Kaunas
Kaunas ranks 250th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Potsdam, New Haven, Connecticut, and Rouen. The most famous people from Kaunas are Emmanuel Levinas, Emma Goldman, and Valdas Adamkus. The most famous people who died in Kaunas are Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, and Romas Kalanta. Kaunas has been the birth place of many basketball players, and athletes and the death place of many politicians, and religious figures. Kaunas is located in Lithuania.
People
Between 1863 and 1997, Kaunas was the birth place of 64 globally memorable people, including Emmanuel Levinas, Emma Goldman, and Valdas Adamkus. Additionaly, 13 globally memorable people have passed away in Kaunas including Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, and Romas Kalanta.
People Born in Kaunas
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Emmanuel Levinas
PHILOSOPHER
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 1
Emma Goldman
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1869 - 1940
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 2
Valdas Adamkus
POLITICIAN
1926 - Present
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 3
Vytautas Landsbergis
POLITICIAN
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 4
Moshe Arens
ENGINEER
1925 - 2019
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 5
Arvydas Sabonis
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1964 - Present
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 6
Audrys Bačkis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 7
Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1913 - 2006
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 8
Donatas Banionis
ACTOR
1924 - 2014
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 9
George Maciunas
PAINTER
1931 - 1978
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 10
Varvara Stepanova
PAINTER
1894 - 1958
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 11
Klara Zamenhof
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1863 - 1924
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kaunas
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Natalya Zasulskaya
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.42
Rank: 42
Rūta Paškauskienė
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 44
Silvester Belt
SINGER
1997 - Present
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 45
Kęstutis Marčiulionis
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1977 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 49
Inga Jankauskaitė
ACTOR
1981 - Present
HPI: 37.19
Rank: 55
Egidijus Kavaliauskas
BOXER
1988 - Present
HPI: 35.67
Rank: 57
People Deceased in Kaunas
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Aleksandras Stulginskis
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1969
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 1
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1871 - 1927
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 2
Romas Kalanta
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1953 - 1972
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 3
Jonas Staugaitis
POLITICIAN
1868 - 1952
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 4
Maironis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1862 - 1932
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 5
Stanisław Narutowicz
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1932
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 6
Tadas Ivanauskas
BIOLOGIST
1882 - 1971
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 7
Vincentas Sladkevičius
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1920 - 2000
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 8
Jonas Vileišis
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1942
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 9
Stepas Butautas
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1925 - 2001
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 10
Saliamonas Banaitis
POLITICIAN
1866 - 1933
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 11
Petras Klimas
POLITICIAN
1891 - 1969
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 12
Occupations
Most individuals born in present day Kaunaswere basketball players (18), athletes (12), politicians (5), actors (3), and painters (3), while most who died were politicians (6), religious figures (3), social activists (1), biologists (1), and basketball players (1).
Occupational Trends
Over the past 100 years, basketball players have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Kaunas, including Arvydas Sabonis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas. Whereas, throughout history, basketball players have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Kaunas, including Arvydas Sabonis, Šarūnas Jasikevičius, and Zydrunas Ilgauskas.
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Overlapping Lives
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Kaunas since 1700.
