Juozas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, a shortened version of

Juozapas Juozapas is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name Joseph. List of people named Juozapas * Juozapas Baka (1707–1780), late Baroque poet, Jesuit priest and missionary * Juozapas Kazimieras Kosakovskis (17 ...

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Joseph Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

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List of people named Juozas

Juozas Adomaitis-Šernas Juozas Adomaitis known by his pen name Šernas (1859–1922) was a Lithuanian non-fiction writer. He contributed to the Lithuanian-language newspapers ''Aušra'' and briefly served as editor of ''Varpas''. In 1895, he moved to the United States wh ...

(1859–1922), Lithuanian scientific writer and book smuggler during the Lithuanian press ban * Juozas Ambrazevičius (1903–1974), Lithuanian literary historian, better known for his political career and nationalistic views * Juozas Bagdonas (1911–2005), Lithuanian painter *

Juozas Balčikonis Juozas Balčikonis (24 March 1885 in Ėriškiai, Panevėžys District – 5 February 1969 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian linguist and teacher, who contributed to the standardization of the Lithuanian language Lithuanian ( ) is an Eastern ...

(1885–1969), Lithuanian linguist and teacher, who helped standardize the Lithuanian language *

Juozas Barzda-Bradauskas Juozas Barzda-Bradauskas (13 January 1896 – 20 August 1953) was a Lithuanian brigadier general. He was born in Maniškiai, Babtai County. Early life Bradauskas was born in Maniškiai, Babtai County. He studied at Kaunas Boys' Gymnasium. ...

(1896–1953), Lithuanian Army brigadier genera *

Juozas Bernatonis Juozas Bernatonis (born 8 September 1953 in Kaunas) is a Lithuanian jurist and politician, Minister of Justice and member of Seimas (1992-2004). Education In 1976 graduated from Kaunas Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Chemical Technology. I ...

(born 1953), Lithuanian jurist and politician * Juozas Bernotas (born 1989), Lithuanian windsurfer *

Juozas Budraitis Juozas Budraitis (born 6 October 1940) is a Lithuanian actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1966. He starred in the Soviet film ''Wounded Game'', which was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Budraitis ...

(born 1940), Soviet and Lithuanian actor *

Juozas Dringelis Juozas Dringelis (25 June 1935 – 4 June 2015) was a Lithuanian politician, born in Pabaronė. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. References Biography 1935 births 2015 dea ...

(born 1935), Lithuanian politician *

Juozas Gabrys Juozas Gabrys or Juozas Gabrys-Paršaitis (February 22, 1880 – July 26, 1951) was a Lithuanian politician and diplomat, best remembered for his efforts to popularize the idea of Lithuania's independence in the West during World War I. Early l ...

(1880–1951), Lithuanian politician and diplomat * Juozas Girnius (1915–1994), Lithuanian philosopher, existentialist *

Juozas Glinskis Juozas Glinskis (born October 15, 1933, Sindriūnai, Pasvalys district) is a Lithuanian playwright. Works Juozas Glinskis marked a new stage in the development of Lithuanian theatre in the second half of the 20th century. He broke the traditi ...

(born 1933), Lithuanian playwright *

Juozas Grušas Juozas Grušas (November 16, 1901, Žadžiūnai-Kalniškiai, Kovno Governorate – May 21, 1986, Kaunas) was a Lithuanian writer, editor, dramatist and playwright. Biography Grušas' first inspirational teacher was the Lithuanian poet Jovaras, ...

(1901–1986), Lithuanian writer, editor, dramatist and playwright *

Juozas Gruodis Juozas Gruodis (20 December 1884 in Rokėnai, Russian Empire – 16 April 1948 in Kaunas, Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union) was a famous Lithuanian classic, composer, educator and professor. Biography His fath ...

(1884–1948), Lithuanian composer, educator and professor *

Juozas Imbrasas Juozas Imbrasas (born 8 January 1941 in Algirdai, Ukmergė district municipality) is the former mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania. He is a member of the political party Order and Justice. Controversy In 2007 Imbrasas came to international attention fo ...

(born 1941), former mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania *

Juozas Jagelavičius Juozas Aleksandras Jagelavičius (12 January 1939 – 17 June 2000) was a Lithuanians, Lithuanian rowing (sport), rower. He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in the coxed eight and finished in fifth and third plac ...

(1939–2000), Lithuanian rower * Juozas Jankus (1912–1999), Lithuanian painter * Juozas Jurgėla (1911–1961), Lithuanian basketball player *

Juozas Kalinauskas Juozas Kalinauskas (born January 24, 1935) is a Lithuanian sculptor and medalist. Biography He graduated from Vistycio middle school in 1950 and then from 1950 to 1955 Studied in Stepas Zukas art school in Kaunas. From 1955 to 1961 he studied ...

(born 1935), Lithuanian sculptor and medalist *

Juozas Kamarauskas Juozas Kamarauskas (1874–1946) was a Lithuanian Painting, painter. See also *List of Lithuanian painters References *Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia External links

1874 births 1946 deaths People from Širvintos District Municip ...

(1874–1946), Lithuanian painter *

Juozas Kaminskas Juozas Kaminskas (1898–1957) was a Lithuanian painter.Algimantas Miškinis, "Juozas Kaminskas". In: ''Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia'', T. X (Khmerai-Krelle). – Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2006. See also *Lis ...

(1898–1957), Lithuanian painter *

Juozas Karvelis Juozas Karvelis (April 18, 1934 – April 12, 2018) was a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Biography After attending school in Inkakliai from 1942 to 1944 ...

