List of people from Vilnius

• Abraham ben Elijah of Vilna (c. late 18th century-1808), renowned Jewish Talmudist • Neringa Aidietytė (born 1983), Lithuanian athlete • Gediminas Akstinas (born 1961), Lithuanian painter • Frantsishak Alyakhnovich (1883–1944), Belarusian playwright and journalist • Algirdas (1296–1377), Grand Duke of Lithuania • Ana Ambrazienė (1955–2025), Lithuanian hurdler, former world record holder • Ieva Andrejevaitė (born 1988), Lithuanian actress • Michał Elwiro Andriolli (1836–1893), Polish-Lithuanian painter and architect of Italian descent • Irena Andriukaitienė (born 1948), Lithuanian politician and signature of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania • Mark Antokolsky (1843–1902), Russian-Jewish sculptor • Laura Asadauskaitė (born 1984), Lithuanian modern pentathlon athlete ==B==

• Francišak Bahuševič (1840–1900), Belarusian poet. • Živilė Balčiūnaitė (born 1979), Lithuanian long-distance runner, European champion. • Aidas Bareikis (born 1967), Lithuanian artist. • Liutauras Barila (born 1974), Lithuanian Olympic biathlete. • Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927), Lithuanian leader of Lithuania's national revival movement. • Ričardas Berankis (born 1990), Lithuanian the top ranked Lithuanian tennis player of all time. • Alexander Berkman (1870–1936), Russian-American leading member of the anarchist movement in the early 20th century. • Boris Birshtein (born 1947), Canadian businessman. • Mykolas Biržiška (1882–1962), Lithuanian historian of literature, politician, signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania. • Vaclovas Biržiška (1884–1956), Lithuanian publisher, historian. • Eglė Bogdanienė (born 1962), Lithuanian textile artist. • Kazys Bradūnas (1917–2009), Lithuanian émigré poet and editor. • Lina Braknytė (born 1952), Lithuanian actress. • Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010), Lithuanian President and Prime Minister. • Danutė Budreikaitė (born 1953), Lithuanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. • Kanstancyja Bujło (1893–1986), Belarusian poet and playwright. • Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944), Polish poet. • Jan Bułhak, Polish photographer. • Vaidas Baumila (born 1987), Lithuanian singer and actor. ==C==

• Saint Casimir (1458–1484), patron saint of Poland and of the Lithuania. • Dalius Čekuolis (born 1959), Lithuanian politician. • Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560–1621), Lithuanian politician and hetman. • César Cui (1835–1918), Russian composer and music critic of French, Polish and Lithuanian descent. ==D==

• Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (born 1963), Lithuanian actress. • Simonas Daukantas (1793–1864), Lithuanian/Samogitian historian, writer, and ethnographer. • Mikalojus Daukša (1527–1613), publisher of the first printed Lithuanian book in GDL. • Boris Dekanidze (1962–1995), Lithuanian stateless crime boss. • Gintaras Didžiokas (born 1966), Lithuanian politician. • Agnia Ditkovskyte (born 1988), Russian actress of a Lithuanian origin. • Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), Polish geologist, mineralogist and engineer. • Raminta Dvariškytė (born 1990), Lithuanian Olympic swimmer. • Dynoro, (born 1999), Lithuanian DJ and musical producer. • Felix Dzerzhinsky (1877–1926), Belarusian founder of the Soviet secret police. • Audrius Dzikaras (born 1957), Lithuanian painter. ==F==

• Yechezkel Feivel (1755–1833), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Maggid. • Eduard Robert Flegel (1855–1886) a German explorer, role in the Scramble for Africa. • Vaclava Fleri (1888–1983), Lithuanian painter. • Arnas Fedaravicius (born 1991), actor. ==G==

