List of Famous people born in Kaunas County, Lithuania
Haruki Sugihara
Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Ludwig Adolf Friedrich, 2nd Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg, from 1861 Prince zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn, was a Russo-German aristocrat. Among his properties were the famed Mir Castle Complex and Verkiai Palace.
Max Bernhard Weinstein
Max Bernhard Weinstein was a German physicist and philosopher. He is best known as an opponent of Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity, and for having written a broad examination of various theological theories, including extensive discussion of pandeism.
Vytautas Landsbergis
Vytautas Landsbergis [ˈvʲîːtɐʊtɐs ˈɫɐ̂ˑnʲdzʲbʲɛrʲɡʲɪs] (
listen) is a Lithuanian politician and former Member of the European Parliament. He was the first head of state of Lithuania after its independence declaration from the Soviet Union, and served as the Head of the Lithuanian Parliament Seimas. He has written 20 books on a variety of topics, including a biography of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, as well as works on politics and music. He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism, and a member of the international advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Artūras Rimkevičius
Artūras Rimkevičius was a Lithuanian footballer who played as a striker.
Marius Jampolskis
Marius Jampolskis is a Lithuanian actor and TV host.
Alain Stanké
Alain Stanké, is a Canadian francophone television and radio host and commentator, writer, editor, producer, interviewer and journalist. Born in Kaunas (Lithuania), he immigrated to Montreal in 1951.
Visvaldas Matijošaitis
Visvaldas Matijošaitis is a Lithuanian politician, Mayor of Kaunas city. Leader, Founder and Chairman of Vieningas Kaunas, Chairman for Mentor Lietuva Asociacija, President at Žalgirio Fondas Asociacija and President for Lithuanian Cycling Federation. He founded company group Vičiūnų grupė in Vičiūnai.
Aharon Amir
Aharon Amir was an Israeli Hebrew poet, a literary translator and a writer.
Gintautas Umaras
Gintautas Umaras is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4 km individual pursuit and in the men's team pursuit, alongside Viatcheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Nelyubin and Artūras Kasputis. During the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo sports society in Klaipėda.