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Leonas Prūseika
Leonas is a Lithuanian masculine given name and surname; often a diminutive of Leonardas, and a Lithuanianized form of " Leon". Leonas ( grc, Λεωνᾶς) was also a Greek and a Latin name. Surname *Petras Leonas (1864–1938), Lithuanian attorney and politician *Silvestras Leonas (1894–1959), Lithuanian military officer and judge Given name *Leonas, a Greek rhetorician and sophist. Mentor of the philosopher Proclus * Leonas Alesionka (born 1949), Lithuanian politician * Leonas Apšega (born 1940), Lithuanian politician * Leonas Baltrūnas (1914–1993), Lithuanian basketball player and coach * Leonas Bistras (1890–1971), Lithuanian politician, journalist, translator, philosopher and professor * Leonas Juozapaitis (1901–1980), Lithuanian footballer * Leonas Koganas (1894–1956), Lithuanian physician *Leonas Milčius Leonas Milčius (born 11 December 1942) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardas
Leonardas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. List of people named Leonardas *Leonardas Abramavičius (?-1960), Lithuanian chess player *Leonardas Andriekus Leonardas Andriekus (born July 15, 1914 in Barstyčiai, district of Mažeikiai Mažeikiai (; Samogitian: ''Mažeikē''; lv, Mažeiķi) is a city in northwestern Lithuania, on the Venta River. It has a population of around 43,547, making it ... (1914-2003), Lithuanian poet {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Baltrūnas
Leonas Baltrūnas (20 October 1914 – 20 April 1993) was a Lithuanian basketball player and coach. He won two gold medals with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. Biography In 1937 he graduated Kaunas Highs physical education courses, taught in Higher Technical School. Baltrūnas became interested in basketball in 1935 when he met with the basketball coach from the U.S. Konstantinas Savickas. He was member of Lithuania national basketball team (1936–1940) and participated in two EuroBaskets: EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. He won two gold medals during both competitions. In 1944 he moved to Germany, in 1949 he settled in Australia. In 1950 he organized Lithuanians basketball championship in Melbourne for the first time, established Lithuanians sports club "Varpas" and was physical education chairman. In 1949-1953 he was Victoria state and in 1955 Australia national basketball team coach, later he worked as physical education tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Sapieha
Lew Sapieha ( lt, Leonas Sapiega; be, Леў Сапега or Lieŭ Sapieha; 4 April 1557 – 7 July 1633) was a nobleman and statesman of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He became Great Secretary of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1580, Great Clerk of the Grand Duchy in 1581, Crown Chancellor in 1585, Grand Chancellor from 1589 until 1623, Voivode of Vilnius in 1621, Great Lithuanian Hetman in 1623 and governor of Slonim, Brest and Mogilev. Sapieha is considered as a great political figure of the Commonwealth. A rich and powerful magnate, he was known for his wisdom as a statesman, lawyer and military commander, he was one of the greatest leaders of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania at the times of the Duchy's highest cultural flourishing. He was of Ruthenian ethnicity. Modern Belarusian sources interpret his Ruthenian heritage as Belarusian, however many facts presented by the modern Belarusian sources about the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are often distorted and unanimously ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Prapuolenis
Leonas Prapuolenis (9 June 1913 – 23 July 1972) was a Lithuanian public figure, commander and leader of the June Uprising of 1941 in Lithuania. Born to a family of affluent farmers in Suvalkija, Prapuolenis was an active member of the Ateitininkai Catholic youth movement and a vocal opponent of the authoritarian regime of President Antanas Smetona. Therefore, he faced difficulties completing his education. For organizing a student strike to demand democracy, he was expelled from the Klaipėda Commerce Institute and given a four-year prison sentence in December 1938. However, he was allowed to resume his studies due to the changing political situation in the aftermath of the German ultimatum to Lithuania of March 1939. After the Soviet Union occupation of Lithuania in June 1940, Prapuolenis joined the Lithuanian Activist Front (LAF) and started organizing the anti-Soviet June Uprising. When Germany invaded the Soviet Union and LAF members started the uprising, Prapuolenis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Petrauskas
Leonas Eugenijus Petrauskas (1919 – 18 July 1994) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. Lithuanian Basketball Research. Career Leonas Petrauskas worked as a at the Engadine Medical Group, 1107 Old Prince's Highway (corner of Boronia Avenue), , , |
Leonas Milčius
Leonas Milčius (born 11 December 1942) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S .... External links Biography 1942 births Living people Members of the Seimas Place of birth missing (living people) Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy alumni 20th-century Lithuanian politicians {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Koganas