• Romain Gary (1914–1980), French writer. • Martynas Gecevičius (born 1988), Lithuanian basketball player. • Gediminas (–1341), Grand Duke of Lithuania, founder of Vilnius city. • Petras Geniušas (born 1961), Lithuanian classical pianist. • Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), Lithuanian archeologist. • Rolandas Gimbutis (born 1981), Lithuanian swimmer. • Liudas Gira (1884–1946), Lithuanian poet, writer, and literary critic. • Johann Christoph Glaubitz (–1767), German architect. • Kęstutis Glaveckas (1949–2021), Lithuanian politician and signature of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. • Alexander Goldberg, (1906-1985) Israeli chemical engineer and President of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. • Judah Leib Gordon (1830–1892), Israeli an important Hebrew poet of the Jewish Enlightenment. • Antoni Gorecki (1787–1861), Polish writer, poet, soldier. • Albertas Goštautas (–1539), Lithuanian Chancellor of Grand Duchy of Lithuania. • Mindaugas Griškonis (born 1986), Lithuanian Olympic rower. • Hubertas Grušnys (1961–2006), Lithuanian media proprietor, in 1989 launched the first-ever private radio station in Lithuania and the post-communist Eastern Europe. • Dalia Grybauskaitė (born 1956), Lithuanian politician and President of Lithuania. • Laurynas Gucevičius (1753–1798), Lithuanian architect. • Daina Gudzinevičiūtė (born 1965), Lithuanian shooter, Olympic gold medalist. • Asmik Grigorian (born 1981), Lithuanian operatic soprano, named as the best female singer in International Opera Awards 2019. • Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (born 1986), Lithuanian conductor, music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (CBSO) in England. • Stanisław Gudowski (1918–2011) Lithuanian World War II tank commander. ==H==

• Yusuf Hamied (born 1936), Indian-Lithuanian scientist and businessman. • Menahem Manesh Hayyut (died 1636), Polish rabbi. • Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987), Lithuanian-American violinist. • Ulrich Hosius (1455–1535), German descent from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. ==I==

• Juozas Imbrasas (born 1941), Lithuanian former mayor of Vilnius. • Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961–2007), Lithuanian writer. • Victor Ivanoff (1909–1990), South African artist, cartoonist and singer. ==J==

• Edgaras Jankauskas (born 1975), first Lithuanian footballer to win the UEFA Champions League in 2004. • Gintaras Januševičius (born 1985), Lithuanian pianist, music educator, event producer, radio presenter, and philanthropist. • Simas Jasaitis (born 1982), Lithuanian basketball player. • Rolandas Jasevičius (born 1982), Lithuanian boxer. • Paweł Jasienica (1909–1970), Polish historian, journalist and soldier. • Jakub Jasiński (1761–1794), Polish general. • Władysław II Jagiełło (–1434), Grand Duke of Lithuania. • Arvydas Juozaitis (born 1956), Lithuanian writer, philosopher, politician, swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist. • Eglė Jurgaitytė (born 1998), Lithuanian singer and radio presenter. ==K==

• Virgilijus Kačinskas (born 1959), Lithuanian architect and politician, signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. • Lina Kačiušytė (born 1963), Lithuanian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist. • Zebi Hirsch Kaidanover (c. 1650–1712), German rabbi and writer. • Saint Raphael Kalinowski (1835–1907), Polish Discalced Carmelite friar inside the Russian partition of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; teacher, engineer, prisoner of war, royal tutor and priest. • Ihnat Kančeŭski (pen name: Ihnat Abdziralovič), (1896-1923), Belarusian poet, philosopher and publicist. • Rita Karin (1919–1993), Polish-born American actress. • Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), Polish composer and conductor. • Rimantas Kaukėnas (born 1977), Lithuanian basketball player. • Antanas Kavaliauskas (born 1984), Lithuanian professional basketball player, 2005 FIBA Under-21 World Championship gold medalist. • Nomeda Kazlaus, (born 1974), Lithuanian opera singer appearing internationally, TV Host. • Valdas Kazlauskas (born 1958), Lithuanian athlete and coach. • Dvora Kedar (1924–2023), Israeli actress. • Pavel Fyodorovich Keller (1883–1980), officer of the Imperial Russian Navy (submariner, Captain 1st rank) and of the Romanian Land Forces (intelligence colonel). • Vytautas Kernagis (1951–2008), Lithuanian singer-songwriter, considered a pioneer of Lithuanian sung poetry. • Rebeka Kim (born 1998), South Korean figure skater. • Gediminas Kirkilas (born 1951), Lithuanian politician former Prime Minister of Lithuania. • Szymon Konarski (1808–1839), Polish radical democratic politician and revolutionary. • Oskaras Koršunovas (born 1969), Lithuanian theatre director. • Simon Kovar (born Kovarski) (1890–1970), Russian-born American bassoonist. • Boris Kowerda (1907–1987), anti-Soviet Belarusian activist convicted of murdering Pyotr Voykov, Soviet ambassador to Poland in Warsaw in 1927. • Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), Polish Roman Catholic nun and mystic. • Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (1812–1887), Polish writer, historian, journalist, scholar, painter and author. • Andrius Kubilius (born 1956), Lithuanian politician Prime Minister of Lithuania. • Jonas Kubilius (1921–2011), Lithuanian mathematician who works in probability theory and number theory. • Abraomas Kulvietis (–1545), Lithuanian reformer, publicist. • Jolanta Kvašytė (born 1956), Lithuanian ceramic artist. == L ==

