List of Vilnians

The following is a List of notable people from the city of Vilnius/Vilna/Wilno. It includes both the people born there and people born elsewhere but otherwise connected to it.

* Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania
* Michał Andriolli (1836–1893), painter
* Mark Antokolski (1843-1902), sculptor
* Jonas Basanavičius (1851-1927), leader of Lithuania's national revival movement
* August Bécu
* Kazimieras Bradunas (b. 1917), poet
* Wojciech Brudzewski
* Teodor Bujnicki (1907–1944), poet
* Saint Casimir (1458-1484), patron saint of Poland and Lithuania
* Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560–1621), politician and hetman
* Icchak Cukierman (1915–1981), one of the leaders of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
* Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875-1911), painter and composer
* Simonas Daukantas (1793-1864), historian
* Ignacy Domeyko (1801-1889), geologist and engineer
* Romain Gary (1914-1980), French writer
* Gediminas (1275–1341), Grand Duke of Lithuania, founder of Vilnius city
* Marija Gimbutas (1921–1994), archeologist
* Laurynas Gucevičius (1753-1798), architect
* Johann Christoph Glaubitz (c. 1700-1767), architect
* Antoni Gorecki (1787–1861), writer, poet, soldier
* Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987), violinist
* Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961-2007), writer
* Jakub Jasiński (1761-1794)
* Stanisław Jasiukiewicz (1921–1973), actor
* Czesław Jankowski
* Paweł Jasienica
* Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania
* Saint Raphael Kalinowski
* Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876–1909), composer
* Ephraim Kasliner (1887-1950)
* Adam Kirkor, writer
* Szymon Konarski
* Kazimierz Kontrym (1776–1836), writer and politician
* Simon Kovar (born Kovarski) (1890-1970), bassoonist
* Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska
* Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, writer
* Vytautas Landsbergis (b. 1932), politician, contributed to the demise of the Soviet Union
* Joachim Lelewel (1786-1861), historian
* Romas Lileikis, poet, musician, film director
* Józef Łukaszewicz
* Józef Mackiewicz (1902-1985), writer
* Stanisław Mackiewicz (1896-1966), writer
* Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855), poet
* Czesław Miłosz (1911–2004), poet, Nobel prize in Literature
* Ludwik Narbutt (1832-1863), military commander
* Teodor Narbutt (1784-1864), historian
* Eimuntas Nekrošius (b. 1952), theatre director
* Henryk Niewodniczański (1900-1968) physicist
* Maurycy Orgelbrand (1826–1904) and Samuel Orgelbrand (1810–1868), creators of the first Polish encyclopedia and publishers
* Bohdan Paczyński (1940–), astronomer
* Jerzy Passendorfer (1923–2003), film director
* Artūras Paulauskas (b. 1953), former speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas
* Shimon Peres, politician
* Józef Piłsudski, politician, military commander and Polish head of state
* Emilia Plater (1806–1831), revolutionary and female military commander
* Kazimierz Plater (1915–2004), chess master
* Karol Podczaszyński (1790-1860), architect
* Barbara Radziwiłł (Barbora Radvilaitė) (1520-1551), Queen of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
* Edward Römer
* Michał Józef Römer (1778-1853), writer and politician
* Ada Rusowicz (1944–1991), singer
* Ferdynand Ruszczyc (1870 - 1936), painter
* Lew Sapieha (1557-1633), politician and military commander
* Maciej Sarbiewski
* Kazimierz Siemienowicz (ca 1600 - ca 1651), military commander, engineer, theorist of artillery and pioneer of rocketry
* Bolesław Bohusz-Siestrzeńcewicz (1869–1940), general
* Piotr Skarga (1536–1612), theologian, writer and the first rector of the Wilno Academy
* Irena Sławińska (1913–2004), historian and theatrologist
* Juliusz Słowacki, poet
* Elijah ben Solomon "Gaon mi Vilna" (1720–1797), Jewish scholar and Kabbalist
* Haim Soutine
* Awron Sutkower
* Władysław Syrokomla (1823–1862), poet, writer and translator
* Antoni Szacki
* Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768–1838), chemist, biologist and philosopher
* Vytautas Straižys (b. 1936), Lithuanian astronomer, developer of Vilnius photometric system
* Józef Świętorzecki (1876–1936), general
* Eustachy Tyszkiewicz (1814 -1873), historian
* Vytautas the Great (1344-1430), Grand Duke of Lithuania
* Zygmunt Vogel (1764–1826), painter
* Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), Zionist politician and the first president of Israel
* Jan Kazimierz Wilczyński (1806-1885), archaeologist
* Antoni Wiwulski (1877–1919), sculptor and architect
* Tomasz Zan (1796–1855), poet
* Ludwik Zamenhof (1859–1917), philologist, creator of Esperanto
* Antanas Smetona, publicist, President of Lithuanian Republic
* Mykolas Riomeris, rector of Vytautas Magnus University, lawyer
* Vytautas Landsbergis
* Petras Vileišis, Lithuanian millionaire, mecenate, politician, publisher
* Abraomas Kulvietis, reformer, publicist
* Mikalojus Daukša, publisher of first printed Lithuanian book in GDL
* Michalo Lituanus, publicist, humanist of the 16th century
* Konstantinas Sirvydas, lexicographer, writer
* Albertas Goštautas, Chancellor of Grand Duchy of Lithuania
* Martynas Kukta, publisher in early 20th century
* Francysk Skaryna, publisher, regarded as a publisher of first printed Ruthenian (sometimes credited as Old Belarusian) Bible
* Tadeusz Wrublewski, lawyer, collector
* Mykolas Biržiška, historian of literature, politician, signer of the Act of Independence of Lithuania
* Vaclovas Biržiška, publisher, historian
* Marcelinas Šikšnys, writer, director of Vytauto Didžiojo gymnasium in Vilnius
* Mykolas Sleževičius, lawyer, Prime minister of Lithuania
* Jonas Vileišis, politician, Lawyer
* Artūras Zuokas, former mayor of Vilnius city municipality, controversial modern Lithuanian politician