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100 Notable alumni of Vilnius University

Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees

Vilnius University is ranked #621 in the world and #1 in Lithuania by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Vilnius University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Vilnius University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł

1. Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł

1593-1656 (aged 63)
civil servant politician chancellor historian
Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł was a Polish nobleman, a Reichfürst and a politician from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, who served as the Lithuanian Vice-chancellor from 1619, the Lithuanian Grand Chancellor and starosta of Vilnius from 1623. He was a member of the powerful Radziwiłł family, last of the Ołyka line, fourth to bear the name of Albrycht. During his life he was...
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Vanda Juknaitė

2. Vanda Juknaitė

1949-. (aged 77)
essayist
Vanda Juknaitė is a Lithuanian writer, playwright and essayist.
Alfredas Bumblauskas

3. Alfredas Bumblauskas

1956-. (aged 70)
historian television presenter university teacher
Alfredas Bumblauskas is a professor at Vilnius University and one of the best known Lithuanian historians, specializing in the research of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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Aistė Smilgevičiūtė

4. Aistė Smilgevičiūtė

1977-. (aged 49)
singer
Aistė Smilgevičiūtė is a Lithuanian singer. She performs folk music, jazz, pop rock, and other kinds of alternative music. Since 1996, Smilgevičiūtė has been a member of the music band "Skylė".
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Petras Auštrevičius

5. Petras Auštrevičius

1963-. (aged 63)
diplomat economist politician
Petras Auštrevičius is a Lithuanian liberal politician, diplomat, civil society activist, former member of Seimas, and since 2014, a member of the European Parliament.
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Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk

6. Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk

1596-1648 (aged 52)
opinion journalist writer Eastern Orthodox priest
Athanasius of Brest is a saint and hieromartyr of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Polish Orthodox Church. He was killed by Catholics for opposition to the Union of Brest. Athanasius is commemorated on September 5 by the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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Joachim Chreptowicz

7. Joachim Chreptowicz

1729-1812 (aged 83)
opinion journalist military officer poet diplomat translator
Joachim Litawor Chreptowicz, of Odrowąż Coat of Arms, was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, writer, poet, politician of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, marshal of the Lithuanian Tribunal, and the last Grand Chancellor of Lithuania. He was a member of the Permanent Council, activist of the Commission of National Education, physiocrat and a vivid supporter of the Targowica Confederation. He also founded...
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Rimantas Šadžius

8. Rimantas Šadžius

1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher politician physicist
Rimantas Šadžius is a Lithuanian politician and economist affiliated with the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania. He served as the Minister of Finance under Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas, a position he assumed on 12 December 2024. Šadžius has held the finance portfolio multiple times, having previously held it from 2007 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2016. He has also...
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Antanas Sutkus

9. Antanas Sutkus

1939-. (aged 87)
photojournalist photographer journalist
Antanas Sutkus is a Lithuanian photographer.
Antoni Edward Odyniec

10. Antoni Edward Odyniec

1804-1885 (aged 81)
memoirist linguist poet German–Polish translator translator
Antoni Edward Odyniec was a Polish Romantic-era poet who penned the celebrated "Song of the Filaretes".
Henryk Łowmiański

11. Henryk Łowmiański

1898-1984 (aged 86)
historian medievalist
Henryk Łowmiański was a Polish historian and academic who was an authority on the early history of the Slavic and Baltic people. A researcher of the ancient history of Poland, Lithuania and the Slavs in general, Łowmiański was the author of many works, including most prominently the six-volume monumental monograph Początki Polski (transl. The Beginnings of Poland).
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Antoni Gołubiew

12. Antoni Gołubiew

1907-1979 (aged 72)
journalist historian
Antoni Gołubiew, nicknames Goa, Jan Karol Wayda, Jerzy Cichocki, was a Polish historian, writer and a Catholic publicist. He was one of the cofounders of the pre World War II biweekly Pax. After the war he wrote for the magazines Znak, Odra, and Tygodnik Powszechny. He was also one of the organizers (together with, among others, Czesław Miłosz) of the...
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Menachem Savidor

13. Menachem Savidor

1917-1988 (aged 71)
politician
Menachem Savidor was an Israeli civil servant and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud from 1977 until 1984. Between 1981 and 1984 he was the Speaker of the Knesset.
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Marcelijus Martinaitis

