Adolfas is a masculine Lithuanian given name, derived from the German

Adolf Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name used in German-speaking countries, Scandinavia, the Netherlands and Flanders, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Latin America and to a lesser extent in vari ...

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Adolfas Akelaitis Adolfas Akelaitis (16 January 1910 – 21 December 2007) was a Lithuanian athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games ...

(1910–2007), Lithuanian high jumper *

Adolfas Aleksejūnas Adolfas Aleksejūnas (born 27 June 1937) is a Lithuanian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were a ...

(born 1937), Lithuanian middle-distance runner *

Adolfas Jucys Adolfas Pranaitis Jucys (12 September 1904 – 4 February 1974) (also referred to as ''Yutsis'', ''Yuzis'', or ''Ioucis'' depending on translation) was a Lithuanian theoretical physicist and mathematician, and inducted member of the Lithuanian Acade ...

(1904–1974), Lithuanian theoretical physicist and mathematician *

Adolfas Mekas Adolfas Mekas (30 September 1925 – 31 May 2011) was a Lithuanian-born American filmmaker, writer, director, editor, actor and educator. With his brother Jonas Mekas, he founded the magazine ''Film Culture'', as well as the Film-Makers' Coope ...

(1925–2011), Lithuanian film director, and brother of Jonas Mekas *

Adolfas Ramanauskas Adolfas Ramanauskas (March 6, 1918 – November 29, 1957), code name Vanagas, was a prominent Lithuanian partisan and one of the leaders of the Lithuanian resistance. Ramanauskas was working as a teacher under the Nazi administration when Lithu ...

(1918–1957), American-born Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan *

Adolfas Šleževičius Adolfas Šleževičius (2 February 1948 – 6 December 2022) was a Lithuanian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1993 to 1996. Previously a manager in a state dairy company, Šleževičius was appointed Prime Minister following the el ...

(1948-2022), former Prime Minister of Lithuania *

Adolfas Tautavičius Adolfas Tautavičius (9 September 1925, Judrėnai, Lithuania – 10 August 2006, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian archaeologist and habilitated doctor. In 1950 Adolfas Tautavičius graduated from Vilnius University and after four years (in 1954) he defend ...

(born 1925), Lithuanian archaeologist and Habilitated Doctor *

Adolfas Urbšas Adolfas Urbšas (18 August 1900 – 19 May 1973) was an officer in the Lithuanian Army and then the Red Army, rising eventually to the rank of major general (1944). Educated at the Kaunas War School and courses for offices of the general staff ...

(1900–1973), Lithuanian and Soviet military officer *

Adolfas Valeška Adolfas Valeška (15 March 1905, in Kybartai – 11 May 1994, in Kaunas, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian stained glass artist, painter, stage designer, and museum director who worked in Lithuania and in Chicago, Illinois. Valeška graduated fr ...

(1905–1994), Lithuanian stained glass artist, painter, stage designer, and museum director *

Adolfas Varanauskas Adolfas Varanauskas (4 February 1934 – 12 January 2007) was a Lithuanian athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an interna ...

(1934–2007), Lithuanian shot putter *

Adolfas Večerskis Adolfas Večerskis (born 4 September 1949 in Kretinga), is a Lithuanian movie and stage actor, director and translator. He began his career in films, but later chose to play mainly on the stage. Večerskis, his wife Viola, and their younger daugh ...

(born 1949), Lithuanian movie and stage actor, director and translator {{given name

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