There are many famous
Lithuanians,
Poles, and
Belarusians buried there, including over fifty
Vilnius University professors. Those interred there include: •
Vladas Abramavičius (1909–1965), Lithuanian cultural historian, poet, journalist, translator •
Adam Ferdynand Adamowicz (1802–1881), one of the pioneers of Polish veterinary, president of the
Medical Society of Vilna •
Frantsishak Alyakhnovich (1883–1944), Belarusian writer, journalist •
Jonas Ambrozaitis (1856–1916), Lithuanian cultural figure, organizer of secret plays of then banned
Lithuanian theater, Lithuanian
book smuggler and distributor •
Juozapas Ambraziejus–Ambrozevičius (1855–1915), Lithuanian composer, poet, founder of Lithuanian orchestra in
Šnipiškės Saint Raphael church in 1897, member of the secret society
Twelve Apostles of Vilnius (1895–1904) •
Andrius Ašmantas (1906–1941), Lithuanian linguist, scholar, Lithuanian cultural activist of
Lithuania Minor •
Bolesław Bałzukiewicz (1879–1935), Polish sculptor, professor at the
Vilnius University • Józef Bałzukiewicz (1867–1915), Polish painter •
Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927), Lithuanian physician, scientist, patriot, activist, editor of Lithuanian newspaper
Aušra, signer of the
Act of Independence of Lithuania •
August Bécu (1771–1824), Polish physician, stepfather
Juliusz Słowacki •
Jonas Bendorius (1889–1954), Lithuanian composer •
Cenotaph to
Kazys Bizauskas, (1893–1941) Lithuanian statesman, diplomat, author, one of the twenty signatories of the
Act of Independence of Lithuania •
Kazys Boruta (1905–1965), Lithuanian writer and poet •
Janina Burchardówna (1883–1924), Polish journalist, teacher •
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), Lithuanian painter, photographer and composer •
Petras Cvirka (1909–1947), Lithuanian writer •
Kristupas Čibiras (1888–1942), Lithuanian priest, cultural figure, political activist, active member of Lithuanian cultural and educational organization
Lietuvių švietimo draugija "Rytas" •
Aleksander Dalewski (1827–1862), Polish political activist, founder of "
Związek Bratni" •
Viktoras Dasys (1895–1944), Lithuanian cultural activist •
Rimantas Daugintis (1944–1990), famous Lithuanian sculptor; committed suicide by self-immolation protesting Soviet regime in Lithuania •
Borisas Dauguvietis (1885–1949), Lithuanian playwright, actor •
Mečislovas Davainis–Silvestraitis (1849–1919), Lithuanian journalist, poet, specialist in Lithuanian folklore,
book smuggler, Lithuanian cultural activist • Cenotaph to
Pranas Dovydaitis (1886–1942), Lithuanian politician, teacher, encyclopedist, editor, professor, Signatory of the
Act of Independence of Lithuania,
Prime Minister of Lithuania •
Wacław Dziewulski (1882–1938), Polish physician, professor at Vilnius University •
Antonina Fiszer (1824–1840), Polish actress •
Liudas Gira (1884–1946), Lithuanian poet, writer, and literary critic •
Antoni Józef Gliński (1818–1865), Polish writer •
Antanas Gudaitis (1904–1989), Lithuanian painter •
Władysław Horodyjski, Polish philosopher, professor at
Vilnius University •
Czesław Jankowski (1857–1929), Polish poet •
Ludwik Janowski (1878–1921), Polish cultural historian, professor •
Rapolas Jakimavičius (1893–1961), Lithuanian painter and sculptor •
Stasys Jasilionis (1892–1950),
Lithuanian American poet, writer, cultural figure •
Wacław Jasiński (1881–1936), Polish pediatrician, professor at the University of Vilnius •
Jonas Jašmantas (1849–1906), Lithuanian cultural figure, founder of the
Lithuanian and Samogitian Charitable Society in
Saint Petersburg, member of the secret society