(born 1934), Lithuanian politician *

Juozas Kazickas Juozas Petras Kazickas or Joseph P. Kazickas (April 16, 1918 – July 9, 2014) was a Lithuanian-American businessman, self-made multi-millionaire and philanthropist. With assets estimated worth over 3 billion litas, he was considered to be the weal ...

(born 1918), Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist *

Juozas Kralikauskas Juozas Kralikauskas (October 22, 1910 – February 25, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania) was a novelist and short story author. Biography Kralikauskas graduated from the seminary in Kaunas in 1928. After spending some years teaching, he attended a milit ...

(1910–2007), Lithuanian novelist and short story author *

Juozas Lebednykas Juozas Lebednykas is a Lithuanian artist and sculptor. The art critic Virginijus Kinčinaitis said of his work: Biography Juozas Lebednykas was born in 1947 in Dusmenys Village, Lithuania. From 1966 to 1972 he studied sculpture at the State ...

(born 1947), Lithuanian artist and sculptor *

Juozas Lukša Juozas Lukša (10 August 1921 – 4 September 1951), also known among other pseudonyms as Daumantas and Skirmantas, was a leader of the anti-Soviet Anti-Sovietism, anti-Soviet sentiment, called by Soviet authorities ''antisovetchina'' (russia ...

(1921–1951), one of the most prominent post-World War II resistance leaders in Lithuania *

Juozas Maniušis Juozas Maniušis ( in Mogilev Governorate – 17 March 1987 in Vilnius) was a communist politician in the Lithuanian SSR specializing in areas of industry, construction, and engineering. Between 1967 and 1981 he was chairman of the Council of Minis ...

(1910–1987), communist politician in Lithuanian *

Juozas Miltinis Juozas Miltinis (September 3, 1907 in Akmenė, Lithuania – July 13, 1994 in Panevėžys, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian theatre director, actor and founder of the Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre in Panevėžys. Miltinis has brought up a number of act ...

(1907–1994), Lithuanian theatre director, founder of the Panevėžys Drama Theatre *

Juozas Naujalis Juozas Naujalis (9 April 1869 in Raudondvaris – 9 September 1934 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian composer, organist and choir conductor. He is acclaimed as Lithuanian music patriarch. Biography Naujalis studied Warsaw Institute of Music and in Rege ...

(1869–1934), Lithuanian composer, organist and choir conductor *

Juozas Olekas Juozas Olekas (born 30 October 1955) is a Lithuanian surgeon and politician, a former Minister of National Defence, from 2006 to 2008. In 1990 and from 2003 to 2004 he also served as the Health Minister. In 2019 he was elected to the European ...

(born 1955), Lithuanian surgeon and politician, Minister of National Defence *

Juozas Paukštelis Juozas Paukštelis born Juozas Ptašinskas (2 March 1899, Titoniai, Kovno Governorate – 20 July 1981) was a Lithuanian author and translator. His works have been translated into Russian, Polish, and Kazakh. After receiving a degree from Kaunas ...

(1899–1981), Lithuanian author and translator * Juozas Petkevičius (born 1948), Lithuanian basketball coach * Juozas Rimas (born 1942), Lithuanian oboist and professor at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre *

Juozapas Skvireckas Juozapas Skvireckas (1873–1959) was a Lithuanian archbishop of Kaunas (1926–1959). In 1911–1937 he translated the Bible into the Lithuanian language; it was published in six volumes by the Society of Saint Casimir. During the occupation of ...

(1873–1959), Lithuanian former Archbishop of Kaunas *

Juozas Tūbelis Juozas Tūbelis (9 April 1882 in Ilgalaukis, Kovno Governorate – 30 September 1939, Kaunas) was a Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister and member and chairman of the Lithuanian Nationalists Union. In 1908, he graduated from Polytechnical In ...

(1882–1939), Lithuanian politician, Prime Minister, and member and chairman of the Lithuanian Nationalists Union *

Juozas Tumas-Vaižgantas Juozas Tumas also known by the pen name Vaižgantas (20 September 1869 – 29 April 1933) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and an activist during the Lithuanian National Revival. He was a prolific writer, editor of nine periodicals, univers ...

(1869–1933), Lithuanian writer, priest, social activist, literary historian, and founder of the Party of National Progress * Juozas Tunaitis (1928–2012), Roman Catholic titular bishop * Juozas Ūdras (1925–1991), Soviet Olympic fencer *

Juozas Urbšys Juozas Urbšys (29 February 1896 – 30 April 1991) was a prominent interwar Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania,Gerhard L. Weinberg. A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II. 1994 p.94 ...

(1896–1991), Lithuanian diplomat, the last head of foreign affairs in independent interwar Lithuania, and a translator * Juozas Vilpišauskas (born 1899), Lithuanian cyclist and Olympic competitor * Juozas Vinča (1905–1990), Lithuanian boxer *

Juozas Zikaras Juozas Zikaras (November 18, 1881 – November 10, 1944) was a Lithuanian sculptor and artist, who created the design for pre-war Lithuanian litas coins. He is considered to be one of the first professional Lithuanian sculptors. Biography He was ...

(1881–1944), Lithuanian sculptor and artist, created the design for pre-war Lithuanian litas coins *

Juozas Žukas Jonas Juozas Žukas (October 29, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois - July 7, 1981) was a Lithuanian basketball and tennis player. He won a gold medal with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937. Žukas lived in northern Chicago, near ...

(born Joseph Zukas; 1915–1981), Lithuanian-American basketball and tennis player of the 1930s {{given name Lithuanian masculine given names