The first five persons awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas after the restoration of the Independent State of Lithuania in 1991 were poets
Justinas Marcinkevičius,
Bernardas Brazdžionis, priest
Ričardas Mikutavičius, painter
Vytautas Kazimieras Jonynas and mathematician
Jonas Kubilius. •
James L. Jones, retired United States
National Security Advisor and
Commandant of the Marine Corps •
Jacek Kuroń, Polish historian and politician •
Ina Marčiulionytė, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Lithuania to UNESCO •
George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, tenth
Secretary General of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization •
Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist •
Juan Antonio Samaranch, former President of the International Olympic Committee •
George Soros, philanthropist •
Antanina Vainiūnaitė-Kubertavičienė, Lithuanian actress •
Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager, Grand Chancellor of the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta •
Arvydas Každailis, Lithuanian artist •
Jonas Trinkūnas, (high priest) of the
Romuva faith ==Images of order insignia==