Twelve Apostles of Vilnius •
Adam Jocher (1791–1860), Polish librarian, founder of the first public library in Vilnius •
Aleksandras Jurašaitis (1859–1915), Lithuanian photographer, one of the first Lithuanian filmmakers, founder of his own photographic studio ("Jurašaičio ateljė") on
Gediminas Avenue of Vilnius (1902–1922), Lithuanian cultural activist •
Konstanty Kalinowski (1823–1864), Polish-Belarusian military commander of insurgents during the
January Uprising •
Aldona Didžiulytė–Kazanavičienė (1892–1968), Lithuanian children's literature writer •
Vincas Kisarauskas (1934–1988), Lithuanian painter, graphic artist, scenographer. One of initiators of
ex-librīs movement, one of the first Lithuanian artists, who popularized
collage,
assemblage,
photomontage techniques •
Franciszka Kleczkowska (1827–1889), Polish educational activist •
Juliusz Kłos (1881–1933), Polish architect, author of the guidebook to Vilnius •
Felicjan Kochanowski (1831–1887), Polish priest, educational activist •
Kazys Kriščiukaitis (1870–1949), famous Lithuanian
wood sculptor, author of wooden altars, restorer, establisher of his own workshop in Vilnius (1890) •
Kazimiera Kymantaitė (1909–1999), Lithuanian film and actress and stage director •
Jonas Kruopas (1908–1975), Lithuanian linguist, scholar •
Marcelė Kubiliūtė, the only Lithuanian woman awarded all major Lithuanian orders •
Antanas Kučas (1909–1989), Lithuanian graphic artist, book illustrator, professor •
Gabrielius Landsbergis–Žemkalnis (1852–1916), Lithuanian playwright, publicist,
book distributor, administrator of
Vilniaus žinios •
Sigitas Benjaminas Lasavickas (1925–1998), Lithuanian architect and theorist,
architectural restorer, who contributed greatly to conservation and restoration of
Vilnius castles,
Trakai castles,
Medininkai Castle •
Anton Lavicki aka Jadvihin Š. (1869–1922), Belarusian playwright, opinion journalist, specialist in literature, translator and poet •
Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861), Polish historian, professor at
Vilnius University • Cenotaph to
Anton Luckievich (1884–1942), Belarusian politician, historian, cultural figure, head of Belarusian museum in Vilnius •
Ivan Luckievič (1881–1919), Belarusian cultural figure, bibliophile,
collectionner, historian, archaeologist, whose collection was a base for Belarusian museum in Vilnius (established in 1921) •
Józef Łukaszewicz (1863–1928), Polish professor at
Stefan Batory University and revolutionist •
Wacław Leon Makowski (1854–1929), Polish publisher •
Mikołaj Malinowski () (1799–1865),
Polish-Lithuanian historian, archaeologist •
Jonas Marcinkevičius (1900–1953), Lithuanian writer, journalist •
Alfonsas Mikulskis (1909–1983), Lithuanian composer, musical conductor, choirmaster of
Lithuanian National Art Ensemble "Čiurlionis" in
Cleveland •
Ona Mikulskienė (1905–2008), cultural figure of
Lithuanian Americans, conductor of
kanklės ensembles • Cenotaph to
Vladas Mironas (1880–1953), Lithuanian priest, cultural figure, politician, member of the
Council of Lithuania, Signatory of the
Act of Independence of Lithuania,
Prime Minister of Lithuania. •
Józef Montwiłł (1850–1911), Polish humanist and sponsor of hospitals, orphanages and museums, sponsor of
separate suburbs of houses in Vilnius (so-called
colonies, most notable Lukiškės/Montvila colony near
Lukiškės Square) •
Povilas Pakarklis (1902–1955), Lithuanian historian, professor of
Vilnius University •
Augustinas Paškevičius (1844–1914), Lithuanian doctor, cultural figure, chairman (1909–14) of Lithuanian cultural
Rūta Society of Vilnius •