14. Marcelijus Martinaitis

1936-2013 (aged 77)
university teacher politician writer journalist poet
Marcelijus Teodoras Martinaitis was a Lithuanian poet, essayist, translator.
Zigmantas Balčytis

15. Zigmantas Balčytis

1953-. (aged 73)
politician economist
Zigmantas Balčytis is a Lithuanian politician who briefly served as acting Prime Minister of Lithuania in 2006. He took office on 1 June 2006 following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas, but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become prime minister. He was succeeded on 4 July by Gediminas Kirkilas. Balčytis was a member of the Social Democratic Party...
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Darius Mockus

16. Darius Mockus

1965-. (aged 61)
entrepreneur
Darius Mockus is a Lithuanian entrepreneur who is sole owner and President of business group MG grupė, UAB which is one of the largest groups in Lithuania, involved in production, sales, real estate, construction, IT and mass media industries.
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Rokas Masiulis

17. Rokas Masiulis

1969-. (aged 57)
economist manager statutory auditor politician
Rokas Masiulis is a senior manager and a Lithuanian politician. He is former Minister of Transport and Communications of Lithuania and Minister of Energy of Lithuania. He is the chief executive officer of Litgrid.
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Česlovas Juršėnas

18. Česlovas Juršėnas

1938-. (aged 88)
university teacher politician journalist
Česlovas Juršėnas is a Lithuanian politician and a former Speaker of the Seimas, the Lithuanian parliament.
Haika Grossman

19. Haika Grossman

1919-1996 (aged 77)
politician
Haika Grossman was an Israeli politician and member of Knesset. In her youth, she was a Zionist leader in Europe, a partisan, and a participant in the ghetto uprisings in occupied Poland.
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Konstantinas Sirvydas

20. Konstantinas Sirvydas

1579-1631 (aged 52)
university teacher writer preacher linguist lexicographer
Konstantinas Sirvydas was a Lithuanian religious preacher, lexicographer, and one of the pioneers of Lithuanian literature from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, at the time a confederal part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was a Jesuit priest, a professor at the Academia Vilnensis, and the author of, among other works, the first grammar of the Lithuanian language and the first...
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Juozas Olekas

21. Juozas Olekas

1955-. (aged 71)
university teacher politician surgeon
Juozas Olekas is a Lithuanian surgeon and politician, a former Minister of National Defence, from 2006 to 2008. In 1990 and from 2003 to 2004 he also served as the Health Minister. In 2019 he was elected to the European Parliament.
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Irena Degutienė

22. Irena Degutienė

1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Irena Degutienė is a Lithuanian politician and member of the conservative Homeland Union. She is currently the Deputy Speaker of Seimas, and was twice the acting Prime Minister of Lithuania, first from 4 May 1999 to 18 May 1999 and then from 27 October 1999 to 3 November 1999. She has also been the Speaker of Seimas from 15 September...
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Dainius Žalimas

23. Dainius Žalimas

1973-. (aged 53)
university teacher judge politician
Dainius Žalimas is a Lithuanian lawyer, jurist and politician who served as the chairman of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania from 2014 to 2021. He was the candidate of the Freedom Party in the 2024 Lithuanian presidential election. In the 2024 European Parliament election he won a seat for the Freedom Party.
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Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt

24. Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt

1728-1810 (aged 82)
mathematician astronomer
Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt was a Polish–Lithuanian Jesuit, astronomer and mathematician. He was professor of Vilnius University for over 50 years, serving as its rector from 1780 to 1799. The crater Poczobutt on the Moon is named after him, as is the main-belt asteroid 191775 Poczobut. Poczobutt is also the author of the University's motto, Hinc itur ad astra (from here...
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Eugenijus Gentvilas

25. Eugenijus Gentvilas

1960-. (aged 66)
university teacher politician
Eugenijus Gentvilas is a Lithuanian politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania and Member of the European Parliament for the Liberal and Centre Union (Liberal Movement since 2006), sitting with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe. He was mayor of Klaipėda from 1997 to 2001. In mid-2001, Gentvilas briefly acted as Prime...
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Stanisław Kierbedź

