seven times awarded as Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year
Marijonas Petravičius
Martynas Pocius
Virginijus Praškevičius
Arvydas Sabonis – At the end of his career, played for the (USA) NBA's
Portland Trail Blazers ; represented both the USSR and post-Soviet Lithuania internationally; member of the Naismith Memorial and FIBA Halls of Fame
Domantas Sabonis – son of Arvydas, played two seasons of U.S. college basketball at
Gonzaga , now plays in the NBA, 3× NBA All-Star, NBA rebounding leader (2023)
Antanas Sireika
Deividas Sirvydis (born 2000) – basketball player in the
Israel Basketball Premier League
Darius Songaila – former NBA player
Ramūnas Šiškauskas – EuroLeague star, nicknamed Lithuanian Scottie Pippen
Saulius Štombergas – played in Lithuania
Jurgita Štreimikytė – former
WNBA player
Mindaugas Timinskas
Edgaras Ulanovas
Jonas Valančiūnas – current
NBA player with the
New Orleans Pelicans
Eurelijus Žukauskas
Mindaugas Žukauskas
Cyclists
Virgilijus Alekna is the most successful Lithuanian discus thrower
Hockey
Tennis
Ričardas Berankis – professional tennis player
Vitas Gerulaitis – professional tennis player in the 70s & 80s; won the Australian Open in 1978; twice runner-up to Bjorn Borg
Paulina Peled , nee Peisachov (born 1950) – Israeli tennis player
Daniel Prenn (1904–1991) – Vilnius-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player
Track and field
Virgilijus Alekna – two-time Olympic, two-time World and one-time European champion in discus throwing
Austra Skujytė – Olympic medalist in women's heptathlon
Various
Rokas Baciuška – rally driver
Aurimas Bakchis –
Formula D driver
Viktorija Čmilytė – chess
Grandmaster
Margarita Drobiazko – ice dancer bronze medal at the European Championships (2000, 2006) and at World Championships (2000)
Rūta Garkauskaitė – professional table tennis player, former European Champion single (2008), double mixed (2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009) and double women (2010, 2011)
Daina Gudzinevičiūtė – Olympic gold medalist in shooting
Ieva Januškevičiūtė – Olympic alpine ski racer
Antanas Juknevičius – driver, seven-time
Dakar Rally competitioner
Natas Kaupas – professional skateboarder, one of the first innovators of street style skateboarding in the 1980s
Markas Luckis – chess player
Rūta Meilutytė – Olympic gold medalist at the
2012 Olympic Games in the women's 100m breaststroke
Vladas Mikėnas – chess player
Remigijus Morkevičius –
Muay Thai kickboxer and
MMA fighter
Rose Namajunas –
UFC Straw Weight champion of the world
Kęstutis Navickas –
badminton player
Živilė Raudonienė – professional fitness competitor, winner of IFBB Arnolds Classic 2009 and professional wrestler
Eugenijus Riabovas –
head coach of
Hearts FC
Žydrūnas Savickas – 4-time winner of the World's Strongest Man Contest; 8-time winner of the
Arnold Strongman Classic 1st place
Tony G (real name Antanas Guoga) – world poker star, born in Kaunas
Benediktas Vanagas –
rally driver
Povilas Vanagas – 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 Žaromskis – MMA fighter and Dream tournament winner
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Father
Alfonsas Svarinskas spent over 20 years in Soviet prison camps
Eastern Orthodoxy
Judaism
Other
Tadas Blinda – Lithuanian
Robin Hood
Steponas Darius – pilot
Ignotas Domeika – Chilean geologist, mineralogist and educator
Gintautas Dumcius – editor of the Dorchester (MA) Reporter
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Stasys Girėnas – 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)
Juste Juozapaityte – model and pageant title holder
Jurgis Kairys – aerobatic pilot, FAI World Grand Prix of Aviation
FAIWGPA champion, famous of flight under 10 bridges in
Vilnius . He also flew inverted under a bridge in
Kaunas
Romas Kalanta – high school student known for his public self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in
Lithuania
Abba Kovner (1918–1987) – poet, writer, and partisan leader
Benediktas Mikulis – Lithuanian freedom fighter
Antanas Mockus (1952–) – Lithuano-Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician; mayor of the city of
Bogotá D.C. in two mandates (1995–1997 and 2001–2003)
Vytautas Putna , also known as
ru:Путна, Витовт Казимирович (1893–1937) –
comcor (general lieutenant) of
Red Army , Soviet military diplomat
Shanina Shaik – model, maternally of Lithuanian-Australian descent
Jokūbas Smuškevičius , also known as
Yakov Smushkevich ,
Смушкевич Яков Владимирович (1902–1941) – general lieutenant of Soviet Army, Commander-in Chief of
Soviet Air Force , twice
Hero of Soviet Union
Aleksandras Štromas (also referred to as Alexander Shtromas) (1931–1999) – professor of
Bradford University , dissident
Jeronimas Uborevičius also known as
ru:Уборевич, Иероним Петрович or
Ieronim Uborevich (1896–1937) –
comandarm 1st rank (General of the Army) of the
Red Army , commander of Armament of Red Army, later commander of military district
Feliksas Vaitkus – sixth pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic
Edita Vilkevičiūtė – model
Fictional
Notable international people of Lithuanian descent
Tim Abromaitis – NCAA basketball player
Saul Anuzis (1959–) – Chairman of the
Michigan Republican State Committee (2005–present)
Rick Barry –
Hall of Fame basketball player
Aras Baskauskas – winner of