Moisiejus Leonas Koganas (February 20, 1894, Šiauliai – May 30, 1956, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian Jewish medical doctor Pulmonology, specializing in lung diseases, particularly tuberculosis. In 1919, he graduated from Moscow University. During World War I, he served as a doctor in the Red Army. In 1921–40 he worked as a physicians in Kaunas. He was one of the first to perform thoracocautery and practice tracheobronchoscopy in Lithuania. After the Soviet occupation of the Baltic states (1940), occupation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union in June 1940, he became Minister of Health in the short-lived People's Government of Lithuania (it was a new ministry; before, there was only the Health Department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs). He spent World War II working at various tuberculosis clinics in the interior of the Soviet Union (Mordovia, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, Kirghizia, Gorky Oblast, Moscow Oblast). After the war, he returned to Lithuania working in Vilnius as d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Juozapaitis
Leonas Juozapaitis (18 January 1901 – 13 August 1980) was a Lithuanian footballer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Juozapaitis was a midfielder for LFLS Kaunas when he got called up to represent Lithuania in their first ever international in 1923 against Estonia, the next year he played at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ..., France, where they lost in the first round against Switzerland 0-9, his next two international matches also ended in defeat. He was also a keen athlete and was the Lithuanian 2 km champion in 1922 and in the same year he played in the first Lithuanian basketball match. References 1901 births 1980 deaths Footballers from Vilnius People from Vilensky Uyezd Lithuanian footballers Lithu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Bistras
Leonas Bistras (20 October 1890 in Liepāja – 17 October 1971 in Kaunas) was one of the most prominent Lithuanian politicians of the interwar period. A Christian Democrat, he rose to the peak of his career in 1925, when he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Lithuania. Bistras also headed the ministries of education, defense and foreign affairs in several different governments throughout 1920s and 1930s and twice served as the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, the Seimas. After the 1926 Lithuanian coup d'état and the subsequent fall of parliamentary democracy, Bistras led the Christian Democrats and, despite persecution, acted as an outspoken leader of the opposition to the authoritarian President Antanas Smetona. After the Soviet occupation and annexation of Lithuania, Bistras was arrested, sentenced without a trial and deported from Lithuania, only returning permanently after the death of Josef Stalin. Bistras lived the remaining years of his life in obscurity and pove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Apšega
Leonas Apšega (born 10 December 1940) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S .... References 1940 births Living people Lithuanian politicians Signatories of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linus (other)
Linus is a male given name. Linus may also refer to: Music * Linus (band), an indie/riot grrrl band * Linus Pauling Quartet, a Houston psychedelic rock band * Linus Entertainment, a Canadian record label * ''(Like) Linus'', the Deftones' first demo tape * ''Linus'' (opera), one of the lost operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau People * Linus (Argive), son of Apollo and Psamathe in Greek mythology * Linus (deejay) (Pasquale Di Molfetta, born 1957), Italian radio host * Linus of Hollywood (Linus Dotson, born 1973), American musical artist * Linus of Thrace, musician and master of eloquent speech in Greek mythology * Linus Pauling (1901–1994), American chemist and winner of two Nobel Prizes (chemistry and peace) * Pope Linus (died c. 76), second Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic Church * Linus Torvalds Linus Benedict Torvalds ( , ; born 28 December 1969) is a Finnish software engineer who is the creator and, historically, the lead developer of the Linux kernel, used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonas Alesionka
Leonas Alesionka (born 6 January 1949 in Švenčionys, Soviet Union) is a Lithuanian politician and former member of the Seimas. Biography Alesionka was born to a working-class family in Švenčionys. In 1972 Alesionka graduated from Faculty of Medicine within Vilnius University. Between 1973 and 1975 he worked as a doctor of Dermatology and Venereology in Ukmergė. Between 1975 and 1982 he worked as a doctor of Dermatology, Venereology and AIDS at Anykščiai district hospital. Alesionka joined the activities of Sąjūdis in 1988. In the elections in 1992, he was elected as the member of the Sixth Seimas through the electoral list of Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania. Alesionka became a member of the Social Democratic Party of Lithuania in 2001. Between 1997 and 2003 he served on the municipal council of Anykščiai District Municipality, between 2000 and 2001 - as its mayor. In 2010, Alesionka, who had been working as a representative of the Government in Panevėžys Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
