List of Lithuanians
This is a list of Lithuanians: people of Lithuanian descent and people born in Lithuania.
Arts & Literature
Architecture
- Laurynas Gucevičius - architect, his most famous work is Vilnius Cathedral
- Algirdas Kaušpėdas - architect and pop singer
- Kęstutis Pempė - architect
Literature
- Antanas Baranauskas - poet;
- Kazys Binkis - writer;
- Kristijonas Donelaitis - poet;
- Vincas Kudirka - writer, journalist;
- Maironis - poet;
- Justinas Marcinkevičius - poet;
- Martynas Mažvydas - author of first book in Lithuanian;
- Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius - writer and politician;
- Romas Lileikis - poet and film director;
- Oscar Vladislas de Lubicz Milosz - Oskaras Milašius - writer;
- Pranas Morkūnas poet dadaist;
- Salomėja Nėris - poet and politician;
- Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas - writer, poet;
- Balys Sruoga - writer, poet;
- Antanas Škėma - writer;
- Antanas Venclova - writer and politician;
- Tomas Venclova - writer and poet;
- Vydūnas, Vilhelmas Storosta - Prominent Lithuanian writer and philosopher, leader of Lithuanian cultural movement in Prussian Lithuania in the beg. of 20th century;
- Žemaitė - writer.
Theater and Cinema
- Artūras Barysas - "counter-culture" actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker, known as the father of modern Lithuanian avant-garde.
- Charles Bronson, Karolis Bučinskis - born 1921-11-04 in Pennsylvania in the family of Lithuanian immigrants;
- Donatas Banionis - actor, and star of Tarkovsky's Solaris;
- Šarūnas Bartas - film director;
- Laurence Harvey - actor (real name Laruschka Mischa Skikne);
- Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė - actress;
- Eimuntas Nekrosius - theater director;
- Oskaras Koršunovas - theater director;
- Jurgis Mačiūnas, George Maciunas - initiator of Fluxus movement;
- Jonas Mekas - film director;
- Juozas Miltinis - theater director;
- Jonas Vaitkus - theater director;
Music
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - famous painter and composer;
- Danutė Dirginčiūtė-Tamulienė - opera singer (mezzosoprano), Primadonna of operetta;
- Virgilijus Noreika - opera singer (tenor);
- Andrius Mamontovas - popular pop/rock music artist in Lithuania.
- Sabina Martinaitytė - opera singer (soprano);
- Irena Milkevičiūtė-Grigorian - opera singer (soprano), Primadonna of Lithuanian opera;
- Violeta Urmanavičiūte-Urmana - opera singer (soprano-mezzosoprano);
Visual Arts
- Konstantinas Bogdanas - sculptor (article in Russian Wikipedia ru:Богданас, Константинас);
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis - famous painter and composer;
- Stasys Eidrigevičius - artist;
- Gintaras Karosas - sculptor, founder of Europos Parkas;
- Jacques Lipchitz - artist;
Politics
- Valdas Adamkus - President of Lithuania.
- Jonas Basanavičius - "father" of 1918 independence
- Algirdas Brazauskas - the former First secretary of Central Committee of Communist Party of Lithuanian SSR, the former president of Lithuania after 1990, former prime minister of Lithuania
- Kazys Grinius - politician
- Algirdas Klimaitis - commander of paramilitary Nazi collaborators
- Vytautas Landsbergis - politician, professor, the first Head of Lithuania after declaration of its independence in 1990, former speaker of Lithuanian parliament - Seimas, member of European Parliament
- Stasys Lozoraitis - politician
- Antanas Merkys - prime minister of Lithuania from 1939 to 1940.
- Antanas Mockus - Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. Former mayor of Bogotá.
- Rolandas Paksas - former President, removed after impeachment.
- Justas Paleckis - journalist and politician.
- Justas Vincas Paleckis - Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament.
- Antanas Smetona - The first president of Lithuania in 1919.
- Antanas Sniečkus - First Secretary of the Lithuanian Communist Party 1940-1974.
- Aleksandras Stulginskis - President of Lithuania in the interwar period.
- Antanas Terleckas - political activist.
- Augustinas Voldemaras - prime minister of Lithuania in 1918 and from 1926 to 1929.
Science
- Algirdas Avižienis - extensive research in fault-tolerance
- Jurgis Baltrušaitis junior - art-historian, expert of medieval art
- Arunas L. Birutis - Nurse-Researcher. A pioner of Lithuanian Nursing reform.
