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Born January 22, 1899 • Lithuania
Died January 26, 1980 (aged 81) • Moscow • Russia
Rolandas Paksas
president of Lithuania
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Dalia Grybauskaitė
president of Lithuania
Valdas Adamkus
president of Lithuania
Smetona, Antanas
Antanas Smetona
president of Lithuania
Vincas Krėvė-Mickievičius
Lithuanian author
Kazys Grinius
Lithuanian statesman
Basanavičius, portrait by A. Varnas; in the Museum of History and Ethnography, Vilnius, Lithuania
Jonas Basanavičius
Lithuanian physician
Simanas Daukantas
Lithuanian historian
Mindaugas
ruler of Lithuania
Vincas Kudirka
Lithuanian patriot
Antanas Merkys
prime minister of Lithuania
Władysław II Jagiełło, sarcophagus figure, Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
Władysław II Jagiełło
king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania
Algirdas
Algirdas
grand duke of Lithuania
Vytautas the Great
Vytautas the Great
Lithuanian leader
Elijah ben Solomon
Elijah ben Solomon
Lithuanian-Jewish scholar
Senda Berenson
American educator
Kęstutis
duke of Lithuania
Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
American rabbi
Gediminas
grand duke of Lithuania
Svetlana Beriosova
Svetlana Beriosova
British dancer