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Born January 22, 1899 • Lithuania
Died January 26, 1980 (aged 81) • Moscow • Russia
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Rolandas Paksas
president of Lithuania
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Dalia Grybauskaitė
president of Lithuania
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Valdas Adamkus
president of Lithuania
Smetona, Antanas
Antanas Smetona
president of Lithuania
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Vincas Krėvė-Mickievičius
Lithuanian author
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Kazys Grinius
Lithuanian statesman
Basanavičius, portrait by A. Varnas; in the Museum of History and Ethnography, Vilnius, Lithuania
Jonas Basanavičius
Lithuanian physician
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Simanas Daukantas
Lithuanian historian
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Mindaugas
ruler of Lithuania
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Vincas Kudirka
Lithuanian patriot
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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
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Senda Berenson
American educator
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Kęstutis
duke of Lithuania
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Mordecai Menahem Kaplan
American rabbi
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Gediminas
grand duke of Lithuania
Svetlana Beriosova poses en pointe in a tutu and ballet costume, lit dramatically against a plain backdrop during a performance of Don Juan with the Sadler Wells Ballet.
Svetlana Beriosova
British dancer