Lithuanian historians

Ignas Jonynas (January 24, 1884 – July 14, 1954) was a Lithuanian diplomat, historian, and university professor. As a diplomat he is known for negotiations with the Second Polish Republic and League of Nations regarding Vilnius Region. As a historian he specialized in the history of Lithuania in the 13–16th centuries and lectured at the University of Lithuania and Vilnius University from 1924 until his death. He published little, but had a formative influence on the subsequent generations of historians.

Vasilijus Safronovas (born 21 July 1984, in Klaipėda) is a Lithuanian historian. Throughout his writings he explores modern cultural and intellectual history of Lithuania and former region of East Prussia, with particular interest to former Territory of Memel/ Klaipėda (or Memelgebiet in German).

Petras Klimas (pronunciation , February 23, 1891 - January 16, 1969) was a Lithuanian diplomat, author, historian, and one of the twenty signatories of the Act of Independence of Lithuania.

Alfredas Bumblauskas (born on 18 November 1956) is a professor at Vilnius University and one of the best known Lithuanian historians.

Simonas Daukantas (Polish: Szymon Dowkont; 28 October 1776 – 6 December 1864) was a Lithuanian/Samogitian historian, writer, and ethnographer. One of the pioneers of the Lithuanian National Revival, he is credited as the author of the first book on the history of Lithuania written in the Lithuanian language. Only a few of his works were published during his lifetime and he died in obscurity. However, his works were rediscovered during the later stages of the National Revival. His views reflected the three major trends of the 19th century: romanticism, nationalism, and liberalism.

Artūras Dubonis (July 23, 1962 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian historian, Doctor of Humanities, who works for the Lithuanian Institute of History. His main research interests are: Lithuanian Metrica research and publishing, Lithuanian history sources, Lithuanian society in the 13th – 16th centuries, Lithuanian foreign policy in the 13th century and the first half of the 14th century.

Dalia Leinartė (born October 25, 1958) is a member and former Chair of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Professor at Vytautas Magnus University, and Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge. In 2018, Apolitical selected her as one of the 100 most influential people in gender policy around the world.

Petras Stankeras (born 29 June 1948 in Trakai, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian historian specializing in World War II.

Zigmas Angarietis (born Zigmontas Antanas Aleksa, Russian: Зигмас Ангаретис; 13 June 1882 – 22 May 1940) was a Lithuanian communist and revolutionary, one of the leaders of the Communist Party of Lithuania. He was one of the main people behind the short-lived Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (1918–1919) and Lithuanian–Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (Litbel). Angarietis was arrested in 1938 during the Great Purge and died years later in prison. During his lifetime he wrote over a hundred Marxist–Leninist works.

Jonas Totoraitis (24 December 1872 – 21 June 1941) was a Roman Catholic priest and historian.