Rasos Cemetery - Notable Interments

Notable Interments

There are many famous Lithuanians, Poles, and Belarusians buried there, including over fifty Vilnius University professors. Those interred there include:

• Jonas Basanavičius (1851–1927), physician, scientist, patriot, activist, signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania
• Kazys Boruta (1905–1965), writer and politician
• Janina Burchardówna (1883–1924), journalist, teacher and freedom-fighter
• Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875–1911), painter and composer
• Petras Cvirka (1909–1947), writer
• Wacław Dziewulski (1882–1938), physician, professor at Vilnius University
• Antonina Fiszer (1824–1840), actress
• Laurynas Gucevičius (Wawrzyniec Gucewicz) (1753–1798), architect
• Czesław Jankowski (1857–1929), poet
• Adam Jocher (1791–1860), founder of the first public library in Vilnius
• Joachim Lelewel (1786–1861), historian, professor at Vilnius University
• Józef Łukaszewicz (1863–1928), professor at Vilnius University and revolutionist
• Juliusz Kłos (1881–1933), architect, author of the first guidebook to Vilnius
• Józef Montwiłł (1850–1911), humanist and sponsor of hospitals, orphanages and museums
• Vincas Mykolaitis-Putinas (1893–1967), writer
• Jan O'Connor (1760–1802), physician, professor at Vilnius University
• The heart of Józef Piłsudski (1867–1935), Polish statesman. Also his mother, two brothers, and first wife are buried at Rasos cemetery.
• Maria Piłsudska (née Koplewska; 1865–1921), first wife of Józef Piłsudski
• Karol Podczaszyński (1790–1860), architect, professor at Vilnius University
• Franciszek Smuglewicz (1745–1807), painter, professor at Vilnius University
• Balys Sruoga (1896–1947), Lithuanian writer and concentration camp survivor.
• Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768–1838), physician, chemist, biologist, writer
• Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), writer
• Juozas Tallat–Kelpša (1889–1949), composer
• Count Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814–1873), historian, archaeologist
• Antanas Vileišis (1856–1919), physician, activist
• Jonas Vileišis (1872–1942), Lithuanian politician, mayor of Kaunas, signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania
• Petras Vileišis (1851–1926), engineer, Lithuanian activist
• Povilas Višinskis (1875–1906), book smuggler, writer
• Antoni Wiwulski (1877–1919), architect and sculptor
• Tadeusz Wróblewski, (1858–1925)lawyer, bibliophile
• Bronisław Wróblewski (1888–1941), lawyer

There is also a mass grave of Poles kidnapped in 1919 from Vilnius by the Bolsheviks and shot at Daugavpils.