26. Stanisław Kierbedź

1810-1899 (aged 89)
engineer civil engineer
Stanisław Kierbedź was a Polish railway engineer. He designed and supervised the construction of dozens of bridges, railway lines, ports and other objects in Central and Eastern Europe. He served in the Imperial Russian Army with the rank of Lieutenant General.
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Bronius Krivickas

27. Bronius Krivickas

1919-1952 (aged 33)
translator
Bronius Krivickas was a Lithuanian writer, poet, literary critic, and anti-Soviet partisan. His work is mainly characterized by satire and literary criticism against the occupying Soviet state. Among the partisans he was also widely known by his codename Vilnius.
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Justas Vincas Paleckis

28. Justas Vincas Paleckis

1942-. (aged 84)
diplomat politician journalist
Justas Vincas Paleckis is a Lithuanian ex-communist and politician, signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, and Member of the European Parliament for the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.
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Józef Sękowski

29. Józef Sękowski

1800-1858 (aged 58)
literary critic journalist university teacher science fiction writer writer
Osip Ivanovich Senkovsky, born Józef-Julian Sękowski, was a Polish–Russian orientalist, journalist and entertainer.
Mindaugas Sinkevičius

30. Mindaugas Sinkevičius

1984-. (aged 42)
jurist politician
Mindaugas Sinkevičius is a Lithuanian manager and politician, Mayor of Jonava District Municipality (2011–2016 and 2019–2024), former Minister of Economy of Lithuania (2016–2017) and Vice-Mayor of Jonava (2008–2011).
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Žygimantas Pavilionis

31. Žygimantas Pavilionis

1971-. (aged 55)
university teacher politician
Žygimantas Pavilionis is a Lithuanian politician, Member of the Seimas, former Lithuanian diplomat. From August 2010 to July 2015, he served as the Lithuania's Ambassador to United States and Mexico (2011).
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Rokas Žilinskas

32. Rokas Žilinskas

1972-2017 (aged 45)
journalist politician
Rokas Žilinskas was a Lithuanian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Seimas in 2008 and was a member of the Lithuanian Parliament until his death. He was the first openly gay member of the parliament.
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Arvydas Juozaitis

33. Arvydas Juozaitis

1956-. (aged 70)
writer university teacher philosopher politician swimmer
Arvydas Juozaitis is a Lithuanian writer, philosopher, politician, cultural worker and former swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 meter breaststroke at the 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1988, he was a member of the Sąjūdis Initiative Group. He was registered as a candidate for 2019 Lithuanian presidential election.
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Virginijus Šikšnys

34. Virginijus Šikšnys

1956-. (aged 70)
biochemist
Virginijus Šikšnys is a Lithuanian biochemist and a professor at Vilnius University. He is a chief scientist at the Vilnius University Institute of Biotechnology.
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Vygaudas Ušackas

35. Vygaudas Ušackas

1964-. (aged 62)
diplomat jurist politician
Vygaudas Ušackas is Member of the Board of Directors of a Lithuanian born European-American company Avia Solutions Group, which is a Leader in End-to-End Capacity Provider for Passenger and Cargo Airlines Worldwide.
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Vilija Matačiūnaitė

36. Vilija Matačiūnaitė

1986-. (aged 40)
actor singer songwriter
Vilija Matačiūnaitė is a Lithuanian singer, actress, and songwriter. She represented Lithuania in the 59th annual Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with her song "Attention".
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Teodor Narbutt

37. Teodor Narbutt

1784-1864 (aged 80)
historian archaeologist land owner writer collector
Teodor Narbutt was a Polish–Lithuanian romantic historian and military engineer in service of the Russian Empire. He is best remembered as the author of a nine-volume Polish-language history of Lithuania from the early Middle Ages to the Union of Lublin.
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Arūnas Dulkys

38. Arūnas Dulkys

1972-. (aged 54)
economist
Arūnas Dulkys is an economist, PhD in Social Sciences and former State's Auditor General.
Jurga Šeduikytė

39. Jurga Šeduikytė

1980-. (aged 46)
singer actor
Jurga Šeduikytė, known by her stage names Jurga and formerly Dingau, is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter.
Aušra Augustinavičiūtė

