List of Famous people born in Kaunas County, Lithuania

Rūta Meilutytė is a retired Lithuanian swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and world record-holder. She is the current world record holder in the 100 metre breaststroke.

Emmanuel Levinas was a French philosopher of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry who is known for his work related to Jewish philosophy, existentialism, ethics, phenomenology and ontology.

Louis Joshua Washkansky was a South African man who was the recipient of the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, and the first patient to regain consciousness following the operation. Washkansky lived for 18 days and was able to speak with his wife and reporters.

Ieva Zasimauskaitė is a Lithuanian singer who represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with her song "When We're Old". She had previously participated in the Lithuanian national selection for the Eurovision in 2013, 2014, 2016, and 2017.

Mantas Kalnietis is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League and the EuroCup. He is also a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team. He prefers the point guard position, but can play shooting guard as well.

Leopold Godowsky was a Polish-American virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher. He was one of the most highly regarded performers of his time, known for his theories concerning the application of relaxed weight and economy of motion within pianistic technique – principles later propagated by Godowsky's pupils, such as Heinrich Neuhaus.

Jonas Augustino Gricius was a Lithuanian cinematographer, known for his work on a number of classical films starting from the late 1950s, including Hamlet, The Girl and the Echo, and The Blue Bird.

Remigijus Morkevičius was a Lithuanian mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He has fought for the Lithuanian branch of RINGS, ZST, and K-1 World MAX.

Czesław Miłosz was a Polish-American poet, prose writer, translator, and diplomat. Regarded as one of the great poets of the 20th century, he won the 1980 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its citation, the Swedish Academy called Miłosz a writer who "voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts".

Klara Silbernik Zamenhof (1863-1924) was a Polish Esperantist. She was married to L. L. Zamenhof, the inventor of the language Esperanto.