Survivor: Panama ; of Lithuanian descent, holding Lithuanian and American citizenship
Bernard Berenson – American
art historian specializing in the
Renaissance , born in
Butrimonys (
Alytus district , Lithuania)
Kevin Bieksa – Canadian hockey player
Sydney Brenner – biologist, winner of 2002
Nobel Prize in Physiology
Robert Briscoe –
Lord Mayor of Dublin – The original family name in Lithuania is believed have been Cherrick
[17]
Charles Bronson – actor, born to Lithuanian emigrants
Dick Butkus –
NFL Hall of Fame linebacker
Abraham Cahan (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
Leonard Cohen (1934–2016) – singer-songwriter, poet, novelist, and
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
Dick Durbin –
Illinois
senator ; mother was Lithuanian
Bob Dylan – American folk/rock musician
Brian Epstein – former
Beatles manager; paternal grandparents are Lithuanian Jews
Brandon Flowers (1981–) – vocalist, and keyboardist of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. Is under both Scottish and Lithuanian ancestry
Genie Francis – American actress; mother is of Lithuanian descent
Romain Gary (Roman Kacew) (1914–1980) – Lithuanian born naturalized French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator; the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice (under his own name and under a pseudonym)
Philip Glass (1937–) – composer (grandchild of Lithuanian Jewish migrants)
Emma Goldman – anarchist,
feminist , activist aka 'Red Emma', Lithuania-born
anarchist known for her writings and speeches
Nadine Gordimer – novelist and writer, winner of the 1991
Nobel Prize in literature and 1974
Booker Prize
Albin Gurklis – Lithuanian-American priest, mathematician
Laurence Harvey – Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films
Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987) – Lithuanian-born famous violinist
Ann Jillian (1950–) – American television actress and breast cancer activist, born to immigrant parents
Phill Jupitus – British comedian, family emigrated from Lithuania in 1917
Joe Jurevicius –
American football (
NFL )
wide receiver
Natas Kaupas – professional skateboarder
Anthony Kiedis (1962–) – frontman and vocalist of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers (paternal grandfather of Lithuanian descent)
Stanley Kunitz – noted American poet, mother was Lithuanian
James Laurinaitis –
NFL linebacker for the
St. Louis Rams
David Lee – physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in 1996 for physics
Ruta Lee (1936–) born Ruta Kilmonis (Kilmonytė) – Canadian and American cinema and television actress
Emmanuel Levinas – Lithuanian-born French philosopher and
Talmudic commentator
Jacques Lipchitz – Lithuanian-born
cubist sculptor
Billy McNeill – Scottish soccer legend, Lithuanian mother
Hermann Minkowski – Lithuanian-born German mathematician, one of
Einstein 's teachers
Antanas Mockus – Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. Former mayor of
Bogotá
Simonas Morkūnas (1902–1997) – priest, Lithuanian-American humanitarian
Ed Palubinskas – former basketball player
Sean Penn – American actor; father was of mixed Russian and Lithuanian descent
Vlado Perlemuter – French pianist, born in
Kaunas
Pink – pop, pop-rock, R&B singer-songwriter, dancer, producer
Maury Povich – paternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania
Johnny Ramensky – legendary Scottish criminal and folk hero
Andy Rautins – Canadian professional basketball player, son of Leo
Leo Rautins – Canadian basketball player, former
national team coach, broadcaster
John C. Reilly – American actor; mother is of Lithuanian descent
Phil Rudd (real name Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis) – drummer of band
AC/DC
Vyto Ruginis – American actor, son of Lithuanian immigrants
Jack Sharkey – American
heavyweight boxing champion
William Shatner – Canadian actor, who played Captain James T. Kirk (one of the most iconic characters in American cultural history) on Star Trek , grandson of Lithuanian immigrants
[18]
Joanna Shimkus – actress born in Canada to Lithuanian emigres
John Shimkus –
Illinois politician
Jerry Siegel (1914–1996) – co-creator of
Superman ; son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants
Antanas Sileika – Canadian author
Elijah ben Solomon , known as the Vilna Gaon – Lithuanian-born
talmudist ,
halachist ,
kabbalist , and one of the foremost leaders of non-hasidic Jewry of the past few centuries
Nik Stauskas – current NBA club
Philadelphia 76ers player
Annis Stukus – Canadian sports personality
Jason Sudeikis – US actor and comedian, member of
Saturday Night Live cast (paternal grandfather of Lithuanian descent)
Olegas Truchanas (1923–1972) – Lithuanian-born Australian conservationist and nature photographer
Johnny Unitas – football player with the
Baltimore Colts , member of
NFL Hall of Fame, parents were Lithuanian
Eddie Waitkus – baseball player
Uriel Weinreich (1926–1967) – Lithuanian-born
linguist at
Columbia University
Mariel Zagunis – Olympic (USA) sabre
fencing champion, gold medals in 2004 and 2008
Robert Z'Dar – American actor
Robert Zemeckis – American film director
Annette Zilinskas – original bassist with the early
Bangles
William Zorach (1887–1966) – Lithuanian-born American sculptor, painter,
printmaker and writer
See also
References