40. Aušra Augustinavičiūtė

1927-2005 (aged 78)
economist psychologist sociologist
Aušra Augustinavičiūtė was a Lithuanian psychologist, economist and dean of the Vilnius Pedagogical University's department of family science. She was the founder of socionics, the theory of information processing and personality types.
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Laurynas Gucevičius

41. Laurynas Gucevičius

1753-1798 (aged 45)
university teacher architect
Laurynas Gucevičius was a Polish -Lithuanian architect from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where all of his designs were built.
Juras Požela

42. Juras Požela

1982-2016 (aged 34)
politician
Juras Požela was a Lithuanian politician who served as the Minister of Health of Lithuania from March 2016 until his death on 16 October 2016 from pancreatitis. He was also a Seimas member, Youth and Sports Affairs Committee Chairman and a presidium member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania.
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Jan Piotr Sapieha

43. Jan Piotr Sapieha

1569-1611 (aged 42)
military commander military personnel diplomat politician
Jan Piotr Sapieha was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman, general, politician, diplomat, governor of Uświat county, member of the Parliament and a skilled commander of the Polish troops stationing in the Moscow Kremlin.
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Antoni Tyzenhaus

44. Antoni Tyzenhaus

1733-1785 (aged 52)
politician
Antoni Tyzenhauz was a noble from the Tyzenhaus family, son of Benedykt Tyzenhauz. As a personal friend of Stanisław August Poniatowski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, Tyzenhaus became Treasurer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and administrator of royal estates. He began to implement various agricultural reforms and pioneered industrialization in an effort to increase productivity...
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Juozas Aputis

45. Juozas Aputis

1936-2010 (aged 74)
short story writer writer translator
Juozas Aputis was a Lithuanian modernist writer, translator and editor. Along with other writers such as Ričardas Gavelis, Aputis is credited for the post-war modernist novella revival in the Lithuanian SSR. He is best known for depicting village life with psychological insight and subtext. His most famous work is Anthill in Prussia (Skruzdėlynas Prūsijoje), which tells the story of an...
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Laurynas Kasčiūnas

46. Laurynas Kasčiūnas

1982-. (aged 44)
politician political scientist
Laurynas Kasčiūnas is a Lithuanian right-wing politician, political analyst, Member of the Seimas for the Homeland Union, and Minister of National Defence of Lithuania from 25 March 2024 to 11 December 2024, replacing Arvydas Anušauskas. He was elected chairman of Homeland Union on 9 February 2025, winning a landslide with 78% of the vote.
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Airinė Palšytė

47. Airinė Palšytė

1992-. (aged 34)
athletics competitor
Airinė Palšytė is a Lithuanian high jumper. She won the gold medal at the 2017 European Indoor Championships.
Gediminas Kirkilas

48. Gediminas Kirkilas

1951-2024 (aged 73)
restorer politician
Gediminas Kirkilas was a Lithuanian politician who was Prime Minister of Lithuania from 2006 to 2008.
Arvydas Anušauskas

49. Arvydas Anušauskas

1963-. (aged 63)
historian politician university teacher
Arvydas Anušauskas is a Lithuanian politician and historian. He focuses on the history of the interwar Lithuanian secret services, KGB actions in Lithuania, and Soviet repressions in Lithuania. As a member of the Homeland Union – Lithuanian Christian Democrats, he was elected to the Seimas (parliament) in 2008 and reelected in 2012, 2016 and 2020.
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Kazimira Prunskienė

50. Kazimira Prunskienė

1943-. (aged 83)
university teacher economist politician
Kazimira Danutė Prunskienė is a Lithuanian politician who was the first prime minister of Lithuania after the declaration of independence on 11 March 1990, and then Minister of Agriculture in the government of Gediminas Kirkilas.
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Stanisław Swianiewicz

51. Stanisław Swianiewicz

1899-1997 (aged 98)
historian economist jurist university teacher
Stanisław Swianiewicz was a Polish economist and historian. A veteran of the Polish-Soviet War, he was during World War II a survivor of the Katyn massacre and an eyewitness of the transport of Polish prisoners-of-war to the forests outside Smolensk by the NKVD.
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Algirdas Paleckis

