Lithuanian writer, ethnographer and historian. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian National Revival. He is credited as an author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language.

A Lithuanian poet and physician, and the author of both the music and lyrics of the Lithuanian National Anthem. He was active in the Lithuanian national rebirth movement. Together with other Lithuanian students in Warsaw, he founded the secret society, Lietuva. In addition, he published a collection of Lithuanian songs, and was also a noted writer of satire. Kudirka gave much to Lithuanian culture and is considered a national hero.

An activist and proponent of Lithuania’s National Revival and founder of the first Lithuanian language newspaper Aušra. He was one of the initiators and the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the 1905 Congress of Lithuanians, the Great Seimas of Vilnius. Basanavcius is often given the unique informal honorific title of the “Patriarch of the Nation“ for his contributions and help in re-establishing the Lithuanian state.

Mostly known as Vydunas, he was was a teacher, poet, humanist, philosopher; a leader of the Prussian Lithuanian national movement in Lithuania Minor, and one of the leaders of the theosophical movement in East Prussia. His moral influence transcended the confines of being a typical political leader or writer of his time. He has been compared by biographers with national leaders in India of his time, such as, Mohandas Gandhi. Vydunas was considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize by the Lithuanian Writers Association.

Lithuanian poet, mathematician and a Catholic bishop. He is best known as the author of the Lithuanian language poem, Anykščių Šilelis. Baranauskas was one of the few primary individuals responsible for re-legitimizing the Lithuanian language, and by extension, Lithuanian culture.

Lithuanian painter and composer. During his short life he composed about 250 pieces of music and created about 300 paintings. His works have had a profound influence on modern Lithuanian culture. Ciurlionis’ works have been displayed at international exhibitions in Germany, Japan, Spain, and elsewhere.

Valancius was a Catholic bishop of Samogitia, historian and one of the best known Lithuanian writers of the 19^th century. His services to the Lithuanian cause were lasting and important. He sponsored the illegal practice of printing Lithuanian books in East Prussia and smuggling them into Lithuania by knygnešiai. An educator, and able Church administrator, historian and ethnographer, and a talented writer, Valancius emerges as one of the most versatile and influential figures in 19^th century Lithuania.

The Gaon was the greatest luminary, not only among the many Talmudical scholars of the 17^th and 18^th centuries (and five centuries before that), but also for many generations to come. He was the spiritual head of the whole of the Lithuanian and Russian Jewry, and later that of all the Jewish communities in Eastern and Central Europe. He hasbeen described as a “genius of the first order” and as “the last great theologian of classical Rabbinism.” He is a symbol of about 700 years Jewish presence in Lithuania.

Gucevicius was an 18^th century architect born in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and most of his designs were built there. Among the best known of his works are Vilnius Cathedral, the town hall and the summer palace of bishops in Verkiai. The monumentality of forms and volume, the harmony with surroundings, and a special treatment of antique architectural forms are the characteristics of his style.