- Simonas Daukantas - the first Lithuanian historian
- Birutė Galdikas - anthropologist
- Marija Gimbutas - archeologist
- Vytautas Andrius Graičiūnas - management theorist
- Algirdas Julius Greimas - linguist who contributed to the theory of semiotics, and also researched Lithuanian mythology.
- Aleksandras Griškevičius - pioneer of aviation in Lithuania
- Jonas Jablonskis - Lithuanian practical linguist, founder of Standard Lithuanian
- Aaron Klug - physicist and chemist, and winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Sports
- Arvydas Sabonis - former NBA player with Portland Trail Blazers, used to play for the USSR.
- Virgilijus Alekna- olympic and world champion in discus throwing
- Žydrūnas Ilgauskas - current NBA player with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
- Šarūnas Jasikevičius - basketball star with several European clubs, currently in the NBA with the Indiana Pacers.
- Vitas Gerulaitis - tennis player (member of the Lithuanian diaspora in the US)
- Darius Kasparaitis- NHL player
- Šarūnas Marčiulionis - former NBA player with several teams, used to play for the USSR.
- Darius Songaila - current NBA player with the Chicago Bulls.
- Dainius Zubrus- NHL player
- Raimondas Rumšas - cyclist
- Linas Kleiza - current NBA player with the Denver Nuggets.
Religion
Catholicism
- Audrys Cardinal Bačkis
- Saint Casimir
- Archbishop Blessed Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius
- Alfonsas Svarinskas
- Motiejus Valančius - bishop of Samogitia, historian and writer.
- Kazimieras Vasiliauskas
Judaism
Other
- Jurgis Baltrušaitis senior (1873-1944) - art-historian, poet, diplomat
- Tadas Blinda - Lithuanian Robin Hood
- Steponas Darius and Stasys Girėnas - pilots.
- 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.
- Benedictus Mikulis - Lithuanian freedom fighter.
- 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.
- Vytautas Putna, also known as Путна Витовт Казимирович (1893-1937) - comcor (general lieutenant) of Red Army, Soviet military diplomat
- Ian Koshnick - politician/attorney (member of the Lithuanian diaspora in the US)
- Jeronimas Uborevičius. also known as Уборевич Иероним Петрович or Ieronim Uborevich (1896-1937) - comandarm 1rst rank (General of the Army) of the Red Army, commander of Armament of Red Army, later commander of military district.
- Antanas Gustaitis (1898-1941) - general of Lithuanian Air Force, engineer, designer of airplanes.
- 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).
- Rimantas Stankevičius, also known as Римантас Станкявичус (1944-1990) - Soviet test pilot and cosmonaut.
- Feliksas Vaitkus - Sixth pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic.
- Abba Kovner (1918-1987) poet, writer, and partisan leader.
Fictional
- Hannibal Lecter - fictional character appearing in four novels by author Thomas Harris and their film adaptations.
- Marko Ramius - Fictional captain of the submarine Red October in the novel The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy. Portrayed by Sean Connery in the 1990 film version.
Related to Lithuania by birthplace (before 1918) or citizenship (after 1918) or origin
- Sydney Brenner - biologist, winner of 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology
- Robert Briscoe - Lord Mayor of Dublin
- Elijah ben Solomon - the Gaon of Vilna
- Emma Goldman - Anarchist deported from U.S., feminist, activist.
- Nadine Gordimer - novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize
- David Lee - physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in 1996 for physics
- Adam Mickiewicz - poet
- Czesław Miłosz - Polish poet and essayist, Nobel prize winner
- Józef Piłsudski - marshal of Poland
- Rabbi Abraham Issac ha-Kohen Kook (1865-1935) - first Chief Rabbi of Palestine
- Abraham Cahan
- Karl Shapiro
- William Zorach
- S. J. Perelman
- Uriel Weinreich
- Bernard Berenson
- Hermann Minkowski - mathematician, one of Einstein's teachers.
- Emmanuel Levinas - prominent philosopher
- Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) - violinist.
- Maury Povich - Paternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania
- Jason Sudeikis - US actor and comedian
- Stanley Kunitz - a noted American poet - mother was Lithuanian
- Ignacy Domeyko - geologist
- Johnny Unitas - former Baltimore Colts quarterback - parents were Lithuanian
- Annis Stukus - Canadian sports personality
- Dick Durbin - Illinois senator - Mother was Lithuanian
- Robert Zemeckis - director of Forrest Gump and other films
See also List of North European Jews
Note
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. See also List of famous Poles and List of Belarusians.