52. Algirdas Paleckis

1971-. (aged 55)
diplomat politician journalist
Algirdas Paleckis is a Lithuanian politician, former diplomat, and public figure.
Karol Olgierd Borchardt

53. Karol Olgierd Borchardt

1905-1986 (aged 81)
writer lecturer soldier master mariner head teacher
Karol Olgierd Borchardt was a Polish writer and a captain in the Polish Merchant Navy. He was twice awarded the Polish Cross of Valor for heroism and survived the sinking of both the m/v Piłsudski and the m/v Chrobry during the Second World War. He wrote maritime-themed short stories and worked in the Polish merchant marine service before and during...
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Artūras Zuokas

54. Artūras Zuokas

1968-. (aged 58)
journalist politician
Artūras Zuokas is a Lithuanian journalist, businessman and politician who served as the mayor of the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2011 to 2015, and as member of Lithuania's unicameral parliament, Seimas, from 2008 to 2009 and from 2024. He was the leader of the Liberal and Centre Union, then YES - Homeland Revival...
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Barys Kit

55. Barys Kit

1910-2018 (aged 108)
mathematician physicist scientist chemist
Barys Kit was a Belarusian-American rocket scientist.
Aušrinė Armonaitė

56. Aušrinė Armonaitė

1989-. (aged 37)
politician political scientist
Aušrinė Armonaitė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the chairperson of the Freedom Party from 2019 to 2024. Previously a member of the Liberal Movement and a vice chairperson from 2017 until 2018, Armonaitė was first elected to the Seimas in the 2016 parliamentary election. In 2018, she resigned from the Liberal Movement and later joined the social liberal...
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Arūnas Valinskas

57. Arūnas Valinskas

1966-. (aged 60)
television presenter television producer politician
Arūnas Valinskas is a Lithuanian showman, TV producer, TV show host and politician. As the leader of the National Resurrection Party, he was elected to the Seimas, Lithuanian parliament, in the 2008 Lithuanian parliamentary election. Valinskas is married to a Lithuanian singer and TV show host Inga Valinskienė and has two sons Arūnas and Šarūnas. In 2002 he was granted...
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Kazimierz Siemienowicz

58. Kazimierz Siemienowicz

1600-1651 (aged 51)
military engineer engineer physicist
Kazimierz Siemienowicz was a Polish–Lithuanian general of artillery, gunsmith, military engineer, and one of pioneers of rocketry. Born in the Raseiniai region of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, he served in the armies of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, the ruler of the Dutch Republic. No portrait or detailed biography of him has survived and...
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Artūras Paulauskas

59. Artūras Paulauskas

1953-. (aged 73)
lawyer politician
Artūras Paulauskas is a Lithuanian politician who was Speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, from 2000 to 2006. He served as acting President of Lithuania from 6 April to 12 July 2004.
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Vilija Blinkevičiūtė

60. Vilija Blinkevičiūtė

1960-. (aged 66)
lawyer politician
Vilija Blinkevičiūtė is a Lithuanian lawyer and politician, Member of the European Parliament and former long-term Minister for Social Security and Labour. Blinkevičiūtė is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania since 2006.
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Remigijus Žemaitaitis

61. Remigijus Žemaitaitis

1982-. (aged 44)
jurist politician
Remigijus Žemaitaitis is a Lithuanian populist politician and member of the Seimas. He is the founder and leader of the political party Dawn of Nemunas.
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Andrius Tapinas

62. Andrius Tapinas

1977-. (aged 49)
television presenter writer journalist linguist translator
Andrius Balys Tapinas is a Lithuanian journalist, TV anchor, and writer. Tapinas was the anchor and producer of a long-running popular Lithuanian TV program The Money Generation. Since 2014, he hosts the Lithuanian TV program The Golden Mind with Arūnas Valinskas. In 2016, he also launched his own online TV channel on YouTube called "Freedom TV", which has proven to...
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Tomasz Zan

63. Tomasz Zan

1796-1855 (aged 59)
playwright poet writer traveler mineralogist
Tomasz Zan was a Polish poet and activist. Zan played a significant role in the cultural and literary movements of his time, advocating for the preservation and promotion of Polish culture. Zan's poetry touched upon various themes, including patriotism, nature, and the human experience. He is often recognized as one of the pioneers of Belarusian literature.
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Jan Czeczot

