Jonas Maciulis
Origin/Culture/Country: LithuanianJonas Maciulis: is one of the most famous Lithuanian romantic poets. He was born in Pasandravys, Raseiniai district municipality, Lithuania. Maironis graduated from Kaunas high school and went on to study Literature at Kiev University. However, in 1884, after one year of
Jonas Mekas
Origin/Culture/Country: LithuanianJonas Mekas: is a Lithuanian filmmaker, writer, and curator who has often been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema." Prior to the Second World War, Mekas set up a theatre with his brother Adolfas Mekas. After the Second World War, he was held in displ
Jonas Vaitkus
Origin/Culture/Country: LithuanianJonas Vaitkus: is a lecturer, theatre and film director well-known in Lithuania and throughout Europe. From 1969 to 1974 Jonas Vaitkus studied at the State Theatre, Music and Cinematography Institute of Leningrad (St. Petersburg). From 1977 to 1988 he was the artistic d
Jonas Edward Salk
Origin/Culture/Country: AmericanJonas Edward Salk: was an American biologist and physician best known for the research and development of a killed-virus polio vaccine, the eponymous Salk vaccine.While being interviewed by Edward R. Murrow on See It Now in 1955, Salk was asked: "Who owns the patent on this vaccine?" Surprised by the question's assumption of the requirement of a profit motive for his creation, he responded: "There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi
Origin/Culture/Country: AngolanJonas Malheiro Savimbi: led UNITA, an anti-Communist rebel group that fought against the MPLA in the Angolan Civil War until his death in a clash with Government troops in 2002.With support from the governments of the United States, the People's Republic of China, South Africa, Israel,[1] several African leaders (Félix Houphouët-Boigny of Côte d'Ivoire, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire,[2] King Hassan II of Morocco and Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia), and foreign mercenaries from Portugal, Israel, South Africa, and France,[3] Savimbi spent much of his life battling Angola's Marxist-inspired government, which was supported by weapons and military advisers from the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Nicaragua (under the Sandinistas).[4] The war ultimately became one of the most prominent Third World conflicts of the Cold War.