Vincas Mykolaitis–Putinas (1893–1967), Lithuanian writer •
Jan O'Connor (1760–1802), physician, professor at Vilnius University •
Jerzy Orda (1905–1972), Polish historian, social activist •
Elena Žalinkevičaitė-Petrauskienė (1900–1986), famous Lithuanian actor, poet, playwright •
Kipras Petrauskas (1885–1968), Lithuanian tenor, founder of Lithuanian opera •
Mikas Petrauskas (1873–1937), Lithuanian composer, musical conductor, cultural figure, author of the first Lithuanian opera
Birutė • The heart of
Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Polish statesman. Also his mother, two brothers, and first wife are buried at Rasos cemetery •
Onufry Pietraszkiewicz (1793–1863), Polish poet •
Maria Piłsudska (née Koplewska; 1865–1921), first wife of Józef Piłsudski •
Adam Piłsudski (1869–1935), Polish politician, vice-president of Vilna, brother of Józef Piłsudski •
Stasys Pinkus (1925–1992), Lithuanian art historian •
Karol Podczaszyński () (1790–1860),
Polish-Lithuanian architect, professor at Vilnius University •
Rafał Radziwiłłowicz (1860–1929) Polish psychiatrist, social activist, professor at the University of Stefan Batory, co-founder of the Society for Social Medicine, co-founder of the Polish Psychiatric Association (1920) •
Albinas Rimka (1886–1944), Lithuanian economist, publicist, journalist, politician, Finance minister (1926) of Interwar Lithuania, Kaunas and Vilnius university professor •
Ksaveras Sakalauskas–Vanagėlis (1863–1938), Lithuanian
book distributor, poet, writer, contributor to Lithuanian newspaper
Aušra, organizer of Lithuanian choruses and secret
Lithuanian theater plays, chairman of Lithuanian culture society of
Warsaw (1923–1934), cultural figure •
Zygmunt Sierakowski (1826–1863), a commander of the January Uprising •
Ludwik Sokołowski (1882–1936), Polish engineer, architect, professor at the University of Stefan Batory •
Marek Konrad Sokołowski (1818–1883), famous Polish, Ukrainian and Russian
guitarist, composer, inventor of his own type of
Harp guitar, generally known as "The king of guitarists", was awarded the diploma of "The first guitarist of Europe" in 1858 in
Carltheater,
Vienna, the first professional guitarist of Lithuania •
Euzebiusz Słowacki (1772–1814), Polish theorist and literary historian, father of Juliusz Słowacki •
Franciszek Smuglewicz () (1745–1807),
Polish-Lithuanian painter, professor at Vilnius University •
Balys Sruoga (1896–1947), Lithuanian writer and
concentration camp survivor •
Povilas Snarskis (1889–1969), Lithuanian botanist, florist, professor of
Vilnius University, author of books on Lithuanian flora •
Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768–1838), Polish physician, chemist, biologist, writer •
Wiktor Staniewicz (1866–1932), Polish mathematician, professor and rector of the Stefan Batory University in the years 1921–22 •
Albin Stepovič (1894–1934), Belarusian writer, composer,
musicologist, cultural figure •
Kanstancin Stepovič (Kazimir Svajak) (1890–1926), Belarusian priest, poet, musician, cultural activist •
Konstantinas Stašys (1843–1919), Lithuanian priest, cultural activist •
Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862),
Polish-Lithuanian writer •
Władysław Szachno (1838/40–1889), pianist, composer •
Marcelinas Šikšnys (1874–1970), Lithuanian mathematician, poet, writer, translator, playwright,
participant in the banned press, author of
the first legal Lithuanian theater performance "
Pilėnų kunigaikštis" ("The Duke of Pilėnai") in the
Town Hall of Vilnius (1906) •
