Kaunas
Kaunas ranks 222nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Bogotá, Sweden, and Bremen. Memorable people born in Kaunas include Emmanuel Levinas, Emma Goldman, and Vytautas Landsbergis. Memorable people who died in Kaunas include Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, and Alexei Lvov. Kaunas has been the birth place of many basketball players and politicians and the death place of many politicians and religious figures. Kaunas is located in Lithuania.
Kaunas is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life. Kaunas was the largest city and the centre of a county in the Duchy of Trakai of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Trakai Palatinate since 1413. In the Russian Empire, it was the capital of the Kaunas Governorate from 1843 to 1915. Read more on Wikipedia
Between 1863 and 1997, Kaunas was the birth place of 49 globally memorable people, including Emmanuel Levinas, Emma Goldman, and Vytautas Landsbergis. Additionaly, 11 globally memorable people have passed away in Kaunas including Aleksandras Stulginskis, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, and Alexei Lvov.
People Born in Kaunas
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Emmanuel Levinas
1906 - 1995
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 1
Emma Goldman
1869 - 1940
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 2
Vytautas Landsbergis
1932 - Present
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 3
Nikolai Ostrovsky
1904 - 1936
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 4
Valdas Adamkus
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 5
Moshe Arens
1925 - 2019
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 6
Arvydas Sabonis
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 7
Donatas Banionis
1924 - 2014
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 8
George Maciunas
1931 - 1978
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 9
Audrys Bačkis
1937 - Present
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 10
Varvara Stepanova
1894 - 1958
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 11
Klara Zamenhof
1863 - 1924
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 12
Newly Added People Born in Kaunas
Go to all RankingsKlara Zamenhof
1863 - 1924
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 12
Vlado Perlemuter
1904 - 2002
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 13
Irena Veisaitė
1928 - 2020
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 24
Stepas Butautas
1925 - 2001
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 29
Tomas Masiulis
1975 - Present
HPI: 29.29
Rank: 42
Mindaugas Mizgaitis
1979 - Present
HPI: 28.21
Rank: 43
Edgaras Ulanovas
1992 - Present
HPI: 25.02
Rank: 47
People Deceased in Kaunas
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Aleksandras Stulginskis
1885 - 1969
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 1
Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius
1871 - 1927
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 2
Alexei Lvov
1798 - 1870
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 3
Maironis
1862 - 1932
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 4
Jonas Staugaitis
1868 - 1952
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 5
Romas Kalanta
1953 - 1972
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 6
Vincentas Sladkevičius
1920 - 2000
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 7
Stepas Butautas
1925 - 2001
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 8
Petras Klimas
1891 - 1969
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 9
Saliamonas Banaitis
1866 - 1933
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 10
Marius Žaliūkas
1983 - 2020
HPI: 24.33
Rank: 11
Newly Added People Deceased in Kaunas
Go to all RankingsMost individuals born in present day Kaunas were basketball players (15), politicians (6), athletes (4), writers (3), and painters (3), while most who died were politicians (4), religious figures (3), composers (1), social activists (1), and basketball players (1).
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 Rimas Kurtinaitis. 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 Rimas Kurtinaitis.
Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 19 globally memorable people born in Kaunas since 1700.