• Bernard Ładysz (1922–2020), Polish bass-baritone and actor. • Vytautas Landsbergis (born 1932), politician, contributed to the demise of the Soviet Union. • Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861), Polish historian. • Jacob Liboschütz (1741–1827), physician. • Romas Lileikis (born 1959), poet, musician, film director. • Michalo Lituanus, (ca.1500-ca.1550) unidentified humanist author of the 16th century. • Eduard Lobau (born 1988), Belarusian activist with the nation's democracy movement. • Józef Łukaszewicz (1863–1928), Polish physicist, geologist and mineralogist. • Meilė Lukšienė (1913–2009), cultural historian and activist. • Jolanta Lothe (1942–2022), Polish actress. ==M==

• Józef Mackiewicz (1902–1985), Polish writer. • Hillel Noah Maggid (1829–1903), Russian-Jewish genealogist and historian. • Andrius Mamontovas (born 1967), Lithuanian rock musician. • Maria Malanowicz-Niedzielska (1899–1943), Polish actress. • Gritė Maruškevičiūtė (born 1989), Lithuanian Miss Lithuania 2010. • Vilija Matačiūnaitė (born 1986), Lithuanian singer-songwriter, actress. • Raimundas Mažuolis (born 1972), Lithuanian swimmer, olympic medalist. • Rachel Messerer (1902–1993), Russian silent film and theatre actress. • Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855), Polish poet. • Jeronimas Milius (born 1984), Lithuanian singer. • Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), Polish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature. • Lazar Minor (1855–1942), Russian neurologist. • Vytautas Miškinis (born 1954), Lithuanian music composer, choral conductor and academic teacher. • Joanna Moro (born 1984), Lithuanian-born Polish film and theater actress, singer and TV presenter. • Gediminas Motuza (born 1946), Lithuanian geologist and author of geology textbooks. • Yana Maksimava (born 1989), Lithuanian-Belarusian heptathlete. • Andrius Mamontovas (born 1967), Lithuanian rock musician. ==N==

• Onutė Narbutaitė (born 1956), Lithuanian composer. • Ludwik Narbutt (1832–1863), Lithuanian military commander. • Teodor Narbutt (1784–1864), Polish–Lithuanian romantic historian and military engineer. • Henrikas Natalevičius (born 1953), Lithuanian painter. • Eimuntas Nekrošius (1952–2018), Lithuanian theatre director. • Henryk Niewodniczański (1900–1968), Polish physicist. ==O==

• Nijolė Oželytė-Vaitiekūnienė (born 1954), Lithuanian actress, signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. ==P==

• Bohdan Paczyński (1940–2007), Polish astronomer. • Rolandas Paksas (born 1956), Lithuanian politician. • Jerzy Passendorfer (1923–2003), Polish film director. • Artūras Paulauskas (born 1953), Lithuanian politician. • Algirdas Petrulis (1915–2010), Lithuanian painter. • Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Polish politician, military commander and Polish head of state. • Emilia Plater (1806–1831), Polish revolutionary and female military commander. • Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), Polish chess master. • Martynas Pocius (born 1986), Lithuanian professional basketball player, has played for Lithuania. • Karol Podczaszyński (1790–1860), Polish architect. • Romualdas Požerskis (born 1951), Lithuanian photographer. • Daniel Prenn (1904–1991), Russian-born German, Polish, and British world-top-ten tennis player. • Airinė Palšytė (born 1992), Lithuanian high jumper. ==R==

• Antoni Radziwiłł (1775–1833), Polish and Prussian noble, aristocrat, musician and politician. • Barbara Radziwiłł (Barbora Radvilaitė) (1520–1551), Queen of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. • Clara Rockmore (1911–1998), Lithuanian classical violin prodigy and a virtuoso performer of the theremin. • Michał Pius Römer (1880–1945), Lithuanian-Polish rector of Vytautas Magnus University, lawyer. • Michał Józef Römer (1778–1853), Lithuanian-Polish writer and politician. • Helena Romer-Ochenkowska (1875–1947) Polish writer, columnist, theatre critic and activist. • Maria Roszak (1908–2018), Polish nun awarded Righteous Among the Nations. • Audrius Rudys (born 1951), Lithuanian economist, politician, signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. • Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870–1936), Polish painter, printmaker, and stage designer. ==S==

