List of personalities of the city of Kaunas
The following list contains people who were born in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas , as well as those who lived and worked there for a time. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Kaunas
To 1900
- Stanislaw Czerniewicz (1728–1785), Vicar General of the Societas Jesu in Russia
- Ludwig Adolf Friedrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1799–1866), field marshal in Russia
- Abraham Mapu (1808–1867), Hebrew writer
- Oskar Minkowski (1858–1931), important physician
- Hermann Minkowski (1864–1909), German mathematician and physicist
- Boris Schatz (1866–1932), Jewish artist, founder of the Bezalel Academy
- Emma Goldman (1869–1940), American anarchist
- Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner (1871–1935), German microbiologist
- Jāzeps Mediņš (1877–1947), Latvian composer
- Abram Deborin (1881–1963), Soviet philosopher
- Barnett Janner (1892–1982), English politician
- Rosalija Schor (1894–1939), Soviet linguist and literary historian
- Varvara Stepanova (1894–1958), Russian painter
- Antonietta Raphaël (1895–1975), Italian sculptor and painter
- Ben Shahn (1898–1969), American painter and printmaker
- Vladimir Tschischewski (1899–1972), Russian aeronautical engineer
1901 to 1950
- Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), French philosopher
- Zalman Grinberg (1912-1983), Lithuanian-American doctor
- Nina von Stauffenberg (1913–2006), wife of the Nazi resistance fighter
- Lia Frank (1921–2012), German writer
- Ane (* 1924), German draftsman and caricaturist
- Donatas Banionis (1924-2014), actor
- Moshe Arens (1925–2019), Israeli politician, minister
- Jacques Sernas (1925–2015), Lithuanian-French actor
- Valdas Adamkus (* 1926), President of Lithuania
- Zwi Katz (* 1927), Holocaust survivor and book author
- Aušra Augustinavičiūtė (1927–2005), founder of socionics
- Dalia Grinkevičiūtė (1927–1987), doctor and writer
- Abba Naor (* 1928), Holocaust survivor
- Algimantas Nasvytis (1928–2018), architect and politician
- Leonardas Zelčius (1928–2015), actor
- Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), American economist
- Bruno Konrad (1930–2007), German painter, graphic artist and university professor
- Vytautas Barkauskas (1931-2020), composer
- George Maciunas (1931–1978), American artist
- Arūnas Žebriūnas (1931–2013), film director and screenwriter
- Vytautas Landsbergis (* 1932), politician
- Rimgaudas Abraitis (* 1934), energy economist
- Peter von Krockow (1935–2018), German fencer and doctor
- Audrys Bačkis (* 1937), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Władysław Komar (1940–1998), Polish athlete
- Victor Palciauskas (* 1941), chess player
- Arthur Gustav Hermann (* 1944), German-Lithuanian author, editor and historian
- Jadvyga Putinienė (* 1945), javelin thrower
From 1951
- Arvydas Sekmokas (* 1951), manager and politician
- Mindaugas Urbaitis (* 1952), composer
- Petras Baršauskas (* 1953), engineer, professor and rector
- Juozas Bernatonis (* 1953), social democratic politician and diplomat
- Arvydas Garbaravičius (* 1953), Mayor of Kaunas (2003-07)
- Arkadi Bachin (* 1956), Russian army general
- Gintaras Beresnevičius (1961-2006), writer
- Jonas Vytautas Žukas (* 1962), General
- Loreta Anilionytė-Lozuraitienė (* 1963), philosopher
- Gintautas Umaras (* 1963), former racing cyclist
- Arvydas Sabonis (born 1964), basketball player (NBA)
- Valdas Ivanauskas (* 1966), football coach and player
- Arūnas Gelūnas (* 1968), philosopher, painter, graphic artist, diplomat and politician
- Vigindas Petkevičius (* 1970), German handball player and coach
- Saulius Skvernelis (* 1970), administrative lawyer and politician
- Kęstutis Kėvalas (* 1972), Roman Catholic clergyman, Archbishop of Kaunas
- Antanas Guoga (* 1973), Lithuanian-Australian poker player, entrepreneur and politician
- Žydrūnas Ilgauskas (* 1975), basketball player (NBA)
- Darius Labanauskas (* 1976), professional dart player (PDC)
- Rūta Paškauskienė (* 1977), table tennis player
- Ignas Dedura (* 1978), football player
- Marius Sabaliauskas (* 1978), racing cyclist
- Giedrimas Jeglinskas (* 1979), politician
- Andrius Velička (* 1979), football player
- Marius Stankevičius (* 1981), football player
- Gintarė Scheidt (* 1982), sailor
- Kęstutis Navickas (* 1984), badminton player
- Rasa Vaitkevičiūtė (* 1985), politician
- Salomėja Zaksaitė (* 1985), chess player, sports criminal lawyer and criminologist
- Markus Palionis (* 1987), soccer player
- Povilas Babarskas (* 1988), handball player
- Donatas Motiejūnas (* 1990), basketball player (NBA)
- Aurimas Didžbalis (* 1991), weightlifter
- Andrius Gudžius (* 1991), discus thrower
- Ieva Zasimauskaitė (* 1993), singer (ESC 2018)
- Gerdas Babarskas (* 1994), handball player
- Tomas Laurušas (* 1996), chess player
- Rūta Meilutytė (* 1997), swimmer
Personalities who worked in Kaunas
- Maironis , actually Jonas Mačiulis (1862–1932), national poet and Catholic theologian, professor at the University of Lithuania
- Stasys Šimkus (1887–1943), composer; Composition professor at the conservatory and conductor at the Kaunas State Opera
- Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), Lithuanian-American prehistorian, studied a. a. in Kaunas, honorary doctorate from the Vytautas Magnus University Kaunas
- Sigitas Tamkevičius SJ (* 1938), Roman Catholic religious chaplain and emeritus Archbishop of Kaunas
- Vladimir Romanov (* 1947), Russian-Lithuanian banker