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title full_name born died nationality occupation url
Elias Avery Lowe Elias Avery Lowe 1879 1969 Lithuanian palaeographer at the University of Oxford and Princeton University https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Avery_Lowe
Donald Kagan Donald Kagan 1932 2021 Lithuanian historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Kagan
David Wolffsohn David Wolffsohn 1855 1914 Lithuanian Jewish businessman, prominent early Zionist and second president of the Zionist Organization (ZO) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wolffsohn
Laurence Harvey Laurence Harvey 1928 1973 Lithuanian actor and film director https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Harvey
Aaron Klug Sir Aaron Klug 1926 2018 Lithuanian biophysicist and chemist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Klug
Mordecai Kaplan Mordecai Menahem Kaplan 1881 1983 Lithuanian rabbi, writer, Jewish educator, professor, theologian, philosopher, activist, and religious leader who founded the Reconstructionist branch of Judaism along with his son-in-law Ira Eisenstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Kaplan
Jack Soble Jack Soble 1903 1967 Lithuanian who, together with his brother Robert Soblen, penetrated Leon Trotsky's entourage for Soviet intelligence in the 1920s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Soble
Lyon Cohen Lyon Cohen 1868 1937 Lithuanian businessman and a philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyon_Cohen
Joseph Klausner Joseph Gedaliah Klausner 1874 1958 Lithuanian historian and professor of Hebrew literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Klausner
Meyer Schapiro Meyer Schapiro 1904 1996 Lithuanian art historian known for forging new art historical methodologies that incorporated an interdisciplinary approach to the study of works of art https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meyer_Schapiro
Abraham Cahan Abraham "Abe" Cahan 1860 1951 Lithuanian Jewish socialist newspaper editor, novelist, and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Cahan
Joseph Harmatz Joseph Harmatz 1925 2016 Lithuanian Jew who fought as a partisan fighter during World War II. After the war, he joined Nakam and plotted acts of revenge that were aimed at killing Nazis and other Germans to avenge Jewish deaths during the Holocaust https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Harmatz
Hermann Kallenbach Hermann Kallenbach 1871 1945 Lithuanian Jewish architect who was one of the foremost friends and associates of Mahatma Gandhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Kallenbach
Bernard Lown Bernard Lown 1921 2021 Lithuanian cardiologist and inventor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Lown
Lee Shubert Lee Shubert 1871 1953 Lithuanian theatre owner/operator and producer and the eldest of seven siblings of the theatrical Shubert family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Shubert
Hermann Schapira Zvi Hermann Schapira 1840 1898 Lithuanian rabbi, mathematician at the University of Heidelberg, and Zionist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Schapira
Nachman Dushanski Nachman Dushanski 1919 2008 Lithuanian officer of Soviet security agencies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nachman_Dushanski
Boris Schatz Boris Schatz 1866 1932 Lithuanian Jewish artist and sculptor who settled in Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Schatz
Isaac Ginsburg Isaac Ginsburg 1886 1975 Lithuanian ichthyologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Ginsburg
Vlado Perlemuter Vladislas "Vlado" Perlemuter 1904 2002 Lithuanian pianist and teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlado_Perlemuter
Lasar Segall Lasar Segall 1889 1957 Lithuanian Jewish painter, engraver and sculptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasar_Segall
Samuel Bak Samuel Bak 1933 n/a Lithuanian painter and writer who survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Israel in 1948 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Bak
David Geringas David Geringas 1946 n/a Lithuanian cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Geringas
Clara Rockmore Clara Reisenberg Rockmore 1911 1998 Lithuanian classical violin prodigy and a virtuoso performer of the theremin, an electronic musical instrument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Rockmore
Irena Veisaitė Irena Veisaitė 1928 2020 Lithuanian theatre scholar, intellectual and human rights activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irena_Veisaitė
Herschell Filipowski Herschell E. Filipowski 1816 1872 Lithuanian Jewish Hebraist, editor, mathematician, linguist and actuary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschell_Filipowski
Abraham Mapu Abraham Mapu 1808 1867 Lithuanian novelist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Mapu
Michel Kikoine Michel Kikoïne 1892 1968 Lithuanian Jewish-French painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Kikoine
Eduardas Rozentalis Eduardas Rozentalis 1963 n/a Lithuanian chess grandmaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardas_Rozentalis