64. Jan Czeczot

1796-1847 (aged 51)
writer poet folklorist translator playwright
Jan Czeczot of Ostoja was a Polish romantic poet and Belarusian folklorist and ethnographer. Fascinated by the folklore and the traditional folk songs of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a confederal part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, he recollected hundreds of them in his works. Inspired by them, he also wrote several poems in what could be considered a pre-modern...
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Vytenis Andriukaitis

65. Vytenis Andriukaitis

1951-. (aged 75)
Esperantist politician
Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis is a Lithuanian physician and politician of the Social Democratic Party serving as a member of the European Parliament since 2024. A heart surgeon by profession, he previously served as European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety in the Juncker Commission from 2014 to 2019. Andriukaitis was a co-signatory to the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of...
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Vytautas V. Landsbergis

66. Vytautas V. Landsbergis

1962-. (aged 64)
theatrical director musician publisher film director journalist
Vytautas V. Landsbergis is a Lithuanian writer, journalist, director of films and theater, children's book writer. He is son of Vytautas Landsbergis and father of Gabrielius Landsbergis.
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Marijonas Mikutavičius

67. Marijonas Mikutavičius

1971-. (aged 55)
singer songwriter journalist
Marijus Mikutavičius, known better as Marijonas Mikutavičius, is a Lithuanian singer, musician and songwriter, a television journalist, a comedian and a talk show host from Vilnius. He is best known for his sports anthem Trys Milijonai as well as an official Eurobasket 2011 song Celebrate Basketball and for representing his country at Eurovision Song Contest 2006 as part of LT...
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Gintautas Paluckas

68. Gintautas Paluckas

1979-. (aged 47)
politician
Gintautas Paluckas is a Lithuanian politician who was the 18th prime minister of Lithuania from December 2024 until his resignation on 4 August 2025. He was previously Deputy Mayor of Vilnius from 2015 to 2019, led the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) between 2017 and 2021, and has been a member of the Seimas since the 2020 election. In 2025,...
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Michał Sopoćko

69. Michał Sopoćko

1888-1975 (aged 87)
Catholic priest
Michael Sopoćko was a Polish Catholic priest and professor at Vilnius University. He is best known as the spiritual director of Faustina Kowalska. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2008.
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Justinas Marcinkevičius

70. Justinas Marcinkevičius

1930-2011 (aged 81)
playwright poet writer translator politician
Justinas Marcinkevičius was a Lithuanian poet and playwright.
Andrius Kubilius

71. Andrius Kubilius

1956-. (aged 70)
physicist politician
Andrius Kubilius is a Lithuanian politician who is currently serving as the European Commissioner for Defence and Space in the Second von der Leyen Commission. He previously served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024 and as Prime Minister of Lithuania from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He was the leader...
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Meletius Smotrytsky

72. Meletius Smotrytsky

1577-1633 (aged 56)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop linguist writer
Meletius Smotrytsky, Archbishop of Polotsk (Metropolitan of Kiev), was a writer, a religious and pedagogical activist of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and a Ruthenian linguist whose works influenced the development of the Eastern Slavic languages. His book Slavonic Grammar with Correct Syntax (1619) systematized the study of Church Slavonic. It became the standard grammar book in Russia until the end of...
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Vytautas Mačernis

73. Vytautas Mačernis

1921-1944 (aged 23)
poet
Vytautas Mačernis was a Lithuanian existentialist poet.
Remigijus Šimašius

74. Remigijus Šimašius

1974-. (aged 52)
university teacher economist politician
Remigijus Šimašius is a Lithuanian lawyer and politician, member of Seimas (2012–2015), Minister of Justice (2008–2012), Mayor of Vilnius from 2015 to 2023.
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Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski

75. Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski

1595-1640 (aged 45)
writer poet literary scholar university teacher
Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski, was a Polish poet. He is considered Europe's most prominent Latin poet of the 17th century, and a renowned theoretician of poetics.
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Nina Andrycz

