# List of people from Vilnius

The following is a list of notable people from Lithuania's capital city of Vilnius (historically known by the names of Vilna/Wilna/Wilno). It includes people who were born or resided there.
* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z

## A

* 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 (c. 1275–1341), 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 (c. 1700–1767), 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 (c. 1480–1539), 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

* 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 (c. 1352/1362–1434), 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.
* 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 (c. 1509–1545), 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.
* Henrikas Mickevičius [lt] (born 1954), Lithuanian lawyer.
* 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.
* Zemach Shabad (1864–1935), Jewish medical doctor and social and political activist.
* 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.
* 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

* Chaim Weizmann (1874–1952), Russian-born biochemist, Zionist politician and the first president of Israel.
* Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński (1806–1885), Polish-Lithuanian archaeologist.
* Antoni Wiwulski (1877–1919), Polish-Lithuanian architect and sculptor.
* Tadeusz Wróblewski (1858–1925), Polish noble, politician, lawyer, bibliophile and cultural activist.

## Y

* Dov Yaffe (1928–2017), Polish-born Israeli rabbi, mashgiach, and leader of the Musar movement.

## Z

* Ludwik Zamenhof (1859–1917), Polish philologist, creator of Esperanto.
* Albert Żamett (1821–1876), Polish–Russian landscapes painter.
* Tomasz Zan (1796–1855), Polish–Belarusian poet and activist.
* Alexander Zass (1888–1962) Russian strongman, professional wrestler, and animal trainer.
* Aleksander Zawadzki (1859–1926), Polish political and educational activist, publicist.
* Yitzhak Zuckerman (1915–1981), Polish–Israeli one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
* Robertas Žulpa (born 1960), Lithuanian swimmer, Olympic champion.
* Artūras Zuokas (born 1968), mayor of Vilnius city municipality (2000–2007 and 2011–2015), Lithuanian politician.