List of Famous people born in Lithuania

Jonas Kęsgaila

First Name Jonas
Last Name Kęsgaila
Born on January 1, 1415
Died on November 30, 1484 (aged 69)
Born in Lithuania

Jonas Kęsgaila or Kęsgailaitis was a Lithuanian nobleman, son of Mykolas Kęsgaila of the Kęsgaila family. He fathered two sons and two daughters.

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Max Bernhard Weinstein

First Name Max
Last Name Weinstein
Born on January 1, 1852
Died on January 1, 1918 (aged 66)

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.

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Janusz Radziwiłł

First Name Janusz
Last Name Radziwiłł
Born on December 12, 1612
Died on December 31, 1655 (aged 43)

Prince Janusz Radziwiłł, also known as Janusz the Second or Janusz the Younger was a noble and magnate in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Throughout his life he occupied a number of posts in the state administration, including that of Court Chamberlain of Lithuania, Field Hetman of Lithuania and Grand Hetman of Lithuania. He was also a voivode of Vilna Voivodeship, as well as a starost of Samogitia, Kamieniec, Kazimierz and Sejwy. He was a protector of the Protestant religion in Lithuania and sponsor of many Protestant schools and churches.

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Žydrūnas Karčemarskas

First Name Žydrūnas
Born on May 24, 1983 (age 42)
Born in Lithuania
Height 189 cm | 6'2

Žydrūnas Karčemarskas is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Between 2003 and 2013, he earned 66 caps with Lithuania national team.

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Joe Slovo

First Name Joe
Last Name Slovo
Born on May 23, 1926
Died on January 6, 1995 (aged 68)

Joe Slovo was a South African politician, and an opponent of the apartheid system. A Marxist-Leninist, he was a long-time leader and theorist in the South African Communist Party (SACP), a leading member of the African National Congress (ANC), and a commander of the ANC's military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK).

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Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander

First Name Friedrich
Last Name Argelander
Born on March 22, 1799
Died on February 17, 1875 (aged 75)
Born in Lithuania

Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander was a German astronomer. He is known for his determinations of stellar brightnesses, positions, and distances.

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Vytautas Landsbergis

First Name Vytautas
Born on October 18, 1932 (age 93)

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.

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Albertas Goštautas

First Name Albertas
Born on January 1, 1455
Died on January 1, 1539 (aged 84)

Albertas Goštautas was a Lithuanian noble of the Goštautai family from ethnic Lithuanian lands of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Voivode of Navahrudak since 1508, Voivode of Polotsk since 1514, Voivode of Trakai since 1519 and Voivode of Vilnius since 1522. In 1522 he became Grand Chancellor of Lithuania. He was the initiator and the editor of the First Statute of Lithuania, as a successor of his staunch opponent Mikolaj Radziwiłł, who rivaled him in the precedence in the Council of Lords. His subsequent rival in influence in the Grand Duchy was Konstanty Ostrogski.

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Artūras Rimkevičius

First Name Artūras
Born on April 14, 1983
Died on September 23, 2019 (aged 36)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Artūras Rimkevičius was a Lithuanian footballer who played as a striker.

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Kazimierz Leon Sapieha

First Name Kazimierz
Died on January 19, 1656

Kazimierz Leon Sapieha (1609–1656) was a nobleman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, a part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Royal Secretary and Grand Writer of Lithuania from 1631, Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1637, Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania from 1645.

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