List of Famous people born in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Darius Labanauskas
Darius Labanauskas is a Lithuanian darts player who plays in the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events. In 2015, he was the WDF world number 1.
Viktor Sukhodrev
Viktor Mikhaylovich Sukhodrev was a Russian–English language interpreter for Soviet leaders Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as high-ranking Soviet politicians including Alexei Kosygin, Andrei Gromyko, Anastas Mikoyan, and Frol Kozlov.
Vytautas Barkauskas
Vytautas Barkauskas was a Lithuanian composer and Professor of Composition of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Arkady Bakhin
Arkady Viktotovich Bakhin is a retired military officer of the Russian Federation with the rank of General of the Army.
Kazimieras Uoka
Kazimieras Uoka was a Lithuanian politician and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Valdas Adamkus
Valdas Adamkus is a Lithuanian politician. He was the President of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.
Linas Kleiza
Linas Kleiza is a Lithuanian professional basketball executive and former player. Standing at 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m), he played at the small forward and power forward positions. In 2010, he was the Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy winner and a member of the All-EuroLeague First Team.
Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner
Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner was a Jewish Russian Empire-born bacteriologist and physician, known for her research on tuberculosis and public health. She was the second woman to become a Professor in Prussia.
Jonas Mačiulis
Jonas Mačiulis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 1.98 m, he mainly plays at the small forward position. As a member of the senior Lithuanian national team, he earned an All-EuroBasket Team selection in 2015, as Lithuania won the silver medal.
Vytautas Žalakevičius
Vytautas Žalakevičius was a Lithuanian film director and writer. His 1973 film That Sweet Word: Liberty! won the Golden Prize at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.