List of Famous people born in Vilnius County, Lithuania
Daniel Estulin
Daniel Estulin is a Lithuanian-born conspiracy theorist whose main interest is the Bilderberg Group, an annual invitation-only conference of the elites in the fields of business, finance, media, military and politics. He is known for his extensive works on this group, having written a book called "The True Story of the Bilderberg Group", as well as for his live seminars throughout the world. Estulin wrote The True Story of the Bilderberg Group, purportedly a report on the nature and meetings of the world’s most powerful people. According to Estulin's book, the secretive Bilderbergers have been making major political, economical and social decisions since their first gathering in 1954.
Boris Koverda
Boris Sofronovich Kowerda, also known as Koverda, was a White émigré, monarchist, editor, and proofreader convicted of murdering Pyotr Voykov, Soviet ambassador to Poland in 1927 in Warsaw.
Bernard Ładysz
Bernard Ładysz was a Polish bass-baritone and actor. He performed internationally at major opera houses and festivals, known for the title roles of Mozart's Don Giovanni and Mussorgski's Boris Godunov. His recordings include Lucia di Lammermoor alongside Maria Callas. He took part in the world premieres of Penderecki's opera The Devils of Loudon at the Hamburg State Opera and the bass solo in his St Luke Passion at the Salzburg Festival. As an actor, he played in several films such as The Promised Land in 1974.
Nadia Reisenberg
Nadia Reisenberg Sherman was an American pianist of Lithuanian birth.
Gediminas
Gediminas was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1315 or 1316 until his death. He is credited with founding this political entity and expanding its territory which later spanned the area ranging from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea. Also seen as one of the most significant individuals in early Lithuanian history, he was responsible for both building Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and establishing a dynasty that later came to rule other European countries such as Poland, Hungary and Bohemia.
Milda Vainiutė
Milda Vainiutė is a Lithuanian legal scholar and politician.
Boris Skossyreff
Boris Mikhailovich Skossyreff was a Russian adventurer, international swindler and pretender who attempted to seize the monarchy of the Principality of Andorra during the early 1930s, styling himself Boris I of Andorra.
Julian Rachlin
Julian Rachlin is a Lithuanian-born violinist, violist and conductor.
Alexandra of Lithuania
Alexandra was the youngest daughter of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife, Uliana of Tver. Though Alexandra's exact date of birth is not known, it is thought that she was born in the late 1360s or early 1370s. In 1387, she married Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, and bore him thirteen children.
Lasar Segall
Lasar Segall was a Lithuanian Jewish and Brazilian painter, engraver and sculptor. Segall's work is derived from impressionism, expressionism and modernism. His most significant themes were depictions of human suffering, war, persecution and prostitution.