Notable International People of Lithuanian Descent
- Tim Abromaitis - NCAA basketball player
- Giorgio Amendola (1907–1980), Italian prominent politician. Mother was Lithuanian
- Saul Anuzis (1959–), Chairman of the Michigan Republican State Committee (2005–present)
- Aras Baskauskas – is the winner of Survivor: Panama. He is of Lithuanian descent, holding Lithuanian and American citizenship
- Bernard Berenson - American art historian specializing in the Renaissance, born in Butrimonys (Alytus district, Lithuania)
- Kevin Bieksa – Canadian hockey player
- Sydney Brenner – biologist, winner of 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology
- Robert Briscoe – Lord Mayor of Dublin – The original family name in Lithuania is believed have been Cherrick
- Charles Bronson, actor, born to Lithuanian emigrants
- Matt Busby, Scottish football manager
- Dick Butkus – NFL Hall of Fame linebacker
- Abraham Cahan (1860–1951), Lithuanian-born American socialist activist, editor and journalist of socialist and Jewish periodicals (including the Jewish Daily Forward), and author of a number of fiction pieces concerning Yiddish life in New York
- Romain Gary (Roman Kacew)1914–1980 Lithuanian born naturalized French diplomat, novelist, film director, World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice (under his own name and under a pseudonym)
- Leonard Cohen (1934–), singer-songwriter, poet, novelist, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
- Dick Durbin – Illinois senator, mother was Lithuanian
- Bob Dylan – American folk/rock musician
- Brian Epstein – a former Beatles manager. Paternal grandparents are Lithuanian Jews
- Brandon Flowers (1981–), vocalist, and keyboardist of the Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers. Is under both Scottish and Lithuanian ancestry
- Genie Francis – American actress. Mother is of Lithuanian descent
- John Gielgud – British actor
- Philip Glass (born 1937), composer (grandchild of Lithuanian Jewish migrants)
- Emma Goldman – anarchist, feminist, activist aka 'Red Emma', Lithuania-born anarchist known for her writings and speeches
- Nadine Gordimer – novelist and writer, winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize in literature and 1974 Booker Prize
- Albin Gurklis – Lithuanian-American priest, mathematician
- Laurence Harvey – Lithuanian-born actor who achieved fame in British and American films
- Jascha Heifetz (1901–1987) – Lithuanian-born famous violinist
- Ann Jillian (1950–), American television actress and breast cancer activist, born to immigrant parents
- Phill Jupitus - British comedian, family emigrated from Lithuania in 1917
- Joe Jurevicius – American football (NFL) wide receiver
- Natas Kaupas - professional Skateboarder
- Anthony Kiedis (1962–), frontman and vocalist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
- John Kiedis – also known as Spider or Blackie Dammett, father of Anthony Kiedis
- Stanley Kunitz – a noted American poet, mother was Lithuanian
- James Laurinaitis- NFL linebacker for the St. Louis Rams
- David Lee – physicist, winner of Nobel Prize in 1996 for physics
- Ruta Lee (1936-), born Ruta Kilmonis (Kilmonytė), Canadian and American cinema and television actress
- Emmanuel Levinas – Lithuanian-born French philosopher and Talmudic commentator
- Jacques Lipchitz – Lithuanian-born cubist sculptor
- Billy McNeill – Scottish soccer legend, Lithuanian mother
- Hermann Minkowski – Lithuanian-born German mathematician, one of Einstein's teachers
- Antanas Mockus – Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician. Former mayor of Bogotá
- Simonas Morkūnas (1902–1997) – priest, Lithuanian-American humanitarian
- Ed Palubinskas – former basketball player
- Sean Penn – American actor. Father was of mixed Russian and Lithuanian descent
- Vlado Perlemuter – French pianist, born in Kaunas
- Maury Povich – Paternal grandparents emigrated from Lithuania
- Johnny Ramensky, Legendary Scottish criminal and folk hero
- Leo Rautins – Canadian basketball player, national team coach, broadcaster
- John C. Reilly – American actor. Mother is of Lithuanian descent
- Phil Rudd (real name Phillip Hugh Norman Witschke Rudzevecuis), drummer of band AC/DC
- Joanna Shimkus – actress born in Canada to Lithuanian emigres
- John Shimkus – Illinois politician
- Jerry Siegel (1914–1996) – co-creator of Superman. Son of Lithuanian Jewish immigrants
- Antanas Sileika – Canadian author
- Elijah ben Solomon known as the Vilna Gaon – Lithuanian-born talmudist, halachist, kabbalist, and the foremost leader of non-hasidic Jewry of the past few centuriesthe
- Annis Stukus – Canadian sports personality
- Jason Sudeikis – US actor and comedian, member of Saturday Night Live cast
- Olegas Truchanas (1923–1972) – Lithuanian-born Australian conservationist and nature photographer
- Johnny Unitas – Football player with the Baltimore Colts, member of NFL Hall of Fame, parents were Lithuanian
- Louis Vezelis - Lithuanian-American sedevacantist Franciscan bishop
- Eddie Waitkus – Baseball player
- Uriel Weinreich (1926–1967) - Lithuanian-born linguist at Columbia University
- Mariel Zagunis – Olympic (USA) sabre fencing champion, gold medals in 2004 and 2008
- Robert Zemeckis – American film director
- Annette Zilinskas, original bassist with the early Bangles
- William Zorach (1887–1966) - Lithuanian-born American sculptor, painter, printmaker and writer
- Robert Z'Dar – American actor
- Juste Juozapaityte - British model and pageant title holder
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