• Kristina Sabaliauskaitė (born 1974), Lithuanian writer and art historian. • Kristina Saltanovič (born 1975), Lithuanian athlete. • Lew Sapieha (1557–1633), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth politician and military commander. • Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595–1640), Polish poet. • Šarūnas Sauka (born 1958), Lithuanian postmodern painter. • Andrew Schally (1926–2024), Polish-American endocrinologist and Nobel Prize laureate. • Kalman Schulman (1819–1899), Jewish writer and translator. • Žydrūnas Savickas (born 1975), Lithuanian Strongman champion. • Lasar Segall (1891–1957), Brazilian Jewish painter, engraver and sculptor. • Esther Shalev-Gerz (born 1948), Jewish contemporary artist. • Kazimierz Siemienowicz (c. 1600 – c. 1651), Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth military commander, engineer, theorist of artillery and pioneer of rocketry. • Deividas Sirvydis (born 2000), Lithuanian basketball player in the NBA. • Konstantinas Sirvydas (1579–1631), Lithuanian lexicographer, writer. • Piotr Skarga (1536–1612), Polish theologian, writer and the first rector of the Wilno Academy. • Francysk Skaryna (c. 1490 – 1552), Belarusian humanist, physician, and translato, publisher of first printed Ruthenian Bible. • Boris Skossyreff (1896–1989), Russian adventurer, international swindler and pretender, King of Andorra. • Mykolas Sleževičius (1882–1939), Lithuanian lawyer, political and cultural figure, and journalist, Prime Minister of Lithuania. • Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849), Polish poet. • Antanas Smetona (1874–1944), Lithuanian intellectual, journalist and the first publicist, President of Lithuanian Republic. • Elijah ben Solomon, Gaon mi Vilna (1720–1797), Lithuanian Jewish scholar and Kabbalist. • Blessed Michał Sopoćko (1888–1975), Polish Apostle of Divine Mercy. • Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768–1838), Polish writer, physician, chemist, biologist and philosopher. • Audrius Stonys (born 1966), Lithuanian renowned documentary filmmaker. • Vytautas Straižys (1936–2021), Lithuanian astronomer, developer of Vilnius photometric system. • Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), Polish poet, writer and translator. • Deividas Šemberas (born 1978), Lithuanian football player. • Algirdas Šemeta (born 1962), Lithuanian economist and the European Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud. • Stasys Šilingas (1885–1962), Lithuanian lawyer and statesman, significant figure in the history of Lithuania's independence. • Wenzel Sukowaty (1746–1810), music copyist • Tadas Šuškevičius (born 1985), Lithuanian athlete. ==T==

• Emanuel Tanay (1928–2014), Polish-American Holocaust survivor and American forensic psychiatrist. • Aurimas Taurantas (born 1956), Lithuanian politician and signature of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. • Yemima Tchernovitz-Avidar (1909–1998), Israeli author. • Vytautas Tomaševičius (born 1972), Lithuanian painter. • Auksė Treinytė (born 1952), Lithuanian former sport shooter. • Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814–1873), Polish-Lithuanian historian. ==U==

• Francišak Umiastoŭski (1882 – 1940?), Belarusian writer, journalist, military leader and a victim of the Katyn massacre • Antoni Uniechowski (1903–1976), Polish illustrator. ==V==

• Rimantė Valiukaitė (born 1970), Lithuanian actress. • Moi Ver (1904–1995), Israeli photographer and painter. • Alis Vidūnas (1934–2009), Lithuanian politician. • Jonas Vileišis (1872–1942), Lithuanian lawyer, politician, and diplomat. • Petras Vileišis (1851–1926), Lithuanian millionaire, mecenate, politician, publisher. • Tomas Venclova (born 1937), Lithuanian poet, prose writer, scholar, philologist and translator of literature • Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), Polish painter. • Giedrė Voverienė (born 1968), Lithuanian orienteering competitor. • Vytautas the Great (1344–1430), Grand Duke of Lithuania. ==W==