Abram Rabinovich Abram Isaakovich Rabinovich 1878 1943 Lithuanian chess player https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Rabinovich
Bluma Zeigarnik Bluma Wulfovna Zeigarnik null null Lithuanian psychologist and psychiatrist, a member of the Berlin School of experimental psychology and Vygotsky Circle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluma_Zeigarnik
Vyacheslav Ganelin Vyacheslav (Slava) Ganelin 1944 n/a Lithuanian jazz pianist, composer, and pedagogue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyacheslav_Ganelin
Izis Bidermanas Israëlis Bidermanas 1911 1980 Lithuanian Jewish photographer who worked in France and is best known for his photographs of French circuses and of Paris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izis_Bidermanas
Jacob ben Wolf Kranz Jacob ben Wolf Kranz of Dubno 1741 1804 Lithuanian (Belarus)-born preacher (maggid) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_ben_Wolf_Kranz
Sammy Marks Samuel Marks 1844 1920 Lithuanian industrialist and financier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Marks
Leonidas Donskis Leonidas Donskis 1962 2016 Lithuanian Jewish philosopher, political theorist, historian of ideas, social analyst, and political commentator, professor of politics and head of "VDU Academia Cum Laude" at Vytautas Magnus University, Honorary Consul of Finland in Kaunas and deputy chairman of the Lithuanian Jewish Community https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas_Donskis
Emanuelis Zingeris Emanuelis Zingeris 1957 n/a Lithuanian philologist, museum director, politician, signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania, currently serving as a Member of the Seimas (1990–2000 and since 2004), chairman of its foreign affairs committee (since 2010), Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (since 2009) and President of the Parliamentary Forum of the Community of Democracies (since 2010) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuelis_Zingeris
Isakas Vistaneckis Isakas Vistaneckis 1910 2000 Lithuanian Jewish chess player who held the chess title of Correspondence Chess International Master (IM) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isakas_Vistaneckis
Pinchus Kremegne Pinchus Krémègne, aka Pinchus Kremegne 1890 1981 Lithuanian Jewish-French artist, primarily known as a sculptor, painter and lithographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinchus_Kremegne
Katya Virshilas Katya Virshilas 1983 n/a Lithuanian dancer and actress https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katya_Virshilas
Martynas Echodas Martynas Echodas 1997 n/a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Reyer Venezia of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroCup Basketball https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martynas_Echodas
Avraham Dov Ber Lebensohn Abraham Dov Ber Lebensohn 1878 n/a Lithuanian Jewish Hebraist, poet and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avraham_Dov_Ber_Lebensohn
Julius Brutzkus Julius Davidovich Brutzkus 1870 1951 Lithuanian Jewish historian, scholar, and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Brutzkus
Chaim Yitzchak Bloch Hacohen Hayyim Yitzhak HaCohen Bloch 1864 1948 Lithuanian prominent born rabbi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Yitzchak_Bloch_Hacohen
Max Margolis Max Leopold Margolis null null Lithuanian Jewish philologist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Margolis
David Borwein David Borwein 1924 2021 Lithuanian mathematician, known for his research in the summability theory of series and integrals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Borwein
Eliakum Zunser Eliakum Zunser 1840 1913 Lithuanian Jewish Yiddish-language poet, songwriter, and badchen who lived out the last part of his life in the U.S. A 1905 article in The New York Times lauded him as "the father of Yiddish poetry" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliakum_Zunser
Aleksandras Štromas Alexander Shtromas 1931 1999 Lithuanian prominent political scientist, dissident, professor and author https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandras_Štromas
Josef Glazman Josef Glazman 1913 1943 Lithuanian Jewish resistance leader in the Vilna Ghetto https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Glazman
Harold Pupkewitz Harold Pupkewitz 1915 2012 Lithuanian born, Namibian entrepreneur and member of the President's Economic Advisory Council https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Pupkewitz
Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob Isaac ben Jacob Benjacob 1801 1863 Lithuanian Jewish Maskil, best known as a bibliographer, author, and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_ben_Jacob_Benjacob
Aleksandras Machtas Aleksandras Ziselis Machtas 1892 1973 Lithuanian chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandras_Machtas
Isai Scheinberg Isai Scheinberg 1946 1947 Lithuanian Jewish founder of the PokerStars online poker site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isai_Scheinberg
Benjamin Schlesinger Benjamin "Ben" Schlesinger null null Lithuanian trade union official and newspaper office manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Schlesinger