Jurgis Šlapelis (1876–1941), Lithuanian linguist, translator, founder of the first Lithuanian bookstore in Vilnius, cultural and political figure •
Marija Šlapelienė (1880–1977), cultural figure, actor, active member of Lithuanian "
Vilniaus aušra" society, cultural
Rūta Society, founder of the first bookstore ("Marijos ir Jurgio Šlapelių lietuvių knygynas"), dedicated to Lithuanian language and literature in Vilnius (1906–1949) •
Juozas Tallat-Kelpša (1889–1949), Lithuanian composer •
Arūnas Tarabilda (1934–1969), Lithuanian graphic artist •
Juozas Tysliava (1902–1961), Lithuanian poet, translator, journalist, publisher •
Valerija Vaivadaitė-Tysliavienė (1914–1984),
Lithuanian American cultural figure •
Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814–1873),
Polish-Lithuanian historian, archaeologist •
Kazimieras Umbražiūnas (1909–1996), Lithuanian journalist, publicist, who wrote mostly about
the region of Vilnius •
Raimondas Vabalas (1937–2001), Lithuanian film director •
Jonas Vabalas–Gudaitis (1881–1955), Lithuanian psychologist, professor at
Vytautas Magnus University and
Vilnius University, initiator of
experimental psychology in Lithuania •
Petras Vaičiūnas (1890–1959), Lithuanian poet, translator, playwright •
Stasė Paulauskaitė-Vaineikienė (1884–1946),
Lithuanian book smuggler and distributor, secret teacher (
daractor), during
Lithuanian press ban, writer, poet, cultural figure •
Jonas Vengris (1877–1935), Lithuanian mountain engineer, Lithuanian cultural activist, sponsor of Lithuanian charity organizations, school and
policlinic in Vilnius •
Antanas Vileišis (1856–1919), Lithuanian physician, humanist and sponsor of cultural and charity organizations, Lithuanian schools, newspapers, Lithuanian political activist •
Jonas Vileišis (1872–1942), Lithuanian politician, mayor of
Kaunas, signer of the
Act of Independence of Lithuania •
Petras Vileišis (1851–1926), engineer, humanist and sponsor of cultural and charity organizations, Lithuanian schools,
Vilniaus žinios and other newspapers, host of the
Lithuanian art exhibitions in his
Vileišis Palace •
Antanas Viskantas (1877–1940), Lithuanian priest, writer, cultural figure, founder of the
Society of Saint Casimir and "
Vilniaus lietuvių meno ir literatūros draugija" ("Lithuanian art and literature organization of Vilnius") •
Povilas Višinskis (1875–1906),
book smuggler, writer •
Michał Węsławski (1849–1917), Polish politician, mayor of Vilnius • Witold Węsławski (1855–1930), Polish physician and educator •
Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński (1806–1885),
Polish-Lithuanian physician, collector and publisher •
Antoni Wiwulski (1877–1919),
Polish-Lithuanian architect and sculptor •
Stanisław Karol Władyczko (1878–1936), Polish neurologist and psychiatrist, professor at the Institute Psychoneurological in St. Petersburg and the Stefan Batory University •
Tadeusz Wróblewski, (1858–1925) Polish lawyer, bibliophile •
Bronisław Wróblewski (1888–1941), Polish lawyer •
Bronisław Żongołłowicz (1879–1944), Polish Catholic priest, professor at the University of Stefan Batory, member of the
Sejm •
Zigmas Žemaitis (1884–1969), Lithuanian mathematician, board member (1909–15) of
Lithuanian Scientific Society, chairman of
Higher Courses of Study (Aukštieji kursai) in Kaunas (University of Lithuania from 1922), aviation enthusiast, prominent cultural figure There is also a mass grave of Poles kidnapped in 1919 from Vilnius by the
Bolsheviks and shot at
Daugavpils. In the middle of the cemetery, on the so-called Hill of Angels (Angelų kalnelis) there is also cenotaph of an angel, dedicated to unborn babies. == See also ==