Aleksandras Vanagas

Aleksandras Vanagas
Born
Aleksandras Vanagas

(1934-08-12)12 August 1934
Buivėnai, Kupiškis Volost, Lithuania
Died13 April 1995(1995-04-13) (aged 60)
Vilnius, Lithuania
CitizenshipLithuania
EducationPhD
Alma materVilnius University
OccupationLinguist
Years active1959-1995
Employer(s)Institute of the Lithuanian Language, Vytautas Magnus University
Known forBaltic onomastics
Notable workEtymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Hydronyms, Dictionary of the Lithuanian Surnames
AwardsLithuanian SSR State Award (1974), The Comandore Cross of the Gediminas' Order (1993)

Aleksandras Vanagas (August 12, 1934 - April 13, 1995) was Lithuanian linguist, one of the leading Lithuanian etymologists.