76. Nina Andrycz

1912-2014 (aged 102)
writer stage actor poet film actor
Nina Andrycz was a Polish actress and the wife of Józef Cyrankiewicz. She studied law at the Wilno University. She was one of the first noted customers of the photographer Zofia Nasierowska.
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Balys Sruoga

77. Balys Sruoga

1896-1947 (aged 51)
writer poet literary critic theatre critic
Balys Sruoga was a Lithuanian poet, playwright, critic, and literary theorist.
Simonas Daukantas

78. Simonas Daukantas

1793-1864 (aged 71)
historian writer lexicographer
Simonas Daukantas was a Lithuanian/Samogitian historian, writer, and ethnographer. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian National Revival, he is credited as the author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language. Only a few of his works were published during his lifetime and he died in obscurity. However, his works were rediscovered during...
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Kazimierz Łyszczyński

79. Kazimierz Łyszczyński

1634-1689 (aged 55)
writer military personnel philosopher judge
Kazimierz Łyszczyński, also known in English as Casimir Liszinski, was a Polish nobleman, philosopher, and soldier in the ranks of the Sapieha family, who was accused, tried, and executed for atheism in 1689.
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Gabrielius Landsbergis

80. Gabrielius Landsbergis

1982-. (aged 44)
politician
Gabrielius Landsbergis is a Lithuanian politician and diplomat who served as Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2020 until November 2024 in the Šimonytė Cabinet. A key figure in Lithuanian politics, Landsbergis previously served as a Member of the Seimas from 2016 to 2024, representing the Centras–Žaliakalnis constituency. He is also a former Member of the European Parliament (2014–2016),...
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Juozas Budraitis

81. Juozas Budraitis

1940-. (aged 86)
actor television actor
Juozas Budraitis is a Lithuanian actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1966. He starred in the Soviet film Wounded Game, which was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Budraitis also played a minor role in the finale of the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit.
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Pawel Jasienica

82. Pawel Jasienica

1909-1970 (aged 61)
journalist historian
Paweł Jasienica was the pen name of Leon Lech Beynar, a Polish historian, journalist, essayist and soldier.
Juliusz Słowacki

83. Juliusz Słowacki

1809-1849 (aged 40)
playwright poet writer translator philosopher
Juliusz Słowacki was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the "Three Bards" of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of modern Polish drama. His works often feature elements of Slavic paganism, Polish history, mysticism and orientalism. His style includes the employment of neologisms and irony. His primary genre was...
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Ingrida Šimonytė

84. Ingrida Šimonytė

1974-. (aged 52)
university teacher economist politician
Ingrida Šimonytė is a Lithuanian politician, public servant and economist who served as the 17th prime minister of Lithuania from 2020 to 2024. She has been a Member of the Seimas for the Antakalnis constituency since 2016 and was Minister of Finance in the second Kubilius cabinet from 2009 until 2012. Šimonytė was a candidate in the 2019 and 2024...
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Šarūnas Marčiulionis

85. Šarūnas Marčiulionis

1964-. (aged 62)
basketball player
Raimondas Šarūnas Marčiulionis is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player. Widely considered one of the greatest international players, he was one of the first Europeans to become a regular in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Marčiulionis was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014 and became a member of the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Abba Kovner

86. Abba Kovner

1918-1987 (aged 69)
poet soldier writer
Abba Kovner was a Jewish partisan leader, and later Israeli poet and writer. In the Vilna Ghetto, his 1942 manifesto was the first time that a target of the Holocaust identified the German plan to murder all Jews. His attempt to organize a ghetto uprising failed. He fled into the forest, joined Soviet partisans, and survived the war.
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Pylyp Orlyk

87. Pylyp Orlyk

1672-1742 (aged 70)
diplomat
Pylyp Stepanovych Orlyk was a Zaporozhian Cossack statesman, diplomat and member of Cossack starshyna. Described as the first Ukrainian political emigrant, he served as the hetman in exile from 1710 to 1742. He was a close associate of hetman Ivan Mazepa, and the author of the Constitution of Pylyp Orlyk.
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Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

88. Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

1812-1887 (aged 75)
journalist linguist draftsperson novelist painter
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski was a Polish novelist, journalist, historian, publisher, painter, and musician.
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

