List of famous Vilnians
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The following is a List of notable people from the city of Vilnius/Vilna/Wilno. It includes both the people born there and people born elsewhere but otherwise connected to it.
- Michał Andriolli (1836–1893), painter
- Mark Antokolski (1843-1902), sculptor
- Jonas Basanavičius (1851-1927), leader of Lithuania's national revival movement
- August Bécu
- Wojciech Brudzewski
- Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944), poet
- Saint Casimir (1458-1484), patron saint of Poland and Lithuania
- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560–1621), politician and hetman
- Icchak Cukierman (1915–1981), one of the leaders of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
- Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), painter and composer
- Simonas Daukantas (1793-1864), historian
- Ignacy Domeyko (1801-1889), geologist and engineer
- Gediminas (1275–1341), Grand Duke of Lithuania, founder of Vilnius city
- Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), archeologist
- Laurynas Gucevičius (1753-1798), architect
- Jan Krzysztof Glaubitz
- Antoni Gorecki (1787–1861), writer, poet, soldier
- Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987), violinist
- Jakub Jasiński (1761-1794)
- Stanisław Jasiukiewicz (1921–1973), actor
- Czesław Jankowski
- Paweł Jasienica
- Saint Raphael Kalinowski
- Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), composer
- Ephraim Kasliner (1887-1950)
- Adam Kirkor, writer
- Szymon Konarski
- Kazimierz Kontrym (1776–1836), writer and politician
- Simon Kovar (born Kovarski) (1890-1970), bassoonist
- Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, writer
- Vytautas Landsbergis (b. 1932), politician, contributed to the demise of the Soviet Union
- Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861), historian
- Romas Lileikis, poet, musician, film director
- Józef Łukaszewicz
- Józef Mackiewicz (1902-1985), writer
- Stanisław Mackiewicz (1896-1966), writer
- Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855), poet
- Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), poet, Nobel prize in Literature
- Ludwik Narbutt (1832-1863), military commander
- Teodor Narbutt (1784-1864), historian
- Eimuntas Nekrošius (b. 1952), theatre director
- Maurycy Orgelbrand (1826–1904) and Samuel Orgelbrand (1810–1868), creators of the first Polish encyclopedia and publishers
- Bohdan Paczyński (1940–), astronomer
- Jerzy Passendorfer (1923–2003), film director
- Artūras Paulauskas (b. 1953), former speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas
- Shimon Peres, politician
- Józef Piłsudski, politician, military commander and Polish head of state
- Emilia Plater (1806–1831), revolutionary and female military commander
- Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), chess master
- Karol Podczaszyński (1790-1860), architect
- Barbara Radziwiłł (Barbora Radvilaitė) (1520-1551), Queen of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Edward Römer
- Michał Józef Römer (1778-1853), writer and politician
- Ada Rusowicz (1944–1991), singer
- Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870 - 1936), painter
- Lew Sapieha (1557-1633), politician and military commander
- Maciej Sarbiewski
- Kazimierz Siemienowicz (ca 1600 - ca 1651), military commander, engineer, theorist of artillery and pioneer of rocketry
- Bolesław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (1869–1940), general
- Piotr Skarga (1536–1612), theologian, writer and the first rector of the Wilno Academy
- Irena Sławińska (1913–2004), historian and theatrologist
- Juliusz Słowacki, poet
- Elijah ben Solomon Gaon mi Vilna (1720–1797), Jewish scholar and Kabbalist
- Haim Soutine
- Awron Sutkower
- Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), poet, writer and translator
- Antoni Szacki
- Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768–1838), chemist, biologist and philosopher
- Vytautas Straižys (b. 1936), Lithuanian astronomer, developer of Vilnius photometric system
- Józef Świętorzecki (1876–1936), general
- Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814 -1873), historian
- Vytautas the Great (1344-1430), Grand Duke of Lithuania
- Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), painter
- Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), Zionist politician and the first president of Israel
- Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński (1806-1885), archaeologist
- Antoni Wiwulski (1877–1919), sculptor and architect
- Tomasz Zan (1796–1855), poet
- Ludwik Zamenhof (1859–1917), philologist, creator of Esperanto
- Antanas Smetona, publicist, President of Lithuanian Republic
- Mykolas Riomeris, rector of Vytautas Magnus University, lawyer
- Vytautas Landsbergis
- Petras Vileišis, Lithuanian millionaire, mecenate, politician, publisher
- Abraomas Kulvietis, reformer, publicist
- Mikalojus Daukša, publisher of first printed Lithuanian book in GDL
- Michalo Lituanus, publicist, humanist of the 16th century
- Konstantinas Sirvydas, lexicographer, writer
- Albertas Goštautas, Chancellor of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Martynas Kukta, publisher in early 20th century
- Francysk Skaryna, publisher, regarded as a publisher of first printed Ruthenian (sometimes credited as Old Belarusian) Bible
- Tadeusz Wrublewski, lawyer, collector
- Mykolas Biržiška, historian of literature, politician, signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania
- Vaclovas Biržiška, publisher, historian
- Marcelinas Šikšnys, writer, director of Vytauto Didžiojo gymnasium in Vilnius
- Mykolas Sleževičius, lawyer, Prime minister of Lithuania
- Jonas Vileišis, politician, Lawyer
- Algirdas
- Jogaila
- Artūras Zuokas, Mayor of Vilnius city municipality, controversial modern Lithuanian politician
