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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 ...
. Notable people with the name include: * Adolfas Akelaitis (1910–2007), Lithuanian high jumper * Adolfas Aleksejūnas (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 (1918–1957), American-born Lithuanian anti-Soviet partisan * Adolfas Šleževičius (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 Habilitation, habilitated doctor. In 1950 Adolfas Tautavičius graduated from Vilnius University and after four years (in 1 ...
(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 (1934–2007), Lithuanian shot putter * Adolfas Večerskis (born 1949), Lithuanian movie and stage actor, director and translator {{given name


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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 ...
Lithuanian masculine given names