89. Jan Karol Chodkiewicz

1571-1621 (aged 50)
diplomat statesperson military personnel
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz was a Polish–Lithuanian military commander of the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army, who was from 1601 Field Hetman of Lithuania, and from 1605 Grand Hetman of Lithuania. He was one of the most prominent noblemen and military commanders of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth of his era. His coat of arms was Chodkiewicz, as was his family name.
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Adam Mickiewicz

90. Adam Mickiewicz

1798-1855 (aged 57)
poet
Adam Bernard Mickiewicz was a Polish poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator and political activist. He is regarded as national poet in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. He also largely influenced Ukrainian literature and affected Russian literature. A principal figure in Polish Romanticism, he is one of Poland's "Three Bards" (Polish: trzej wieszcze) and is widely regarded as Poland's greatest poet. He...
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Witold Pilecki

91. Witold Pilecki

1901-1948 (aged 47)
soldier military officer farmer resistance fighter
Witold Pilecki, known by the codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh and Witold, was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader.
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Czesław Miłosz

92. Czesław Miłosz

1911-2004 (aged 93)
literary historian pedagogue university teacher writer translator
Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. He primarily wrote his poetry in Polish. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy called Miłosz a writer who "voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts".
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Marija Gimbutas

93. Marija Gimbutas

1921-1994 (aged 73)
prehistorian anthropologist university teacher ethnologist historian
Marija Gimbutas was a Lithuanian archaeologist and anthropologist known for her research into the Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures of "Old Europe" and for her Kurgan hypothesis, which located the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Pontic Steppe.
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Dovilė Šakalienė

94. Dovilė Šakalienė

1978-. (aged 48)
university teacher politician journalist
Dovilė Šakalienė is a Lithuanian politician who served as the Minister of National Defence from 12 December 2024 until 22 October 2025. She has been a member of the Seimas since 2016 and previously worked as a psychologist and human rights defender.
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Ignas Vėgėlė

95. Ignas Vėgėlė

1975-. (aged 51)
lawyer university teacher
Ignas Vėgėlė is a Lithuanian lawyer and right-wing politician who served as president of the Lithuanian Bar Association from 2014 to 2022, as well as president of the Lithuanian Lawyers' Association from 2013 to 2016. He was a member of the right-wing Christian conservative Lithuanian Christian Democrats from 1994 and served as the party's deputy chairman of the board from...
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Leonidas Donskis

96. Leonidas Donskis

1962-2016 (aged 54)
political scientist university teacher philosopher politician political theorist
Leonidas Donskis was a Lithuanian-Jewish philosopher, political theorist, historian of ideas, and social analyst. In addition to this, he was also a political commentator, professor of politics and head of "VDU Academia Cum Laude" at Vytautas Magnus University, Honorary Consul of Finland in Kaunas, and deputy chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish Community. He was also a member of the European...
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Jurgita Jurkutė

97. Jurgita Jurkutė

1985-. (aged 41)
model beauty pageant contestant actor film actor
Jurgita Jurkutė is a Lithuanian actress and beauty pageant titleholder who is the winner of Miss Lithuania 2007 pageant.
Gitanas Nausėda

98. Gitanas Nausėda

1964-. (aged 62)
university teacher economist politician
Gitanas Nausėda is a Lithuanian politician, economist, and banker who is serving as the ninth and incumbent president of Lithuania since 2019. Born in Klaipėda, Nausėda graduated from Vilnius University with an economics degree in 1987. He was director of monetary policy at the Bank of Lithuania from 1996 to 2000 and chief economist to the chairman of SEB bankas...
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Ignacy Domeyko

99. Ignacy Domeyko

1802-1889 (aged 87)
university teacher mineralogist meteorologist geologist mining engineer
Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: Żegota was a Polish geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile. Domeyko spent most of his life, and died, in his adopted country, Chile.
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Tomas Venclova

100. Tomas Venclova

1937-. (aged 89)
university teacher writer literary historian translator poet
Tomas Venclova is a Lithuanian poet, prose writer, scholar, philologist and translator of literature. He is one of the five founding members of the Lithuanian Helsinki Group. In 1977, following his dissident activities, he was forced to emigrate and was deprived of his Soviet citizenship. Since 1980, he has taught Russian and Polish literature at Yale University. Considered a major...
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