Famous Lithuanians

Below are listed famous people that are Lithuanian or of Lithuanian extraction. They are all people who have made noteworthy contributions in their respective fields. Detailed biographies are currently being prepared and the list will eventually be expanded to include many more. Ten noteworthy personalities were chosen for this listing.

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Joseph Weber, Physicist: 'father" of gravity wave detection experiments at The University of Maryla
Jonas Pleksys, USSR submarine captain whose ordeal was made famous in "Hunt for Red October"
Mykolas Norkunas, Founder of the Knights of Lithuania
Monica Lewinsky
David Frank-Kameniecki
Victor Brenner (Baranauskas), Designed Lincoln penny
Sara Lee, Father founded current corporate giant
Alexander Bruce Bialskis, 1st FBI director (1912-1919)
Birute Galdikas: Orangutan specialist/write
Sister Mary Veronica Klimkevicius, First woman Army nurse Civil War (1861)