Icchokas Meras Icchokas Meras 1934 2014 Lithuanian writer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icchokas_Meras
Mordecai Aaron Günzburg Mordecai Aaron Günzburg 1795 1846 Lithuanian Jewish writer, translator, and educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Aaron_Günzburg
Jacob Brafman Iakov Aleksandrovich Brafman 1825 1879 Lithuanian Jew from near Minsk, who became notable for converting first to Lutheranism and then the Russian Orthodox Church https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Brafman
William S. Evans William Simon Evans 1884 1984 Lithuanian Jewish-American lawyer, politician, and judge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Evans
George Kadish George Kadish 1910 1997 Lithuanian Jewish photographer who documented life in the Kovno Ghetto during the Holocaust, the period of the Nazi German genocide against Jews https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Kadish
Judah Idel Scherschewsky Judah Idel Scherschewsky 1804 1866 Lithuanian Talmudist and Hebraist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judah_Idel_Scherschewsky
Sara Ginaite Sara Ginaite-Rubinson 1924 2018 Lithuanian Jewish-born Canadian author and academic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Ginaite
Yom Tov Lipman Lipkin Yom Tov Lipman Lipkin 1840 none Lithuanian Jewish mathematician and inventor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Tov_Lipman_Lipkin
Solomon Rosenthal Solomon (Shlomo) Konradovich Rosenthal 1890 1955 Lithuanian chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Rosenthal
Jacob Hiatt Jacob "Jack" Hiatt 1905 2001 Lithuanian businessman and philanthropist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Hiatt
Zvi Kolitz Zvi Kolitz 1912 2002 Lithuanian Jewish film and theatrical producer and a writer whose short story Yosl Rakover Talks to God became a classic of Holocaust literature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvi_Kolitz
Isaac Salkinsohn Isaac Edward Salkinsohn 1820 1883 Lithuanian Jew who converted to Christianity, and lived during the Jewish Enlightenment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Salkinsohn
Michael Noyk Michael Noyk 1884 1966 Lithuanian republican politician and lawyer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Noyk
Samuel Mendelsohn Samuel Mendelsohn 1850 1922 Lithuanian Jewish rabbi and scholar born near Kaunas, Lithuania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Mendelsohn
Chaim Dov Rabinowitz Chaim Dov Rabinowitz 1909 2001 Lithuanian born rabbi who authored a monumental commentary on the Hebrew Bible (Daat Soferim) and a history of the Jewish people (From Nechemia to the Present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Dov_Rabinowitz
David Botwinik David Botwinik 1920 2022 Lithuanian composer of Yiddish music and music teacher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Botwinik
Luba Kadison Luba Kadison Buloff 1906 2006 Lithuanian Jewish actress, active for decades in Yiddish theatre, in both Europe and the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luba_Kadison
Esther Vilenska Esther Vilenska 1918 1975 Lithuanian Jewish Israeli communist politician, journalist and author who served as a member of the Knesset for Maki between 1951 and 1959 and then again from 1961 to 1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Vilenska
Joseph Gurwin Joseph Gurwin 1920 2009 Lithuanian textile executive who became a philanthropist who contributed to Jewish causes in the United States and Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gurwin
Isakas Anolikas Isakas Anolikas 1903 1943 Lithuanian cyclist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isakas_Anolikas
Yaacov Bleiman Yaacov (Yacov) Bleiman 1947 2004 Lithuanian chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaacov_Bleiman
Naphtali Friedman Naphtali Friedman 1863 1921 Lithuanian Jewish lawyer and politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphtali_Friedman
Zoma Baitler Zoma Baitler 1908 1994 Lithuanian artist and diplomat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoma_Baitler
Arno Nadel Arno Nadel 1878 1943 Lithuanian musicologist, composer, playwright, poet, and painter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arno_Nadel
Emjo Basshe Emjo Basshe 1898 1939 Lithuanian Jewish playwright of Spanish ancestry and theatre director who co-founded New York City's New Playwrights Theatre in 1926 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emjo_Basshe
Nesse Godin Nesse Godin (Galperin) 1928 n/a Lithuanian Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesse_Godin
Benjamin J. Bialostotzky Benjamin Jacob Bialostotzky 1893 1962 Lithuanian Jewish-American Yiddish poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_J._Bialostotzky
Mendel Balberyszski Mendel Balberyszski 1894 1966 Lithuanian Jew, Polish politician and survivor of the Holocaust in Lithuania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendel_Balberyszski
Julius Rappoport Julius Alexander Rappoport null null Lithuanian silversmith and Fabergé workmaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Rappoport
