List of Vilnius-related people
The following is a List of notable people from the Lithuania's Capital City of Vilnius (Vilna/Wilno). It includes both the people born there and people born elsewhere but otherwise connected to it.
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- Živilė Balčiūnaitė, long-distance runner, European champion
- Aidas Bareikis, artist[4]
- Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927), leader of Lithuania's national revival movement
- Richard Berankis, the top ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time[5]
- Liutauras Barila (1974), Olympic biathlete.[6]
- Mykolas Biržiška, historian of literature, politician, signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania
- Vaclovas Biržiška, publisher, historian
- Eglė Bogdanienė, textile artist
- Kazys Bradūnas (b. 1917), poet
- Algirdas Brazauskas (1932-2010), Lithuanian President and Prime Minister.
- Danutė Budreikaitė, politician and Member of the European Parliament
- Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944), poet
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- Romain Gary (1914–1980), French writer
- Martynas Gecevičius, basketball player
- Gediminas (1275–1341), Grand Duke of Lithuania, founder of Vilnius city
- Petras Geniušas (b. 1961), classical pianist
- Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), archeologist
- Rolandas Gimbutis, swimmer [8]
- Liudas Gira (1894–1946), poet, writer, and literary critic
- Johann Christoph Glaubitz (c. 1700-1767), architect
- Kęstutis Glaveckas (b. 1949), politician and signature of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
- Antoni Gorecki (1787–1861), writer, poet, soldier
- Albertas Goštautas, Chancellor of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
- Mindaugas Griškonis (1986), Olympic rower.[9]
- Hubertas Grušnys (1961–2006), media proprietor, in 1989 launched the first-ever private radio station in Lithuania and the post-communist Eastern Europe
- Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania
- Laurynas Gucevičius (1753–1798), architect
- Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (1965), shooter, Olympic gold medalist.[10]
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- Virgilijus Kačinskas (b. 1959), architect, politician and signature of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
- Lina Kačiušytė (1963), swimmer, Olympic gold medalist.[12]
- Saint Raphael Kalinowski
- Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), composer
- Rimantas Kaukėnas, basketball player
- Antanas Kavaliauskas (b. 1984), professional basketball player, 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship gold medalist
- Valdas Kazlauskas, athlete and coach
- Vytautas Kernagis (1951-2008), singer-songwriter, is considered a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry
- Rebeka Kim, figure skater
- Gediminas Kirkilas, former Prime Minister of Lithuania
- Szymon Konarski
- Oskaras Koršunovas (b. 1969), theatre director
- Simon Kovar (born Kovarski) (1890–1970), bassoonist
- Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
- Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, writer
- Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister of Lithuania
- Jonas Kubilius, Lithuanian mathematician who works in probability theory and number theory
- Abraomas Kulvietis, reformer, publicist
- Jolanta Kvašytė, ceramic artist
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- Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985), writer
- Andrius Mamontovas, singer
- Gritė Maruškevičiūtė, Miss Lithuania 2010[13]
- Raimundas Mažuolis, swimmer, olympic medalist
- Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), poet
- Jeronimas Milius, singer[14]
- Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), poet, Nobel prize in Literature
- Vytautas Miškinis, music composer and professor
- Gediminas Motuza, geologist and author of geology textbooks
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- Bohdan Paczyński (b. 1940), astronomer
- Rolandas Paksas, former Lithuanian president and mayor of Vilnius
- 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
- Martynas Pocius (b. 1986), professional basketball player, member of the Lithuanian national basketball team, 2010 FIBA World Championship bronze medalist
- Karol Podczaszyński (1790–1860), architect
- Romualdas Požerskis (b. 1951), photographer
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- Lew Sapieha (1557–1633), politician and military commander
- Maciej Sarbiewski
- Šarūnas Sauka (b. 1958), postmodern painter
- Andrew Schally (b. 1926), US endocrinologist, Nobel Prize winner
- Kazimierz Siemienowicz (ca 1600 - ca 1651), military commander, engineer, theorist of artillery and pioneer of rocketry
- Konstantinas Sirvydas, lexicographer, writer
- Piotr Skarga (1536–1612), theologian, writer and the first rector of the Wilno Academy
- Francysk Skaryna, publisher, regarded as a publisher of first printed Ruthenian (sometimes credited as Old Belarusian) Bible
- Boris Skossyreff, King of Andorra
- Mykolas Sleževičius, lawyer, Prime minister of Lithuania
- Juliusz Słowacki, poet
- Antanas Smetona, publicist, President of Lithuanian Republic
- Elijah ben Solomon Gaon mi Vilna (1720–1797), Jewish scholar and Kabbalist
- Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768–1838), chemist, biologist and philosopher
- Audrius Stonys (b. 1966), renowned Lithuanian documentary filmmaker
- Vytautas Straižys (b. 1936), Lithuanian astronomer, developer of Vilnius photometric system
- Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), poet, writer and translator
- Deividas Šemberas, football player
- Algirdas Šemeta, economist and the European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
- Stasys Šilingas, lawyer and statesman, was a significant figure in the history of Lithuania's independence
- Tadas Šuškevičius, athlete
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- Alis Vidūnas, former mayor of Vilnius
- Jonas Vileišis, politician, Lawyer
- Petras Vileišis, Lithuanian millionaire, mecenate, politician, publisher
- Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), painter
- Giedrė Voverienė, orienteering competitor
- Vytautas the Great (1344–1430), Grand Duke of Lithuania
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