List of Famous people born in Lithuania

Kęstutis

Born on January 1, 1297
Died on August 15, 1382 (aged 85)
Born in Lithuania

Kęstutis was a ruler of medieval Lithuania. He was the Duke of Trakai and governed the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, 1342–1382, together with his brother Algirdas, and with his nephew Jogaila. He ruled over the Lithuanians and Ruthenians.

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Ieva Zasimauskaitė

First Name Ieva
Born on July 2, 1993 (age 32)

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.

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Mantas Kalnietis

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.

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Eva Broido

First Name Eva
Last Name Broido
Born on November 7, 1876
Died on September 15, 1941 (aged 64)

Eva L'vovna Gordon Broido was a Russian revolutionary, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Menshevik Party in 1917.

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Leopold Godowsky

First Name Leopold
Last Name Godowsky
Born on February 13, 1870
Died on November 21, 1938 (aged 68)

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.

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Yana Maksimava

First Name Yana
Last Name Maksimava
Born on January 9, 1989 (age 37)
Height 182 cm | 6'0

Yana Maksimava is a Lithuanian-Belarusian heptathlete. She was born in Vilnius, the capital of the then Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. She is married to fellow Belarusian athlete Andrei Krauchanka. Amid the forced repatriation and subsequent defection of Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2021, Maksimava announced that she and her husband would also not be returning to Belarus and would seek asylum in Germany, where the couple trains.

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Marian Turski

First Name Marian
Last Name Turski
Born on June 26, 1926 (age 99)

Marian Turski is a Polish historian and journalist who served as the editor-in-chief of Sztandar Młodych, a nationwide daily newspaper of the Union of Polish Youth in 1956–1957 and from 1958 onwards, a columnist for the communist weekly Polityka as the head of the weekly's historical department.

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Ksenya Tripolitova

First Name Ksenya
Born on May 7, 1915
Died on April 9, 2020 (aged 104)

Ksenia Arturovna Tripolitova was a Russian-born French ballet dancer. She was born in Vilna, Russian Empire. She began studying in the studio of Lyubov Yegorova. She was known for touring with her husband Nikolai Tripolitov during the 1930s and 1940s. In the 1960s, she began a solo career. Tripolitova was known for performing during World War II when Nazis were fighting in France.

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Andrei of Polotsk

First Name Andrei
Last Name Polotsk
Born on November 30, 1324
Died on August 12, 1399 (aged 74)

Andrei of Polotsk was the eldest son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk. He was the Prince of Pskov and Polotsk (1342–1387). As the eldest son of the Grand Duke, Andrei claimed his right to the throne after his father's death in 1377. Algirdas left Jogaila, his eldest son with his second wife Uliana of Tver, as the rightful heir. Andrei's rivalry with Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania and later King of Poland, eventually led to his demise.

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Jonas Gricius

First Name Jonas
Last Name Gricius
Born on August 5, 1928
Died on February 1, 2021 (aged 92)

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.

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