Alexander Ziskind Maimon Alexander Ziskind Maimon 1809 1887 Lithuanian Jewish author and scholar of the Talmud and Mishnah https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Ziskind_Maimon
Chaim Aronson Chaim Aronson 1825 1893 Lithuanian Jew who lived during the time when Lithuania belonged to the Russian Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaim_Aronson
Angelika Sher Angelika Sher 1969 n/a Lithuanian photographer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelika_Sher
Vadim Chaimovich Vadim Chaimovich 1978 n/a Lithuanian pianist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vadim_Chaimovich
Si Frumkin Si Frumkin 1930 2009 Lithuanian Jew who survived imprisonment at the Dachau Nazi concentration camp, and emigrated to the United States, where he became a prominent textile manufacturer and activist involved in issues relating to Soviet Jewry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_Frumkin
Hannah Bluma Sultz Hannah Bluma Sultz null null Lithuanian Hebrew poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Bluma_Sultz
Hyman Goldin Rabbi Hyman E. Goldin, LL.B. 1881 1971 Lithuanian Orthodox Rabbi, attorney and Judaic scholar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman_Goldin
Oscar Blum Oscar Blum 1886 none Lithuanian chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Blum
Macha Rolnikas Macha Rolnikas 1927 2016 Lithuanian writer and Holocaust survivor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha_Rolnikas
Dora Askowith Dora Askowith 1884 1958 Lithuanian college professor, author and historian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_Askowith
Danielius Dolskis Danielius Dolskis 1891 1931 Lithuanian popular singer noted in pre-revolutionary Russia and in inter-war Lithuania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielius_Dolskis
Dov Behr Manischewitz Dov Behr Manischewitz 1856 1857 Lithuanian rabbi and businessman, known for his innovations in the manufacture of matzah, and for his creation of the company bearing his name https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dov_Behr_Manischewitz
David Apotheker David Apotheker 1855 1911 Lithuanian Yiddish and Hebrew humorist, poet, journalist, and printer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Apotheker
Matafia Šeinbergas Matafia Šeinbergas 1909 2002 Lithuanian chess player, medical scientist (immunologist, microbiologist, virologist), and the father of Isai Scheinberg, founder of PokerStars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matafia_Šeinbergas
Maksas Soloveičikas Maksas Soloveičikas 1883 1957 Lithuanian Jewish Zionist activist, journalist, and a politician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksas_Soloveičikas
Leo Hanin Arie Leo Hanin 1913 2008 Lithuanian political activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Hanin
David Radner David ben Yirmiyahu Radner 1848 1901 Lithuanian Jewish writer and translator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Radner
Motke Chabad Motke Chabad 1820 1880 Lithuanian Jewish (litvak) joker (badchen) from Vilnius known from many Jewish jokes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motke_Chabad
Tarhumas Murnikas Tarchumas "Tadas" Murnikas null null Lithuanian cyclist and a member of the Lithuanian Sports Club Makabi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarhumas_Murnikas
Samson Rausuk Samson H. Rausuk 1793 1877 Lithuanian librarian, Hebraist, Talmudic scholar, and poet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Rausuk
Sofia Gurevitsh Sofia Gurevitsh 1880 1942 Lithuanian Jewish educator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Gurevitsh
Benjamin Fuenn Benjamin Isaac Fuenn 1848 1901 Lithuanian physician https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Fuenn
Max (Mordechai) Farbmann Max (Mordechai) Farbmann 1886 1950 Lithuanian Jewish sculptor who achieved prominence in Europe, particularly Vienna, Austria, during the early 20th century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_(Mordechai)_Farbmann
Bernardas Fridmanas Bernardas Fridmanas or Bernard Naftal Friedman 1859 1939 Lithuanian Jewish lawyer, judge, journalist, politician and an activist of the Jewish minority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardas_Fridmanas
Cemach Feldstein Cemach Feldstein 1884 1944 Lithuanian educator, author, an education reformist, a culture Zionist activist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cemach_Feldstein
Leonas Koganas Moisiejus Leonas Koganas 1894 1956 Lithuanian Jewish doctor specializing in lung diseases, particularly tuberculosis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonas_Koganas
Solomon Globus Solomon M. Globus 1856 none Lithuanian chess master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Globus
Max Talmey Max Talmey 1869 1941 Lithuanian Jewish ophthalmologist best known for introducing Albert Einstein to fields and books on natural science and philosophy, and his success in treating cataracts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Talmey
Leon Kamaiky Leon Kamaiky 1864 1928 Lithuanian Jewish-American newspaper owner and publisher https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Kamaiky