Juozas Balčikonis Gymnasium () is a secondary state school located in

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. Teaching started in 1727, however, school reorganised to gymnasium in 1858, making it the oldest gymnasium type school in Lithuania. Juozo Balčikonio gimnazija is always one of the top-ranked institutions in the Lithuania for the high quality of its teaching, long lasting traditions and notable alumni.

History of names

*School of

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– 1727-1832 *School of Gentries – 1841-1865 *Realschool – 1882-1915 *Panevėžys Gymnasium – 1915-1949 *Secondary School No. 1 – 1949-1970 *Juozas Balčikonis Gymnasium – 1970-current

Notable alumni

Ministers and prime ministers

* Antanaitis Vaidotas * Birulis Kostas * Jankevičius Juozas * Juodakis Petras * Masiliūnas Jonas * Šakenis Konstantinas * Juozas Urbšys *

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, PM

Diplomats

* Stasys Antanas Bačkis * Jasinevičius Raimundas * Morkvėnas Rimantas * Juozas Urbšys * Klevečka Rimutis

Public figures

* Cesevičius Domas * Stanislovas Didžiulis * Domaševičius Adolfas-Damušis * Dausa Kazys * Jurgutis Vytautas * Jurskis Algirdas * Macijauskas Antanas * Skuodis Vytautas * Šilas Povilas * Vaišvilaitė Irena * Vaitiekūnas Lionginas *

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Writers and publicists

* Antanaitis Algirdas Titus * Astrauskas Gediminas * Babickas Petras * Barauskas-Barėnas Kazys * Būtėnas Vladas-Ramojus * Čerkesas Juozas-Besprnis * Čibas Daumantas * Dauguvietis Borisas * Drevinis Paulius * Graičiūnas Jonas * Inčiūra Kazys * Inčiūra Kazys-Pranas * Jokubka Jonas Stanislovas * Jonuška Vincas * Keliuotis Juozas * Kesiūnas Povilas * Petrulis Juozas * Račiūnas Simas * Henrikas Radauskas * Raila Bronys * Rutkauskas Benediktas-Rutkūnas *

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* Rapolas Šaltenis * Šukys Jonas * Tamašauskaitė Vanda-Frankienė-Vaitkevičienė * Teofilis Tilvytis * Zaborskaitė Vanda * Zupka Kazys-Kecioris

Philologists

* Balkevičius Jonas * Jurgutytė Liucija-Baldauf * Lyberis Antanas * Skardžius Pranas * Subatniekas Valteris * Šukys Jonas * Valkūnas Leonas

Architects, painters, sculptors

* Bielinskis Feliksas *

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* Stasys Eidrigevičius * Gaidamavičiūtė Violeta * Garbauskas Antanas * Gudelis Vytautas * Jokūbonis Gediminas * Jusionis Stasys * Kerbedis Stanislovas * Remigijus Kriukas * Naruševičius Kazys * Navakas Vaclovas Algimantas * Ničius Algirdas * Pazukaitė Vanda * Algirdas Petrulis * Puodžiukaitytė Giedrė * Sklėrius Kajetonas * Stepanka Albertas *

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* Švipas Vladas *

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* Žoromskis Kazimieras

Members of the Seimas

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* Stasys Balčas * Kazys Bizauskas * Vincas Kvieska * Dangutė Mikutienė *

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Alfonsas Petrulis Alfonsas Petrulis (1873-1928) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest and journalist, and one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania. Born near Biržai, he attended seminaries at Kaunas, Vilnius and St. Petersburg, and ...

* Salomėja Stakauskaitė * Konstantinas Šakenis *

Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys Kazimieras Steponas Šaulys (; 1872 – May 9, 1964) was a Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest, theologian, and one of the twenty signatories to the Act of Independence of Lithuania. He graduated from the Theological Seminary in Kaunas in 18 ...

* Ignacas Uždavinys * Albinas Vaižmužis

Clergy

* Balčys Kęstutis Robertas * Barauskas Bronius * Bikinas Juozapas, publicist * Čiplys Kazimieras-Vijūnas, writer * Jatulevičius Paulius-Jatulis, historian * Juodelis Jonas, dr. *

Antanas Juška Antanas Juška (; 16 June 1819 – 1 November 1880) was a Lithuanians, Lithuanian Roman Catholic priest known for his lifelong study of Lithuanian folk traditions. For about three decades, he observed the Lithuanian people, their traditions, and ...

, dr. * Katelė Jonas * Kuzminskas Kazimieras * Legeckas Petras * Lipnickas Alfonsas-Lipniūnas * Meškauskas Juozas, prof. * Narbutas Titas, publicist * Paliulionis Mečislovas * Rimkevičius Petras, poet * Sereika Feliksas *

Juozapas Skvireckas Juozapas Jonas Skvireckas (18 September 1873 – 3 December 1959) was a Lithuanian archbishop of Kaunas (1926–1959). Skvireckas was born in Pašilaičiai or near Pumpėnai. He attended high school in Panevėžys and the seminary at Žemaič ...

* Valantinas Antanas, poet * Antanas Vienažindys, poet * Zaremba Leonas, prof. * Žitkevičius Vincas-Vincas Stonis, poet

Athletes

* Jonas Kazlauskas * Vitoldas Masalskis * Rimantas Plungė * Raimundas Sargūnas

Academics and teachers

* Kuzma Vladas * Jablonskis Konstantinas * Lebedev Aleksandr * Juozas Balčikonis * Pakarklis Povilas * Brazdžiūnas Povilas * Jurginis Juozas * Vanagas Vladas Eimutis * Gudelis Vytautas * Rajeckas Raimundas * Rajeckas Valentinas * Marcinkevičius Algimantas * Pragarauskas Henrikas * Krotkus Arūnas * Laurinčikas Antanas * Tamošiūnas Vytas * Raudys Šarūnas * Birulia Aleksandr * Baleišis Vladas * Bizauskas Kazimieras * Bortkevičius Silvestras * Bulzgys Juozas * Dambrauskas Aleksandras-Jakštas * Daugaravičius Antanas * Dilka Vincas * Gabulaitė Elena * Grigonis Matas *

Jonas Jablonskis Jonas Jablonskis (; 30 December 1860, in Kubilėliai, Šakiai district – 23 February 1930, in Kaunas) was a distinguished Lithuanian linguist and one of the founders of the standard Lithuanian language. He used the pseudonym ''Rygiškių Jonas'' ...

* Jovaiša Kazys * Kairiūkštis Vytautas * Karka Mykolas * Kliuksinas Karolis * Kuodys Leonas * Maksimaitienė Ona * Paulauskas Vladas *

* Puodžiukaitis Benediktas * Puronas Bronius * Puzinas Povilas * Rukša Antanas * Salomėja Stakauskaitė * Stakauskas Juozapas * Truncė Kazimieras * Urbas Dominykas * Vaitkevičius Antanas * Variakojis Vilius *

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 ...

References

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