List of Lithuanians

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This is a list of Lithuanians, both people of Lithuanian descent and people with the birthplace or citizenship of Lithuania.

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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[edit] Arts & Literature

[edit] Architecture

  • Laurynas Gucevičius - architect
  • Vytautas Lansbergis-Žemkalnis - architect, most famous architect in the period between WWI and WWII
  • Kęstutis Pempė - architect
  • Algirdas Kaušpėdas - architect and pop singer of Antis
  • Algimantas Nasvytis
  • Antanas Vivulskis - architect and sculptor
  • Gediminas Baravykas - architect Lithuanian version

[edit] Literature

[edit] Theater and Cinema

[edit] Music

[edit] Painters and Graphic artists

[edit] Sculptors

[edit] Politics

See also: List of Lithuanian rulers

[edit] Science

[edit] Economy

[edit] Sports

[edit] Religion

[edit] Roman Catholicism

[edit] Judaism

[edit] Eastern Orthodoxy

[edit] 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.
  • Benediktas 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 (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.
  • Martha Skavronskaya - Empress Catherine I of Russia

[edit] Fictional

[edit] Related to Lithuania by birthplace (before 1918) or citizenship (after 1918) or origin

[edit] See also

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