Algirdas is a Lithuanian male given name, derived from the Lithuanian terms ''al'' ("each, every") and ''gandas'' ("news, rumor") or ''girdintis'' ("hearing").''Lithuanian Names''
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. Retrieved on 12 January 2016. Variants of the name include

Algis Algis is a Lithuanian male given name, an abbreviation of Algimantas. Notable people with the name include: *Algis Budrys (1931–2008), Lithuanian-American science fiction author, editor and critic *Algis Ignatavicius (born 1931), Lithuanian-Austr ...

and Elgirdas. Algirdas may refer to: * Algirdas (1296–1377), Grand Duke of Lithuania * Algirdas Brazauskas (1932–2010), Lithuanian politician, President and Prime Minister * Algirdas Budrys (born 1939), Lithuanian musician *

Algirdas Butkevičius Algirdas Butkevičius (born 19 November 1958) is a Lithuanian politician and was Prime Minister of Lithuania, serving between 2012 and 2016. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 2004 to 2005 and the Minister of Transport and Communicati ...

(born 1958), Lithuanian politician and Prime Minister * Algirdas Endriukaitis (born 1936), Lithuanian politician *

Algirdas Julien Greimas Algirdas Julien Greimas (; born ''Algirdas Julius Greimas''; 9 March 1917 – 27 February 1992) was a Lithuanian literary scientist who wrote most of his body of work in French while living in France. Greimas is known among other things for th ...

(1917–1992), French literary scholar *

Algirdas Kaušpėdas Algirdas Kaušpėdas (born 12 August 1953, in Vilnius, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian rock musician, the leader of Lithuanian rock group Antis (band), Antis, an architect, and one of the Sąjūdis initiators. His wife Vilija Ulozaitė is also an a ...

(born 1953), Lithuanian musician and architect *

Algirdas Klimaitis Algirdas Klimaitis (1910 in Kaunas – 29 August 1988 in Hamburg) was a Lithuanian paramilitary commander, infamous for his role in the Kaunas pogrom in June 1941. It is likely that Klimaitis was an officer in the Lithuanian Army. During the p ...

(1923–1988), Lithuanian paramilitary commander * Algirdas Kumža (born 1956), Lithuanian politician *

Algirdas Lauritėnas Algirdas Teodoras Lauritėnas (November 5, 1932 – August 7, 2001) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He was a member of the Soviet team during the 1950s, and won a silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was also part of the team that be ...

(1932–2001), Lithuanian basketball player * Algirdas Linkevičius (born 1950), Lithuanian basketball player and coach * Algirdas Monkevičius (born 1956), Lithuanian politician * Algirdas Paleckis (born 1971), Lithuanian diplomat *

Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas Algirdas Vaclovas Patackas (28 September 1943 — 3 April 2015) was a Lithuanian politician, dissident, poet, writer. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. Patackas died on 3 April ...

(1943–2015), Lithuanian politician and writer * Algirdas Petrulis (1915–2010), Lithuanian painter *

Algirdas Petrusevičius Algirdas Petrusevičius (born 23 February 1937 in Klaipėda) is an anti-Soviet dissident, partisan and political prisoner, a leader in the creation of Lithuania's army, an inventor of weapons for guerrilla warfare, and a member of Lithuania's p ...

(born 1937), Lithuanian politician * Algirdas Ražauskas (1952–2008), Lithuanian politician *

Algirdas Saudargas Algirdas Saudargas (born April 17, 1948) is a Lithuanian politician and the signatory of the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. He was the first foreign minister of post-Soviet Lithuania. He was foreign minister from March ...

(born 1948), Lithuanian politician *

Algirdas Šemeta Algirdas Gediminas Šemeta (born 23 April 1962) is a Lithuanian economist and politician. Biography A native of Vilnius, Algirdas Šemeta graduated in 1985 from Vilnius University's Faculty of Economic Cybernetics and Finance with a degree as e ...

(born 1962), Lithuanian politician * Algirdas Šocikas (1928–2012), Lithuanian boxer * Algirdas Sysas (born 1954), Lithuanian politician *

Algirdas Tatulis Algirdas Tatulis is a paralympic athlete from Lithuania competing mainly in category F42 shot put and discus events. Algirdas competed in both the shot put and discus in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Paralympics but it wasn't till concentrating ...

(born 19??), Lithuanian paralympic athlete

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