Simonas Kudirka seaman, known for defecting from the USSR by jumping to the USCGC Vigilant, and who was portrayed in the TV movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka.
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Vincas Kudirka, poet and doctor, author of the Lithuanian national anthem
On 5 July 2009, a statue of Vincas Kudirka was unveiled beside the Gediminas Avenue, the main street of the capital Vilnius.