A Lithuanian Uruguayan is a

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

an citizen who is fully or partially of Lithuanian descent. Lithuanians migrated to Uruguay mostly during the 1920s and 1930s; they eventually reached the 10,000-people-mark. They established their own institutions, such as the Uruguay-Lithuania Cultural Association and several Lithuanian-language newspapers, notably Naujoji Banga. There is also a small

Lithuanian Jew Lithuanian Jews or Litvaks () are Jews with roots in the territory of the former Grand Duchy of Lithuania (covering present-day Lithuania, Belarus, Latvia, the northeastern Suwałki and Białystok regions of Poland, as well as adjacent areas o ...

ish community in Montevideo. The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 104 people who declared Lithuania as their country of birth.

Notable people

Zoma Baitler Zoma Baitler (3 April 1908 in Šančiai, Lithuania – 16 June 1994 in Montevideo, Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders w ...

, artist * Ladislao Brazionis, footballer * Victorio Cieslinskas, Olympic basketball player (bronze in 1952) * Vladas Doukšas, footballer * Eduardo Gudynas, scientist * José Gurvich, painter * Leonel Pilipauskas, footballer * Lilián Abracinskas, female activist * Nicolás Vikonis, footballer *

Sergio Gorzy Sergio Gorzyczanski Jones (born 14 June 1958) is a Uruguayan sports journalist, sportscaster and television presenter. With an extensive career, since the mid-1970s Gorzy has hosted numerous sports and variety shows on radio and television, inclu ...

, sports journalist an television presenter

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