Artūras is a
Lithuanian
Lithuanian may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Lithuania, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe
** Lithuanian language
** Lithuanians, a Baltic ethnic group, native to Lithuania and the immediate geographical region
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masculine given name. It is a cognate of the English language name
Arthur
Arthur is a masculine given name of uncertain etymology. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur.
A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Ital ...
. Notable people with the name include:
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Artūras Barysas
Artūras Barysas "Baras" (May 10, 1954 – January 28, 2005) was a Lithuanian actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker, known as a member of the counter-culture and the father of modern Lithuanian avant-garde.
Biography
As a teenager moved ...
(1954–2005), Lithuanian "counter-culture" actor, singer, photographer, and filmmaker
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Artūras Dubonis
Artūras Dubonis (born July 23, 1962 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian historian and Doctorate, Doctor of Humanities who works at the Lithuanian Institute of History. His main research interests are: Lithuanian Metrica research and publishing, Lithuania ...
(born 1962), Lithuanian historian
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Artūras Gudaitis
Artūras Gudaitis (born 19 June 1993) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League. Standing at , he plays at the center position. He was selected by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 47th ...
(born 1993), Lithuanian basketball player
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Artūras Jomantas
Artūras Jomantas (born May 4, 1985) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player.
Professional career
Born in Mažeikiai, Lithuania, he made his debut with Mažeikiai Nafta during the 2001-02 season. He played high-school basketball ...
(born 1985), Lithuanian basketball player
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Artūras Karnišovas
Artūras Karnišovas (born April 27, 1971) is a Lithuanian professional basketball executive and former player. He is the current executive vice president of basketball operations of the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) ...
(born 1971), retired Lithuanian professional basketball player
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Artūras Kasputis
Artūras Kasputis (born 26 February 1967) is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4.000 team pursuit, along ...
(born 1967), retired track and road cyclist from Lithuania
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Artūras Milaknis
Artūras Milaknis (born 16 June 1986) is a Lithuanian former professional basketball player and coach. Standing at , he primarily played at the shooting guard position.
Early career
A native of Kaunas, Milaknis began his career in the second divi ...
(born 1986), Lithuanian basketball player
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Artūras Paulauskas
Artūras Paulauskas (born 23 August 1953 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian politician. He was the Speaker of Seimas, the parliament of Lithuania, from 2000 to 2006, and he served as Acting President of Lithuania from 6 April 2004 to 12 July 2004.
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(born 1953), Lithuanian politician
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Artūras Rimkevičius
Artūras Rimkevičius (14 April 1983 – 23 September 2019) was a Lithuanian footballer who played as a striker.
He committed suicide by gunshot on 23 September 2019, aged 36.
Career Club
Artūras played for FK Tauras Tauragė, FBK Kaunas, F ...
(born 1983), Lithuanian footballer
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Artūras Skučas
Artūras Antanas Skučas (born March 7, 1961) is a writer and military man of Lithuania.
He was trained as an architect and is employed as an officer in the Lithuanian army.
He was the editor of Sąjūdžio Žinios, the first non-governmental per ...
(born 1961), writer and military man of Lithuania
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Arturas Veta, Soviet sprint canoeist
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Artūras Zuokas
Artūras Zuokas (born 21 February 1968) is a Lithuanian journalist, businessman and politician who served as the mayor of the capital of Lithuania, Vilnius, from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2011 to 2015, and as member of Lithuania's unicameral pa ...
(born 1968), Lithuanian journalist, businessman, leader of the Liberal and Centre Union political party
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Lithuanian masculine given names
Masculine given names