List of Famous people born in Lithuania

Hagı I Giray was the founder of the Crimean Khanate and the Giray dynasty of Crimea. As the Golden Horde was breaking up he established himself in Crimea and spent most of his life fighting off other warlords. He was usually allied with the Lithuanians.

Meir Vilner was an Israeli communist politician and Jewish leader of the Communist Party of Israel (Maki), at one time a powerful force in the country. He was the youngest and longest surviving signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.

Stanislovas Goštautas was a notable member of the Lithuanian nobility and a high-ranking member of the Lithuanian administration. Born to Albertas Goštautas, the Voivode of Vilnius and Princess Sofia of Vereya, he was the last direct male descendant of the – once mighty – Goštautai family.

Stanislovas Kęsgaila Jonaitis was a Lithuanian nobleman, son of Jonas Kęsgaila from the Kęsgailos family. Stanislovas Kęsgaila was the Elder of Samogitia (1486–1522), Grand Hetman of Lithuania (1501–1502), castellan of Trakai (1499–1522) and Vilnius (1522–1526).

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 was an Israeli Hebrew poet, a literary translator and a writer.

Abraham Alexander Schneider was a violinist, conductor and educator. Born to a Lithuanian Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania, he later moved to the United States as a member of the Budapest String Quartet.